Saturday, February 29, 2020

AOC OPPOSES SCHOOL CHOICE, YET BRAGGED ABOUT GETTING GOD DAUGHTER INTO CHARTER SCHOOL

(CNSNews.com) – Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called out Democratic politicians for opposing school choice when they have chosen better schools for their children.
“They’ve put their kids in what they consider to be ‘better schools.’ Why deny the same right and the same opportunity to kids on our future? Listen to the people running for president. They’re going to give you all kinds of free stuff. You know what? Free stuff sounds great. Freedom beats free stuff any day of the week,” Conway said during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference’s (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md.
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Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called out Democratic politicians for opposing school choice when they have chosen better schools for their children.

'THE LEFT IS BECOMING A DOOMSDAY CULT'

“The Left is becoming a Doomsday Cult,” fearmongering about one apocalypse after another, Blexit movement leader Candace Owens says.
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“The Left is becoming a Doomsday Cult,” fearmongering about one apocalypse after another, Blexit movement leader Candace Owens says.

ARCHBISHOP: POPE FRANCIS IS 'USURPER AND HERETIC,' 'LEADING THE WORLD ASTREAY'

Catholic Archbishop Jan Lenga, the former head of the Diocese of Karaganda, Khazakhstan and now retired in Poland, was ordered to stop delivering sermons and speaking with the media because of his frequent statements that Pope Francis is a "heretic" spreading "untruths and sins" and "leading the world astray."
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Catholic Archbishop Jan Lenga, the former head of the Diocese of Karaganda, Khazakhstan and now retired in Poland, was ordered to stop delivering sermons and speaking with the media because of his frequent statements that Pope Francis is a "heretic" spreading "untruths and sins" and "leading the wor...

CHURCHES FLY CHRISTAIN FLAG OVER AMERICAN FLAG

Churches making profound statement by flying Christian flag over American flag
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By Rev. Mark H. Creech
February 29, 2020


West Asheville Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina, prominently flies the Christian flag above the American flag. 
When asked about it, Stan Welch, the church's pastor, tells people that he knows it's not proper flag etiquette, but it's not a mistake by the church. They're doing it purposely to make a point. 
They started flying the Christian flag that way back in 2015 because they believed the nation had entered a time when there ought to be an emphasis on God being first, and then country.

"It's not a protest; it's simply who we are," says Welch. 
"It's going along with our National Motto, 'In God We Trust.' 
That's our ultimate trust. 
When we get to heaven one day and stand before the Judgment, we're going to be asked, 'How good a patriot were you?' 
It's then we're going to be judged on our Christian faith."

Welch says flying the Christian flag above the U.S. flag brings heat in a progressive city like Asheville – a city where the political philosophy of many sees government as the giver of rights rather than God. 
In fact, this week, the Asheville Citizen-Times highlighted West Asheville's flag flying in the segment: 
"The Answer Man" by John Boyle. 
It's the second time Boyle has covered the subject in the last five years since people are still inquiring whether it's legal and why the church is doing it.

But Welch insists, "It's meant to be a positive statement, biblically – its God first, then our country, and that's the order. 
We are in perfect alignment with Scripture and perfect alignment with our National Motto."

West Asheville is not the only church flying the Christian flag above the American flag. Rit Varriale, the pastor of Elizabeth Baptist Church in Shelby, North Carolina, says one would be surprised to see how many churches and residences are flying the two flags in that manner throughout Cleveland County.

Varriale could rightly be given credit for the concept. 
He says that back in 2015, he was already planning to launch a new website, God Before Government, when one day, he noticed that Focus Missionary Baptist Church in Shelby was flying the Christian flag at their church above the American flag. 
Varriale then sought out the pastor, which led to the discovery that the two preachers shared concerns that America had seemingly forgotten that portion of the pledge to the U.S. flag, which says, "one nation under God."

Focus Missionary Pastor Walter Wilson, who had been flying the Christian flag above the American flag for several weeks, said that one day while he was hoisting the flags, God's Spirit spoke to him and said that God should always be first. 
"Everything we do, we're supposed to acknowledge Him first," Wilson told the Gaston Gazette. 
"He told me to put the flag above the American flag."

Wilson's obedience to God inspired Varriale not only to do the same, but to use the switching of the two flags as a means of sending a critical message – the message that God comes before government.

Varriale said that he was never really trying to start a movement. 
He just wanted to make a stand. 
But as people caught wind of it, it became much more than he anticipated.

"When we looked at the analytics of our God Before Government website and Facebook page, it created a tremendous amount of conversation. 
We even trended number one for topics on Facebook," he said. 
"We were number one for over 24 hours, which is almost unheard of.
 We had contacts from across the country, who were telling us that they were doing it, but we never kept a tally."

However, Varriale said that there was one disappointment: 
"I will say though, at the same time that it generated a lot of discussions, it was disappointing to see the number of key leaders that could have jumped on board with this, but decided that they wanted to sit it out because they thought it was too controversial."

Varriale said that there seems to be a pervasive feeling in evangelicalism today that first we have to get people to like us, and then hopefully if they like us, they will like the message of Jesus.

"Certainly we don't want to be cantankerous and mean-spirited when we're taking a stand, but sometimes you have to take a stand, and if people are offended at it, if people are upset by it, so be it!" he added.

Varriale also notes that in his dialogue with people who questioned the appropriateness of flying the Christian flag above the American flag, the one argument that caused people to pause more than anything else was his pointing out to them the inside front cover of the Roosevelt World War II Bible, particularly the Navy edition, which has a picture of the pennant of the church, the Christian flag, flying above the American flag.



Varriale says, "Was Roosevelt aware of the fact that there were Muslims in America during the 1940s? 
Of course, Roosevelt was a smart man. He knew that there were atheists. He knew that there were socialists, liberals, and others who completely objected to Christianity. 
And back in the 40s, they were laying the seeds of the extreme liberalism that we see today. 
But he, knowing that we were, by and large, a Christian nation, demonstrated that the church flag is the only flag ever to be flown over our nation's flag, and it's to be flown during divine services. 
So we're a church [Elizabeth Baptist Church], people are praying here and doing stuff of a divine nature all the time."

Still, some objected, more specifically Christians, who told Varriale that God would never honor what he was doing because "it was born of the spirit of rebellion" 
– because it was in the spirit of noncompliance 
– because it disregards flag etiquette and even though flag etiquette is not punishable by law, it is a law, and God never honors rebellion.

"But I'm thinking to myself Messianic rebellion is what sent our Lord to the Cross, the fact that he wouldn't toe the line of the authorities of his day. 
If Jesus had just stayed in Galilee and taught Bible studies and led great worship experiences, they wouldn't have killed him. 
They killed him because he challenged the authorities," said Varriale. 
"He basically said that honoring God is more important than honoring you. 
And of course, that's what caused the disciples to face the harsh treatment they went through in Acts chapters 3–5. 
They said we are going to obey God rather than men."

Varriale concludes that Christians aren't characteristically rebellious, they're just the opposite, but when we're being pushed by the government to live in ways contrary to God's law, that's when it's proper to peacefully rebel.


Just recently, I met with a group of about 25 key church leaders in Vance County, North Carolina. 
I told them that the Bible has historically provided the premise for law and liberty in Western Civilization, especially in America, and it is an indispensable source for governing in a manner that ensures domestic tranquility, prosperity, justice, and happiness for every nation around the world. 
Christians have always believed, and American citizens have generally agreed, the rule of law requires the state to act in accordance with the principles of a "higher law" 
– the revealed will of God as delineated in the Bible.

Although Varriale never set out to make flying the Christian flag above the American flag a movement, I believe in these times when religious liberty is under serious assault, socialism is on the rise, and Americans have seemingly forgotten that freedom can only be sustained by a right relationship with our Creator, it seems to me that it should be a movement.

On a personal note, I say, may God hasten the day when we would see Christian flags flying above the American flag in front of churches, residences, and other places everywhere. 
I'm for it! 
It's neither a protest or an unpatriotic act! 
Instead, it merely sends a desperately needed profound message: 
America's hope – the answer to its many seriously complicated problems 
– the best response to its greatest threats and the vast divide between the American people 
– is to put God first again.

© Rev. Mark H. Creech

DRAG QUEEN DANCES SUGGESTIVELY FOR CHILD WHILE ADULTS CLAP AND CHEER

(SUMMIT NEWS) A video posted to Tik Tok shows a drag queen dancing suggestively in front of a girl no older than 6 as adults in the room applaud and cheer.
The clip shows the young girl seated as a drag queen crawls on his hands and knees towards her.
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THE MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH THE NUCLEAR FAMILY

The movement to abolish the nuclear family

Exclusive: Patrice Lewis asks, who knew eating meals together is 'oppressive and racist'?

A few weeks ago, our 24-year-old daughter saw a question on a forum and posed it to us: "Do you and Dad have any regrets about how you raised us?"
Startled, I replied. "No." Upon further reflection, my answer stands. 
We raised our girls in a loving intact family that values faith and hard work. 
We never had a lot of money, but made up for it by frugality and creativity. 
Our girls grew up to become autonomous, responsible young women who are a credit to society.
No, we have no regrets whatsoever about how we raised our kids.
Yet to hear the feminists, atheists, LBGTQ activists and others on the extreme left side of things, apparently we did our daughters an enormous disservice by raising them in a nuclear family. 
That's because the family unit is a patriarchal remnant that oppressed our girls by teaching them capitalism is good and faith is for everyone.
The family has been under attack at least since the 1960s, and with increasing hostility in the last few years.
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One recent book blasts the notion of domestic tranquility centered around home cooking and family meals as a figment of "white, middle-class families" that had "at least one domestic servant," perhaps more. Translation: 
Eating meals together as a family is oppressive and racist.
In 2017, a Google executive sparked a fierce backlash from employees by using the word "family" in a weekly, company-wide presentation. 
Triggered people concluded the word "family" is "offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and wrong." 
In an internal memo, one employee wrote: 
"The use of 'family' as a synonym for 'with children' has a long-standing association with deeply homophobic organizations. 
This does not mean we should not use the word 'family' to refer to families, but it mean we must doggedly insist that family does not imply children." 
Another employee wrote, 
"It smacks of the 'family values' agenda by the right wing, which is absolutely homophobic by its very definition."
In Britain, a judge with an otherwise exemplary record was punished for saying that children do best with a mother and a father. 
"He was told that his views about family life were 'discriminatory against same-sex couples' and was barred from sitting as a magistrate until he had received 'equality training.'"
Then there's the professor at Quinnipiac University who "recently made the startling claim that a belief in, and advocacy for, traditional marriage is effectively comparable to support for the violent white supremacist organization of the Ku Klux Klan," according to The College Fix.
This hatred of family culminated recently in an astoundingly stupid thesis entitled "Full Surrogacy Now: 
Feminism Against Family" by a feminist piece of work named Sophie Lewis. 
Raised – you guessed it – in a dysfunctional family, Lewis makes the extraordinary leap of logic that just because she doesn't like the notion of pregnancy, no one else should either. 
She advocates for "surrogacy" – not necessarily in matters of gestation, but in abolishment of the nuclear family. 
"That means caring for each other not in discrete private units (also known as nuclear households), but rather within larger systems of care that can provide us with the love and support we can't always get from blood relations – something Lewis knows all too well," summarizes Vice.
Consciously or unconsciously, this widespread aversion to the nuclear family comes directly from Marx and Engels in "The Communist Manifesto," which links families to capitalism: 
"Abolition of the family! … On what foundation is the present family, the bourgeois family, based? 
On capital, on private gain. 
In its completely developed form, this family exists only among the bourgeoisie. 
But this state of things finds its complement in the practical absence of the family among the proletarians, and in public prostitution. 
The bourgeois family will vanish as a matter of course when its complement vanishes, and both will vanish with the vanishing of capital."
Engels further urges in "Principles of Communism": 
"What will be the influence of communist society on the family? 
It will transform the relations between the sexes into a purely private matter which concerns only the persons involved and into which society has no occasion to intervene. 
It can do this since it does away with private property and educates children on a communal basis, and in this way removes the two bases of traditional marriage 
– the dependence rooted in private property, of the women on the man, and of the children on the parents."
Gee, where do you suppose Sophie Lewis came up with her "surrogacy" concept?
But what about the children? 
Have any of these progressive luminaries thought about the impact their "new and improved" ideas might have on kids?
What the left won't admit is all their "solutions" to the biological inconvenience of reproduction are devastating to children. 
Putting aside the poor souls murdered in utero, solutions such as those proposed by Sophie Lewis means children will lose their parents. 
As child development expert Dr. Stanley Greenspan observes, a child's greatest fear is the loss of a primary relationship. 
Familial love, apparently, has no place in the progressive heart.
"The feminist movement was never about supporting all women, just liberal women," notes Suzanne Venker in her excellent book "The Flipside of Feminism." 
"It was not designed to level the playing field. 
It was designed to rearrange society to make life more suitable to feminists."
Sophie Lewis and endless others who wants to abolish the nuclear family often feel this way because their own families were dysfunctional or abusive. 
But their flaw is they attempt to turn their personal issues outward and blame society. 
"It is very sad that these women had painful upbringings and were haunted by them throughout their lives – we do not mean to minimize it," writes Venker. 
"But that doesn't mean – it can't mean – that society should be turned upside down to accommodate that pain." [Emphasis in original.]
"[T]he consequences of pulling men, women, and children apart; then, pitting them against each other, has proven nothing short of destructive on a colossal scale," notes Lionel Du Cane
"Myriad problems have ensued – notwithstanding what may spell the wholesale collapse of Western society – since the family structure began crumbling."
No, my husband and I have no regrets whatever about how we raised our kids. 
It's just a crying shame the Sophie Lewises of the world weren't as fortunate in how they were raised.

AN APPALING ATROCITY IN THE U.S. SENATE

An appalling atrocity in the U.S. Senate

Dr. James Dobson takes to task those lawmakers who voted for death over life

In October and November of 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation making animal cruelty a federal crime. 
Yet incredibly, this past Tuesday the Senate failed to pass two pieces of legislation that would have further protected the precious lives of human babies, born and unborn. 
The votes in both measures were almost entirely along party lines with nearly all Republicans voting in favor and almost all of the Democrats voting against each of these bills.
The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would require health care professionals to provide medical care for babies who are born alive following attempted abortions. 
In other words, doctors would need to provide the same level of care for abortion survivors that they offer to other newborns. 
Babies, made in the image of God, who survive an attempt to end their lives should not then be left to die alone on porcelain tables. 
It's sickening to think that almost all of the Senate Democrats voted against this bill, with only three Democrats – Bob Casey, Pa., Doug Jones, Ala., and Joe Manchin, W.Va., having the moral courage to protect a newborn baby after such a barbaric act is botched. 
It is equally as unconscionable that three senators – Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar – would choose to remain silent when a baby's life is at stake.
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would have prohibited the majority of abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy, in acknowledgment of scientific evidence that unborn babies are capable of feeling pain by this stage. 
As morally appalling, almost all of the Democratic senators voted against this bill, with only two Democrats willing to stand for these most vulnerable babies – Casey and Manchin. 
Sadly, in this measure two Republican senators – Susan Collins, Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, also joined in voting against this life-saving legislation. 
The same senators – Warren, Sanders and Klobuchar – failed to vote on this measure as well.
I have said it before, and I will say it again until I have no breath to speak. 
Every human life is precious, and no child's life is expendable. This is not about "abortion access" or the "right to choose." 
This is not about "bundles of cells" or "clumps of tissue." This is not about "my body, my choice," or any other despicable euphemism or excuse employed to minimize the horror of killing an unborn child in the womb or letting a child die outside the womb. 
At its core, this is all about the inherent God-given dignity and worth of every human being – from conception to natural death.
The senators who supported these bills have my deepest gratitude, and I implore them not to give up. 
To those senators who had the audacity to turn their backs on helpless babies, I say this: 
You have chosen to embrace a culture of death and a political platform over humanity, decency and life itself. 
God help us all if these two votes represent the soul of America.
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Every American should respond to this heinous atrocity. If your senator(s) supported this legislation, contact them and thank them. 
If your senator(s) opposed this legislation, demand that they consider their own humanity and the value of every life.

CORONAVIRUS COULD LEAD TO COLLAPSE OF COMMUNIST PARTY

The Chinese Communist Party's secretive handling of the coronavirus could lead to its collapse in the same way that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster contributed to the Soviet Union's demise, an expert on China said Friday.
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The Chinese Communist Party's secretive handling of the coronavirus could lead to its collapse in the same way that Chernobyl contributed to USSR's demise