First, let me extend a very hearty THANK YOU!! to the Catholics United for Life in Wyoming for their wonderful hospitality and a very successful conference on Defense of the Traditional Family. Thank you too for the wonderful Mystic Monk Coffee! I hope many of you will try this smooth and delicious treat.

While I was with the good people of Cody Wyoming we necessarily addressed the homosexual  push to legalize same-sex unions in every state in the union.

I’ve only been home a week and in those few short days there have been at least two critical new developments.

The first is the passage of “hate crimes” legislation in the House.

Disguised under the title “Defense Authorization Bill”,  hate  speech” becomes criminal — but 15 Democrats and 131 Republicans voted NAY.   It will become law after the Senate passes the measure and Mr. Obama signs it–as he has promised to do.  This  effort in the House follows an earlier expansion of “hate crimes” language in April. (see also http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jul/09071505.html)

Before an examination of the news, may I point out an important statistic? According to the FBI, the rate of “hate crimes” by heterosexual persons on homosexuals is less than 1% –less than 1%!     The most common assault on a homosexual is by another homosexual. Domestic violence among homosexual pairs is far greater than in the heterosexual domiciles.

In short, a homosexual person is 99 times more likely to suffer violence at the hands of another homosexual than at the hands of someone who deliberately attacks a “gay” person.

The key point for people of faith is that the law essentially creates two classes of citizens: those with ordinary rights as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and a special protected class of citizens whose rights trump your rights to free speech and the free practice of your religion.

I understand that many people are sympathetic to the horror of being attacked physically simply because one is a homosexual. Such attacks are heinous. But, such attacks are heinous NO MATTER if the victim is homosexual or heterosexual. A physical assault is not more of an assault because one is tall, or short, rich or poor, old or young.  The very premise behind “hate crimes” is illogical.   It is not the thought  but the ACT that we prosecute. If you are robbed and beaten and left for dead your suffering is the same whether you attacker was motivated by greed or revenge.

If a victim is murdered, the penalty for this capital offense if life in prison  or the death penalty. In other words, it is impossible to punish a murderer any more than to take his life in exchange or take his freedom forever.  The motivation for murder does not  and cannot increase the punishment because the punishment is already the maximum possible. Adding a special category of motivation does not increase punishment.  The idea that hate crimes proponents push is that we should be punished for what we think as well as what we do. This concept is exceedingly dangerous. To insure equal protection under the law we must confine or prosecutions t the acts committed, not the thoughts one has about the victim.

What then is the true purpose of “hate crimes” ? If increased punishment is not possible, what can be the true reason for the legislation?  What is to be gained?

The real purpose is to shut down true open debate and to severely penalize persons of religious faith who would share their faith with others.   How is that if the crimes are not words but acts? Because once the term “hate speech” is introduced into law, as the precursor of a “hate crime” it is just a short step to  legalizing arrests for speech, not  only acts. Why ? Because the speech alone will be considered a threat.  Already a Canadian minister has been jailed for teaching against homosexuals even though his comments were made IN HIS CHURCH!

To imagine how this special category of thought, or special category of protection works,  think of this: suppose we could arrest and prosecute homosexuals who defiled and attacked St. Patrick’s Cathedral– and that their crimes would be of a separate category  because their hate-filled attack on the church was motivated by their homosexual beliefs?  Do you think for one minute that Congress would consider such measures? Of course not–nor should they.  If ANYone attacks and defaces private property the penalty is the same REGARDLESS of motivation. We simply cannot start guessing the thought patterns of persons and assigning an arbitrary penalty based on what they were thinking when they committed the act.

The second item of news was the speech that the president  gave at a homosexual gathering, the  organization,Human Rights Campaign.  Mr. Obama called persons who oppose homosexual acts people of “old attitudes” who needed conversion. He  said that those opposed to homosexual unions “fail to see your families like their families.”  The president made a promise to the homosexual lobby–that if elected he would overturn DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act).  This president is beholden to the homosexual lobby. He stated, ” And I’m here with a simple message: I’m here with you in that fight.”

Mr. Obama urged the homosexual guests to continue their fight by electing “people who share your values” to office.

This is the fight we Christians  and Jews and others who revere the natural order must wage: elect persons to office who share OUR values.  We MUST take back lost ground at the grassroots. That is, elect NO ONE to any office who does not promote the natural family.  People of faith must support others in the effort to gain positions on school boards, city and county commissions, state legislatures and judgeships. EVERY local office counts. Each elected office (and many appointed offices) are stepping stones to higher office.

If we  are to reclaim the culture, to reestablish the morals and values that made this nation great, we have to be prepared to fight the same long haul, the same “long march through the institutions”, the same 50 years that the militant homosexual lobby has fought.

We can do no less.

Tags: homosexual lobby, marriage, natural families.

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A sincere thanks to Constance Cumby for having me as her guest tonight (Sept.15th) on radio to discuss the newest links between the New Age movement and global elites who envision a global government.

That the roots of the New Age movement and all of its tag-a-longs are based on heresies, ancient and modern, will surprise very few of you.  What is new is the degree of confidence in the coming “global  governance” that New Age groups  and their politically connected leaders have made public .

In the coming weeks I will examine various aspects of this phenomena .  The first post will address the United Nations as home to, host to,  one of the world’s most powerful New Age organizations.  Stay tuned!

P.S. If you have questions about a particular aspect of  the world movement toward a New Age ethos, please email me : mja@maryjoanderson.net

Tags: Add new tag, Cumby, Global Governance, NewAge, United Nations.

The eyes of the West are on the recent election in Iran. Journalists are quick to hold out the ideals of freedom for the Iranian people if only the “right” candidate is proclaimed the winner.

No matter which candidate is declared the victor, the Christians in Iran still lose. Religious freedom will have no part in the Iran of next week or next year.

According to the U.S. State department there are about 300,000 Christians in Iran–most of them belong to the Chaldean Catholic Church, or the Armenian Church. Both are venerable traditions whose members have suffered unimaginable horrors, mostly to the roaring silence of the Western Press.

Since Pentecost there have been Iranian–Persian–Christians! Tradition is that St. Jude evangelized Persia. We have records that the Persian Sassinids  began persecution of the Christian communities in 350 A.D. The Church of St. Mary’s in Northwestern Iran is believed to be the second oldest church still standing today.

Pray for the Christians of the Middle East

Please see new post oday on the global threat to parental rights– U.N.’s Convention on the Rights of the Child –at http://properlyscared.wordpress.com/

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