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Leaked e-mail shows media campaign against US bishops

21 Thursday Jun 2012

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Leaked e-mail shows media campaign against US bishops

By Kevin J. Jones

Washington D.C., Jun 21, 2012 / 04:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A leaked e-mail shows that the Democratic-leaning organization Faith in Public Life is running a behind-the-scenes media effort to undercut the U.S. bishops and the “Fortnight for Freedom” events intended to rally opposition to the HHS mandate.

Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, released the e-mail detailing the campaign on June 18. He said a copy of the e-mail had been leaked to him.

Donohue said “fair minded persons” may disagree with the religious freedom effort “but there is something unseemly going on when those who work for a George Soros-funded group are quietly providing talking points to the media.”

The June 7 e-mail from John Gehring, Faith in Public Life’s Catholic Program Director, is addressed to reporters, editors and columnists. It describes itself as a “backgrounder” and contains talking points, adversarial questions for Catholic bishops and recommendations of experts to interview.

It appears aimed at shaping a narrative skeptical towards Catholic objections to a Department of Health and Human Services mandate that requires employers, including many Catholic institutions, to provide insurance coverage for sterilization and contraception, including some abortion-causing drugs.

“Are you willing to sacrifice Catholic charities, colleges and hospitals if you don’t get your way on the contraceptive mandate?” reads one proposed question for a bishop.

“Are you willing to drop all health insurance for your employees?” reads another.

The e-mail encouraged journalists to “ask critical questions” about the bishops’ “sweeping claims” in light of a “charged political backdrop” ahead of the 2012 election. It noted that both the June 8 “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rallies and the June 21-July 4 “Fortnight for Freedom” campaign include Catholic dioceses.

CNA sought comment multiple times from Gehring and Faith in Public Life but did not receive a response. >>>> READ MORE

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Van Jones Rallies Liberals, Calls Conservatives Cheap Patriots and Bigots

21 Thursday Jun 2012

Posted by blogsense-by-barb in American History, Attitudes, blogsense, censorship/political correctness, Character, citizenship, Community interest, conservative, Culture, Current Events, Election 2012, Family values, FREEDOM, Interests, Lifestyle, Moral Character, National Security, Obama, Opinion, tea party

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http://www.mrctv.org/embed/114183

    On June 20, 2012, former Green Jobs Czar for President Barack Obama and self-avowed Communist, Van Jones, wrapped up his Take Back the American Dream conference in Washington, D.C.

    During Jones’ speech, those in attendance were asked to envision waking up in June 2013 under a Tea Party government and how “terrible” it would be living under it.

    MRCTV’s Joe Schoffstall approached Van Jones after his speech and asked what he thinks a “Tea Party government” would look like. Jones went on to say that the Tea Party philosophy of “wild, completely unregulated markets’” is wrong. He claimed they don’t understand history, are ignorant or don’t tell the truth, and their ultimate goal is to destroy or smash down those tools that make America great.

Hmmm, well let’s see. “Wild, completely unregulated markets” is anarchy, not Conservative or even Libertarian government philosophy. Tea Party participants are working to unearth our founding documents, re-educate the adult population on The Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist papers along with the important men and women who worked to shape our nation. We seek only what the Constitution guarantees us … liberties to live, worship, protect our property and loved ones, and build the life we choose, within the reasonable limits of community. That is to say, my freedom is only good until it bums into yours, then we must be civil and moral to resolve the differences according to Law. THAT is how a Constitutional Republic is supposed to operate under the three branches of government that are supposed to check and balance each other while We-the-People hold them all accountable to the promises they made and the Constitution that forms the boundaries.

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Obama Orders Military ‘Gay Pride’ Celebrations

21 Thursday Jun 2012

Posted by blogsense-by-barb in Articles, Attitudes, blogsense, censorship/political correctness, Character, citizenship, Community interest, conservative, Courage, Culture, Current Events, Election 2012, Faith, Family values, FREEDOM, government, Interests, Lifestyle, Military, Military Veterans, Moral Character, National Security, Obama

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Norwich University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Allies Club treasurer Hailey Libbey, 19, a freshman majoring in nursing from Newport, Vt., right, gets help setting up from volunteer Fernando Rincon, 22, a senior majoring in geopolitical science from Lancaster, Calif., before hosting a Bias/Harassment and bullying seminar at the Norwich University library in Northfield, Vt. on Monday, March 26, 2012. Barely six months after the expiration of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy prohibiting gay service members from serving openly, the nation’s oldest private military academy is holding its first gay pride week. Photo: Alison Redlich / AP

Obama Orders Military ‘Gay Pride’ Celebrations

Commander-in-Chief Using Armed Forces for Political Fodder

By Mark Alexander @ Patriot Post
June 21, 2012

    “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensible supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness — these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. … [L]et us with caution indulge the opposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” –George Washington (1796)

Just when you thought the Left’s campaign of cultural degradation couldn’t become any worse, Barack Hussein Obama, ostensibly the Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, sent down a decree that the Service Branches must celebrate “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.” The purpose of this mandate is to affirm the minuscule number of homosexuals (2-3 percent) serving in the military ranks — mostly in rear echelon positions.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta dutifully carried out the order, saying, “During Pride Month, and every month, let us celebrate our rich diversity and renew our enduring commitment to equality for all.”

Obama’s declaration came during the same week the DoD announced it would comply with atheist group demands that all military editions of the Bible be removed from Base Exchange centers. The complainant had prepped a lawsuit based on the errant notion that “separation of church and state” is enshrined in our Constitution. Naturally, the Obama administration accepted their objection without a fight, based upon the Left’s adherence to a so-called “living constitution.”

Apparently, Panetta’s “enduring commitment to equality for all” applies to sexual preference but not faith. Oh, wait … maybe it doesn’t even apply to sexual preference. After all, when was the last time any Leftist celebrated “Heterosexual Pride Month”?

Make no mistake, Obama’s Gay Political Play is a keystone in the Left’s macro agenda to undermine the most critical pillar of Liberty, the family. However, there’s nothing “gay” about Gender-Disorientation Pathology, and “affirming homosexuals” in any context not only poses a threat to natural families and good military order, but disregards the welfare of millions who manifest this destructive pathology — merely using them as political pawns.

Rather than provide one lone opinion about Obama’s military “Gay Pride Month” mandate, I asked 20 career military officers, five from each of the service branches, to give me their opinions about this mandate. While I value the opinions of many young friends who are among the enlisted ranks, I chose to ask officers, in order to provide a more strategic perspective on this issue.

The responses I received came from those who ranked from O-2 to O-9. Each reported that their sentiments were echoed by virtually all of their colleagues. Each agreed to provide their “personal perspective” without attribution, because the military PC police (Lefty lawyers in the JAG and IG offices) are very persistent at prosecuting Obama dissenters, and these respondents expressed an interest in completing their military careers, abiding by their oaths as military officers, and endeavoring to maintain history’s best fighting force in defense of Liberty — despite assaults from the CinC to the contrary.

What follows are representative amalgamations of comments from members in each service branch, all of whom are combat veterans.

USA:

Clinton accelerated the practice of using the military as a political test platform for social policy, pandering to its electoral constituencies. The Obama regime put it in warp speed. … I will retire soon, and it pains me to see this political crap manifest itself in the ranks of fine young men and women. … Military service requires a solid foundation in moral virtue because war destroys the societal safeguards that aid civilized society and civilized people in staying grounded. When we remove morality from military service, such as the moral imperatives behind the UCMJ regulations against homosexual behavior and adultery, we risk dislodging the moral compass from its true north bearing. … This has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with political expedience. … The requirement for even more “sensitivity training,” which we already endure for Equal Opportunity (EO) and Sexual Harassment, Assault, and Rape Prevention (SHARP), and resulting UCMJ changes, all detract from the real aim and purpose of training our soldiers to fight and win, wasting his most precious resource, time. … This mandate is irresponsible and rains down from politicos who are not even remotely acquainted with the reality of ground combat.

USN:

I have had to do few things more distasteful in my 36 years than train (read “indoctrinate”) my unit members on the new post-Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell (DADT) rules. … Those of us who have been brought up with legitimate, closely held religious convictions have to bite our tongues and accept the unacceptable. … We all know it’s a load of horse dung, and are just holding our breath for a real CinC to replace the phony one now at the head of the table. … If being a Christian makes me a bigot, as our Commander-in-Chief indicated (in his reference to people “clinging to their guns and Bibles”,) then I willingly wear that title. … Next up will no doubt be affirmative action for homosexuals to increase their numbers in our ranks. … When one group, for whatever reason, is given preferential treatment over another, it is ultimately destructive to the command, or the service, or the military writ large. … Yet to meet one in the fighter community! … When you consider that the average junior sailor (E6 and below) lives separated from family and friends for months at a time and in worse conditions than the majority of our federal prisoners in order to serve and protect our nation, you’d think that they would be the last people who would have these political mandates imposed upon them by our civilian “leaders.” … Typical of an administration that can’t differentiate between equality and Liberty!

USAF:

There is no evidence that decisively links genetics to homosexuality — and this lack of a genetic link totally separates this issue from race and gender … except for political expedience. … When will the pandering politicians please get their social agenda out of my way so we can do the job we came here to do? … Everyone who has candidly spoken to me about the issue thinks the DoD’s policy towards homosexual conduct is wrong, period, and contributes to a degradation of unit cohesion and effectiveness. The fact that the DoD would then not only allow the conduct, but now endorse it is absolute anathema to anyone with a moral compass. … Now that we’ve opened Pandora’s box by legalizing homosexual behavior, we are now challenged to figure out exactly what kind of status and rights we are going to bestow on it. As a commander, I would be content if we could simply acknowledge it as a permissible lifestyle and not celebrate it as some kind of panacea that will give our military a tipping-point advantage that will allow us to defeat our enemies. … Despite the “re-education classes,” I will likely continue to hear humorous comments loaded with gay innuendo, all followed by the standard disclaimer, “not that there’s anything wrong with that!”

USMC:

I read Panetta’s order … and it sickened me. Panetta is not part of the “military ranks.” Unfortunately his “leadership” of the DoD defines, in part, where the military ranks are, and where we will go. … I’m not a fan of Hispanic Heritage Month, African-American Whatever, Women’s History Month, etc. The posters produced, ceremonies, seminars and luncheons held, and messages that are promulgated are presented under the guise of bringing us all together when, in fact, they mostly define and divide by differences. … Celebrating one’s heritage or behavior is fine as long as it’s your celebration, not the DoD’s, or the Nation’s. … Lord, please send us a real CinC! … In my opinion DADT was a very workable solution. If folks did their job and kept their homosexual behavior a private matter, I was OK with that. … I knew fellow Marines who cheated on their wives, who lied and who stole, but I was never required to celebrate those sins. I could still voice my rejection of those behaviors, and get my fellow Marines to straighten up and fly right. But now I would be dishonorably discharged for such action. … Numerous studies/surveys of our Marines conclude that the youngsters, who almost exclusively make up front-line combat troops, don’t fight for God or country or freedom. They fight for the guys on their left and right. By dividing along the lines of our differences, we erode the foundation of military success. … Contrary to Panetta’s statement, the military doesn’t exist to provide opportunities or make people feel good.

Unit Cohesion?
Two comments really sum up the thousands of words I received in response to the Obama “GLBT” mandate.

The first is from Col. Ron Crews, USA retired (emphasis added), who is now director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty: “By openly affirming bisexual and homosexual behavior, military leadership is coming into direct conflict with the morals and standards held almost universally by chaplains and service members of virtually every major faith group in the military. This blatant attempt to ‘celebrate’ a minority view of political correctness will not endear military families to the military. I want the American public to see just where the current administration is leading our military. They have turned our Armed Forces into a social experiment at the cost of military readiness.”

The second is from a Marine: “When I volunteered for the Marine Corps, the military expelled homosexuals. A decade later, Bill Clinton ordered that we ignore homosexuals as long as they kept their sexual preferences a private matter (Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell). That was OK because few if any of them were in combat units. Last year, Obama and his Leftist congressional cadres obliged the military to endorse open homosexuality (Do Ask, Do Tell). This decision had nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with political pandering to a loud special interest group. This week, Barack Obama decreed that my Marine Corps would officially ‘celebrate Gay Pride Month.’ The next step will be to set quotas for homosexuals in the ranks, and to offer marriages and same-sex benefits. I’m preparing for retirement after more than 30 years of service to my country, and more than a few scars to prove it. It grieves me to leave my beloved Corps in such a state, being used as a political crap pot for Obama and his socialist administrators. I have honored my oath. They have deserted theirs. Do citizens give a s–t anymore? Time to wake up. God Bless America! S/F.”

When Obama repealed DADT in December 2010, he said, “We are not a nation that says, ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’ We are a nation that says, ‘Out of many, we are one.'” But Obama’s invocation of “E Pluribus Unum,” the national motto proposed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1776, as the basis for his social agenda to normalize homosexual deviance, is anathema to its definition. That is because Obama’s objective is not to unite, but to divide (and conquer) under the pretense of uniting.

George Washington once called on the nation to determine whether we would be united or divided: “We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all matters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it.”

Indeed, Obama in his capacity as President and CinC, is a monumental farce.

(For more on this issue, read Gender Identity, The Homosexual Agenda and The Christian Response and 10 Reasons Homosexual Behavior Is Unfit for the American Armed Forces.)

Blogger’s NOTE: The FARCE is that the non-straight element of our society is not content with equality – equal rights under the Law. They want SPECIAL RIGHTS. They want what others get under different circumstances, kinda like everyone being paid the same regardless how the quality and quantity of work. In the military culture and considering the mission of the military, this has the potential of being a serious issue of distraction which can cause loss of life. Bottom line, sexuality should not be an issue. PERIOD. It is not straight, heterosexual military members making it an issue. It is the tiny minority element with a political agenda to change American values and culture.

Homosexuality is certainly not a new thing, but it has never been a mainstream thing because it is not a natural (i.e.suitable to procreation) design. That is not to say they should be discriminated against, but neither should rules and laws be changed to appease this small segment of society. In the military environment, there should be NO celebration of sexual orientation either way … there should be no discussion, no recognition of various sexual orientations. It has nothing to do with the military mission. It has everything to do with the President’s political agenda to divide and distract the military from their mission. it is a National Security faux pas!

The political tide is turning, however, and many of those military who voted for Obama in ’08 have seen the Light, so to speak, and will not make the same mistake this time around.

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