We Are Not Homophobic

In response to Maine rejecting gay marriage, once again, many in the homosexual community have deliberately or ignorantly labeled those who oppose this measure as homophobic. Well, being a Christian let me clarify this psychological diagnosis for the gay community. WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF YOU!!!!!

We oppose gay marriage simply because of our beliefs in the Bible and that the Lord is opposed to homosexuality. If God said it was ok, we would be ok with it too. But He isn't so we are not. Does this mean we hold ourselves as morally superior because we are heterosexual? No. We are human and we sin. We are not perfect and won't be until we reach our final destination.

We exercise our God given rights just as the gay community does. I tolerate your rights to vote in favor of this measure just as you SHOULD tolerate my rights to vote against gay marriage. I personally do not hate gay people and I would go to lunch or associate with gay people IF they understood and respected my beliefs. However, I find it ironic that the homosexual community are the ones who don't tolerate my views. That is the highest form of hypocrisy. Tolerance is not a one sided word.

Has Anyone Called Child Protective Services on our Government?

I found out that I could get a credit card in my kids names. Since our credit cards have reached their limit from vacations and other luxury items we decided to open cards in their names to pay for actual expenses. I don’t even feel bad about it because now that my husband and I have run out of money paying for some fun things for all of us, they need to now contribute to the household and since they don’t have jobs this is the only option. It’s really not a big deal, they will just pay for it when they turn 18. By then, it won’t be our problem.

Who is ready to turn me into Child Protective Services? Ok, I hope you have guessed by now that this is not true. I am not only socially conservative; I am also a fiscal conservative. I think credit cards are evil. But here is a question for you. Who is going to turn the government into Child Protective Services? They are neglecting our children. How is that possible? Well, the government is not only spending the money our generation is paying in taxes (or as the government calls it ‘borrowing from the public’), they now want to spend the money ‘loaned’ to them (I will not accept any responsibility in this) and our children and most likely grandchildren will have to pay for their debt (the governments) that will be transferred to our kids names.

Since our children are being taxed without representation and foreign interests are holding that debt, are we not selling our children into indentured servitude? They won’t be free. They will not even be slaves to their own debt. They will be slaves to their parents government debt and to foreign interests. According to http://www.justfacts.com/nationaldebt.asp , “As of July 15, 2009, the official debt of the United States government is $11.6 trillion ($11,579,428,713,952).[1] This amounts to:
• $38,083 for every person living in the U.S.[2]
• $99,153 for every household in the U.S.[3]
• more than $236,000 for every U.S. household that pays more in federal taxes than they receive in benefits from the federal government[4]”

To see who is buying America go to: http://www.ustreas.gov/tic/mfh.txt

I think you will find it worthwhile that in the top 10 are two Communist countries. China is number one (and you wonder why we let all those lead tainted products into the US) and Russia (oh seriously, they are pretty much back to their Communist ways).

So they i.e. our government wants to go on a spending spree, stick our children with the tab and enslave them to Communist countries. They will have to change our motto from ‘Land of Free and Home of the Brave’ to ‘Land of the Slaves and Home of the Frivolous’. Don’t you think enslaving our children is a negligent crime?

Gays and Christians Uniting; Now They Make Strange Bedfellows

I am quite positive the title of this blog has received much attention from people who read it. Some are thinking…. is she caving to a modern ideology? Well, the answer is no. But to those who regularly oppose me, don’t go anywhere; there is something in this for you too.

Let’s just be rational citizen’s of the United States for a moment. What do you think of when you think of a free Nation? Freedom, liberty, free to pursue happiness, being able to uphold your religious convictions without interference from government or man? Now, let’s look at a ‘cliff notes’ version of our Countries history in the form of morality, religion and homosexuality.

Those who settled in this Country fought, and died for an individuals right to ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”, and did so under a religious framework. I know I know, some of you who oppose me fundamentally are getting upset…just wait…. your turn is coming.

This is a statement of fact. The number one quoted source for the founding documents and ideologies of this Country are centered in the Bible…. whether you agree with the Bible or not. The settlers of this Country wanted a place to avoid persecution, to be able to worship as they pleased and a decentralized federal government that quite frankly stayed out of their business with the exception of military protection and basic vital services (post office, emergency services etc.) This definitely was accomplished…momentarily.

Flash forward to the 21st Century. Children cannot pray in schools (though the Bible was the first textbook used under the ‘Old Deluder Satan Act’), people who purchase the Bible are probably red tagged by the CIA while those who purchase the Koran are not because that would be considered “profiling”. And yet something worse has happened in this Country. The Bible believing Christians who “stick to their source” and rely on their God have been led astray by the evil in our world. They have forgotten the biggest commandment of them all, “love they neighbor as thy self.” Does God say, “Love only those whom you agree with and are living according to your ideology?” No. He said, “above all else love one another.” Now, don’t misinterpret what I am saying. He did not say accept all beliefs, moral ambiguity and sins that people commit as OK. In fact, Jesus said to oppose these acts. But He also said, regardless, to love one another. I would go to lunch with and be seen with a homosexual, as long as they understood I did not agree with their lifestyle. Because I truly love all people and will not apologize for that nor for my spiritual beliefs. There are more to homosexuals than just their homosexuality.

Ok homosexuals, enter, you. I would like to apologize on behalf of all the “Christians” in the world that sat outside your functions and held signs telling you that you are going to hell because God “hates fagots”. Believe me, these people are truly not Christians. I am quite sure they will have to answer to the Lord someday for their “hate”.

Now, Do I agree with homosexuality? No. We could get into a long debate over this and I am familiar and comfortable with debating this topic but that is for another day…. and if anyone requests a topic on this I will oblige. But for now, let’s look at the reality gays and Christians face together…yes, together.

Whether you believe in and agree with Christianity or not; whether you believe in or agree with homosexuality or not, we all have a common purpose and a common mistake. Christians, although we have a right to vote and speak up about our spiritual beliefs and we need to do so because of the groups that want to destroy our right to do so; usually many of us vocalize our beliefs in a way that is sometimes mean spirited and causes more harm than good. Although I will always oppose the act of homosexuality etc., I also teach my children, that no matter who people are, and what THEY choose, we ALWAYS respect AND love them. We live in America. America is the LAND OF THE FREE. I am free to vote my beliefs; LGBT’s (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders) are free to vote theirs. But the same is said of many homosexual groups like the one that stormed Mount Hope Church in Lansing, Michigan in the middle of their service. That was done in hate as well. So it seems that apologies are needed from both sides as well as forgiveness.

So, enter media. They and extremists groups on both sides of the aisle somehow partnered together and decided to create a “hate war” amongst us. If you are gay, you hate Christians because they oppose your lifestyle. If you are a Christian you hate gays because they are trying to take away your lifestyle. And this has played out in Hollywood, the media and everything other facet of our society. Let’s face it; the media has gone above and beyond to create controversy, dissension and mean-spirited debates on both sides of the aisle for their own ratings. They have exploited both groups.

Well I say enough is enough. I have one question to pose to both groups. What if we said in a plain voice, you vote your mind, I will vote my mind, and our democracy (Republic) rules. Whoever has the most votes on these issues, wins. No mean spirited intentions. I know this seems to be quite a simple solution with complex situations but lets look at it from another perspective…the world governments…or possibly soon…One World Government!

In the early years of America, Christians had a lock, stock and barrel Christian land. They prayed, read the Bible, and nobody disputed the status quo, for better or worse. But now, there is a new “in”; which says to be gay is ok. Here is my question to the gay community. Right now you are asking the government to dictate to the people whether based on “majority rules” or not to decide for your lifestyle and against democracy. When your lifestyle was voted against in California you tried to overturn democracy because you didn’t like the outcome. So now, you want to push and give money to and press for a government that is no longer a democracy but a Socialist government that will promote your lifestyle and oppose the Christian one.

What happens if and when (since this was never believed to be possible in a Christian Nation) the same government turns its back on you because of a rampant “homosexual” disease like AIDS that the gay community has already acknowledged as their disease and the government, that you gave all the power to, decides scientifically speaking, that a male and female monogamous relationship is the ONLY way to thwart this disease. It is now illegal once again to be homosexual in any way, it is illegal to engage in sex outside of marriage or live with one another before marriage. The power you lobbied for and pushed for to overthrow democracy for your cause now works against you. You just made your own coffin.

So my question to the American people. Would we rather debate and vote amongst ourselves? Keep the government truly for the people, by the people and for the people? Flush out our differences in a democratic process and still maintain a love and level of respect for one another despite our differences? Or give all of the above up for a tyrannical government that was given its power by our dissensions?

I don’t know about the other Christians, or homosexuals, but I would rather “duke out” our differences democratically and maintain respect for one another than to give up complete rights to a government that views us like a bunch of adolescents imbeciles.

That Nagging Feeling

I know the opening of this blog is going to be disturbing to many of you; but stick with me, you will understand the point of this blog in a couple of paragraphs.

My kids love the movie 'Home Alone' and we watch it A LOT! In fact we were just watching it. So....I began to think about Christmas. I love Christmas. I know I know....we have barely had an ounce of summer, and now I am talking about snow. But as we watched this movie I began thinking about how much I look forward to Christmas time and the spirit of Christmas. Not the commercial holiday but the old fashioned Christmas with family etc. Getting together, sending out Christmas cards, receiving them, thinking about years past, and all the good that seems to thrive in people at this time of year. Then.....it hit me.

After Christmas is New Year's Day. We all love New Year's Day because it begins a new year full of promises and all of the great things we are going to achieve. A disclaimer: those who know me know that I am a very optimistic and encouraging spirit. However, there is this one nagging issue that seems to plague me every New Year's Day......

On this day after all of my grandiose plans have been masterfully coordinated for how fit I am going to be, the career plans I will achieve, and the attitude changes I will make, I always think and harp on this one thought. By the end of the year, who isn't going to make it? Who is going to be the phone call that I didn't want to hear about? Who dies this year? I know, this is a terrible thought. But I have a very large family and an insane amount of 'friends of the family'. So as I write this we had our 'who isn't going to make it moment?' last week.

One of my dad's best friends. Someone that I remember from early elementary school. Although he was a wild spirit and never could be tamed he was such a loving man. He was only 54 years old and I know nobody was ready for him to leave. Although I only talked with him on the phone on occasion and saw him even less than that I will always miss him. I think even more than the fun conversations we would have (he lived far away) but the smile and complete belly ache laughter he always brought to my parents faces when they would visit him, or when he would come home to visit his family and friends.

So....even though New Year's Day is months away....I had that inevitable moment. Thank you for being such a good friend to my mom and dad. Rest in peace Marty! We love you!

Bitterness + Unforgiveness =Radical Feminism

This is the last posting for feminism. I know we could go on forever but this topic has run its course for now. Here is the bottom line; feminism in its original intent, to right the wrongs of inequality in our society was needed. Women who needed to work, or chose a career rather than children, or even if a dad wanted to stay home and mom to work instead, needed a women’s movement. We needed to be able to vote, work and be paid equally for our contributions. As it obviously has not been clear before, I am very thankful to the women who fought for my rights to be able to accomplish everything I have in my life. So thank you to the women who made this possible for me.

Where I think the women’s movement veered was radical women who had a vendetta against men launched a campaign that went far beyond the original intent of this movement. Women who had a lot of bitterness (it is obvious in the quotes I have shared) and hatred toward men. When someone is bitter and lacks forgiveness for those who have offended or wronged them it leads to hate, it creates a hate culture, and eventually the hate ruins anything once considered good. Hate will ruin individuals; it will ruin an entire city, state and country (this goes for everyone who breeds hate, especially those who call themselves Christians.) The radical feminist movement of women’s liberation, destruction of marriage, every man is a rapist, and the sexual revolution, in my opinion, was spawned from angry and bitter women. Had they just felt it necessary to right the wrongs and forgive the rest, our country would be in a much better state than it is today.

I am still perplexed as I read and listen to many of these women who seemed otherwise intelligent promoting the ideal that women who have sexual relations with men and do not marry or require a commitment from the man deem this to be a higher form of respect for themselves and demand society respects them as well. A carnal man sees a woman who will sleep with him outside of marriage, and she is on the pill or some other form of contraception so he doesn’t have to worry about getting her pregnant, and if she does get pregnant she will abort the baby, and oh by the way, she has no intention of “being trapped in marriage”, and says, wow, I really respect her? No….he says yes, rights without responsibility! I don’t have to commit and get to “hook up”.

Women in this movement by lowering their morality standards have actually demanded less respect. Because women have lost respect for themselves, their body and have ditched any sense of morality, men have merely followed suit. And we wonder why we have a society of men that have a hard time committing to their families, addictions to pornography, and use the ‘b’ word like the word ‘the’. Another consequence of free love and radical feminism.

More Americans “Pro-Life” Than “Pro-Choice” for First Time

More Americans “Pro-Life” Than “Pro-Choice” for First Time
Also, fewer think abortion should be legal “under any circumstances”
by Lydia Saad

PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves "pro-life" on the issue of abortion and 42% "pro-choice." This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995.

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The new results, obtained from Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs survey, represent a significant shift from a year ago, when 50% were pro-choice and 44% pro-life. Prior to now, the highest percentage identifying as pro-life was 46%, in both August 2001 and May 2002.

The May 2009 survey documents comparable changes in public views about the legality of abortion. In answer to a question providing three options for the extent to which abortion should be legal, about as many Americans now say the procedure should be illegal in all circumstances (23%) as say it should be legal under any circumstances (22%). This contrasts with the last four years, when Gallup found a strong tilt of public attitudes in favor of unrestricted abortion.

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Gallup also found public preferences for the extreme views on abortion about even -- as they are today -- in 2005 and 2002, as well as during much of the first decade of polling on this question from 1975 to 1985. Still, the dominant position on this question remains the middle option, as it has continuously since 1975: 53% currently say abortion should be legal only under certain circumstances.

When the views of this middle group are probed further -- asking these respondents whether they believe abortion should be legal in most or only a few circumstances -- Gallup finds the following breakdown in opinion.

Americans' recent shift toward the pro-life position is confirmed in two other surveys. The same three abortion questions asked on the Gallup Values and Beliefs survey were included in Gallup Poll Daily tracking from May 12-13, with nearly identical results, including a 50% to 43% pro-life versus pro-choice split on the self-identification question.

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Additionally, a recent national survey by the Pew Research Center recorded an eight percentage-point decline since last August in those saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases, from 54% to 46%. The percentage saying abortion should be legal in only a few or no cases increased from 41% to 44% over the same period. As a result, support for the two broad positions is now about even, sharply different from most polling on this question since 1995, when the majority has typically favored legality.

Republicans Move to the Right

The source of the shift in abortion views is clear in the Gallup Values and Beliefs survey. The percentage of Republicans (including independents who lean Republican) calling themselves "pro-life" rose by 10 points over the past year, from 60% to 70%, while there has been essentially no change in the views of Democrats and Democratic leaners.

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Similarly, by ideology, all of the increase in pro-life sentiment is seen among self-identified conservatives and moderates; the abortion views of political liberals have not changed.

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"Pro-Life" Up Among Catholics and Protestants

One of the more prominent news stories touching on the abortion issue in recent months involves President Barack Obama's commencement speech and the bestowal of an honorary doctorate degree on him at the University of Notre Dame -- a Roman Catholic institution -- on Sunday. The invitation has drawn criticism from conservative Catholics and the church hierarchy because of Obama's policies in favor of legalizing and funding abortion, and the controversy might have been expected to strengthen the pro-life leanings of rank-and-file Catholics.

Nevertheless, the swelling of the pro-life position since last year is seen across Christian religious affiliations, including an eight-point gain among Protestants and a seven-point gain among Catholics.

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Gender Agreement

A year ago, Gallup found more women calling themselves pro-choice than pro-life, by 50% to 43%, while men were more closely divided: 49% pro-choice, 46% pro-life. Now, because of heightened pro-life sentiment among both groups, women as well as men are more likely to be pro-life.

Men and women have been evenly divided on the issue in previous years; however, this is the first time in nine years of Gallup Values surveys that significantly more men and women are pro-life than pro-choice.

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Bottom Line

With the first pro-choice president in eight years already making changes to the nation's policies on funding abortion overseas, expressing his support for the Freedom of Choice Act, and moving toward rescinding federal job protections for medical workers who refuse to participate in abortion procedures, Americans -- and, in particular, Republicans -- seem to be taking a step back from the pro-choice position. However, the retreat is evident among political moderates as well as conservatives.

It is possible that, through his abortion policies, Obama has pushed the public's understanding of what it means to be "pro-choice" slightly to the left, politically. While Democrats may support that, as they generally support everything Obama is doing as president, it may be driving others in the opposite direction.

Survey Methods

Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,015 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted May 7-10, 2009. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

Gallup Poll Daily results are based on telephone interviews with 971 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted May 12-13, 2009, as part of Gallup Poll Daily tracking. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

Interviews are conducted with respondents on land-line telephones (for respondents with a land-line telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents who are cell-phone only).

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.

CNN and their Socialist Commentary of the Tea Party