Seattle Mayor Ed Murray steps down while no "orthodox" Catholics allowed in public service, but alleged homosexual child abusers are A-Okay?...

I've just re-surfaced after the shock of Dick Durban and Dianne Feinstein savagely questioning Trump Judicial Nominee, probably illegally, about being Catholic.

And yet, an open homosexual is elected to mayor of a major city, who is now accused of sexually abusing underage boys many years ago.

Ed Murray and his "husband" at gay pride parade

I have no opinion on whether the accusations are true or not.  That's for the courts to decide if he is ever charged, which I doubt will happen.

I'm much more concerned with the fact that in today's world electing an active homosexual to an important position in government is not only acceptable, but celebrated.  His fans see no problem with a lifestyle that is destructive and unhealthy while people of faith are insulted and called homophobes.

A 1987 essay titled "The Overhauling of Straight America", by Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, lays out a six-point plan for a campaign to make homosexuality acceptable and even considered by many people to be a superior lifestyle choice. 

1. Talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible.
2. Portray gays as victims, not as aggressive challengers.
3. Give homosexual protectors a just cause.
4. Make gays look good.
5. Make the victimizers look bad.
6. Solicit funds.

They later wrote After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's, which gave the details on how this would work. 

How well did it work?  Well, I'd say it worked quite well.  Not only is there no stigma attached to men having sex with other men (it's not about "love"), but every major city has huge (usually NSFW) type parades to cheer on perversion, and people line up to vote for these people in droves.

The once beautiful city of Seattle is now a haven for the homeless pooping in the streets, escalating crime, but the disgraced mayor made sure that the taxpayers funded, to the tune of $66,000,00, crosswalks painted in rainbow colors to celebrate his lifestyle.  WTHell?

A list of his "accomplishments" is on his mayoral page and it includes every progressive stance one would expect.  

And irony of ironies, one of the women running for the mayor position in Seattle is a open and proud lesbian. 

If you have never read The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today by Alan Sears and Craig Osten, you might want to put it on your reading list.










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The world has gone mad...

and it's affecting your mental health.

I'm sure of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, you're not crazy.  Really.

Even though the evil lefties would like you to believe that, it's not true.

There is a lesbian mayor in Houston who is determined to pass a bill giving homosexuals, people who think they're something they're not, and other assorted mentally ill people an open sesame to sue the living daylights out of anyone who they deem to have "offended" them.  They call it "rights."  I call it insanity.

Mayor Annise Parker, says the fight is not over after her crappy (yeah - it was intended) bathroom bill went down in defeat 61% - 39%.

We have real problems in this country, but the mayor of Houston, who has sex with other women and claims to be married to a woman, thinks this bill is the most important issue to deal with.  And they call us crazy?

Not to be outdone, the Feds are threatening an Illinois school by withholding Title IX funding for not letting a boy who thinks he's a girl shower with the real girls.  The school gave the mentally ill boy his very own shower, but that wasn't good enough for him.  Then they partitioned off the girls shower with a curtain.  Still not good enough.  No siree. 

A few ago, pursed lipped hard-hitting "journalist", Megyn Kelly, interviewed attacked Illinois District 211 Superintendent Dr. Daniel Cates, demanding that he:

 “cut through the academic speak”, and wanted Cates to specifically answer why exactly he believed allowing a transgender student to use the restroom of their choosing would violate other students’ privacy. source

Throughout this quasi interview, Kelly referred to the student in question as "she."

Note to Kelly: This "she" is not a she, but a he.  He comes equipped with all his man-type dangly bits that he wants to flap around in the girl's locker room. 

You can see the 4 minute "interview" at The Blaze.

And who hasn't seen this disgusting video of little kids using foul language to castigate Trump.  Wow, that should do a lot to raise the standing of Hispanics in our country.  I can well imagine the legal immigrants cringing at these pint sized wanna-be gangsters telling us to "get fu*ked."

This is definitely NSFW.





Back to the original question - are you crazy?

You're not.

Hold your head up when a lefty calls you an ignorant hater.  It's all they have.  Name calling, insults, and intimidation are their weapons.  Don't fall for it.

They operate on feelings and rhetoric.  There are a number of sites that claim to teach you how to argue with a liberal.  I have one piece of advice - don't bother. 

Listen once again to Bill Whittle explaining "gaslighting."




More:

Psychology Today:  Are you being Gaslighted?

Saturday: Cleaning house...

in this case it's my tabs.

I spend all week stuffing things in my tabs that I want to post and wow everyone with my brilliant commentary.

The brilliant hasn't happened.

First up:

Which state is crazier, California or Minnesota?  It's a toss up.

Government-Mandated Speech: Jerry Brown Signs Law Forcing Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion

(CNSNews.com) – Gov. Jerry Brown (D.-Calif.) signed a law on Friday mandating that all licensed pregnancy centers in the state “disseminate to clients” a message promoting public programs with “free or low-cost access” to abortion and contraceptive services.

The new law makes no exception for pro-life and faith-based crisis pregnancy centers. read the rest

and

Non-Citizens Will Now Vote in at Least One State

Governor Jerry Brown just sold out the American vote in California. He signed a new version of the Motor Voter Act that will register every eligible California citizen who acquires a driver’s license or renews a license at the Department of Motor Vehicles to vote.

This is after he made all illegal aliens eligible for diver's licenses. Eleven states allow illegal aliens to get driver's licenses.

In California, state officials “specifically chose not to make non-citizen license holders searchable in their DMV database,” said True the Vote spokesman Logan Churchwell, who called the newly signed bill “unprecedented.”

 The measure, Assembly Bill 1461, “will effectively change the form of governance in California from a Republic whose elected officials are determined by United States citizens and will guarantee that noncitizens will participate in all California elections going forward."  read the rest

As for Minnesota and it's duly elected certifiably cray-cray Governor speaking in St. Cloud about Muslim immigrants?

The people of Minnesota are so cowed that they think this is appropriate language for a Governor to use:

"Look around you. This is Minnesota," Dayton said. "Minnesota is not like it was 30, 50 years ago. But, this is Minnesota and you have every right to be here. And anybody who cannot accept your right to be here and this is Minnesota should find another state."

Dayton said he was aware of some of the racial issues happening in the St. Cloud area and urged participants to take a stand against what he described as "unacceptable, un-Minnesotan, illegal and immoral" behavior.

"If you are that intolerant, if you are that much of a racist or a bigot, then find another state. Find a state where the minority population is 1 percent or whatever. It's not that in Minnesota. It's not going to be again. It's not going to be that in St. Cloud, or Rochester or Worthington," Dayton said. source

Got that?  Typical "Social Justice Warrior" speak:  Question a bunch of Muslims being dumped in your town, sucking up taxpayer dollars, and complaining that the food bank doesn't stock halal food,  and you are a racist, a bigot, intolerant, and committing acts of immorality.

And then he tells you to leave.

I took him up on that offer when I was 17 and never looked back.

Refuge Resettlement Watch has a archive of St. Cloud articles HERE 


Archbishop Blase Cupich at The Catholic Synod on the Family...

ROME, October 16, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) -- Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago  — who is participating in the Synod of the Family at Pope Francis’ personal invitation —  said at a press scrum in the Vatican press office this afternoon that the conscience is "inviolable" and that he believes divorced and remarried couples could be permitted to receive the sacraments, if they have "come to a decision" to do so "in good conscience" - theological reasoning that he indicated in response to a follow-up question would also apply to gay couples.

Yep.  He really said that.  

 Joseph Sciambra, who left the "gay" lifestyle, and ministers to those who still suffer, had plenty to say about this.

Dear Archbishop Cupich, although you say that you regularly visit with “gay” and “lesbian” individuals, this is not true; there are no “gay” people; those you have met, are like my former self, the duped and the deceived; the still wounded adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect (see: http://www.josephsciambra.com/2015/09/i-never-met-gay-person.html.)

And, yes, while we do need to get to know what their lives are like, however that can rarely happen by just “visiting” with them; for instance, can you truly understand the mind of a drug addict or alcoholic by merely speaking to them - while they are still in the throes of their addiction? No! Because, the picture they will present will be one of forced normality; a false front of happiness that is the only defense against the reality of our suffering.

For instance, when I was in the “gay” lifestyle, I was constantly in a state of drama: meeting and breaking up with someone; finding out that he cheated on me; going through the torturous charade of cheating on him to get revenge; coming down with an STD; getting bored with everything and everyone; always wanting to take sex to the next extreme; I was frantic and my body wasted; but, in the midst of this chaos and excess, I would always state that I was happy. Why? Because that was the only world I knew. And, I felt safe there. Therefore, if I had to lie in order to protect it - I would.  read the rest

I find it amazing that a whole bunch of Catholic prelates are sitting around in Rome discussing homosexuals, who already get way more than their share of attention. 

There is an agenda here, and our dumbed down populace is falling for it.  Don't be one of them. 

Listen up Catholics:

An excerpt from the Lepanto Institute:

Synod Fathers Discuss Homosexuality. What about Necrophilia and Bestiality?

[...]Mankind was created by God with two, and ONLY two genders. Male and female. These genders were created with the purpose of marriage. As such, homosexual acts and tendencies are completely contrary to the created order, so there is no such thing as a “homosexual person.”

The sin of sodomy is built around sexual temptation. One chooses to either engage in the act or to resist it. It’s that simple. To speak of “homosexual persons” is to reduce the individual to identity with sin and sinful tendencies. We may as well speak of “murderous persons,” or “cannibalistic persons,” “or pedophilic persons,” or “necrophilic persons” or “bestiphilic persons.”  Would it be appropriate for prelates of the Church to discuss whether or not men who notoriously engage in sexual activities with their pets should be integrated into the Catholic community, or if they should be permitted to receive Holy Communion with their abused pet in their arms?

[...] It bears remembering here that the Synod has absolutely no teaching or disciplinary authority whatsoever. The Synod Fathers could vote tomorrow to suggest that individuals approaching for Holy Communion must do so in their birthday suits. The Synod could vote to reaffirm 2,000 years of consistent teaching of the Church. Whatever the outcome, for good or ill, for right or wrong, the Synod just doesn’t have the ability to impose any change at all.

So, what’s the point? Why are these things even being discussed? The reason is a simple, but harsh reality. There are unscrupulous men in clerical garb who disbelieve the teachings of the Church and wish to change them. They know that the Synod will not have any authority to enact change, but just as many dissident cardinals, bishops and priests did after the second Vatican council, they intend to enact illicit changes after the Synod is over “in the Spirit” of the Synod. read it all

My advice to Catholics:

If your pastor talks about social justice, being pastoral,  or the spirit of Vatican II, find a new parish.

On Being Prepared

 Just a few weeks ago, South Carolina was pummeled with enough rain to cause flooding. due to hurricane Joaquin.  Hundreds of thousands of people were left without electricity and water.  Check out this picture of a woman who, according to the caption at Daily Mail, was walking through filthy flood water to the corner Quick Stop - or some such place.  I doubt there is anything in that store.

What's even more surprising is that the people who lived in the path of the hurricane had plenty of warning.  Prepping For A Hurricane: Are You Ready For Joaquin?

Don't wait for an emergency to prepare.  If you don't have enough resources stored in your home to sustain you for at least a week - preferably longer - you are placing yourself and your family in harm's way.  It's as simple as that.


How Modern Life Destroys Survival Instinct

Daisy Luther:

Our world today would seem magical to our ancestors. Our needs are met almost immediately; we have clean water at the turn of a knob, heat at the push of a button, and light with the flip of a switch.  Food is purchased in a box, ready to heat, and a person can prepare a meal in under 6 minutes using the microwave oven that’s a fixture in most modern kitchens.

Our world is clean, convenient, and loaded with abundant resources, things that took significant time and effort to produce in days gone by.

But all of this convenience comes at a high price, one we don’t even realize exists until a situation arises in which the ready answers aren’t there, the food is not available, and the dial on the thermostat no longer has any effect at all.

Modern life destroys survival instinct. Most folks just buy the answers to all of their problems and they have lost the ability to think. Self-reliance is an act of epic rebellion against the status quo.

My new obsession:

Chopped Salad

I guess this has been quite the rage for some time, but I don't get out often.  There's a gazillion "recipes" out there for how to create a big bowl of chopped up stuff.

You don't need a recipe.  Really.

Here's how to do it at home.

Get a whole bunch of stuff you like to eat.

For me it's been:

• radishes
• onions
• shredded carrots
• black olives
• kidney beans
• peas
• brocolli
• cauliflower
• zucchini 
• asparagus
• kale 
• feta or blue cheese
• spices of choice 
• lettuce of choice

I chop it all up in fairly small pieces (except for the lettuce) and throw it in a big bowl.  Hubby calls it "pre-masticated."  Ewwwwwwww.

Then I take my greens and either tear or chop them up in small pieces and add them to the bowl.

Grab two spoons and toss it all up.

Everyone serves themselves and adds a dash of dressing.  Toss again.

Here's what I've discovered:

• You need very little dressing when the ingredients are chopped
• Most people eat way more raw veggies when prepared like this

Feel free to add anything you want. Pepperoni? Tuna?  Shrimp?  Hard cooked eggs? Why not?  Use your imagination.

I make enough for at least two days.  It's great in the morning topped off with a couple of poached or soft boiled eggs.

Warning:

lettuce knife

If you're going to "chop" your lettuce, do not use a regular knife.  Use a  lettuce knife  or any leftovers will turn slimy and black.  I once bought a large bag of six heads of romaine lettuce at Costco.  In the interest of saving time, I washed, spun dry, and chopped all the lettuce.  Very efficient, right?  Next day, I threw it all in the compost pile.

I use the OXO SoftWorks Salad Spinner.  I think it's the best out there, and it's saved me a ton of money by getting my greens really dry so they last.

Campbell's Soup pushes the homosexual agenda...

they show this crapola on TV?

I don't watch TV.

Disclaimer: Once again, allow me to say (I really should save this disclaimer, so I don't have to redo it all the time), by stating that I don't watch TV, I'm not being all snotty and snooty and claiming to be better than those who do watch TV.  We don't have cable, and haven't for about 20 years, drastically cutting down our choices of programming.  Even with cable, I doubt I would watch much TV.  I'm simply too busy.

So you can imagine my shock (okay - not really) when I saw the following ad from Campbell's, which has nothing to do with soup, but everything to do with the new political correct society we inhabit.  I've also noticed that the leading decorating magazines, which always highlight the decor of two or three houses, without fail will include one homosexual couple.  The only difference is the straight couple hire a decorator, and the homo-couple act as their own decorator. 

Libtards will stop at nothing to make homosexuality "normal."  It's not normal, and never will be.  What they refuse to see is that it's not about love, marriage, hand-holding, or cute little pecks on the cheek.  It's about sodomy.  A man who puts his erect penis into the anal orifice of another man is not committing a normal act.

One of our local Catholic parishes, employs an openly homosexual band leader, as well as his "husband", to play at Mass.  They both brag on Facebook about checking out the posteriors of other men, because nothing says love like a hot butt on another man.  Think about that while you're processing up for communion, libtards.

The constant bombardment of the homosexual agenda would lead one to think that half the people in the world are homosexuals, and it's working quite well.

In August 2002*, Gallup asked Americans, in an open-ended format, to estimate the percentage of American men and the percentage of American women who are homosexual. The average estimates were that 21% of men are gay and 22% of women are lesbians. In fact, roughly a quarter of the public thinks more than 25% of men and 25% of women are homosexual. It should be pointed out, too, that many Americans (at least one in six) could not give an estimate.

I've heard that figure has gone up considerably since 2002. While we'll never know the full extent of the number of homosexuals since many remain in the closet, the figure most often touted is about 1% to 2%.  And yet, everywhere you turn, homosexuality is smacking you in the face.  People like the openly lesbian mayor of Houston, instead of doing the job of mayor, is relentless in her quest for transgender public restrooms allowing men to use women's restrooms.  

So check out this ad and witness the two wussy nancy boy back door bandits as they disagree over who is the father of that cute little boy, and weep for all children who have to endure such degeneracy.

H/T  Moonbattery




More: 

Facts About Youth: Male Homosexual Behavior

Barnhardt:  On the vast and sudden acceptance of the abuse of the posterior fundament

 

Vile and Vicious Lesbians are Still Vile and Vicious, and you are losing your freedoms sooner rather than later...

and according to the original complaint, one of them is now fat as a result of not having a cake baked for their lesbian "nuptials."  How weird is that?

Juxtaposed with the war on history and the Confederate flag, it becomes obvious we are in deep doo.

In my original post of April 27th I said:

If you think this has nothing to do with you, you may want to think it through a bit more thoroughly.  There is a war being waged on Christians and if you consider yourself a Christian, you are in the cross hairs.  Next up will be an attack on the churches.  Notice these vile creeps never go after a Muslim bakery or florist?  

It couldn't happen here?  Oh, yes it can, and it is happening.

This case is so horrendously awful, I never thought it could get worse.  But it can, and it did.

Don't you dare say anything against our newest protected class or you will not only be made to care, you will be made to pay, and you will be made to shut up about your beliefs. This is how libtards show their tolerance, openness, and caring. 

They are driven to this behavior because deep down they know the truth.  Like my troll, they know they are losers and the only way they have to fight back is through slander, hate, and declaring to the world how special they are, and how evil Christians and conservatives are.

These are the ones who cheer the slaughter of infants in the womb, if it causes an inconvenience, but rail against the death penalty.  They're the ones who want to tax the job creators and suppliers out of business, and the ones who demand we drive electric cars and turn off our air conditioners.

Is this recent declaration by the Supreme Court on homosexual "marriage" going to be the beginning of the biggest push-back since April 19th, 1775?

Oregon imposes gag order on Christian bakers in gay wedding case:

I don’t know if you’ve followed the case of Sweet Cakes by Melissa. This is the now-closed bakery in Oregon that has become a target of state officials because its Christian owners declined to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding.

Not only has the business been forced to close, the state has fined the Kleins $135,000. But it gets worse. Much worse. Now the state has responded to a radio interview the Kleins gave by ordering them to no longer talk publicly about why their faith compels them to decline such business.

We’ve been telling you for some time now that this gay wedding business is little more than a cover for Fascism. Some of you thought that was way overblown. Can you still doubt it after this?

In the ruling, Avakian placed an effective gag order on the Kleins, ordering them to “cease and desist” from speaking publicly about not wanting to bake cakes for same-sex weddings based on their Christian beliefs.

  “This effectively strips us of all our First Amendment rights,” said the Kleins, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, which has since closed, on their Facebook page. “According to the state of Oregon, we neither have freedom of religion nor freedom of speech.”

  The cease and desist order came about after Aaron and Melissa Klein participated in an interview with Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins. During the interview, Aaron said among other things, “This fight is not over. We will continue to stand strong.”

  Lawyers for plaintiffs, Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, argued that in making this statement, the Kleins violated an Oregon law banning people from acting on behalf of a place of public accommodation (in this case, the place would be the Kleins’ former bakery) to communicate anything to the effect that the place of public accommodation would discriminate.

The specific order reads: “The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries hereby orders [Aaron and Melissa Klein] to cease and desist from publishing, circulating, issuing or displaying, or causing to be published … any communication to the effect that any of the accommodations … will be refused, withheld from or denied to, or that any discrimination be made against, any person on account of their sexual orientation.” read the rest

And what of the response of Aaron Klein via TheBlaze:

“He wants to silence anyone who opposes his point of view,” Klein told TheBlaze, speaking specifically about Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian, who has spearheaded the case against the couple. “Unfortunately, he’s doing this with the wrong Christian, because I fight back.”

Klein also delivered a message to Americans and business leaders about why he believes that his case is monumentally important.

“For years, we’ve heard same-sex marriage will not affect anybody,” he said. “I’m here firsthand to tell everyone in America that it has already impacted people. Christians, get ready to take a stand. Get ready for civil disobedience.”

Klein said he and his wife will request a stay in an effort to delay the order, which he said requires them to immediately cut a $135,000 check to Rachel Cryer-Bowman and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, the couple who were refused a cake by the bakery. He also said that the appeals process will likely be undertaken.

“It has the potential to financially ruin our family … [Avakian] knew that full well going into this,” Klein said of the massive sum they have been mandated to pay after citing their Christian views in declining the cake. “He did not seek business assets, he sought personal property.”

Klein, who is a Christian and a father of five, said that he doesn’t think the timing of the case is a surprise either — the official ruling came just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. read the rest

On this, the eve of Independence Day, it is time for you to declare your independence.  It is time to stand up and say, "I've had enough, and I'm not going to take it anymore."  Are you going to stand by and allow the fascist left to destroy your history, your monuments, and your free speech?  Are you going to be a free man or a slave?

Allow me to reprint a comment I read earlier today at SBPDL:

I have broken it into paragraphs for ease of reading.

We are witnessing destruction.

 Destruction of history--the memory hole now exists along with the "party" that controls it. 

Destruction of wealth as private property becomes the property of the "king" once more.

 Destruction of knowledge as the most ignorant, reactionary and non-productive become little tyrants, crying in their cradles with a nanny state that says slavery to the state is legal, and you will feed them under threat of death.

Destruction of agency, as dependency and fear have replaced self-reliance and responsibility.

Destruction of truth, as the truth is inconvenient and must be replaced by the self-created reality of the controllers.

 Destruction of health, as an populace more constrained and poisoned by the mass-controlled food and drink they consume get ever less nutrition, rest, or sleep than any generation before it.

 Destruction of life, as the cult of death in all its forms: perversion, apathy, degeneracy, theft, violence, hedonism, solipsism, and lying become the means by which unsound and corrupt people maintain their positions and lifestyles at the expense of their fellows.

 Destruction of freedom, as the ability to travel, speak, write, associate, work, think, or dissent becomes a phantom of some poorly-recalled past that fades as the new generations grow up not even knowing these things, let alone remembering them. 

More:

DC Clothesline: They Want To Use ‘Hate Speech Laws’ To Destroy Freedom Of Speech In America

Liberty's Torch:  A Day Between Storms

OnePeterFive:  A Republic Not Kept is Lost

Important Video!

And if this hasn't gone on long enough, take a few more minutes and listen to Bill Whittle give you the history of the Democrat party. It will give you fuel to be on the offensive.  Never, ever allow yourself to be on the defensive.  You set the parameters of any discussion you may be sadly called to have with a hateful libtard.

Homosexuals getting "married" doesn't affect me one tiny little bit...w/Update

except when it does.


 Rowan County (Kentucky) Clerk Kim Davis is now facing litigation because of her refusal to issue marriage licenses.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky filed a class action lawsuit on Thursday, saying Rowan County and its clerk are depriving citizens of their constitutional rights to be legally permitted to marry in their home county.

The ACLU will represent four couples from Rowan County, not all of which are in same-sex relationships. The couples named in the suit are April Miller and Karen Roberts; Shantel Burke and Stephen Napier; Jody Fernandez and Kevin Holloway; and L. Aaron Skaggs and Barry W. Spartman.

According to the ACLU release, two are same-gender couples and two are opposite-gender couples; all were denied licenses by Davis.

Davis’ decision to not issue licenses came after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday that validated same-sex marriages in all 50 states and requires county clerks to begin issuing licenses in areas where this law was not previously in effect.

Davis halted her office’s issuance of licenses because she said it was against her religion to appear as if she was condoning same-sex relationships.

And the money quote: 

“Ms. Davis has the absolute right to believe whatever she wants about God, faith and religion, but as a government official who swore an oath to uphold the law, she cannot pick and choose who she is going to serve, or which duties her office will perform based on her religious beliefs,” said ACLU of Kentucky Cooperating Attorney Laura Landenwich in the release.  source

Does that mean we are getting ready to impeach Odumbo for picking and choosing which laws he wishes to uphold or change at will?  Silly question.

As Erick Erickson said:  You will be made to care

Yes, indeedy.  No more sitting on the sidelines.  Choose your side, and choose wisely.

Update:

See what happens when you don't care?

Owners of Oregon Bakery That Refused to Bake Wedding Cake for Same-Sex Couple Fined $135,000

More signs of insanity...

seriously.

Reading the news is dangerous to your mental health. 

Politicians are still wrangling over the Confederate flag.

American Thinker:  Keep the Confederate Flag Flying

People who consider themselves adults think running in "mud races" is fun.  What the hell happened to chess and reading a good book? Or how about sitting around in pretty clothes having adult conversations with other adults while enjoying an adult beverage.

The Blaze: Texas Woman’s Horror Story of How Participating in a Mud Run Damaged Her Eyesight

You'll be happy to know that The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the West Village, has been named a city landmark.  And later today, Odumbo will have a reception for homosexuals in the White House to celebrate gay pride month - or something. I've had about enough of the 2% of the population that seems to garner 99% of the attention.

Weasel Zipper:  Obama’s America: Erase All History Of The Pre-Civil War South While A Gay Bar Becomes A National Historic Landmark In NYC…

Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse:

Corporations, individuals and the federal government continue to rack up debt at a rate that is far faster than the overall rate of economic growth.  We are literally drowning in red ink from sea to shining sea, and yet we just can’t help ourselves.  Consumer credit has doubled since the year 2000.  Student loan debt has doubled over the course of the past decade.  Business debt has doubled since 2006.  And of course the debt of the federal government has doubled since 2007.  Anyone that believes that this is “sustainable” in any way, shape or form is crazy.  We have accumulated the greatest mountain of debt that the world has ever seen, and yet despite all of the warnings we just continue to race forward into financial oblivion.  There is no possible way that this is going to end well. read the rest

And Greece is ready to implode.

But, hey - don't worry about all this silly stuff. 

Guess What?

A blogger who thinks teaching at a two-year community college (otherwise known as high school grades 13 and 14), makes him a member of the intelligentsia, and who thinks making juvenile comments about the size of a lady's breasts (hey, how about those hooters?), called my blog lame.  I think he also called me stupid, but I'm not sure since he doesn't express himself very well.

I'm honored.

More Insanity:

iOTWreport.com Demands That Anything Named After Senator Robert Byrd Be Changed

Moonbattery:  The Confederate Flag, Symbol of Rebels

Creative Minority Report:  So the Confederate Flag Should Come Down But Margaret Sanger Belongs on the $20 Bill?  


Posting will be light in the next few days as we prepare for a minor heat wave.  Today I ordered a portable air conditioner, and even paid an extra $49.00 for expedited shipping which made my thrifty little heart race.  It should arrive on Friday.  Considering our age, I think it will be a good purchase and well worth the $500.00 I just spent.

The Weather Report:

Saturday

Sunny and hot, with a high near 100.

Sunday

Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 105.

Monday

Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 101.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 100.

An open letter to homosexual activists...

Dear Homosexual Activist,

Due to the latest shiny object attack on Mike Pence of Indiana over signing the state's Freedom of Religion Restoration Act, one I might mention, exists in many other states, I felt the urge to send a message to you. 

I'm sending this letter only to you activists, and not to the millions of homosexuals who lead rather mundane and normal lives.  They go to work and school, live quietly, and sometimes even chastely - which is a subject for another letter. 

Let's start off with the concept of tolerance.  Growing up, we had a family friend who was most certainly gay.  I dislike the word "gay", but in the interest of  kindness, since you really like that label, I'll consent to use the term for this letter.  This family friend was a lovely gentleman who we had over for dinner several times a year.  He lived with his aging mother, and was a collector of antiques about which he was quite knowledgeable.  Naturally, it was whispered that he might be gay.  It was only whispers, because no one knew for sure.  Our family friend did not demand tolerance, nor did we feel any necessity of attaching that sentiment to him. 

In later years, my mother worked for two doctors, one of whom was gay.  He also was a lovely, funny, and charming man.  He never demanded tolerance, nor did he announce to the world his sexual proclivities.  It was not easy to hide his gayness when he had house parties, and my mother was called in the middle of the night to attend to him when he decided that his fairy costume (I kid you not) would allow him to fly off the second story landing and his friends (including Rock Hudson - also a lovely man) needed to get him out of the fairy costume before taking him to the Houston Medical Center.  He didn't demand tolerance either.

Back in the olden days, people didn't usually announce to the world the manner in which they engaged in sex, including people who were heterosexual.  We deemed it not worthy parlor chit-chat and, frankly, it was no one's business. 

Now, the noise makers amongst you are demanding tolerance.  I hate to break this to you, but tolerance is not a good thing.  Tolerance presupposes that the one doing the tolerating has already decided that what he is tolerating is not good.

It's sort of like that employee where you work who has some pretty bad hygiene problems.   In a word, he stinks.  No one likes to be around him, but they, having decided that the guy is really a nice person, tolerate his odor until the day the staff decides to slip a tube or can of antiperspirant in his desk drawer hoping he'll get the hint.

That might not be the best example, since most gay people are a pretty clean bunch, but I think you get my point.  You don't want to be tolerated.  You know that is not a good thing.  No, you want approval for the manner in which you engage in sex.  You want to be celebrated as the creative, clever, sophisticated person you think you are.

Oh, sure; you have your gay pride parades with crowds of heterosexuals attending and cheering you on.  Deep down, though, you know the real reason they are there.  I'm not trying to be cruel here, but the sight of men dressed in feathers, sequins, or leather bondage with their bare butts hanging out is, well, entertaining to many people. 

So tolerance is not your goal here.  No siree.  It' a nice word to fling about, but it's not getting the job done.  When that happens, you switch to equal rights.  Last I checked, you have equal rights.  Nope, it seems to me that what you're stumping for is special rights, and you want to exercise those special rights over anyone who dares to say they don't want your sexuality shoved in their faces. We also don't want you trying to teach our children that homosexual sex is normal and healthy.  It isn't, and you know that, too.  

You may also want to take some time to ponder how you and your friends treated openly gay fashion legends Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana when they came out against gay marriage, gay adoption, and that they found in vitro fertilization to be unnatural.  (source)  Old queen, Elton John, called for a boycott against the designers and you applauded.  Not to worry, though.  Most of you can't afford their clothes, so a boycott is meaningless. 

For most of history, your sexual activities behind closed doors have been tolerated.  We won't go into the Muslims throwing you off of roofs and stoning you to death, which is, no doubt, the epitome of intolerance. No one is asking you to hide in the shadows.  Most of us are intelligent enough to spot you.  We want to be your friends.

Please, dear activists, note that I have not brought religion into this letter, even though you like to conjure up a tolerant and non-judgmental Jesus when it suits your purpose.  I offer no religious reason to not tolerate your private behavior.  Yet, you have no problem calling me a "hater" for not celebrating your behavior.  How very tolerant of you.

However, the approval you seek for your sex life is just not going to happen.  You may wield untold pressure through any laws you plan to enact, but no one is going to celebrate your sex life.  Deep down you know this, and I'm sure it makes you unhappy.  It doesn't have to be this way.

You need to quit acting like petulant children who have had their favorite toy taken away for bad behavior.  You're an embarrassment to all the homosexuals who just want to be left alone to lead their life in peace. 

Sincerely,

Adrienne


 

Good work City of Coeur d'Alene for making us the center of attention...

and it's not the good kind of attention.

The one exception is that now everyone knows how to spell Coeur d'Alene - which isn't easy.  Even after 27 years I still have to slow down and mentally say, "C, o, e, u, r, space, little d, no space, big A, lene.  The "lene" part is easy. 

In June of last year, the Coeur d'Alene city council passed an anti-discrimination bill making homosexuals a protected class against the will of the majority of the citizens.

They worried about homosexuals being denied access to restaurants or housing.  Really?  When the hell have they ever been denied a meal or an apartment?  I've lived here for 27 years and if that has happened, I sure never heard about it.

I'm well acquainted with the "boy's club" in this area,
 and they have never been subjected to discrimination.  Most own homes, have good jobs, or run their own successful businesses.   They have their own "gay" clubs and hangouts, including the elegant Clark House in Hayden, Idaho.  Try going there when they congregate and see who's really being discriminated against.

Visit any of them on Facebook and they are continually whining about their "rights" and people picking on them.  Seriously?  Not happening.  We've patronized their businesses for years, full well knowing that they were homosexuals, making many of them quite well off. 

The council poo-pooed the people who said it would be unfair to people who held religious beliefs which didn't include same-sex "marriage."

Fast track now and we see that very thing happening with The Hitching Post saga. 

This has gone so viral that it's managed to knock Ebola out of first place.

Allow me to say it again:

Good work, Coeur d'Alene... 

Now repeal that stupid ordinance!

More:

Eugene Volokh:  Can ministers who make a living by conducting weddings be required to conduct same-sex weddings?

Truth Revolt:   Ministers Risk Arrest for Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony

Daily Caller:   Idaho City To Christian Pastors: Perform Same-Sex Weddings Or Face Jail

Alliance Defending Freedom: Govt tells Christian ministers: Perform same-sex weddings or face jail, fines

Cd'A Press:   Hitch in their beliefs

Self Evident Truths:   Why Same Sex Marriage Is Wrong - Part 3


and

A must read:

From Wintery Knight:
 

Coeur d’Alene city officials to pastors: perform gay marriages or face jail, fines.
First off, I credit Bible-centric pastors for failing to explain the issues of homosexuality and gay marriage in a way that their parishioners could make sense of it logically and evidentially. We never did that, so that’s why Christians had nothing to say to non-Christians when the issue came up OUTSIDE the church. We never learned from church leaders or our parents how to explain the problems with gay rights (Grindr app promiscuity, domestic violence, relationship instability, HIV spread, loss of free speech, loss of religious liberty, harm to children who are separated from their biological parents, etc.). All we learned to say at home and at church was “the Bible says”. That’s what 20 years of church prepares you to do. That’s what being raised in a Christian home prepares you to do.

“The Bible says” works great when you are a child in the Christian subculture, then you hit the university and it just dies. And pastors and parents know this, they just don’t care, because Christianity was like Santa Claus to them – it was about getting you to behave nicely as a child. It was never to make you kick ass like a William Lane Craig. It was never to make you into Stephen C. Meyer or an ADF attorney. It was just to make your parents’ life easier, as much as they try to cover it up with pious talk excusing them from their failed parenting effort.  read the rest

Government going after ministers in my home town of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho who refused to "marry" homosexuals...

and it's making national news.

Donald and Evelyn Knapp, both ordained ministers and owners of The Hitching Post, have been told by the city of Coeur d' Alene that they will have to preside over same sex marriages. The Hitching Post has been there for almost as long as we've lived here, which is 27 years.

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit and a motion for a temporary restraining order Friday to stop officials in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, from forcing two ordained Christian ministers to perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples.

City officials told Donald Knapp that he and his wife Evelyn, both ordained ministers who run Hitching Post Wedding Chapel, are required to perform such ceremonies or face months in jail and/or thousands of dollars in fines. The city claims its “non-discrimination” ordinance requires the Knapps to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies now that the courts have overridden Idaho’s voter-approved constitutional amendment that affirmed marriage as the union of a man and a woman.   read the rest

Many of us knew it wouldn't take long for Cd'A's non-discrimination ordinance to cause problems. 

I live in Post Falls, but Cd'A, Post Falls, and Hayden, Idaho have pretty much become one contiguous  area so I consider them all as sort of my hometown.

Here's my thoughts on this development:

• I believe a business should have the right to refuse service to anyone they want.  Period.  No exceptions.  Want to hang a sign that says "No Blacks Allowed" or "No White's Allowed?"  Go for it.  How about people covered in disgusting tattoos and piercings all over their faces?  Same answer.  Because the market will quickly sort the whole thing out and they will, no doubt, be out of business post- haste.  
• Don't want to make wedding cakes for homosexual "weddings" or photograph their ceremony?  To quote Nancy Reagan, "Just say no." 

And here's the conclusions I've reached about the homosexual fascists who are driving this:

 I believe that most homosexuals could give a rip about any of this.  So, exactly why are we allowing a small minority, of an already small minority, of people to clog up the courts and rain down untold misery on decent people?

The homosexuals who are behind these lawsuits are bitter, hateful, vindictive, and vicious, and should be called out by every homosexual who doesn't approve. 

I'm tired of listening to them whine about their "rights."  What about ours?

More:  

Spokesman Review:  Hitching Post sues Coeur d’Alene after declining to marry gay couple 

Todd Starnes:   City Threatens to Arrest Ministers Who Refuse to Perform Same-Sex Weddings

Wild Bill: Joe Biden says homosexual rights trump all other cultures...

Bill has a few words about that.

Gaystapo strikes again. Photographer on the hook for $6,637.94 fine...

homosexual activists are the most vicious and intolerant people on the face of the earth.

No one should have to provide any service to any person for any reason. 

My husband, a master musician, could be forced to play for a same-sex "marriage" ceremony.  Since he doesn't play out anymore it's not likely to happen, but what about all the other musicians who hire out?

One of our local Catholic Churches has an openly and very active homosexual man who leads the band at the 10:00 am Mass.  His "partner" and lover of 14 years is also in the band. 

I wonder what would happen if someone tried to hire him for a anti-gay marriage event? 

Want to make book on whether he would take the job?  I didn't think so.

From USA Today:

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court declined Monday to decide if a New Mexico wedding photographer was within her rights when she refused to work at a same-sex ceremony.

The denial leaves standing a decision by the state's highest court that went against the photo studio -- although the local dispute has been long since rendered moot.

The case would have posed an important constitutional question with potentially sweeping implications: whether merchants whose products are inherently expressive must serve customers even when it conflicts with their beliefs.

That could include marketers, advertisers, publicists, website designers, writers, videographers and photographers -- and perhaps others.

With the gay marriage movement winning legal battles state by state, the case could have been one of the most important of the court's next term.

The case featured Elaine Huguenin and her husband Jonathan, whose Albuquerque photo studio informed Vanessa Willock and Misti Collinsworth in 2006 that it only worked "traditional weddings." read the rest

How about we promote "diversity" and "tolerance" by throwing feces at people who don't agree with us?...

speechless.

From LifeSite News:

Gay activists hurl feces at German parents protesting pro-gay school curriculum: report

• Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:27 EST

As parents in Germany have protested a new pro-homosexual “sexual diversity” curriculum in their schools, homosexual activists have attacked them by hurling feces and destroying their property, according to the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, which documents anti-Christian incidents in Europe.

"Protesters were physically attacked and it was felt that the police failed to protect the parents’ basic right of assembly," said a statement from the Observatory describing incidents at recent rallies in Baden-Württemberg and Cologne.

According to eyewitnesses, says the Observatory, "Christian parents were shouted at with obscenities.”

"They were spit at, eggs were thrown, and little bags with feces or color. Cables of loud speakers were torn out,” the organization says. “Pages were ripped out of the bible and used to wipe backsides, then formed into a ball and thrown at the parents.” read the rest

Did you really think this wouldn't happen??? Homosexual legal group in Massachusetts files papers to force Catholic school to hire man who's "married" to another man -- despite school's refusal...

this is just the beginning.  

What took them so long?

From Mass Resistance:  

The next step of the "gay marriage" agenda is about to begin here in Massachusetts. It's the push to use the legal system to force religious organizations to include homosexuality and transgenderism.

Fontbonne Academy in Milton, MA, a Catholic girls' high school, is under attack by the homosexual movement.

Across the country whenever a "gay marriage" battle heats up pro-family people are always told, "It's all about civil rights. It won't affect your religious institutions." And the politicians and judges believe them.

That's about to change. This week the powerful Boston homosexual legal group, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination (MCAD) against a Catholic girls prep school because the school declined to hire a man because he is "married" to another man. READ THE REST

A & E -0, GLAAD - 0, Duck Dynasty - 10...

who benefits??

If you'd never heard of Duck Dynasty before yesterday, you sure have now.  Does anyone really believe A&E would sabotage their cash cow?

Disclaimer:  I've never watched Duck Dynasty because we don't have cable.  I did, however, have a pretty good take on what the show was about, and am well aware that people who I admire really like to watch it.

However, last night I had to explain to my hubby what the show was about.  How many other people in this country are like my hubby?  Probably millions. 

Driven by GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), A&E threw the patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family off the show for saying what the majority of people believe.

GLAAD called what Phil Robertson said about homosexuals "some of the vilest and most extreme statements uttered against LGBT people in a mainstream publication."

Really?  I've got news for you GLAAD.  Most people, when confronted with the reality of homosexual sex, are repulsed.  It's ugly, dirty, and unhealthy.  The whole "gay" lifestyle is ugly, dirty, and unhealthy. 

Now ask yourself how many homosexuals are watching Duck Dynasty.  Probably few to none.  So why would A&E kowtow to what amounts to approximately 2% of the population who aren't even among their viewers?  Could it be so they can pump up the viewership of what has become the most popular cable show of all time even higher, by putting it in the spotlight?

Could be.

Thing is - it's going to backfire.  Big time.

Want to know why?

Sure you do.

Because the sleeping giant in this country is finally waking up to what has been done to them.  They're sick of the lies, the insults, and the craven immorality that has engulfed this nation. 

They're tired of being called homophobes, haters, and stupid, and they're not going to take it anymore.  They're tired of having their money stolen from them so people can have free abortions, sex change operations, and mental health care for people who probably wouldn't have mental health problems if they cleaned up their lives.  

And GLAAD has outed itself for being the intolerant hate spewing organization it really is. 
 
GLAAD, you've been used.  How does it feel?

So A&E and GLAAD - bend over and take your reward.  

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While we're being distracted (yet again) by Duck Dyansty perhaps we should be taking note of The Taper:

The Economic Collapse:  The Taper Is On – 8 Ways That This Is Going To Affect You And Your Family




More on the Ducks: 


Creative Minority Report:  Duck Dynasty: The Show That Got Away From Them

Freedom's Lighthouse:  Sen. Ted Cruz Issues Statement Defending “Duck Dynasty’s” Phil Robertson: “Free Speech Matters” – 12/19/13

Blue's Blog:  Well, duh...

Matt Walsh:  Dear A&E, congratulations, you just committed suicide

All the Right Snark:  DIANNY RANTS: The Protected Class

The Other McCain:  Is Phil Robertson Wrong?

Right Wing News:  Discrimination Against Christians: ‘Duck Dynasty’s’ Phil Robertson on Indefinite Hiatus Following Biblical Views on Homosexuality in GQ

I'm a Man. I'm 41:  Megyn Kelly Panel Outraged over Duck Dynasty Suspension: ‘Really Reprehensible!’ ‘Word Police!’ 

The Last Refuge:  Good Grief ! – Duck Dynasty Star Says He’s Not Into The Homosexuality… Diversity Police and Gay Extremists Swoop In For The Kill…


 

Prancing homosexuals urge other homosexuals to "Get Enrolled"...w/Update

I'm speechless.

From YouTube:

Out2Enroll is a coalition of organizations who want to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people stay healthy by making sure that one of the major benefits of the Affordable Care Act -- access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance coverage -- reaches LGBT communities. Get Enrolled is a holiday parody, produced by our friends at Full Frontal Freedom, which aims to bring awareness to the final week of health marketplace enrollment.

Update:

Moonbattery has more to say on this subject.  I'm still speechless.

Perverts Prioritized for ObamaCare

Michael Voris: "You can't dialogue with someone who hates you"...

this is a message for all conservatives - not just Catholic conservatives.

See also:

Newsbusters:   Five Years of H8 from NOH8

Matt Walsh:   Next up: force the churches to perform gay weddings

I'm gone...

not forever, but for awhile (at least until Monday.)

I'll be popping in to some of my favorite blogs and may even be commenting, but for now I have nothing to say except the following. 


Guess what?

I don't really care what the Supreme Court said today.  If the libtards want to live in a world of their own making, I say, "Let them."   It doesn't change one iota of how I plan on living my life, nor should it change how you live your life.

The consequences of their immorality will be theirs alone to "enjoy."  Kill babies by the million up to and after birth?  Just dandy.  Practice unsafe and abnormal sex?  Yum!  Have illegitimate children by the bucketful and expect the state (that would be us) to support them?  Too cool. 

Wake up people.  The libtards are creating their utopia.  They'll have to live in it.  The only way they can beat us is to force us to join them.  You don't have to do that.  Protect yourself.  Protect your family.

Live your life the way God intended.  It's as simple as that...

I think I may have to read some Jane Austen this weekend...