Culture/Values

A friend sent me a note with a couple of links: “While perverse homosexual/pedophile Catholic priests are the media’s favorite target these days, and as a Catholic I find the cover-up of these crimes against children profoundly despicable, the Church is only one of many institutions plagued with these scandals in our darkened world.”

The debate over the sanctity of marriage is never out of the headlines for very long. With state Representative Deborah Mell’s recent announcement on the house floor that she would be travelling to Iowa to marry her girlfriend – it’s back.

“A national coalition of pro-family organizations is once again asking parents to call their children out of school on the Day of Silence if their school will be permitting students and/or teachers to refuse to speak during class. Parents can find out more information about the Day of Silence Walkout, which seeks to oppose the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) exploitation of public education for partisan political purposes, at www.doswalkout.net.”

According to Townhall.com columnist Matt Barber, the far-left wing “Southern Law Poverty Center” (SPLC) used to do good work. But alas, he writes, “power corrupts.” Barber recently wrote about the SPLC’s classifying one Illinois website as a “hate site” in his piece, “Southern Poverty Law Center Officially Declared “Left-Wing Hate Group.”

“When I speak of the audacity of the state, the kind of state I have in mind is what we may call the savior state. The main characteristic of the savior state is that it presents itself as the people’s guardian, as the guarantor of the citizen’s well-being. The savior state is the paternal state, which not only sees to the security of its territory and the enforcement of its laws but also promises to feed, clothe, house, educate, monitor, medicate, and in general to care for its people. Some prefer to call it the nanny state, but that label fails to reckon with its inherently religious character.”

The advancement of the homosexual political agenda should not be tolerated.

Having compassion for people who suffer from a sexual disorientation is perfectly understandable. Extensive research into what causes homosexuality has shown that often those causes take place when a person is very young. I’d recommend the work of Charles Socarides, his book “A Freedom Too Far,” the work of Arthur Goldberg, and his book “Light in the Closet: Torah, Homosexuality and the Power to Change,” and the work of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality.

I have noted the problems surrounding perennial candidate Andy Martin, and he has even ridiculously called me a “criminal.” But I have to laugh at those who are reacting with such horror to Martin’s radio ad…

Since Christmas involves the birth of a baby – I’ll take this impolitic opportunity to post some of the information found onthis webpage.