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Posted on Jan 22, 2009 under Prayer, Ron News, Secular Laws, The Social Christian |
Today is the anniversary of Roe vs Wade
Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
The Consequences of Roe v. Wade
49,551,703
Total Abortions since 1973
From cdc.gov
I have a hard time with people professing Christianity and then supporting the worship of the God of Molech. Obama is a horrific example of this. He has made it very clear that he is going to sign the Freedom Of Choice Act (which is far from it), yet he professes Christianity. I am so tired of people calling themselves Christians and then picking and choosing what they do and do not want to believe. If you would like to debate within the pale of orthodoxy I have no problem with that. But this far outside of orthodoxy. If you do not believe what the bible says then call yourself something other than a Christian. Look at this totally satanic piece of legislation.
from www.aul.org
What Does FOCA Say?
FOCA provides that “[i]t is the policy of the United States that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to bear a child, to terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability, or to terminate a pregnancy after fetal viability when necessary to protect the life or health of the woman.”
Further, FOCA would specifically invalidate any “statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy, practice, or other action” of any federal, state, or local government or governmental official (or any person acting under government authority) that would “deny or interfere with a woman’s right to choose” abortion, or that would “discriminate against the exercise of the right . . . in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information.”
Clearly, its reach is very broad. This single piece of legislation would apply to any federal or state law “enacted, adopted, or implemented before, on, or after the date of [its] enactment.”
What is the Legal Impact of FOCA?
FOCA creates a new and dangerously radical “right.” It establishes the right to abortion as a “fundamental right,” elevating it to the same status as the right to vote and the right to free speech (which, unlike the abortion license, are specifically mentioned in the U.S. Constitution). Critically, in Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court did not define abortion as a “fundamental right.”10 And with the exception of one justice’s attempt in 1983 to distort the Court’s abortion jurisprudence by framing the abortion license as a “fundamental right,” the Court has not subsequently defined abortion as a “fundamental right.” Thus, FOCA goes beyond any Supreme Court decision in enshrining unlimited abortion-on-demand into American law.
FOCA would also subject laws regulating or even touching on abortion to judicial review using a “strict scrutiny” framework of analysis. This is the highest standard American courts can apply and is typically reserved for laws impacting such fundamental rights as the right to free speech and the right to vote. Prior to the Supreme Court’s 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (which substituted the “undue burden” standard for the more stringent “strict scrutiny” analysis), abortion-related laws (such parental involvement for minors and minimum health and safety standards for abortion clinics) were almost uniformly struck down under “strict scrutiny” analysis. If enacted, FOCA would retroactively be applied to all federal and state abortion-related laws and would result in their invalidation.
What is the Practical Impact of FOCA?
In elevating abortion to a fundamental right, FOCA poses an undeniable and irreparable danger to common-sense laws supported by a majority of Americans. Among the more than 550 federal and state laws that FOCA would nullify are:
• Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
• Hyde Amendment (restricting taxpayer funding of abortions)
• Restrictions on abortions performed at military hospitals
• Restrictions on insurance coverage for abortion for federal employees
• Informed consent laws
• Waiting periods
• Parental consent and notification laws
• Health and safety regulations for abortion clinics
• Requirements that licensed physicians perform abortions
• “Delayed enforcement” laws (banning abortion when Roe v. Wade is overturned and/or the authority to restrict abortion is returned to the states)
• Bans on partial-birth abortion
• Bans on abortion after viability. FOCA’s apparent attempt to limit post-viability abortions is illusory. Under FOCA, post-viability abortions are expressly permitted to protect the woman’s “health.” Within the context of abortion, “health” has been interpreted so broadly that FOCA would not actually proscribe any abortion before or after viability.
• Limits on public funding for elective abortions (thus, making American taxpayers fund a procedure that many find morally objectionable)
• Limits on the use of public facilities (such has public hospitals and medical schools at state universities) for abortions
• State and federal legal protections for individual healthcare providers who decline to participate in abortions
• Legal protections for Catholic and other religiously-affiliated hospitals who, while providing care to millions of poor and uninsured Americans, refuse to allow abortions within their facilities
Notably, pro-abortion groups do not deny FOCA’s draconian impact. For example, Planned Parenthood has explained, “FOCA will supercede anti-choice laws that restrict the right to choose, including laws that prohibit the public funding of abortions for poor women or counseling and referrals for abortions. Additionally, FOCA will prohibit onerous restrictions on a woman’s right to choose, such as mandated delays and targeted and medically unnecessary regulations.”
I took this direct from the whitehouse website
http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/women/
• Supporting Stem Cell Research: President Obama and Vice President Biden believe that we owe it to the American public to explore the potential of stem cells to treat the millions of people suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases. Obama is a co-sponsor of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007, which will allow research of human embryonic stem cells derived from embryos donated (with consent) from in vitro fertilization clinics. These embryos must be deemed in excess and created based solely for the purpose of fertility treatment.
Reproductive Choice (Abortion)
• Supports a Woman’s Right to Choose: President Obama understands that abortion is a divisive issue, and respects those who disagree with him. However, he has been a consistent champion of reproductive choice and will make preserving women’s rights under Roe v. Wade a priority in his Adminstration. He opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in that case.
• Preventing Unintended Pregnancy: President Obama was an original co-sponsor of legislation to expand access to contraception, health information, and preventive services to help reduce unintended pregnancies. Introduced in January 2007, the Prevention First Act will increase funding for family planning and comprehensive sex education that teaches both abstinence and safe sex methods. The Act will also end insurance discrimination against contraception, improve awareness about emergency contraception, and provide compassionate assistance to rape victims.
We live in dark days in this country. I wonder how long it will be before professing the name of Christ in public is considered hate speech
Some songs to make you think
See No Evil
I float inside her womb
Oh mother, I am coming soon
Suddenly, fear and dread
When mother says she wants me dead
Oh how can you do this to me?
Thousands come
Please don’t kill me
Thousands go
I want to live
Day by day
Can anyone hear me
The numbers grow
I want to live
God hears them cry
We hear the lie
And we simply look the other way
See no evil
Hear no evil
Speak no evil
From a pail with open eyes
I see the man that I despise
He looks at me and turns his back
As my life fades, it fades to black
And there’s no turning back
(Mommy, can you hear me?)
Mommy, mommy, I’m afraid)
See no evil
Hear no evil
Speak no evil
Killers Of The Unborn
Lay her down, commence to drill
A primo murder, the legal kill
I am a child about to die
My mother does not hear my cry, no
[Chorus:]
Killers of the unborn, killers
Killers of the unborn, stop the killing
Injection starts to work its way
I don’t feel love, I just feel pain
I’m getting weaker, my poison blood
And death surrounds me like a flood
[Chorus]
The operation is over
I’m now in pieces in a garbage bag
Guilt will now take over
‘Cause where is the relief you thought you had
The shame and tears she bears
The scar of guilt she is going to wear
But he can forgive her
If she gives her life to the saviour
No, no, they’re gonna kill me
I don’t want to die, just let me be
No, no, I feel the pain
I feel, I feel the pain, no
Posted on Jun 02, 2008 under Secular Laws |
As socinianism continues to be the focal point of the modern church, it is sad that denominations want to fight over property. When a church secedes from a denomination that adopts a liberal non-biblical standpoint on an issue. They should be allowed as a body to go their own way. In light of this I found this AP article very interesting
FAIRFAX, VA - The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia says a state law that lets congregations vote to separate themselves from their parent denominations is unconstitutional.
Eleven conservative congregations have invoked the law and voted to leave the Episcopal Church in a dispute over homosexuality and other theological issues.
The Episcopal Church has refused to recognize the split and has sued to reclaim church property.
An attorney for the diocese argued in court Wednesday that the Virginia law infringes on the denomination’s right to settle its own religious affairs.
The departing congregations responded that the law requires no meddling in religious affairs, but merely provides a neutral way for the state to settle property disputes between opposing factions.
Posted on Feb 26, 2008 under Secular Laws |
The attack on home schoolers is now being extended to all schools
House Bill 2795: An Act Mandating Gateway and Exit Testing on Non-Public School Students
As well as companion bill SB3412
Author:
Representative G. A. Hardaway
Summary:
This bill would subject non-public school students, including homeschool students, to additional state testing. It would require them to take subject matter tests based upon state-approved textbooks. It would also require them to pass the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests before receiving a high school diploma. These new testing requirements would also apply to students being taught at home through extension or satellite programs of church-related schools. This is a companion bill to Senate Bill 3412.
This bill is the most threatening legislation to the freedoms of homeschooling families in many years. It should be opposed.
Status:
| 1/17/2008 |
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Introduced and first consideration |
HSLDA’s Position:
HSLDA strongly opposes this legislation.
Action Requested:
(1) Please call or write (both would be better) Representative G.A. Hardaway and at least one member of the House Education Committee with this message:
“Please oppose House Bill 2795, which would impose public school testing on non-public school students. This bill would effectively destroy non-public education in Tennessee by requiring private schools, church-related schools, and homeschools to adopt the public school curriculum for their instruction programs.”
The contact information for Representative Hardaway and members of the House Education Committee is set forth below. Members of the Special Initiatives Subcommittee which will hear the bill on Wednesday are indicated by an asterisk.
From the legislative website: *HB2795 by *Hardaway. (SB3412 by *Tate.)
Education - Extends public school testing requirements to students in non-public schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Section 49-6-3050 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.
Bill Summary for *HB2795 / SB3412
Present law requires the following tests for high school students:
(1) Subject matter tests to measure performance of high school students in subjects designated by the state board of education and approved by the education oversight committee; and
(2) The Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests.
This bill specifies that the above tests are required for public and nonpublic high school students.
Present law establishes requirements for home schools, including qualifications for parents desiring to home school their children and the testing standards that students home-schooled by their parents must meet. Present law provides that these present law requirements do not apply to home schools that teach K-12, where the parents are associated with an organization that conducts church-related schools, which are supervised by such organization through the director of schools of such organization’s department of education, and which administer standardized achievement tests at the same time such tests are given in their regular day schools. This bill revises this exemption so that it would not apply to those home schools requiring the same testing of other home school or public school students.
Here’s the TCA with the appropriate changes: Wording being removed, Wording inserted.
Please note these are snips of the TCA to provide some context. You should not assume that it’s the entire picture.
49-1-608. Subject matter tests for secondary schools — Initiation of value added assessment. — By not later than 1993, the development of subject matter tests will be initiated to measure performance of high school students public or non-public high school students in subjects designated by the state board of education and approved by the education oversight committee. These tests must reflect the complete range of topics covered within the list of state approved textbooks for that subject. As soon as valid tests have been developed, the testing of students will be initiated to provide for value added assessment. Value added assessment shall be initiated in the designated subjects within secondary schools by 1999-2000 school year, and continued annually thereafter. Value added assessment may be initiated in other subjects designated by the state board of education and approved by the education oversight committee at such times as valid tests can be developed which effectively measure performance in such subjects.
49-6-6001. Graduation requirements. —(a) (1) To receive a full diploma upon graduation from high school public or non-public high school, a student shall pass the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests as adopted by the state board of education, with scores established by the board. Students may take each of the required tests at any administration and in any order upon completion of the required coursework. The state board of education may establish by regulation additional requirements for students who do not pass the required tests. Such requirements may include remedial work that may be counted only for elective credit toward graduation. The state board of education may also establish by regulation uniform policies and procedures whereby any student, who narrowly misses passage of one (1) or more of the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests, including one (1) or more parts of the Gateway examination, may petition for and may be awarded bonus test points based upon clear indicia of student classroom performance and achievement meritorious of a full diploma upon graduation from high school. 49-6-3050. Home schools. —(a)(2) (A) Home schools which teach kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12), where the parents are associated with an organization that conducts church-related schools, as defined by § 49-50-801, which are supervised by such organization through the director of schools of such organization’s department of education, and which administer standardized achievement tests at the same time such tests are given in their regular day schools, are exempt from the provisions of this section . [period to the immediate left removed--ed] , except those requiring the same testing of other home school or public school students.
Contact your representatives.
You can go to congress.org and find who you need to contact just put in your zip
Representative G. A. Hardaway
(615) 741-5625
rep.ga.hardaway@legislature.state.tn.us
If your last name begins with A-I, please call the following members:
*Chair Les Winningham,
(615) 741-6852
rep.leslie.winningham@legislature.state.tn.us
*Vice-Chair Tommie Brown
(615) 741-4374
rep.tommie.brown@legislature.state.tn.us
*Secretary Joe Towns, Jr.
(615) 741-2189
rep.joe.towns@legislature.state.tn.us
Harry Brooks
(615) 741-6879
rep.harry.brooks@legislature.state.tn.us
*Jim Coley
(615) 741-8201
rep.jim.coley@legislature.state.tn.us
Barbara Cooper
(615) 741-4295
rep.barbara.cooper@legislature.state.tn.us
If your last name begins with letters J-R, please call these members:
Dolores Gresham
(615) 741-6890
rep.dolores.gresham@legislature.state.tn.us
Beth Harwell
(615) 741-0709
rep.beth.harwell@legislature.state.tn.us
John Hood
(615) 741-7849
rep.john.hood@legislature.state.tn.us
Phillip Johnson
(615) 741-7477
rep.phillip.johnson@legislature.state.tn.us
Ulysses Jones, Jr.
(615) 741-4575
rep.ulysses.jones@legislature.state.tn.us
*Ron Lollar
(615) 741-7084
rep.ron.lollar@legislature.state.tn.us
If your last name begins with letters S-Z, please call these members:
Mark Maddox
(615) 741-7847
rep.mark.maddox@legislature.state.tn.us
Michael McDonald
(615) 741-1980
rep.michael.mcdonald@legislature.state.tn.us
Gerald McCormick
(615) 741-2548
rep.gerald.mccormick@legislature.state.tn.us
Richard Montgomery
(615) 741-5981
rep.richard.montgomery@legislature.state.tn.us
Larry Turner
(615) 741-6954
rep.larry.turner@legislature.state.tn.us
*John Mark Windle-Chair of the Subcommittee
(615) 741-1260
rep.john.windle@legislature.state.tn.us
Posted on Oct 09, 2007 under Ron News, Secular Laws, The Social Christian |
Over at world net daily there is a poll up in response to the questions at the Dartmouth debate
Go vote here
TIM RUSSERT: I’d like to go to Allison King of New England Cable News again for another question.
Allison?
KING: Thanks, Tim.
The issues surrounding gay rights have been hotly debated here in New England. For example, last year some parents of second-graders in Lexington, Massachusetts, were outraged to learn their children’s teacher had read a story about same-sex marriage, about a prince who marries another prince.
Same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts but most of you oppose it. Would you be comfortable having this story read to your children as part of their school curriculum?
I’m going to start with Senator Edwards.
JOHN EDWARDS: Yes, absolutely.
What I want is I want my children to understand everything about the difficulties that gay and lesbian couples are faced with every day, the discrimination that they’re faced with every single day of their lives.
And I suspect my two younger children, Emma Claire, who’s 9, and Jack, who’s 7, will reach the same conclusion that my daughter Cate, who’s 25, has reached, which is she doesn’t understand why her dad is not in favor of same-sex marriage. And she says her generation will be the generation that brings about the great change in America on that issue.
So I don’t want to make that decision on behalf of my children. I want my children to be able to make that decision on behalf of themselves, and I want them to be exposed to all the information, even in – did you say second grade? Second grade might be a little tough, but even in second grade to be exposed to all …
KING: Well, that’s the point. It is second grade.
EDWARDS: … those possibilities, because I don’t want to impose my view. Nobody made me God. I don’t get to decide on behalf of my family or my children, as my wife, Elizabeth, has spoken her own mind on this issue. I don’t get to impose on them what it is that I believe is right.
But what I will do as president of the United States is I will lead an effort to make sure that the same benefits that are available to heterosexual couples – 1,100 roughly benefits in the federal government – are available to same-sex couples; that we get rid of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act; that we get rid of “don’t ask/don’t tell,” which is wrong today and was wrong when it was enacted back in the 1990s.
I will be the president that leads a serious effort to deal with the discrimination that exists today.
KING: Thank you.
Senator Obama, you have young children at home. How do you feel about this?
BARACK OBAMA: You know, I feel very similar to John. You know, the fact is my 9-year-old and my 6-year-old I think are already aware that there are same-sex couples. My wife and I have talked about it. One of the things I want to communicate to my children is not to be afraid of people who are different, because there have been times in our history where I was considered different, or Bill Richardson was considered different.
And one of the things I think the next president has to do is to stop fanning people’s fears. If we spend all our time feeding the American people fear and conflict and division, then they become fearful and conflicted and divided.
And if we feed them hope and we feed them reason and tolerance, then they will become tolerant and reasonable and hopeful.
And that, I think, is one of the most important things that the next president can do, is try to bring us together, and stop trying to fan the flames of division that have become so standard in our politics in Washington. That’s the kind of experience, by the way, that we need to put an end to.
KING: Quickly, have you sat down with your daughters to talk about same-sex marriage?
OBAMA: My wife has.
KING: She has. OK. I’d like to ask Senator Clinton the same question.
HILLARY CLINTON: Well, I really respect what both John and Barack said.
I think that we’ve seen differences used for divisive purposes, for political purposes in the last several elections. And I think every one of us on this stage are really personally opposed to that and we’ll do everything we can to prevent it.
With respect to your individual children, that is such a matter of parental discretion, I think that obviously it is better to try to work with your children, to help your children understand the many differences that are in the world and to really respect other people and the choices that other people make. And that goes far beyond sexual orientation.
So I think that this issue of gays and lesbians and their rights will remain an important one in our country. And I hope that – tomorrow we’re going to vote on the hate crimes bill, and I’m sure that those of us in the Senate will be there to vote for it.
We haven’t been able to get it passed, and it is an important measure to send a message that we stand against hatred and divisiveness.
And I think that, you know, that’s what the Democratic Party stands for in contrast, all too often, to the other side.
KING: Thank you, senator.
Tim, back to you.
Posted on Jun 29, 2007 under Secular Laws |
What happens when we remove the natural definitions set forth by God for marriage?
This happens
It is actually quite sad that we deny God’s plan and adopt secular viewpoints like these.
If marriage is not between a man and a woman, what keeps it from being between a person and anything?
