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"Gay" activists attack churches

There is nothing "gay" about "gay" activists these days. They are getting downright scary. In response to California's Prop. 8 passing with over 60% support from California voters, "gay" activists there have turned violent.

Reports out of California are that several churches have been vandalized due to attacks by "gay" activists. Additionally, "gay" activists have held protests at churches across to country to show their anger.  According to the L.A. Times (no friend to conservatives), in just one example, they converged upon a Mormon Temple in  Los Angeles to yell at church members, calling them "Bigots" among other things. 

The "gay" intolerance doesn't stop in California, however.  Indiana's neighbor to the North has felt their wrath as well.  According to the Lansing State Journal in Lansing, Michigan, protesters who entered Mount Hope Church along with worshippers:

"surprised the congregation when they stood up during the service, threw fliers at churchgoers and shouted slogans such as 'It's OK to be gay,' and 'Jesus was a homo,' according to David Williams, communications director at the church."

"...protesters inside the church pulled a fire alarm, unfurled a banner from the church balcony, shouted and threw fliers to the worshippers."

"Outside the church, protesters carried picket signs and an upside-down, pink cross."

The Church had better wake up.  If your pastor says something these lefties don't like, your church could be next.  As a matter of fact, radical "gay" activist groups are planning to stage rallies in Indianapolis, South Bend, Evansville and Bloomington on Saturday.  (If any of you attend and get video, please send my way.) 

 

Opponents of California's Marriage Amendment threaten violence against supporters

In what could be a growing trend, "gay" activists are advocating violence against those who supported Proposition 8 in California (the constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman).  It looks like some of the proponents of "hate crimes" want to actually lead the way in committing them. 

Here are examples of a few of the views of these "gay" activists:

"I swear, I'd murder people with my bare hands this morning."

"While financially I supported the Vote No, and was vocal to everyone and anyone who would listen, I have never considered being a violent radical extremist for our equal rights. But now I think maybe I should consider becoming one. Perhaps that is the only thing that will affect the change we so desperately need and deserve."

"Can someone in CA please go burn down the Mormon temples there, PLEASE. I mean seriously. DO IT."

"I'm going to give them something to be f---ing scared of. … I'm a radical who is now on a mission to make them all pay for what they've done,"

When people peacefully and rationally oppose radical leftist public policy ideas like "gay marriage" they are labeled "intolerant," but when "gay" activists threaten those who hold contrary views with death, you can hear crickets in newsrooms across the country.

Check out the article from worldnetdaily for the full details...eye opening stuff.

Why ACORN is an attack on my civil rights

I have the right to vote.  I have the right to vote without intimidation, molestation, and without arbitrary qualifications like poll taxes.

But the time has come for us to focus on an equally important right:  the right to not have my vote canceled out by a fraudulent vote.

And yes, ACORN's activities are making it easier for individuals to cast fraudulent votes.  That's why I am glad that the Buckeye Institute has filed a state RICO action against them.

Draw your own conclusions

I saw this video created by The Courage Campaign, who are opponents of California's gay marriage ban.  You can draw your own conclusions.

Money in politics: Good, bad or indifferent?

I've been thinking recently about the vast amounts of money we spend on our political campaigns.  Obama shattered all conceptions of what was possible this election- raising an expected $600 million plus.  That's a whole massive pile of money.

McCain, on the other hand, settled for public financing.

Neither scenario sounds entirely pleasing.  $600 million just seems obscene and that it would be better spent somewhere else.  And it's awfully daunting for a lesser known candidate to go up against.

But public financing is the worse option of the two.  The idea that any of my money was invested in the political campaign of ANY candidate is repulsive.

Ron Robinson writes in the American Conservative Union's web magazine that Money in Politics is Good. 

The last major long-term transformation of the national political landscape resulted in part from the visionary gift of one individual. Notre Dame’s Dean Clarence Manion personally financed the publishing of prospective presidential candidate Barry Goldwater’s manifesto, The Conscience of a Conservative. It was this book that rallied conservatives behind a set of ideas and formed the basis of a national movement. Manion used his own and family labor and a network of nationwide contacts developed through his radio program, “The Manion Forum” to enhance Senator Goldwater’s candidacy.

A Hollywood actor read the Manion-published book and rallied behind Goldwater. Ronald Reagan wrote in his great autobiography, An American Life, “The Conscience of a Conservative, contained a lot of the same points I’d been making in my speeches.” In fact, Reagan was so inspired by The Conscience of a Conservative that he gave a speech for Barry Goldwater to some businessmen assembled at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles in 1964. Reagan noted that, following his speech, he was asked by several members of the audience to join them in a discussion.

Henry Salvatori, Cy Rubel, and Holmes Tuttle were among that group. They urged Reagan to repeat the speech to a television audience. Together these California businessmen raised $100,000 to sponsor Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” speech. They also suggested a “trailer” be added to the tape to solicit more funds at the conclusion of the broadcast on NBC.

Reagan wrote of the reaction to the televised speech, “Thousands of people…called in pledging support to Barry and the party…[The speech] ultimately raised eight million .”

Reagan continued, “Of course, I didn’t know it then, but that speech was one of the most important milestones in my life.”

Barry Goldwater lost the 1964 election by record margins. However, that election and its conservative candidate elicited gifts from key individuals including Dean Manion, Henry Salvatori, Cy Rubel, and Holmes Tuttle that played an absolutely crucial, long-term role in both transforming the Conservative Movement and eventually achieving victory in the Cold War.

Generally I am in Ron Robinson's camp.  Political contributions should be defended as a form of free speech.  Without them individuals like Goldwater, Reagan and possibly Barack Obama would never be where they are today.

Thoughts from the peanut gallery?

Florida Marriage Protection Amendment Passes

The Florida Marriage Protection Amendment passed overwhelmingly!

California Proposition 8 Victorious

Perhaps I'll stop calling California the most liberal state in the Union.  Despite hundreds of thousands of dollars donated to the cause from Hollywoood and others, gay marriage will be illegal (again) in California- at least until the courts find another way to invalidate state law.

I thought we would for sure lose this ballot initiative in a year when Barack Obama won 61.5% of the California vote.

Mr. President

Election Day Reflections on our Republic

Every Election Day I have the same emotion.  Our people, after the pettiness and ridiculous political campaigning our politicians and media subjects them to, stand ready to make their voices heard.  Now, after two years of relentless media coverage and every examination short of a body cavity search, the Presidential candidates have little to do but wait until polls close.

This morning I arrived at the polling place at 5:30AM to find a 75-voter long line already slinking around the school entrance.  It was composed of a group of people eager to have their voices heard.  The mood was enthusiastic and bipartisan.  By the time I left, there must have been 300 people in line and growing fast.

Tomorrow, I am unlikely to have a more conservative government in place.  Instead, that government is likely to be significantly more liberal (and with enough votes in Congress and a President to make conservatives a minimal influence) than we've had in decades (and maybe ever).

But, ultimately, whether our President is Barack Obama or John McCain, that person will be MY President.  He will be leading MY country.  And even if my candidate loses, our country is still a far better place to be than anywhere else in the world.

So, unlike some Hollywood lefties, I won't be pledging to move to Canada if my "chosen one" loses. 

Good luck everyone today.  Get to the polls early and vote your conscience.  Tomorrow we'll begin a new era here in the US no matter who wins (and we'll begin speculation about 2012 candidates!) and I'm sure we'll have a lot to talk about.

It's about the schools

These great commercials re Proposition 8 in California expose the cultural battles to be fought in our schools as gay marriage becomes law.

Also, check out this new commercial on their website.