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Battle of Protesters: Westboro Baptist Church v. LBGTQ+ Supporters & Agenda – They both win! – Part III

Posted by :admin On : March 17, 2024
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Category: American Church, Archives, Culture Wars, Homosexuality

Update on the death of Nex Benedict and the Political Aftermath

The death of Nex Benedict on February 8, 2024, was tragic. After Part II of this series was posted about the incident at Owasso High School, the results of the toxicology report revealed that Nex Benedict died of suicide. “The medical examiner’s report listed the probable cause of death as ‘combined toxicity’ from two drugs, one of which is available over the counter and the other by prescription.”[1] Another report indicated the probable cause of death “was a suicide, an overdose caused by a combination of diphenhydramine (commonly known as Benadryl) and fluoxetine (commonly, Prozac).”[2] However, there was no explanation as to how the medical examiner distinguished between death by suicide and death by accidental means.

Many are attempting to fix the blame for Benedict’s suicide on: (1) an alleged bullying incident at Owasso High School and (2) the supposed anti-LBGTQ+ policies and pronouncements of Ryan Walters, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction. In the first instance, Benedict initiated and participated in the fight when she threw water on one or more of the girls. Benedict was guilty of initiating the fight after an exchange of words with the three girls. Also, she was equally guilty along with her friend of fighting in the school bathroom. In the second instance, The LBGTQ+ lobby and the left-wing media have accused Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters as indirectly causing Benedict’s death and have launched a strong campaign to have Walters removed from his office to which he was elected by Oklahoma voters.

(New York, NY – March 12, 2024) GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is announcing the launch of an ad calling out the ways in which Ryan Walters, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction, is unfit for office, and encourages viewers to call their state representatives to advocate for Walters’ removal. The 30-second spot, which will run in Oklahoma starting today, is supported by a five-figure buy. Released just a month after the tragic death of Nex Benedict, the ad highlights a number of actions from Walters that call into question his ability to properly lead Oklahoma’s students. The ad asks viewers to ask their representatives to remove Walters from office.[3]

In Part II of this series, it was noted that Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, Ryan Walters, and the great majority of both houses of the Oklahoma State legislature have enacted legislation and established regulations in support of the education, safety, and well-being of students and families in Oklahoma. The homosexual lobby’s litany of supposed anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and regulations are almost exact counterpoints to Oklahoma’s legislation and regulations enacted to by the State of Oklahoma to protect Oklahoma children from becoming victims of mental and physical abuse by the national and Oklahoma LBGTQ+ juggernaut and its agenda.

As stated in Part I of this series, the homosexual lobby and their supporters in every facet of American culture do not really care about Nex Benedict and multitudes of children and teenagers like her. The priority of the homosexual lobby’s agenda is to impose their actions, ideas, and philosophy on every facet of society and therefore every American. These actions, ideas, and philosophy stand in direct contradiction to the Judeo-Christian/biblical worldview upon which America was founded. This conflict is what the culture wars are about, and the agenda of the homosexual lobby is just one battle in this war of worldviews. It is this war to which the remainder of this article will address.

Homosexuality vs. the Judeo-Christian Worldview

The Judeo-Christian worldview is based on the Bible. The Bible gives a very explicit condemnation of the practice of homosexuality.

24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. 26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. Romans 1:24-27 [NLT]

The Bible is the Word of God and therefore infallible and inerrant. In other words, the truth of God’s word is objective, not subjective, and therefore unchanging over time.

Homosexuality has been present in societies since the creation of mankind and was often venerated in various civilizations through ages, e.g., ancient Greece and Rome. However, none of those societies and cultures survived. Quoted at the end of Part II of this series, Richard Weaver gave the reason for their destruction in his book Visions of Order-The Cultural Crisis of Our Time written 65 year ago. Weaver stated that when a culture, “…‘by ignorant popular attitudes or by social derangements’ imposes a political concept that creates a different principle of ordering society contrary to universal truths, dissatisfactions arise because society has tampered with the ‘nature of things’.”[4]

Homosexuality is one of those disorganizing concepts with regard to human relationships, and as it becomes successfully imposed on a society, it is ultimately disorganizing in building a stable, enduring society. Where traditional views of marriage and human sexuality declines, so do those societies decline that allow it to occur. In modern America, the homosexual view of human sexuality has become a political concept whose advocates wish to legitimize and impose on American society which is substantially built on the Judeo-Christian worldview and upon which the nation was founded. Only one of these two worldviews will ultimately prevail – the truth of the Judeo-Christian worldview as recorded in the Bible or the lie of humanism’s man-centric interpretations of existence.

Those who advocate for the cultural acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle or variations thereof argue that the biblical two-gender view of mankind (i.e., God created male and female) is outdated in modern times. Therefore, they argue that, “In the 21st century, the gender binary is increasingly considered to be a social construct that reinforces gender roles and stereotypes, a tendency that harms even those who are cisgender (that is, identify with the gender assigned at their birth).”[5]

According to the homosexual worldview, the requirement to limit human sexual relations between a male and a female is merely a social construct. Therefore, homosexuality, transgenderism, and various combinations thereof are not objectively evil as described in Roman 1:24-27. As the narrative typically goes, those that are wedded to the idea that only heterosexual view of human sexuality is allowed can’t accept that the world is moving on from these outdated attitudes.

In William Bennett’s book The Broken Hearth, he describes the battle of worldviews between homosexuality and the Judeo-Christian worldview. The following are quotes from Bennett’s book included in my 2011 book Ye Shall be as gods – Humanism & Christianity – The Battle for Supremacy in the American Cultural Vision.

If the arguments of the proponents of homosexuality fail to diminish the importance and exclusivity of the reproductive act in defining marriage, the proponents fight on other fronts. One tactic with which they have been very effective and successful is casting the proponents of homosexuality and same-sex marriage as commanding the moral high ground. They present themselves and their cause as morally superior to their opponents who are cast as villains in the morality play widely disseminated in popular culture. To oppose homosexuality is deemed the moral equivalence of racism, bigotry, ignorance, and homophobia. Those persons who are not accepting of homosexuality are labeled as intolerant. But Bennett identifies the humanists’ perversion of the concept of tolerance. He calls it “…the disfigurement of the idea of tolerance at the hands of the agenda- pushers of our day…that would brand as bigots those of us who exercise our elementary responsibility…to make firm moral judgments in matters touching on marriage and the raising of our children.” The humanist would force all to worship at the shrine of tolerance, but their price of admission is a tolerance rooted in moral relativism with no room for finding truth or judging something based on the concept of right and wrong. For those that fail to enter the humanist shrine, they become the objects of intolerant harassment through restrictions on free speech (speech codes), coercion, and intimidation. To the proponents of homosexuality, tolerance means forced acceptance, and such acceptance necessitates “normalization, validation, public legitimization, and finally public endorsement.”[6]

Why have so many of the religious elite fallen into the camps of the proponents of homosexuality? Writing 200 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, the author of Democracy in America, warned of religions that depend upon the principles of this world.

…when religion aims to depend upon the principles of this world, it becomes almost as vulnerable as all other powers on this earth. By itself, it may aspire to immortality but, linked to fleeting powers, it follows their fortunes and often collapses together with those passions which sustain them for a day.[7]

Many of mainstream Christian churches have linked themselves to the humanistic worldview, and their affinity for the cause of homosexuality is one of the principles of this (humanistic) worldview upon which they have come to depend. Those churches which have embraced the homosexual agenda have seen their number of adherents decline dramatically. By contrast, those churches which have grown are the ones that have stood against the assaults of secular culture and taught unequivocal biblical morality and salvation.[8]

Now it appears that the large numbers of evangelical churches have embraced the homosexual agenda or at least become silent in faithfully and regularly preaching the biblical standard against homosexuality as shown in Romans 1:24-27. Franklin Graham said, “Those who are afraid to address moral issues are no better than those who commit transgressions.”[9] This fear of speaking out about homosexuality has silenced much of the evangelical church.

Eric Metaxas, in his 2022 book, Letter to the American Church, captures the essence of how the church has become silent in the face of evil.

…those who behave as though there is really nothing to worry about, who seem to think—as such prominent pastors as Andy Stanley and others do—that we ought to assiduously avoid fighting these threats and be “apolitical” are tragically mistaken, are burying their heads in the sand and exhorting others to do the same …Do we not realize that no good ever can come of such silence and inaction, that human beings whom God loves suffer when His own people fail to express boldly what He has said and why they fail to live as He has called them to live?[10]

Larry G. Johnson

Sources:

[1] “Death of Transgender Student Nex Benedict ruled Suicide by Medical Examiner,” NBC News, March 12, 2024. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nex-benedict-suicide-death-oklahoma-student-lgbtq-rcna143298 (accessed 3-16-2024).
[2] “The unanswered questions surrounding the tragic death of Nex Benedict,” VOX, 3-13-2024.https://www.vox.com/culture/24092224/nex-benedict-death-what-happened-okhlahoma-anti-trans-laws-backlash (accessed 3-16-2024).
[3] “New Ad Campaign calls for the removal of Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters,” Glaad.org, March 13, 2024. https://glaad.org/releases/new-ad-campaign-calls-for-removal-of-oklahoma-superintendent-of-public-instruction-ryan-walters/ (accessed 3-16-2024).
[4] Richard M. Weaver, Visions of Order – The Cultural Crisis of Our Time, (Wilmington, Delaware: Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 1995, 2006), p. 22.
[5] “Nonbinary gender,” Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/nonbinary-gender (accessed 3-3-2024).
[6] Larry G. Johnson, Ye shall be as gods – Humanism & Christianity – The Battle for Supremacy in the American Cultural Vision, (Owasso, Oklahoma: Anvil House Books, 2011), pages 356-357. Quoting William Bennett, The Broken Hearth, (New York: Doubleday, 2001), pages 105-107, 121, 138.
[7] Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Translated by Gerald E. Bevan, (New York: Penguin Books, 2003), p.348.
[8] Robert H. Bork, Slouching Toward Gomorrah, (New York: Regan Books, 1996), p. 286.
[9] Mario Marillo, “Is He Right?” MarioMurillo.org, 2-12-2024. https://mariomurillo.org/2024/02/12/is-he-right/ (accessed 3-16-2024).
[10] Eric Metaxas, Letter to the American Church, (Washington, D.C.: Salem Books, 2022), p. 51

Battle of Protesters: Westboro Baptist Church v. LBGTQ+ Supporters & Agenda – They both win! – Part II

Posted by :admin On : March 9, 2024
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Category: American Church, Archives, Christianity, Homosexuality

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Theater of the Absurd

The long anticipated clash of protesters and counter-protesters at Owasso High School ended peacefully on a sunny March 6th Wednesday afternoon. The Westboro Baptist Church protesters initially met in front of the Owasso School District’s administrative offices at 2:15 PM. At 2:30 PM the WBC protestors had moved to a sidewalk next to Owasso High School where they were met with hundreds of counter-protesters from at least five LBGTQ+ organizations from various states which included The Rainbow Youth Project headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Diversity Center of Oklahoma.[1] Owasso Police had separated the protest and counter-protest groups by placing each on the opposite side of the street from the other.

The colorful Parasol Patrol based in Denver, Colorado, was led by co-founder Eli Bazan who spoke on camera with the Fox 23 News reporter to express the Parasol Patrol’s support of LGBTQ+ students in Owasso.

The Fox 23 News camera crew recorded the husky Mr. Bazan, sporting a beard, shaven head, and a pink knee-length skirt, as he led a large contingent of his supporters across the street to a point adjacent to the Westboro protesters. It was very apparent that this was contrary to police instructions. Consequently, the two groups now very close to each other and not separated by a street but only a few police officers. Fortunately, a physical confrontation was avoided, and loud cheers arose from the counter-protesters when the Westboro protesters eventually ended their protest and left.[2]

A Fox 23 News commentator reminded the viewing audience that the Westboro Baptist Church was considered a hate group according to the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and it was the policy of Fox 23 News to not film any hate group. He stated the news channel did not normally cover hate groups but that they decided to cover the afternoon’s protests and counter-protests because of the safety concerns raised by Owasso Public Schools.[3]

While Fox 23 News correctly identifies Westboro Baptist Church as a hate group, it failed to identify the LGBTQ+ counter-protesters as groups embracing the beliefs of far-left radical organizations such as the SPLC. It behooves news reporters and their listening audience to check the integrity and agenda of any organization that proposes to identify hate groups before one similarly designate that organization as a hate group. Without doubt the Westboro Baptist Church qualifies as a hate group. But Fox 23 News based their decision in part on the SPLC’s hate list. However, the SPLC is notorious for labeling many organizations with conservative political views, espouse traditional family values, and in general support the Judeo-Christian worldview upon which America was founded. The SPLC’s lack of credibility and agenda is exposed when its blacklist of supposed Anti-LGBT hate groups is examined. Some of the most well-known and respected organizations in America have been designated as hate groups by the SPLC: American Family Association, Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Research Council, American College of Pediatricians, and D. James Kennedy Ministries.[4]

They both won!

The national attention devoted to the incident that occurred on February 7, 2024, at Owasso Public Schools is astounding. This incident at the center of these protests was described in Part I posted on culturewarrior.net on Monday, March 4, 2024. The two opposing protest groups each achieved their goals—publicity for their respective causes.

In the first group of protesters were members of the tiny unaffiliated Westboro Baptist Church cult of seventy individuals in Topeka, Kansas. WBC is nationally known for their absurd and nonsensical distortion of the Bible and inflammatory denigration of atheists, Jews, Muslims, other Christian denominations, homosexuals and transgender people, and a host of other targets. WBC’s goal is to gain attention and publicity through their outrageous slogans and actions at protests around the nation on a schedule published on their website. If publicity was truly the goal of their protest, they were wildly successful.

But the degree of WBC’s success is infinitesimal compared to that of the second group – the homosexual lobby in the United States. Even before WBC’s planned protest was known, the LBGTQ+ movement mobilized and coordinated efforts to accomplish their agenda through their allies in government and bureaucracy from national to local levels, business, media, and educational institutions at all levels.

Based on this single incident at Owasso High School, the well-funded and well-oiled machinery of the LBGTQ+ movement thrust Owasso, Oklahoma, into a frenzy of national scorn and derision based on incomplete information, half-truths, and outright lies. The following are just a few of many thousands of stories promoting the LBGTQ+ agenda based on the incident at Owasso High School.

• “WWhite House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the daily press briefing on Friday addressed the media about the heart-wrenching death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager from Owasso High School in Oklahoma who died recently after being bullied. Jean-Pierre opened her remarks with a personal acknowledgment of the tragedy.”[5]

• “In a powerful condemnation of the circumstances leading to the tragic death of nonbinary, Indigenous teenager Nex Benedict in Oklahoma, Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, is calling on the federal government to take decisive action…Robinson expressed profound concern over the hostile environment fostered by anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rhetoric in the state (Oklahoma)… Robinson criticized Oklahoma’s rank as fifth in the nation for moving anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, including gender-affirming care bans, bathroom bills, and attempts to ban books, highlighting the violent political rhetoric from state officials as a significant contributing factor to the dangerous climate.”[6]

• “In response to a formal complaint the Human Rights Campaign lodged last week regarding the handling of sex-based harassment incidents, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has initiated an investigation into Owasso Public Schools. The investigation, announced late Friday, aims to address the Oklahoma school district’s response to harassment that may have contributed to the tragic death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old transgender student of Choctaw heritage.”[7]

• “As an Oklahoma community near Tulsa comes to terms with the death of a transgender high school student in early February, many critics of Republican policies in the state are voicing concerns about the anti-LGBTQ+ environment fostered by the right that enables bullying. In a poignant display of defiance and solidarity, Sean Cummings, an Oklahoma City business owner and local politician, went viral after a video posted online showed him laying blame for what happened on Ryan Walters, the state’s superintendent of public instruction, during a public meeting held by the Oklahoma Department of Education Thursday morning.”[8]

• “More than 350 LGBTQ+ organizations, activists, and celebrities are urging the removal of Ryan Walters as Oklahoma superintendent of public instruction, saying he has encouraged ‘a climate of hate and bigotry.’…‘We are outraged that a climate of hate and bigotry has been not only allowed to thrive, but encouraged by the person who is responsible for education in the state of Oklahoma. State officials must be held accountable for bringing the politics of hate into Oklahoma’s schools and making our most vulnerable youth pay the price…Superintendent Walters’ reprehensible conduct shows a willful rejection of his duty to protect the health and welfare of the children in Oklahoma’s public schools and instead has created an environment that allows for hostility and harm for youth like Nex.’”[9]

Oklahoma legislation: Anti-LBGTQ+ OR Pro-child and Pro-family?

These articles purport that Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, and the Oklahoma legislature elected by the citizens of Oklahoma have enacted anti-LBGTQ+ legislation “including gender-affirming care bans, bathroom bills, and attempts to ban books, highlighting the violent political rhetoric from state officials as a significant contributing factor to the dangerous climate.”

The various LBGTQ+ groups will most certainly consider the following to be anti-LGBTQ+ legislation:

• Prohibition of instruction on LGBTQ+ topics in the public schools
• Bars transgender student athletes in K-12 and college from playing on sports teams that match their gender identities.
• Prohibits instruction on human sexuality to students in pre-kindergarten and elementary grades.
• Prohibit the promotion and use of cross-sex hormones, surgical procedures, and puberty-blockers, all based on the child’s perceived gender identity.
• Prevent drag queen story hours in schools and public libraries.
• Prevent the requirement to use pronouns based on the perceived gender identity.
• Removal of pornographic books and other materials from Oklahoma school libraries and classrooms including sexually explicit homosexual books and materials.

Time, space, and the reader’s patience do not allow this writer to respond to each of these and dozens of other legislative initiatives necessary to protect children from becoming mentally and physically victims of the LBGTQ+ juggernaut and its agenda.

Perhaps, the best description of the position of Governor Stitt, Superintendent Walters, and the State legislature when dealing generally with these types of issues in Oklahoma Public Schools is to examine the one issue that appears to be the most offensive to LBGTQ+ supporters and their advocates. That issue is the so-called “bathroom bill” signed into Oklahoma law in May 2022 and which has been labeled by the homosexual lobby and their supporters as a prime example of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

An Oklahoma bill limiting access to public-school bathrooms by a person’s birth sex is now law…School districts and charter schools that don’t comply face a 5% deduction in their state funding. That could subtract thousands to millions of dollars, depending on the school system. Gov. Kevin Stitt signed Senate Bill 615 into law Wednesday. An emergency provision in the bill caused it to take effect as soon as the governor wrote his signature. “Governor Stitt believes girls should use girl restrooms and boys should use boy restrooms,” Stitt’s spokesperson, Carly Atchison, said in a statement Wednesday evening.

All public-school restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms or shower rooms are now to be designated for exclusive use of the female or male sex. Use of these rooms is restricted to the sex listed on a person’s original birth certificate. The law requires schools to offer single-occupancy bathrooms and changing rooms for those who don’t want to use the facility that aligns with their birth sex.[10]

The vast majority of parents of k-12 students in public schools endorse this legislation. Parents do not want schools to allow use of school bathrooms by students based on their assumed LBGTQ+ gender identity. Parents do want their children to use bathrooms that align with their child’s birth sex. Therefore, the Governor, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and state legislature have enacted laws and enforce those laws that reflect the will of the people of Oklahoma.

Battle of Worldviews

The more one understands the blazing culture wars in America, the more one realizes that there cannot be and will not be a compromise on these hot-button issues because in their essence these are fundamental issues of two differing worldviews, and only one worldview will prevail. In America, this conflict of worldviews is between the truth of Christianity’s belief in the Judeo-Christian God as recorded in the Bible and the lie of humanism’s man-centric interpretations of existence.

In his book Visions of Order-The Cultural Crisis of Our Time written 65 year ago, Richard Weaver states that when a culture “… by ignorant popular attitudes or by social derangements” imposes a political concept that creates a different principle of ordering society contrary to universal truths, dissatisfactions arise because society has tampered with the “nature of things.”[11] Homosexuality is one of those disorganizing concepts with regard to human relationships and ultimately disorganizing in building stable, enduring societies. Where traditional views of marriage and human sexuality declines, so do those societies decline that allow it to occur.

In Part III we will present an in-depth examination of:

• Homosexuality as a disorganizing concept with regard to human relationships and society
• The consequences of the tsunami of homosexual activism in its effort to undermine Judeo-Christian foundations of America society
• Why the American church allowed the disorganizing concept of homosexuality to “tamper with the nature of things?”

Larry G. Johnson

Sources:
[1]Amy Hybels, “Planned Protest and counter protest outside Owasso High School ends peacefully.” Fox 23 News, March 7, 2023. https://www.fox23.com/news/planned-protest-and-counter-protest-outside-owasso-high-school-end-peacefully/article_560edaf0-dc12-11ee-9b1d-3fae72469bc9.html (accessed 3-8-2024).
[2]Ibid.
[3]Ibid.
[4] “List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups, Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_designated_by_the_Southern_Poverty_Law_Center_as_hate_groups (accessed 3-8-2024)
[5] “Karine Jean-Pierre ‘absolutely heartbroken’ over Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict’s death,” Advocate, 2-23-2024.
https://www.advocate.com/news/white-house-highlights-nex-benedict (accessed 3-6-2023).
[6] “HRC president demands federal investigations into Nex Benedict’s death amid Oklahoma’s anti-LGBTQ+
climate,” Advocate, 2-22-2024. https://www.advocate.com/news/kelley-robinson-doj-nex-benedict (accessed 3-6-2024).
[7] “Federal investigation opens into Owasso Public Schools after death of Nex Benedict,” Advocate, 3-1-2024.
https://news.yahoo.com/breaking-federal-investigation-opens-owasso-191300199.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall (accessed 3-6-2024).
[8] “Oklahoma politician roasts Ryan Walters for Nex Benedict’s death to transphobic superintendent’s face,”
Advocate, 2-27-2024. https://www.advocate.com/news/oklahoma-nex-benedict-viral-video (accessed 3-6-2024).
[9] After Nex Benedict’s death, 350 LGBTQ+ groups, activists, and celebs urge Oklahoma superintendent’s
removal,” Advocate, 2-28-2024. https://www.advocate.com/news/activists-demand-ryan-walters-removal (accessed 3-6-2024).
[10] “Oklahoma’s Gov. Stitt signs bill restricting school bathrooms to birth sex, effective
immediately,” The Oklahoman, May 25, 2022. https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2022/05/25/stitt-
signs-oklahoma-bathroom-bill-restricting-transgender-school-access-birth-sex/9900609002/
[11] Richard M. Weaver, Visions of Order – The Cultural Crisis of Our Time, (Wilmington, Delaware: Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 1995, 2006), p. 22.

Battle of Protesters: Westboro Baptist Church v. LBGTQ+ Supporters & Agenda – They both win! – Part I

Posted by :admin On : March 4, 2024
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Members of Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kansas, plan to protest at Owasso Public Schools on March 6, 2024 in response to the death of a self-described nonbinary individual[1] (see endnote for definition) one day following an incident at Owasso Public Schools on February 7, 2024. The Westboro protest is not about the unfortunate death of an Owasso Public School student, the Owasso Public School student body, the City of Owasso, and most certainly does present the true message about homosexuality as found in the Bible. What the protest is about is (1) publicity for a tiny sect of misguided false teachers, and (2) a massive public relations campaign to gain sympathy and support for the LGBTQ+ agenda and its followers.

What is the Westboro Baptist Church and what do their followers they believe?

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an American, unaffiliated Primitive Baptist church in Topeka, Kansas, that was founded in 1955 by pastor Fred Phelps. It is widely considered a hate group, and is known for its public protests against homosexuals and for its usage of the slogans such as “God hates fags” and “Thank God for dead soldiers.” It also engages in hate speech against atheists, Jews, Muslims, transgender people, and other Christian denominations…WBC has been protesting against homosexuality since 1989. Within a few years, the group expanded to protesting across the country. They often protest at public and private events, including funerals, sports games, and concerts…In 2016, Forbes stated WBC had about 70 members…The group is known to deface the American flag or fly it upside down while protesting. It also draws counter-protests. The group primarily consists of members of Phelps’s extended family, although many of its members have either left and/or been excommunicated.[2]

WBC is a cult that has clothed itself in a distorted form of Christianity and therefore is not Christian but a cult. Although WMC members vigorously teach and preach the five points of Calvinist doctrine, they twist or distort the true meaning of the Scripture such that it bears little resemblance to the doctrine of the vast majority of Baptist churches or other churches that adhere to five-point Calvinism.[3]

Although the message of WBC is almost universally repugnant, the vast majority of Americans are substantially ignorant of what the Bible and Christianity actually teaches about homosexuality and how to engage its practitioners. They condemn the WBC’s message but do not realize that their message is an absurd and nonsensical distortion of the Bible and the meaning of Christianity. Based on WBC’s miniscule size, we can unequivocally know that the WBC protests have been and remain one of Satan’s greatest successes in legitimizing the homosexual lifestyle and the LGBTQ+ agenda in the minds of Americans over the last thirty-five years since WBC began protesting homosexuality in 1989.

Satan’s success has occurred in two ways:

(1) Because most Americans (including many Christians) are ignorant or blind to WMC’s perversion of Scripture and the precepts of Christianity, their knee-jerk reaction is to paint Christianity as morally evil and/or the Bible as irrelevant when it comes to the moral condemnation of the practice of homosexuality and its many branches.

(2) Satan is also successful in using WBC’s message to silence a large number of American pastors and their congregants (including large numbers of evangelical churches) with regard to speaking the truth about the sin and consequences of homosexuality for fear of being tarred with the same brush as used to condemn the WMC and their followers. The consequences of this silence have been disastrous for America and its culture for over a half-century.

Since 2013 when President Obama and Vice President Biden openly and forcefully endorsed same–sex marriage, the legitimization of homosexuality and transgenderism has come to dominate every facet of American life: government, politics, military, education, arts and entertainment, media, education, business and economics, and the family. Not one facet has escaped the draconian force of this evil because the American evangelical church ceded its moral authority through its silence. This was predicted in the very first article posted on culturewarrior.net on March 6, 2013.[4]

To mark the 10th Anniversary of this website, an Culture Warrior article was posted on March 4, 2023, that described the astounding success of the LGBTQ+ agenda through the infiltration and corruption of every sphere of American life as noted above.[5] This article reveals how the initial 2013 Trojan horse of equality in the battle for cultural acceptance of gay marriage was just the beginning of the homosexual agenda’s efforts to dramatically undermined America’s moral foundations informed by the Bible and the founders’ Judeo-Christian worldview.

Events leading up to the March 6th protest by Westboro Baptist Church

The events preceding the death of Nex Benedict (born Dagny Ellis Benedict) is just a microcosm of the culture wars swirling in American in 2024. What is known at this time is that a 16-year old girl by the name of Nex Benedict, who identified as nonbinary, was involved in an altercation with three other girls in a restroom at Owasso High School. The timeline of events at Owasso High School and thereafter is found on the Owasso Police Departments website.[6]

Investigation Update 02-21-2024:
Since February 7th, 2024, the Owasso Police Department has been actively involved in an investigation into a physical altercation that occurred at the Owasso High School and Owasso Public Schools has been cooperative throughout the investigation. The students involved in the incident were all juveniles and juvenile files are confidential and inaccessible to the public in most circumstances.

From reports, records, and statements of witnesses, it appears that:
• On February 7, 2024, a physical altercation occurred in a restroom at the Owasso High School West Campus.
• The physical altercation was broken up by other students who were present in the restroom and a school staff member who was supervising outside of the restroom.
• All students involved in the altercation walked under their own power to the assistant principal’s office and nurse’s office.
• School administrators began taking statements from the students present in the restroom and began contacting parents/guardians of the students involved in the physical altercation.
• Each of the students involved in the altercation was given a health assessment by a registered nurse at the school and it was determined that ambulance service was not required.
• While it was determined that ambulance service was not required, the school nurse recommended that Nex Benedict visit a medical facility for further examination.
• On the afternoon of February 7, 2024, an Owasso School Resource Officer was assigned to respond to Bailey Medical Center where Nex Benedict was being examined. The School Resource Officer interviewed Nex and their parent concerning the altercation at the Owasso High School.
• The following morning, the School Resource Officer followed up with the parent.
• On the afternoon of February 8, 2024, Owasso Fire Department medics were dispatched to a medical emergency involving Nex Benedict, who was transported to the St. Francis Pediatric Emergency Room where they later died.
• While the investigation continues into the altercation, preliminary information from the medical examiner’s office is that a complete autopsy was performed and indicated that the decedent did not die as a result of trauma. At this time, any further comments on the cause of death are currently pending until toxicology results and other ancillary testing results are received. The official autopsy report will be available at a later date. The invesigtion is ongoing.

A 21-minute video from the body camera footage from School Resource Officer Caleb Thompson captured a critical conversation in the emergency room between Thompson, Nex, and Sue Benedict, the teen’s grandmother and adoptive mother. This video is available on the internet on YouTube.[7]

The essence of the video and police report is that three girls in a girls’ restroom at Owasso High School were making derogatory remarks about how other girls in their presence were dressed. One of the other girls (Nex Benedict) threw water from a container on at least one of the girls who had made derogatory remarks. An altercation began between the three girls and Nex whose friends joined the fight. Nex stated that she threw one of the girls from the opposing group into a towel dispenser (According to another report, the girl was thrown by Nex with such force that the towel dispenser was broken open and the door hung by one hinge). Nex states that she was thrown to the floor and they “were beating the sh*t out of me.” The above police report shows that the school’s registered nurse performed a health assessment of all participants after the altercation, and it was determined that ambulance service was not required. However, the nurse recommended that Nex Benedict visit a medical facility for further examination.

As noted in the above police report, preliminary information from the medical examiner’s office indicated that a complete autopsy was performed and indicated that the decedent did not die as a result of trauma. The police will make no other comments on the cause of death pending receipt of the results of a toxicology report and other ancillary testing. It should be noted that forensic toxicology testing is performed after a person’s death and is known as postmortem drug testing to identify and quantify potential toxins, which include prescription medications and drugs of abuse and interpretations of the findings.

Regardless of the cause, the death of Nex Benedict is a tragedy as is the death of all young people at such an early age. Unfortunately, the scheduled protests and counter-protests on Wednesday, March 6, will continue to poison the civil discourse in America and advance the agendas of both Westboro Baptist Church and the LBGTQ+ movement and its supporters.
We shall take another look at these issues in Part II following Wednesday’s protests and counter-protests.

Larry G. Johnson

Sources:
[1] Nonbinary gender, Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/nonbinary-gender (accessed 3-3-2024). “A nonbinary gender identity is adopted by individuals who feel that they do not fit into the traditional male/female gender binary. In the 21st century, the gender binary is increasingly considered to be a social construct that reinforces gender roles and stereotypes, a tendency that harms even those who are cisgender (that is, identify with the gender assigned at their birth). Those who identify as nonbinary may not feel that they are a man or a woman… Nonbinary is an umbrella term under which many labels fall: bigender and pangender individuals may identify with both or all genders at once, while genderfluid or genderflux individuals may feel that their gender identity fluctuates over time…Those who identify as nonbinary generally consider themselves a part of the LGBTQ+ community. They may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, or any other sexual orientation.”
[2] Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church.
[3] Westboro Baptist Church website. https://www.godhatesfags.com/index.html
[4] Larry G. Johnson, “Equality – The Homosexual Agenda’s Trojan Horse in its Battle for Cultural Acceptance,” culturewarrior.net, 3-6-2013. https://www.culturewarrior.net/2013/03/06/equality-the-homosexual-agendas-trojan-horse-in-its-battle-for-cultural-acceptance/
[5] Larry G. Johnson, “Tenth Anniversary of CultureWarrior.Net – March 6, 2013 – March 6 2023,” culturewarrior.net, March 4, 2023. https://www.culturewarrior.net/2023/03/04/tenth-anniversary-of-culturewarrior-net-march-6-2013-march-6-2023/
[6] Owasso Police Department, Investigation update 2021-2024, Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=797096819120305&id=100064599824990
[7] OPD 2024-3316 Community Release, YouTube, originally recorded 2-7-2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJaBumoyRGg&t=12s (accessed 3-4-2023)

Tenth Anniversary of CultureWarrior.net – March 6, 2013 – March 6, 2023

Posted by :admin On : March 4, 2023
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Category: Archives, Culture Wars, Homosexuality

CultureWarrior.net was founded on March 6, 2013 when the author published his first article online. The “About” section in the heading of the CultureWarrior.net describes its mission:

The mission of CultureWarrior.net is to participate in the redemption of culture in all of the institutions of American life through sharing the truth of the biblical worldview which was the heart of the American cultural vision upon which the United States was founded.

The mission statement is followed by six strategies for accomplishment of that mission. Over the last ten years more than two hundred articles have been written and posted on CultureWarrior.net.

The first article written for CultureWarrior.net was a prophetic warning about the agenda of homosexual leaders and their supporters. The recognition of marriage between homosexuals was merely the first salvo in their war to utterly transform American culture by destroying the Judeo-Christian moral foundations upon which America was built. Over the last ten years the sin of homosexuality and its many tentacles have been deeply woven into the fabric of every institution of American life – marriage, family, the organized church, education, government, business, media, and arts/entertainment.

During February 2013, there was considerable debate and press coverage of the efforts of the homosexual lobby to overturn all bans against gay marriage. Although marriage between homosexuals was widely supported among liberal politicians, the Democratic leadership was dithering about how to deal with this divisive issue. Vice President broke the dam of opposition when he boldly spoke in support of gay marriage. Sensing a favorable outcome, President Obama cast his support for gay marriage on March 1, 2013.

This was a defining moment of victory for the homosexual lobby, and ten years later, America has become a moral cesspool. Leaders of the American government now require flying the homosexual’s rainbow flag alongside of the American flag at our embassies around the world. Against their moral and religious beliefs, business owners are required to provide services for homosexual-themed products and events. The LGBTQ+ agenda for K-12 schools includes promotion and use of cross-sex hormones, surgical procedures, and puberty-blockers, all based on the child’s perceived gender identity. Drag queen story hours are common in our school houses and public libraries. Vast numbers of people in business, the military, and government offices are schooled in the proper use of pronouns so as not to offend members of the LGBTQ+ crowd. These are just a few examples of the pervasive reach of the homosexual agenda into every nook and cranny of American life.

Printed below is the first article written for CultureWarrior.net. It reveals how the initial 2013 Trojan horse of equality in the battle for cultural acceptance of gay marriage was just the beginning of the homosexual agenda to dramatically undermined America’s moral foundations after March 2013.

Equality – The homosexual agenda’s Trojan horse in its battle for cultural acceptance – March 6, 2013

“Trojan Horse” is a term used to refer to someone or something intended to undermine or subvert from within. The term derives from a tale of the Trojan War in which the Greeks built a giant wooden horse and hid forty soldiers inside. Then, the Greeks, appearing to have abandoned the fight and wooden horse, sailed their ships over the horizon. The unsuspecting Trojans pulled the horse into their city as a victory trophy. That night the hidden soldiers crept out of the horse, opened the gates for the Greek army that had returned under cover of darkness. The Greeks invaded and destroyed Troy, decisively ending the ten-year siege.

America is in the midst of a battle for supremacy in the central cultural vision of the nation. The battle between the biblical worldview and the humanistic worldview (under the guise of secularism, liberalism, progressivism, etc.) is popularly known as the culture wars and has been ongoing far longer than ten years. One of those battles centers on the homosexual agenda’s quest for legitimacy, respect, recognition, acceptance, and affirmation by American culture. The battle has escalated, and the homosexual agenda now requires the removal of all bans against gay marriage.

This past week President Obama, citing the principle of equality that drove the nation’s founding, spoke out against California’s ban on gay marriage and said that the Supreme Court should strike it down.[1] This tactic has been very effective and successful is casting the proponents of homosexuality and same-sex marriage as commanding the moral high ground. They present themselves and their cause as morally superior to their opponents who are cast as villains in the morality play widely disseminated in popular culture. To oppose homosexuality is deemed the moral equivalence of racism, bigotry, ignorance, and homophobia. Those persons who are not accepting of homosexuality are labeled as intolerant.[2]

But William Bennett identifies the humanists’ perversion of the concept of tolerance. He calls it “…the disfigurement of the idea of tolerance at the hands of the agenda-pushers of our day…that would brand as bigots those of us who exercise our elementary responsibility…to make firm moral judgments in matters touching on marriage and the raising of our children.” The humanists would force all to worship at the shrine of tolerance, but their price of admission is a tolerance rooted in moral relativism with no room for finding truth or judging something based on the concept of right and wrong. For those that fail to enter the humanist shrine, they become the objects of intolerant harassment through restrictions on free speech (speech codes), coercion, and intimidation. To the proponents of homosexuality, tolerance means forced acceptance, and such acceptance necessitates “normalization, validation, public legitimation, and finally public endorsement.”[3]

Effectively, the advocates of gay marriage are using the Trojan horse of equality as a means to breach the gates of American culture built on the foundation of a biblical worldview. But the case against homosexuality entails far more than just the argument that it is contrary to the cultural traditions upon which America was founded. The accumulated weight of history> speaks loudly against the homosexual agenda. The author has described this “weight of history” in his book Ye shall be as gods .

The ordered family structure is part of the human constitution, a universal truth, one of the permanent things, and exists in every known society. The family attains status within society—legitimacy, social identity, legal recognition, cultural tradition, and an estate. Humans have fashioned numerous methods by which to organize their societies, but the common link to all is the family unit—a father, a mother, and children living together in bonds of committed caring. It is the fundamental unit upon which societies are built.[4]

By contrast, homosexuality is a disorganizing concept with regard to human relationships and ultimately disorganizing in building stable, enduring societies. Proponents wish to lift the status of homosexuality in society through its attainment of legitimacy, legal identity, and respect as a cultural tradition, a place at the table so to speak. These efforts involve court challenges to long-standing and culturally established norms, enactment of laws which favor the homosexual agenda and that diminish marriage, and promotion of homosexuality in the popular culture.[5]

As marriage is the central organizing concept in society, it is critical for proponents of homosexuality to redefine what it means to be a family, and this has become the primary field of battle. There are two general conceptions of marriage in society. The first is that marriage is at its core about the children born of that marriage and by default is limited to heterosexual marriage relationships. The second concept held by the humanists is that marriage is essentially a private relationship. This is from whence comes the attack by the proponents of the homosexual agenda. The legislative and legal efforts to redefine marriage to include homosexual couples of either gender, whether under the law or in culture, would weaken the idea of a mother and father for every child.[6]

This is a seismic shift not only in how one views life but of culture itself. We have stated that culture is the central vision that binds, unifies, and gives direction to society, without which a society disintegrates. Individuals may think, feel, and act upon their personal and private liberties in any society as long as their actions fall within the limits of the laws that express the central vision of that society.

Heterosexual marriage is a universal, and the strength and unity provided by traditional marriage is the foundation of a strong and enduring society. Although traditional marriage is in broad disarray, as it is in most Western societies, that does not disprove the truth of the heterosexual marriage universal but rather speaks of the ravages caused by the ascending humanist worldview. Where traditional marriage declines, so do those societies decline that allow it to occur.[7]

America continues to invite cultural disintegration if we endorse homosexual marriage hidden within the Trojan horse of equality.

Larry G. Johnson

Sources:
[1] Julie Pace and Mark Sherman, “Obama says no way to avoid gay marriage case,” Associated Press, March 1, 2013. On-line source: http://news.yahoo-says-no-way-avoid-gay-marriage-case-172022149–politics.html (accessed March 5, 2013). No longer available.
[2] William Bennett, The Broken Hearth, (New York: Doubleday, 2001), p. 107.
[3] Ibid., p. 121.
[4] Larry G. Johnson’s Ye shall be as gods – Humanism and Christianity – The Battle for Supremacy in the American Cultural Vision, (Owasso, Oklahoma: Anvil House Publishers, 2011), pp. 354.
[5] Ibid.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Ibid. 365.

Christians who suppress the truth in unrighteousness with regard to homosexuality

Posted by :admin On : July 21, 2021
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Category: Archives, Christianity, Evangelical Church, Homosexuality

There are two groups trapped in the bondage of homosexuality and same-sex attraction. In the first group are those who are unwilling captives in the grip of a homosexual lifestyle or who valiantly battle against a same-sex attraction. They are drawn to the perversion of homosexuality as a drug-addicted junkie is drawn toward the needle or pill. Year after year their despair and self-hate grows as the strong hold of this perversion kills all hope of escape. The burden of their shame and guilt is immense. Satan continually accuses and demeans them with taunts of their utter worthlessness and hopelessness. This group appears to be the most willing to listen to and accept the gospel message.

In the second group are those who vigorously deny that homosexuality is a perversion and demand that their fellow citizens not only accept and affirm them but requires society to be ordered to promote their agenda through suppression of opposing voices; imposing or overturning certain laws; replacing history with fiction; denying religious freedom; denying freedom of speech; and aggressively indoctrinating children, young people, and society at large to accept their worldview. This group will be the most resistant and even hostile to the gospel message, but Christians should never underestimate the convicting power of the Holy Spirit and the saving power of God’s Word.

The evil and sneering face of the Gay Pride movement

The homosexual lobby’s vehicle for achieving cultural domination is spearheaded by the Gay Pride movement.

Gay pride or LGBT pride is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a social group. Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that bolsters most LGBT rights movements. Ranging from solemn to carnivalesque, pride events are typically held during LGBT Pride Month…Common symbols of pride are the rainbow or pride flag.[1]

The first four letters of the acronym have been used since the 1990s, but in recent years there has been a push to include other (presumed) sexual identities to offer broader representation. To that end the acronym LGBTQ+ is used to represent a diverse range of sexualities and gender-identities, referring to anyone who is transgender.[2]

The Gay Pride movement as a formal organization was created following a police raid on a gay bar located at 43 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. Early on the morning of Saturday, June 28, 1969, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons rioted. This riot was followed by other riots and protests and became the modern LGBT rights movement and impetus for organizing LGBT pride marches. On November 2, 1969, the first pride march was proposed to be held in New York City and was to be known as Christopher Street Liberation Day.[3]

But Isaiah specifically says that God will pour out misery upon those who call evil good and good evil as does the Gay Pride movement.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight! [Isaiah 5:20-21. NKJV]

Five examples among thousands of the great evils found in the Gay Pride movement’s agenda are presented in the Addendum at the end of this article.

God’s Word peels away the false face of the Gay Pride Agenda

Two thousand years ago the apostle Paul recorded God’s pronouncement of the condition and destiny of the unrepentant participants in homosexual activities including the modern LGBT/Gay Pride movement.

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness…24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting. [Romans 1:18, 24-28. NKJV] [emphasis added]

Donald Stamps in his commentary on verses 18, 24-28, expands our insight into Paul’s words.

In the present, God’s anger is seen in how he gives wicked and defiant people over to moral filthiness, spiritual corruption, and ungodly passions (v. 18)…A sure sign that God is strongly displeased and has abandoned a society is their increased focus on sexual immorality and perversion (v. 24). The three stages of God’s abandoning people to spiritual and moral impurity are: (a) giving them over to sinful sexual pleasures that are a shameful use of the body (v. 24); (b) giving them over to homosexual or lesbian passions (vv. 26-27); (c) giving them over to a corrupted mind (i.e., a twisted way of thinking by which they justify their ungodly actions and uncontrolled passions of sin, v. 28).[4]

Christians who suppress the truth in unrighteousness with regard to homosexuality

Many in the church in last days during the Great Apostasy are among those who suppress the truth in unrighteousness regarding the sin of homosexuality. Here we speak of Christians and churches who have fallen away from the faith who (1) Champion the false social justice agenda of the homosexual lobby and (2) present a partial gospel of non-judgmental love and tolerance to the homosexual sinner without the necessity of presenting the truth of God’s word as to the sinfulness of homosexuality, the imminent judgment of unrepentant sinners, the unrepentant sinners’ eternal damnation, the requirement for repentance for salvation, and thereafter the avoidance of all sin including participating in homosexual sin.

• Applying the mask of social justice to the cause of Gay Pride

The infiltration of the homosexual agenda is occurring to varying degrees in a great majority of denominations and churches in all parts of the world and corresponds to the present-day Great Apostasy (falling away of large numbers of the faithful) prophesied to occur in the end times leading up to the Rapture of the church. Many denominations and churches to varying degrees are accepting of homosexuality and transgender identity, support civil unions and/or marriage of same-sex couples, grant full acceptance of LGBT individuals and organizations within the church, permit ordination of gay and lesbian clergy, and have ministries that specifically promote and support the LBGT agenda.

Homosexuality has grown to such an extent in the Roman Catholic Church, beginning in the early decades of the 1900s to the present day, it has become rife within the Catholic Church from the local priesthood, seminaries, and hierarchies to the very top of the Vatican. The pervasive occurrence of homosexuality found in the Catholic Church was no accident. Bella Dodd was formally a deep-seated communist who left communism and converted to the Christian faith. She appeared before Congress in 1953 and testified of the communist-homosexual infiltration of the Catholic Church.

We got instruction from Kremlin in 1929 as to what we were to do…we were to take the best and the brightest, the guys who were smart enough to live a double life, good looking guys who were sociable so that they would be noticed by their bishops, and they would be promoted, they would become vocation directors… So what are we dealing with? We are dealing with a group of predatory homosexuals who became priests not to serve the Church but to destroy her from within. In this, they are at every level.[5]

By the middle and late 20th century large numbers of these priests had risen to leadership levels and assumed positions of unrestrained power. The staggering success of the Communist/homosexual infiltration is confirmed by the elevation of the Argentine Jesuit Priest Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy in 2013. Thereafter, Pope Francis has roiled much of the Catholic Church’s 1.4 billion followers with his stunning departures from the Catholic faith with his proclamation of false doctrines, support for Marxism, promotion of one-world government, defense/cover-up of homosexual activities of predator priests and bishops, and denial that Jesus is the only way to salvation.

Liberal Protestant denominations and churches were the earliest to promote the homosexual agenda and grant homosexuals and lesbians full acceptance and status as lay members and clergy within their churches and organizations. This break from biblical truth required little effort for liberal churches that emerged between 1870 and 1930. Early on the liberal churches abandoned belief in the inerrancy of the Bible, the Bible as the Word of God, the virgin birth of Jesus, the deity of Jesus, His miracles, atonement for sin through Jesus’ blood shed at Calvary, His resurrection from the grave, and His ascension to Heaven. Having been given over to a debased mind, these liberal theologians have little difficulty reinterpreting, twisting, and/or dismissing entirely the words of Paul in Romans 1. With the stain of sin removed from homosexuality, it is now sanitized and made acceptable within the liberal church.

The infiltration of the homosexual agenda began in various evangelical denominations and churches as early as the 1960s. Within two decades thereafter, many evangelical churches began allowing homosexuals and lesbians to become members and some were allowed to be ordained as ministers. Even when evangelical churches reject homosexuals and lesbians as members of the church, the strength of homosexual agenda has brought to bear on many evangelical churches a new hesitancy to boldly confront the sin of homosexuality. This hesitancy has arisen because of (1) secular society’s overwhelming promotion of a false narrative of social justice and (2) the mounting pressure for the acceptance and inclusion of homosexuality in society at large including the church. As a result one finds fewer and fewer messages in many evangelical churches which give a forthright presentation of the gospel regarding the sin of homosexuality. Even when those messages are given, they often contain only a partial gospel message of non-judgmental love and acceptance of the homosexual. This brings us to the second point in the suppression of truth in unrighteousness regarding the sin of homosexuality.

• Partial gospel of non-judgmental love and tolerance preached to the homosexual sinner

The truth of God’s Word is suppressed when the message of the church to the homosexual sinner contains only a partial gospel message. First, it invariably exhorts the Christian to exhibit non-judgmental love and tolerance of the homosexual and leaves the conviction of the homosexual to the Holy Spirit. Although the Holy Spirit does bring conviction of sin and prepares the sinner for repentance and salvation, it is the bold proclamation of the gospel that leads to salvation.

In place of a bold proclamation of the gospel, the homosexual sinner is assured that Jesus loves them which is immediately followed by an abundance of apologies from the pulpit for any hurtfulness the homosexual sinner may have felt or experienced from the church. However, the heart of the full gospel message has been left out or so badly mangled that it is unrecognizable and powerless to seize the heart of the homosexual sinner and draw him to salvation. Left out of this partial gospel message to the homosexual is the sinfulness of homosexuality, the imminent judgment of all unrepentant sinners, the unrepentant sinner’s eternal damnation, the requirement for repentance, and the requirement to live a holy life free from all sin including that of homosexuality.

The partial gospel has all the marks of the modern seeker-friendly church which offers a gentle seeker-sensitive message designed to not frighten away the sinner. Rather, the church awards the homosexual sinner the coveted status of “victim” and are thereafter welcomed into the church, made comfortable, and their felt-needs met until sometime in the future when the homosexual may decide to accept Christ. However, such acceptance must not be conditioned upon giving up his or her sins including homosexuality.

However, the Bible is very specific about not welcoming sinners into fellowship with Christians:

Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. [2 Corinthians 6:14-16. NKJV]

Homosexuals should be invited to the church, told that God loves them so much that he gave his Son to die on the cross for atonement of the homosexual’s sin, and invite them to repent and make a public confession that they accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. This is not what being unequally yoked together with an unbeliever means.
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Given the great apostasy in the church in these last days before the Rapture of the Church, it is no surprise to any right-thinking and biblically knowledgeable born-again Christian when they see Gay Pride rainbow banners and flags flying from churches, draped on the arms of the crosses within, worn around the necks or peaking from the collars of priests and clergymen, and adorning the lapels of countless Christians and non-Christians alike. For many in society, homosexuality and its Gay Pride agenda have been embraced as a cause célèbre—a noble campaign for justice, equality, tolerance, and diversity for the homosexual and lesbian.

Preachers, teachers, and the laity within the church must NOT embrace the homosexual agenda or Gay Pride’s campaign to undermine and corrupt the church of Jesus Christ. Drink deeply from the truth of God’s Word and peel away Gay Pride’s happy face. Underneath will be found the reality of the evil and sneering face that affirms and promotes the sin of homosexuality in contradiction to the truth of God’s Holy Word.

Larry G. Johnson

Addendum

The following are just five examples of this depravity among thousands that lie beneath the smiling face of the homosexual lobby. Like a cup of cold water thrown in an unsuspecting face, these examples should be sufficient to jolt or shock many members of the apostate, lukewarm, and spineless church into soul-searching repentance.

1. In honor of Pride Month this past June, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus released a song titled “A Message from the Gay Community” and outlines how they’ll “convert your children.” Portions of the song read as follows:

“You think we’re sinful, you fight against our right, you say we all lead lives you can’t respect. But you’re just frightened, you think that we’ll corrupt your kids if our agenda goes unchecked. Funny, just this once, you’re correct.”

“We’ll convert your children, happens bit by bit, quietly and subtlety and you will barely notice it, you can keep them from disco, warn about San Francisco, make ’em wear pleated pants, we don’t care… we’ll convert your children… we’ll make them tolerant and fair.”

[Hannah Nightingale, “‘We’re coming for your children’: San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus pushes woke agenda,” American News, July 7, 2021. https://thepostmillennial.com/were-coming-for-your-children-san-francisco-choir (accessed 7-17-2021)]

2. “The World Health Organization (WHO), for which the Trump administration has halted U.S. funding pending a review, advises that in the sex education programs in Europe children age four and under be given information about ‘early childhood masturbation’ and the ‘right to explore gender identities.’”

“In addition, for children ages four to six, the WHO recommends they be given information ‘about friendship and love towards people of the same sex’ and ‘same-sex relationships,’ and be guided to develop ‘an open, non-judgmental attitude.’”

[Michael Chapman, “WHO: Give early info about ‘early childhood masturbation’ to kids ages 4 and under,” CNSnews, May 20, 2020. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3844309/posts (accessed July 7-17, 2021).]

3. “Common sense and the First Amendment won a significant victory in Florida recently. The city of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County had passed ordinances forbidding paid counselors to counsel children and teens who wished to overcome same sex attraction or gender dysphoria. All a counselor could do was affirm the feelings of the child as normal and council to consider transitioning by puberty blockers and mutilating surgery. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals declared that this was a violation of the free speech right. This ruling is important because it sets a precedent for other cases. Twenty other states have caved to the homosexual steamroller and put laws in place tying the hands of counselors who wish to help children overcome this delusion. This opens the door for other cases to succeed in overturning these restrictions.”

[“Homosexual attack on children blunted in Florida,” Battle Cry, March-April 2021, (Chick Publications). https://www.chick.com/battle-cry/article?id=homosexual-attack-on-children-blunted-in-florida (accessed 7-17-2021)]

4. “Maltese Labour MEP Cyrus Engerer, convicted of distributing gay revenge porn in 2014, is leading the European Union’s battle against Hungary’s law banning the teaching of LGBT and gender issues to children.”

“Hungary’s new law is intended to prohibit schools from teaching children about alternative sexualities and transgenderism and restrict similar content aimed at children in the media, with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán insisting that decisions about such education should be up to parents, and that ‘parents also rightly expect that on platforms used by our children, pornography, sexuality for its own sake, homosexuality and gender reassignment programs should not be available.’”

[Chris Tomlinson, “Gay ‘Revenge Porn’ Convict Is Leading EU Charge Against Hungarian LGBT Law,” Brietbart, July 10, 2021. https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/07/10/gay-revenge-porn-convict-leads-eu-charge-against-hungary-lgbt-law/ (accessed 7-17-2021)]

5. The Washington Post featured an article about Ashlawn Elementary School in Arlington County, Virginia, which honored the National Education Association’s “Read Across America Day” by hosting a transgender spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The spokesperson read a story about a transgender child for a room full of kindergarten children. Prominent media outlets reported that parents were notified beforehand and that parents were allowed to not have their children attend the event. However, the letter was written solely in English despite the school’s sizable non-English-fluent population, and the letter in fact did not state that parents had the right to not have their child attend the presentation. Lily Eskelsen García, president of the NEA was an honored guest at Ashlawn’s transgender indoctrination event. Previously, the NEA welcomed LGBT groups to serve as official sponsors of the 2019 national reading event.

[Casey Chalk, “Va. Public School Indoctrinates 5-Year-Olds About Transgenderism Without Telling Parents,” The Federalist, March 18, 2019. https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/18/va-public-school-indoctrinates-5-year-olds-transgenderism-without-telling-parents/ (accessed 7-17-2019).]

Sources:

[1] “Gay Pride,” Wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride#:~:text=Gay%20pride%20or%20LGBT%20pride%20is%20the%20pr
omotion,predominant%20outlook%20that%20bolsters%20most%20LGBT%20rights%20movements (accessed July
16, 2021).
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Donald Stamps, Commentary on Romans 1:1,24-28, Fire Bible-Global Study Edition, ed. Donald Stamps, (Springfield, Missouri: Life Publishers International, 2009), pp. 2086-2087.
[5] “Communist/Homosexual Infiltration of the U.S. Catholic Church #1 of 2,” Cinops Be Gone, July 19, 2019.
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