Making a mockery of “marriage”


 

In this week’s episode of “Disorder in the Court,”
we learn that when it comes to marriage,
anything goes – at least in Utah.

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From USA Today ~

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that key parts of Utah’s polygamy laws are unconstitutional, handing a legal victory to a polygamist family that stars in the TV reality show “Sister Wives.”
 
The Salt Lake Tribune reports Judge Clark Waddoups took a narrow interpretation of the words “marry” and “purports to marry” in his ruling. That means that bigamy remains illegal in Utah only in the literal sense, such as when someone fraudulently acquires more than one marriage license.

 
It’s just the next predictable development. If Bob and Ted can get hitched, why not Bob, Ted, Carol and Alice. Or maybe Bob and a bridge.
(And HERE‘s a really extreme example of just how perverse humans can become.)
 
Once marriage has been totally deconstructed what’s the point really?
 

We pretty much know what the end game is. From Victor Volsky at the American Thinker ~

Marx’s loyal cohort Friedrich Engels, in his influential work, “The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the States,” disclosed the game plan in a single, succinct proposition: change the concept of matrimony, and the traditional family will cease to exist. And once the family is gone, society will fall apart. Knock out the cornerstone, and the whole edifice will crumble, which is precisely the ultimate goal of the revolutionary movement.

 

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Related:
Gay ‘marriage’ will never, ever, ever lead to polygamy (unless it does)

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The Gospel of John

john-apostleSomewhere I read that new believers who want to acquaint themselves with the Bible should start with John’s gospel, because it speaks so lovingly and eloquently about our Lord and Savior. John’s is more of a spiritual gospel than the other three (Matthew, Mark and Luke which are referred to as the synoptic gospels), emphasizing the theme of salvation in Christ.
 
This book was written, as the disciple “whom Jesus loved” himself puts it ~

… that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. ~ John 20:30-31 ~

 

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Video via Answering Muslims

 
The film takes you through John verse by verse, which really helps bring the gospel to life. It uses the “Good News” version of the Bible, but it’s easy enough to follow right along with the New King James that I’ve been using.
This video is a wonderful way to “read” the book of John – for new, or not-so-new 🙂 believers ~ especially during the Advent season.
 

For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life.

 
~ John 3:16 ~

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3rd Sunday in Advent

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O Lord Jesus Christ, who at Thy first coming didst send Thy messenger to prepare Thy way before Thee;
Grant that the ministers and stewards of Thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready Thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at Thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in Thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. ~ Amen

 

(The Book of Common Prayer)

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Saturday Shorts – 12-14-13

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Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 
Satanists plan statue to stand alongside Ten Commandments in Oklahoma ~ Pretending that there’s no transcendent Truth, Americans are venturing down some very dark paths.
 
For instance… Who Is Josh Ackley and What Is He Doing with the Girl Scouts? ~ This story might just put you off Thin Mints for good!
 
Liberal Newspeak ~ An excellent article from the always astute Sultan Knish explaining how the Left has managed to develop a pseudo-language that’s muddled the brains of large portions of our population ~

The dictionary of Liberal Newspeak is full of empty and meaningless words. Community, Care, Access, Sharing, Concern, Affordability, Options, Communication, Listening, Engage, Innovating and a thousand others like it are wedged into sentences. Entire pages can be written almost entirely in these words without a single note of meaning intruding on the proceedings.

 
The Mandela Myth ~ Another good one from David Greenfield (aka Sultan Knish) ~ Let’s step back from the hero worship for a little reality check ~

To Western whites, Mandela is an iconic figure, a latter-day Gandhi, but to South Africans of all races his memory is entangled with the corrupt infrastructure of the African National Congress and its leaders.

 
Major hospital blunders including 40 patients given surgery on wrong limb, revealed by official statistics ~ A preview of ObamaCare’s coming attractions? Great Britains’ National Healthcare System; hazardous to the health of many ~

Almost 150 NHS patients have been harmed by incidents that should never happen, according to new figures – including the wrong patient receiving heart surgery, patients given overdoses and a woman who had her fallopian tube removed instead of her appendix.

Careless indifference is an inevitable side effect when Big Nanny runs the healthcare industry.
 
Mysterious China-themed ‘city’ proposed in New York’s Catskills ~

(The) 600-acre “China City of America” 😯 is located far outside New York City in upstate New York’s wetlands and is a meticulously planned project, calling for family housing, a college and student residences, among other structures.

Shouldn’t we be just a little alarmed at the ChiComs’ growing interest in colonizing America?!
 
Nativity scene ordered removed from Shaw Airforce Base (SC) after complaints ~ Appears that our military can no longer tolerate the “Christ” part of Christmas. Credit hateful atheist Mickey Weinstein.
 
Yet, when it comes to the culture war, I guess all is not completely lost eh? ~ ‘Duck Dynasty’ Carols Outselling Britney Spears, Lady Gaga.

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If Nero had an i-Phone…

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Why do you think we call it “Dearbornistan?”

Is this still America? Watching this video you might not think so ~
 

 
This story from Click-on-Detroit doesn’t mention the couples’ nationalities, but according to Debbie Schlussel, Hussein Dakhlallah is a Shi’ite Muslim from Lebanon; his wife Terresa grew up in Canada but is now American ~ Shi’ite Muslim Subject to Hate Crimes for Hanging US, Israel Flags at Home – Hezbollahstan USA
 

The Dakhlallahs say it all started two years ago when they put an American flag and an Israeli flag up outside of their Dearborn home. “They left Nazi signs in our front yard, ” said Terresa. “Two people were standing there, one with a lighter and one with a gas tank, telling us that they were going to burn our home down.” The couple has been taunted over and over again — even on Thanksgiving as Terresa began to decorate her home for Christmas.

 
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Dearborn, Michigan, just west of Detroit, was settled by Europeans way back in 1786, and incorporated in 1893. The city’s most famous citizen of course was Henry Ford, whose Ford Motor Company is still headquartered in Dearborn, along with Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum (now referred to as simply “The Henry Ford”), both of which he founded.
 
Sometime in the last decade or so, Dearborn began to be aggressively re-settled by those of the Arabic persuasion. The city became such a popular destination for that ethnic group that they now represent more than 40% of the population (roughly 98,000 residents). Dearborn is even home to the Arab-American National Museum (est. 2005), the world’s first museum devoted entirely to Arab-American history and culture.
dearborn2And next year – they plan to rename the town “Dearbornistan.” OK – I’m kidding – not next year. However, now that they have a majority on the city council who knows?
 
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According to many historical accounts, Henry Ford was an anti-Semite.
Maybe the Arab-American takeover of the city he made famous is some sort of convoluted cosmic payback.
 

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Barry’s class act in Johannesburg

Holy Hussein! What an impressive display of statesmanship!

For the thousands of mourners inside Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium it was meant to be a fitting tribute to a ‘giant of history’.
 
But while some reflected on the remarkable life of Nelson Mandela, some world leaders saw it as the perfect opportunity to grab a quick ‘selfie’ with their peers […]

 
U.S. President Barack Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron and Danish leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt grinned as they cosied up for a quick picture at yesterday’s memorial service for the former South African president, prompting an outpouring of criticism.

 
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As the trio posed for the mobile phone snap, Obama’s wife Michelle sat alongside her husband looking somewhat stony faced.
 
Her mood didn’t improve as Mr. Obama and Ms Thorning-Schmidt talked through the order of service and shared a joke.

 
Isn’t Obama just an awesome inspiration to the entire planet?!
(Well – if earth were populated only by the perpetually adolescent – and maybe flocks of wandering sheep.)

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Dear Babs, If the founders had wanted your opinion they would have asked

babsSo constitutional scholar Barbara Walters has opined that the country should really move beyond the outmoded practice of swearing an oath on a Bible ~ Barbara Walters Decries Presidents Swearing Oath on Bible ~

As a host of the daytime talk show “The View,” Barbara Walters questioned why politicians, including the presidents, swear on a Bible while taking office when there is separation of church and state[…]
 
“I think it’s really unfortunate when you have to bring religion into politics. I think religion is a very personal thing, a very personal thing.”

 
Well Babs, you may have noticed (during your extra-long career as a journalist)that when a president takes an oath of office it’s always a very public thing. (Not to mention that personal faith – or lack thereof – is what informs one’s public actions. Which is another whole conversation.) Further, the country that just elected this individual is owed some sort of assurance that he or she is actually serious about fulfilling their Constitutional responsibilities. A Bible has traditionally – and universally – been considered uniquely appropriate for this purpose.
 
Since Walters seems rather fuzzy on recent inaugurals, I guess we really can’t expect her to be knowledgeable about events that occurred several decades before she was born – like in the 18th century.
 
In point of fact, a couple centuries’ worth of chief executives have sworn their oaths to the Constitution on a Bible. Now wouldn’t you think that the guys who wrote the founding documents would have nixed that book from the very first inauguration if they had meant to erect an iron-clad wall of separation?
 
If the founders had agreed with today’s progressives – and misguided pundits like Ms. Walters – they certainly never would have gotten on their knees, during public sessions of Congress, to appeal to the Almighty ~
 

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Can you believe those wacky founding fathers bringing religion into politics?
And – uh-oh – is that a Bible?

 
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Related:
Let’s try separation-of-historical-fact-from-fiction for a change

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Still think we’re living in a nation of laws…?

… after watching this video you won’t be so sure.
 
Last Tuesday the House Judiciary Committee conducted a hearing to examine the limits of the chief executive‘s powers – “The President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws.”
Here’s Trey Gowdy (R-SC) questioning Simon Lazarus, of the Constitutional Accountability Center, and then later Professor Jonathon Turley, George Washington University Law School ~
 

 
The issues this committee are dealing with, regarding the authority of the executive branch, are critically important to the survival of our Constitutional Republic ~
 
• Can a president “fail to enforce” any laws with which he personally disagrees?
• If he can dispense with immigration laws, or marijuana laws, or mandatory minimums (not to mention DOMA), can he also dispense with election laws?
• What are chief executive’s limits on prosecutorial discretion? Are there any?

Gowdy: Can the president suspend election laws?
 
Lazarus: No.
 
Gowdy: Why not? If he can suspend mandatory minimum and immigration laws, why not election laws?
 
Lazarus: Cause we live in a government of laws and the president is bound to obey them and apply them. 😯

Who knew? Clearly not the guy in the White House.

 

Here’s a question that really got Lazarus flustered ~

Gowdy: (With regard to mandatory sentences under marijuana laws) if you can put them in prison for less time than Congress says is the law, can you also do it for more time than Congress says is the law?
 
Lazarus: I don’t um..er…ah..well, I er… ah…

 
Yeah.
 
Professor Turley’s testimony was rather less obtuse. To paraphrase ~

If a president is ignoring entire categories of the law…
 
…not only is Congress being circumvented… it’s being denied the ability to enforce its inherent powers
 
and this body (Congress) is becoming less and less relevant.

 

The separation of powers is being totally subverted by this tyrannical executive.
But – oh well… ho-hum…
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The only ones who seem to care are the crazy-racist-rightwing-radical-extremists. Those wacko Tea-Partiers who – can you believe it (?!) – have actually read the Constitution!
 
This administration has turned that document on its head. Worse – because the mainstream media is complicit, and the sheeple are so ill-informed – they’re getting away with it.

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2nd Sunday in Advent

 

Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning:
Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of Thy holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life,
which Thou hast given us in our Savior Jesus Christ.
~ Amen

(The Book of Common Prayer)

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The 12 Days of Obamacare

And now – in the spirit of the season – for your listening pleasure ~
 

Sorry about the commerical 🙁 – [it’s only about 15 seconds]

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Saturday Shorts – 12-7-13

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Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 
The War on Conservative Minorities ~ Multi-culturalism is only allowed in a Leftist context. Step off the reservation and all bets are off ~

Progressives often reserve their deepest hostility for conservative minorities such as (NH state rep Marilinda Garcia) because they are a threat to the notion that minorities should only think and vote only like leftists.

 
Global-warming ‘proof’ is evaporating ~ Not that it’ll stop the die-hard enviro-wackos from pursuing their global redistribution agenda.
 

And yet, how serious are they really? ~ Administration close to finalizing rule to give wind farms a pass on killing eagles ~ Wow, isn’t the Left just totally sincere about preserving the environment? We’ve moved beyond hypocrisy to insanity ~

The Obama administration is moving toward finalizing a rule that would give alternative energy farms a pass for killing bald and golden eagles for decades, just weeks after it took legal action for the first time against a company for doing so.

 
Obama Admits White House Lied About Never Meeting Illegal Alien Uncle ~ Another lie? Well… yes. From Daniel Greenfield, writing at FrontPage Mag; “if you believe Jay Carney, the moon is made of pure hopium and so is Barack Obama.” But hey, as long as we-the-sheeple keep buying the manure, they’ll keep shoveling.
 
Michael Youssef Calls on President Obama to Repent ~

… I plead with him to accept the advice of this immigrant who loved the pre-Obama America:
 
Publicly show God, the nation, and the world that you are truly sorry. First show your repentance to God, who sees the secrets of the heart. Then go to the people who voted for you and ultimately to the whole nation and world.

Can I get an “Amen!”?
 
Homosexual movement’s goal is to outlaw Christianity ~ It’s biblically prophetic – and it’s more and more obvious; carried to the inevitable conclusion Christian liberty and homosexual “rights” cannot coexist.
 
Obamaphones: Rife with Waste, Fraud, and Abuse ~ Ya think? This is from Heritage’s “Foundry” ~

Indifference to abuse of the program is appalling. In an undercover investigation by conservative activist James O’Keefe, prospective recipients openly discussed selling their phones for handbags and heroin—only to be reassured by the Obamaphone vendors they would not be judged.

 

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Yesterday, December 6th, was the day the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Nicholas- the real dude. Here’s his story ~ St. Nicholas: The Original Santa Claus.
Also recommended is Ann Barnhardt’s post. She describes Nick as a stone-cold butt-kicker for Christ and His Church!

 

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