Madeline Crabb
Foley, homosexuality, and character (Part Two)
By Madeline Crabb
The United States is a "representative republic." We elect people to "represent" us and our values. And the liberal elitists, or what I call the "we-know-what's-best-for-you" crowd have been making Mark Foley an issue in the upcoming election. While Foley and his normal-for-homosexual-behavior should not surprise anybody, if the know better crowd wants to debate homosexuality, then let's do it. They have been ramming the wonderful, redeeming qualities of homosexuality down our proverbial throats for years. However, most Americans reject and resent the blatant propaganda and hypocrisy.
Homosexuality is not noble, no matter what the know better crowd says. God called such behavior an abomination. Period. But if that's not enough for you, let's hear what the homosexuals of stellar character have to say.
The Homosexual Manifesto, which appeared in the Gay Community News in 1987 states:
Indeed, we do not know how many homosexuals have "flown under the radar" and gotten elected to public office. Once there, however, the trend is to either "toe the line" with the homosexual agenda, or be "outed" if they go against that agenda. There are actual websites where the names of "closet homosexuals" are listed.
Other Character Issues
The Foley non-scandal may be about the ramifications of homosexuality, but there are other matters of character that are even more prevalent in government. For instance there are liars, cheats, thieves, adulterers, and even plain old fornicators (those who have causal sex, or just shack up with people of the opposite sex). Do any of these people represent your values? They don't mine. Moreover, do we want these people governing us and our children? It appears we've got a lot of these folks serving us right now. Read Inside Congress by Ron Kessler. You will either be so "steamed" about what actually takes place in Congress that you'll be ready to throw the bums out, or you'll just yawn and say, "Oh well, that's just the way things are today." May God help us if we aren't mad enough to act.
Yes we can pray these sinners find Jesus and turn from their wicked ways. But may I suggest that we wouldn't trust many of these folks to care for our young children, we wouldn't leave them alone with our teenage daughters and sons, nor would we even entrust them with our life savings. So why would we want them governing us, and making decisions for us that affect every area of our lives?
It used to be that elected officials were role models. Are these the kinds of people we want our children to emulate? Little Joey comes to you and says, "Mommy and daddy, when I grow up I want to be just like it's-none-of-your-business Gerry Studds, gee-I-was-abused Mark Foley, there's-a-homosexual-prostitution-ring-in-my-home? Barney Frank, I-did-not-have-sex-with-that-woman Bill Clinton, or money-in-the-freezer William Jefferson." How horrifying a thought! But if we keep electing these kinds of people, then we're sending a message to our kids that such bad behavior is acceptable, and that character does not matter — just like the Clinton people told us.
Action Steps
So now what? It's not too late to get educated about candidates in the upcoming election. Many states have family policy councils like the Indiana Family Institute or Ohio's Citizens for Community Values. To locate a Focus on the Family affiliated council in your state, go to www.family.org/cforum/fpc/. You can also go to the following websites for voter's guides and scorecards: Advance USA, www.AdvanceUSA.org; Faith to Action, www.f2a.org; Family Research Council, www.frcaction.org/index.cfm?i=WX06J01&f=AL06J05&t=e ; Focus on the Family, www.focusaction.org/Articles/A000000224.cfm; and Eagle Forum, www.eagleforum.org. Or you can always just call candidates' offices and ask your questions. Question them like you would your teenage daughter's first prom date, or the babysitter for your first-born infant child. (You would question them, wouldn't you?) Yes, their answers are that important.
And finally, ask God who he wants you to vote for. Pray like you've never prayed before. Pray like your constitutional rights and religious freedoms, the future of our nation, and your children's future depend on it, because they do. To anyone willing to hear....
© Madeline Crabb
The United States is a "representative republic." We elect people to "represent" us and our values. And the liberal elitists, or what I call the "we-know-what's-best-for-you" crowd have been making Mark Foley an issue in the upcoming election. While Foley and his normal-for-homosexual-behavior should not surprise anybody, if the know better crowd wants to debate homosexuality, then let's do it. They have been ramming the wonderful, redeeming qualities of homosexuality down our proverbial throats for years. However, most Americans reject and resent the blatant propaganda and hypocrisy.
Homosexuality is not noble, no matter what the know better crowd says. God called such behavior an abomination. Period. But if that's not enough for you, let's hear what the homosexuals of stellar character have to say.
The Homosexual Manifesto, which appeared in the Gay Community News in 1987 states:
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We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lies. We shall seduce them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in your truck stops, in your all-male clubs, in your houses of Congress, wherever men are with men together. Your sons shall become our minions and do our bidding. They will be recast in our image (author's emphasis).
Indeed, we do not know how many homosexuals have "flown under the radar" and gotten elected to public office. Once there, however, the trend is to either "toe the line" with the homosexual agenda, or be "outed" if they go against that agenda. There are actual websites where the names of "closet homosexuals" are listed.
Other Character Issues
The Foley non-scandal may be about the ramifications of homosexuality, but there are other matters of character that are even more prevalent in government. For instance there are liars, cheats, thieves, adulterers, and even plain old fornicators (those who have causal sex, or just shack up with people of the opposite sex). Do any of these people represent your values? They don't mine. Moreover, do we want these people governing us and our children? It appears we've got a lot of these folks serving us right now. Read Inside Congress by Ron Kessler. You will either be so "steamed" about what actually takes place in Congress that you'll be ready to throw the bums out, or you'll just yawn and say, "Oh well, that's just the way things are today." May God help us if we aren't mad enough to act.
Yes we can pray these sinners find Jesus and turn from their wicked ways. But may I suggest that we wouldn't trust many of these folks to care for our young children, we wouldn't leave them alone with our teenage daughters and sons, nor would we even entrust them with our life savings. So why would we want them governing us, and making decisions for us that affect every area of our lives?
It used to be that elected officials were role models. Are these the kinds of people we want our children to emulate? Little Joey comes to you and says, "Mommy and daddy, when I grow up I want to be just like it's-none-of-your-business Gerry Studds, gee-I-was-abused Mark Foley, there's-a-homosexual-prostitution-ring-in-my-home? Barney Frank, I-did-not-have-sex-with-that-woman Bill Clinton, or money-in-the-freezer William Jefferson." How horrifying a thought! But if we keep electing these kinds of people, then we're sending a message to our kids that such bad behavior is acceptable, and that character does not matter — just like the Clinton people told us.
Action Steps
So now what? It's not too late to get educated about candidates in the upcoming election. Many states have family policy councils like the Indiana Family Institute or Ohio's Citizens for Community Values. To locate a Focus on the Family affiliated council in your state, go to www.family.org/cforum/fpc/. You can also go to the following websites for voter's guides and scorecards: Advance USA, www.AdvanceUSA.org; Faith to Action, www.f2a.org; Family Research Council, www.frcaction.org/index.cfm?i=WX06J01&f=AL06J05&t=e ; Focus on the Family, www.focusaction.org/Articles/A000000224.cfm; and Eagle Forum, www.eagleforum.org. Or you can always just call candidates' offices and ask your questions. Question them like you would your teenage daughter's first prom date, or the babysitter for your first-born infant child. (You would question them, wouldn't you?) Yes, their answers are that important.
And finally, ask God who he wants you to vote for. Pray like you've never prayed before. Pray like your constitutional rights and religious freedoms, the future of our nation, and your children's future depend on it, because they do. To anyone willing to hear....
© Madeline Crabb
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