Focus on the Family

“The week is based around the idea that sex, in whatever context—heterosexual, homosexual, BDSM, or strictly within marriage—is nothing to be ashamed of,” according to the Georgetown University (GU) blog.I don’t know of many married couples who are “ashamed” of their sexual relationship, but apparently other sexual derivatives need to be justified or normalized alongside traditional marriage. It’s all the same, right?Not so fast. This concept turns sexuality on its head. Instead of sex being an important, exclusive, procreative (and yes, even sacred!) part of a lifelong marriage, the “Sex ...

This just in: After complaining about one little school in Mississippi that has refused to allow same-sex couples and cross-dressing at its prom, gay activists are now saying they need federal legislation—in particular, the “Student Non-Discrimination Act—to force schools like this one to obey their demands.This is all very revealing.Because for months, national homosexual advocacy groups like GLSEN have been claiming this legislation is just about protecting kids from “discrimination.”But this week the bill’s own sponsor—Rep. Jared Polis, who campaigned “as the first openly gay candidate ...

Candi – not only is the ACLU playing the bully, as you describe, but they also seem to have found a new constitutional right in the process – the right to have a prom. Or more accurately, the right to have a prom if it’s necessary to force societal acceptance of homosexuality on an unwilling public. In its court complaint, the ACLU asks for several things, including:An order preliminarily and then permanently enjoining Defendants (the school and its officials) …from canceling the prom, originally scheduled for April 2, 2010.I’ll let others opine about the constitutional issues related to ...

It’s amazing to me how the average taxpaying citizen can stand by silently while the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) constantly ties up our local school districts in needless lawsuits, which divert scarce resources from things like teacher salaries and textbooks.Let’s review two cases just from the last week alone.The first involves a public high school in Fulton, Mississippi, that has a written policy against students bringing same-sex dates to prom.The ACLU recently issued a rather pompous press release: “ACLU Demands Mississippi School Allow Lesbian Student to Attend Prom with ...

My recent blog highlighting a new campaign by pro-gay revisionists to thenge the church’s view on homosexuality (Believer Beware: “Believe Out Loud” Campaign to Test Church on Homosexuality) elicited a number of interesting responses and conversation, including this one from Grumpy Morning Boy:Thank god that Christians are such self-doubting people. Despite Focus on the Family’s efforts to brand this program as snake oil, I know there are thousands of Christians who realize that the day is coming when LGBT people can and should be warmly accepted and fully valued within their ...

My recent blog highlighting a new campaign by pro-gay revisionists to change the church’s view on homosexuality (Believer Beware: ”Believe Out Loud” Campaign to Test Church on Homosexuality) elicited a number of interesting responses and conversation, including this one from Grumpy Morning Boy:   Thank god that Christians are such self-doubting people. Despite Focus on the Family’s efforts to brand this program as snake oil, I know there are thousands of Christians who realize that the day is coming when LGBT people can and should be warmly accepted and fully valued within their ...

The trial judge makes it clear here that media reports that he was considering allowing television cameras to record the closing arguments were incorrect.And oddly enough, the case is apparently not even ready for closing arguments just yet, as a document discovery dispute has only within the last several days been resolved, requiring the LGBT opponent groups to produce certain internal documents of the kind that the Prop 8 proponents were required to produce. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a case where discovery was still going on after the trial finished up, but nothing about this case ...

The new administration in Virginia has wasted no time taking on the biggest sacred cow of the politically correct public university crowd – the inclusion of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” in so-called “non-discrimination” policies. In a letter to the Commonwealth’s public universities, as reported in the Washington Post, Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli has advised that the setting of state public policy is done at the General Assembly, not in college board rooms, Apparently the General Assembly has rejected bills that include sexual orientation and/or gender identity a ...

Bradley Smith, the former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, writes a thoughtful essay on the value of anonymous political speech. In light of the Ref 71 petition signers case coming up for oral argument at the Supreme Court next month, Smith’s discussion couldn’t be any more timely concerning the dangers of “disclosure” laws. His key paragraph:For 35 years, mandatory disclosure of political contributions has been the most popular part of the campaign-finance “reform” agenda. Yet the idea that Americans should report their political activity to the government is, in many ways, ...

In 2007, seven Christians were arrested for praying at a gay pride event in a public park in Elmira, New York. The event was open to the public, and the seven found a grassy spot near the stage to kneel or lay down to pray and read their Bibles.Apparently afraid that the LGBT crowd might react in a hostile manner, the Elmira police arrested all seven of the Christians and charged them with disorderly conduct. Three copped a plea; four stood trial and were convicted. Of those four, three had their convictions overturned on appeal, and the fourth, Julian Raven, is appealing to New York’s ...