When Sin Is No Longer A Sin! : Part 3

WHEN SIN IS NO LONGER A SIN! : PART THREE

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Published On : June 14, 2001

Last Updated : April 22, 2009

American States Which Now Provide "Civil Unions", Aggressive
Two-Pronged Legal Strategy Of The Gay And Lesbian Community,
Bill Clinton - Destroys US Morality, Gay Comic Book Heroes,
"Corpus Christi" And Ungodly New York, Jimmy Carter Supports
Gay Priests, Blind Leading The Blind, Gay And Lesbian Legal
Battles, America Is A Divided Nation, Demonized Because Of
Our Christian Beliefs, Gays And Lesbians Reverse The Truth,
Depth Of Their Deception, Our Children Have Been Targeted

In addition to the above states, other American states offer
some form of "civil unions" to gay and lesbian couples. These
currently include Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, Oregon and Washington state. The District of Columbia
does also. But within three years, by 2012, gay and lesbian
militants have every intention of making gay "marriage" legal
in all of the New England states, and they have already put
the legal machinery in motion.

What particularly annoys me about these developments, is that
these gay and lesbian militants have, as their modus operandi
in the political realm, decided to use a two-pronged attack.
In other words, rather than taking the issue straight to the
people through state referendums, so that the people can make
the decision, they have actually been obtaining victories by
circumventing the will of the majority of the people. What I
mean by this, is that they are going straight to state court
systems, or else to state legislatures, with absolutely no
input from regular voters in each state. Obviously, they've
discovered that it is a lot easy to convince state judges, or
a state legislature, instead of a state's entire population.
What they are doing is not illegal, but it is most certainly
sly, to say the least.

While the passage of the aforementioned 2,000 Vermont "civil
union" law, as well as other laws legalizing gay "marriage"
have been very public events which have stirred up a lot of
heated debate on both ends of the political and religious
spectrum, it is important that you realize that these are not
the only areas where the gay and lesbian community has been
busily implementing its sick agenda. In fact, once you have
read the remainder of this series, you will easily come to
understand that they no doubt prefer that you do not realize
the full extent of their evil program for the psychological
readjustment of American society, a program which is meant to
convince us that their sin is no longer a sin.

This series would not be complete if I did not dedicate at
least a few words to mentioning one man in particular, who
has been extremely instrumental in promoting and advancing
the gay and lesbian cause. For a period of eight years, that
is, from the very first week that he entered the Oval Office
of the United States of America, this man, motivated by his
wayward, ungodly, liberal beliefs, contributed greatly to
the destruction of the moral fiber of Christian America. He
did this by his own poor, personal example when he chose to
have an affair with Monica Lewinsky and then lied about it;
he did this when he chose to support the right to abortion;
and he most certainly did this when he opened the floodgates
to homosexual and lesbian rights within America. This is the
very same man who in September of 2,000, five months after
the Vermont "civil union" bill had been passed, said:

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"More and more people are identifying with our common
humanity. Increasingly, society is moving to higher and
higher levels of decency and justice."

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Of course, that quote was spoken by none other than former
US president, William Jefferson Clinton. "Higher and higher
levels of decency"? Based upon exactly whose standard, Mr.
Clinton? Certainly not God's! The gay and lesbian community
could not have asked for a better defender of their cause,
or a better president than Bill Clinton; because this sinful
man gave them the green light. He basically told them that
it was safe to come out of the closet now, and to openly
flaunt their sins before the American public; and as we all
know, that is exactly what they have been doing ever since.
Not only have gays and lesbians been coming out of their
closet for years now, but they have been fighting tooth and
nail, in order to achieve greater and greater rights, which
has now culminated in a legal status, which they believe
will give them greater respectability before the American
public; but what about God? Do you think that He respects
you more simply because you have legalized your sin before
the eyes of men? I think not! His laws are clear, and you
are knowingly breaking them!

If you the reader seriously think that I am over-exaggerat-
ing this point, then stop for a moment, and think about what
occurred while Clinton was in office, and what continues to
happen today. Stop and ask yourself if these things would
have happened if a more conservative God-fearing president
had been voted into office during those eight years. Clinton
flashed the green light, and it was as if someone had said
"Follow the leader!". The movie screen and the television
screen have become flooded with gay and lesbian characters.
There are books, magazines and other publications dedicated
to the gay and lesbian cause, and they are not just geared
to adults who are of that sexual persuasion. This garbage is
being printed for our children as well. In July of 2000, the
following news item was included in a newsletter I often
receive from the Baptist Information Service:

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Sodomite Super Heroes

"The comic book company that gave us Superman will now give
us the first super heroes that will fight crime as a couple
- not as Batman and Robin - but as a cohabitating homosexual
couple. The dashing duo named Apollo and Midnighter, appear
in the D.C. Comics series 'The Authority,' . . . Apollo and
Midnighter will be like any other super heroes, fighting
crime and saving the world. It's just that at the end of
their adventures they will go to bed."
(Sword of the Lord, June 23, 2000)

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The movie, television and publishing industries are not the
only places where the gay and lesbian community is applying
pressure, and concentrating their efforts on changing the
psychological landscape of America. During the last quarter
of 1998, a blasphemous play entitled "Corpus Christi" made a
brief but popular showing at a theater located on West 55th
Street in Manhattan, N.Y.; however, stiff opposition by the
public caused it to be terminated. What was the reason for
the sudden termination? The ungodly play depicted Jesus as a
gay man who engaged in homosexual acts with his followers. It
is my understanding that the building was later condemned and
torn down. This isn't the only kind of ungodly filth that is
coming out of New York. In February of 2001, the Associated
Press news agency published the following report regarding a
controversial photography exhibit, also located in New York:

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Nude Female Jesus Photo Stirs Chaos

NEW YORK (AP) - A photography exhibit that includes a work
depicting Jesus as a naked woman is stirring debate at the
same museum where a dung-decorated painting of the Virgin
Mary sparked a heated six-month legal battle. The work "Yo
Mama's Last Supper" features the photographer, Renee Cox,
nude and surrounded by 12 black apostles. It is part of an
exhibit of 94 contemporary black photographers opening
Friday at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Cox, a Jamaican-born
artist who was raised Catholic, said the Last Supper image
highlights legitimate criticisms of the church, including
its refusal to ordain women as priests. "Get over it!" she
said. "Why can't a woman be Christ? We are the givers of
life!"

Another artist's photo collage depicts a topless woman,
crucified.

"I think what they did is disgusting, it's outrageous,"
Mayor Rudy Giuliani said, adding that anti-Catholicism "is
accepted in our city and in our society."

Giuliani said Thursday he is appointing a task force "that
can set decency standards for those institutions that are
using your money, the taxpayers' money," including the
city-subsidized museum. In 1999, the museum's "Sensation"
show featured an elephant dung-embellished Virgin Mary. The
mayor froze the museum's annual $7.2 million city subsidy -
about a third of its annual budget - then sued in state court
to evict the museum. The museum filed a countersuit in
federal court, where a judge ruled that the city had violated
the First Amendment and restored the funding. This time,
Giuliani said he would go all the way to the U.S. Supreme
Court, whose decisions he said are based on "showing decency
and respect for religion."

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Speaking of New York, how ironic that the Clintons have set
up shop there, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is now a Senator
from that State. Undoubtedly, the gay and lesbian community
of "The Village" are happy to have such powerful and loyal
supporters as residents of their state!

Sadly, the Clintons are not the only prominent citizens from
America's so-called Bible Belt of the South to abandon their
Christian upbringing. A few months after Mr. Clinton made his
outlandish remarks regarding the so-called "higher levels of
decency" occurring within American society, former president
Jimmy Carter, a man who many Americans viewed as being much
more of a Christian example than Mr. Clinton, announced that
he was not opposed to homosexuals being ordained as priests.
Following is a news article from the Baptist Press which was
published at that time:

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Carter States Affirmation Of Homosexual Ordination

Baptist Press

November 4, 2000

ATLANTA, GA (BP) -- Former president and former Southern
Baptist Jimmy Carter said that while homosexuality is a sin,
he sees nothing wrong with a "Christian homosexual" being
ordained. Carter made his comments during a 60-minute
telephone interview with Baptist Press on Oct. 20.

Carter announced Oct. 19 that he could no longer be
associated with the Southern Baptist Convention citing among
his reasons the Baptist Faith and Message as adopted in June
and its stance on female pastors. Carter said he was
convinced to leave the SBC after listening to a taped
message by Charles Wade, executive director of the Baptist
General Convention of Texas.

Carter discussed a variety of issues surrounding his
decision to leave the SBC, including his stances on several
controversial issues -- homosexuality and abortion.

"If that person [a homosexual] was demonstrating the essence
of Christianity, I would not object to the individual being
ordained," Carter said. "Yes, homosexuality is a sin but so
is adultery. When somebody doesn't give 10 percent of their
earnings to the church, it is a sin. All of us are sinners
every day. And adultery is a more serious sin than
homosexuality."

Carter said the ordination of homosexuals is a decision to
be made by individual churches and he doubted his home
church, Maranatha Baptist in Plains, Ga., would go out of
its way to ordain a homosexual.

"If we did have a homosexual in our church who wanted to be
ordained, it would be decided not on sexual preference," he
stressed.

Carter said he does not support legal approval for
homosexual marriages but he does support laws that prohibit
discrimination against homosexuals.

"Homosexuals have a perfect right to profess to be
Christians, accept Christ as Savior, and I wouldn't have a
problem if they worshiped side by side with me," the former
president said. "Jesus never singled out homosexuals to be
condemned. When the Southern Baptist Convention started
singling out homosexuals as a special form or degree of
sinfulness, I didn't agree with it. Now, that target has
shifted to the subjugation of women."

On the issue of abortion, Carter said he is pro-life. "I
have never believed that Christ would approve of abortion,"
he said. "When I was governor and president, I took an oath
to uphold the Constitution. I had to administer the
[abortion] law, but I did everything I possibly could to
discourage abortion."

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In Matthew chapter seven, Jesus taught that a tree is known
by its fruits. If America's political and spiritual leaders
are so weak, and so backslidden in their faith, that they're
willing to do the things that they do, and say the things
that they say, is it really any wonder then that the general
American population follows suit? As Jesus said so long ago
regarding His religious critics and persecutors:

"Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if
the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
Matthew 15:14, KJV

As I mentioned in part two, the gay and lesbian community is
fighting tooth and nail, in order to advance their perverted
cause and sinful lifestyle, and they are using every legal
means at their disposal. Please make no mistake. They are not
the weak, helpless, innocent victims, which for so long they
have portrayed themselves to be. These people are powerful;
they are rich; and they are extremely well-organized. Not
only do they possess the power to recruit the help of state
politicians like Governor Dean; or openly gay Congressmen
such as Barney Frank; or even the President of the United
States, but they even have their own law agencies; and they
are using them to the fullest, in order to soundly defeat
long-held Christian values.

Following are some reports which were sent to me by a friend
who subscribes to a newsletter called "Traditional Values".
While the events that are discussed in these reports are now
dated, nevertheless, they still help us to understand exactly
how we arrived at our current sad condition. Please notice
that in addition to recruiting the help of their own legal
agencies and support groups, not to mention the backslidden
churches, their power and influence even extends to include
such international organizations as Amnesty International and
the United Nations:

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Massachusetts Homosexuals Win Public Sex Fight

The homosexual movement has gained considerable political
strength under former Governor William Weld (a socially
liberal Republican) and the current Governor Paul Cellucci
(also a socially liberal Republican). The radical Gay and
Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), a homosexual law firm
in Massachusetts, has just won a legal battle against the
Massachusetts State Police over public indecency laws. GLAD
had sued the police on behalf of a homosexual man who was
banned from public rest areas because of his involvement in
public sex acts. The man had been convicted a year ago for
having sex with a man in the woods near a Wareham rest stop.

The homosexual victory against the police requires that new
rules be drawn up to restrict what sex acts the police can
prosecute at rest areas. The rules say that "socializing and
expressions of affection" are not considered sexual conduct.
And public sex is not illegal unless there is a "substantial
risk" that the conduct will be observed by a passerby. One
police source called the new rules "ludricious" and predicted
that state police will continue to arrest homosexuals who
engage in public sex acts in parks and public restrooms. This
source also told reporters, "These rules are lawyer
psychobabble. They won't change anyone's behavior. If someone
is doing that in a public place, a rest area, where passersby
have access, it isn't right. And this is not going to change
any [trooper's] approach to enforcing the law." This victory
for public sex is likely to encourage other homosexual law
firms to challenge other state's policies against public sex
acts.

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Homosexuals Plan Operation Rescue-like Protests

On March 13, three homosexual leaders will host an open
forum in California on "Dismantling Homophobia: the Growing
Use of Nonviolent Resistance to Oppose Religious-backed
Sexual Prejudice." The forum will be held at First Presby-
terian Church in Palo Alto (1140 Cowper St.) at 7 p.m. The
three leaders are: Will Doherty of the Stop Dr. Laura cam-
paign; Rev. Don Fado, leader of United Methodist ministers
who conducted a lesbian wedding ceremony in violation of
Methodist rules; and Greg Marlan, a leader in SoulForce, a
homosexual civil disobedience group founded by Mel White.

This forum will encourage homosexual activists to conduct
Operation Rescue-like events to protest groups opposed to
homosexuality.

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Amnesty International Seeks Overturn Of Austrian Sex Law

The human rights group, Amnesty International (AI), is
protesting an Austrian law that places restrictions on how
young a boy can be who engages in sex with another man.
Article 209 in Austrian code says that a man 19 years of age
who engages in sex with a boy who has attained "the age of
14 but not yet the age of 18 shall be punished with
imprisonment from six months to five years."

Amnesty International is protesting the arrest of a man
known only as Franz L, who was arrested for having sex with
several teenage boys. AI says it takes no position on an
appropriate age of consent, but believes sexual consent laws
should be the same for both same-sex and opposite sex
partners. Under Austrian law, the age of consent for
heterosexuals and lesbians is 14, while the age of consent
for homosexual males is 18.

In other words, AI is pushing for a lowering of the age of
sexual consent for homosexual males so they can have earlier
access to boys for sexual exploitation.

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U.N. Seeks To Fight "Sexual Orientation" Discrimination

The United Nations is at it again. A committee working on a
draft document for the upcoming World Conference Against
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related
Intolerance, is working on banning "sexual orientation and
gender discrimination." The conference will be held in
Durban, South Africa from August 31 through September 7,
2001. Homosexual activist groups in Canada have hailed this
U.N. draft document.. According to EGALE, a powerful
homosexual lobby in Canada, "If adopted, this will be the
first time that sexual orientation discrimination has been
condemned in a United Nations Conference Declaration."

Homosexuals have already won major victories in Canada
against Christians who believe homosexuality is a sin and
perversion. Christian mayors have been prosecuted for
failing to proclaim "gay pride" celebrations; Christian
schools have lost court battles for firing homosexual
teachers; and a Christian printer was fined for refusing to
print homosexual propaganda.

Under no circumstance should the United State sign any U.N.
document or treaty that criminalizes opposition to
homosexuality.

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Concerning the legal victories and headway which the gay and
lesbian community has been making in Canada, (as mentioned
in the previous news article), following is another news
report which was distributed by the Associate Press in July
of 2000, which serves to offer proof of this fact:

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Province Mulls Same-Sex Marriage

VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) - British Columbia's
attorney general filed a petition with the Canadian
province's supreme court to determine whether the ban on
same-sex marriages is constitutional. Attorney General
Andrew Petter said Thursday that his office has received a
legal opinion concluding the federal common law that
defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman
would likely be revised by the courts in light of recent
equality rights decisions under the Charter of Rights,
Canada's bill of rights. Currently in Canada, same-sex
couples are entitled to all the benefits of heterosexual
couples except for the right to apply for a marriage
license.

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In addition to all of the advances we have already exposed,
gays and lesbians are making progress in other areas as well.
For example, not only have they taken over entire apartment
complexes, but certain cities have now become safe havens for
their ungodly lifestyle; such as San Francisco, Denver, The
Village of New York City, and others as well. To make matters
worse, they openly sit on city councils, church boards and
school boards; and they occupy respectable positions in the
American Congress. Many businesses are also operated by gays
and lesbians. This issue has totally divided the Christian
church within America. It has also divided the government, it
has divided the military, and it has divided the American
family. America is truly a very divided nation; and what did
Jesus say about such a situation? Consider the following:

". . . Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to
desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth."
Luke 11:17, KJV

Exactly why is America's house divided? Because some people
are willing to stand up for the truth of the Scriptures,
while others are not; some people fear God, while others do
not; and this causes inescapable division; even within the
same families. As the Bible plainly teaches us:

"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not
to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at
variance against his father, and the daughter against her
mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that
loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and
he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of
me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me,
is not worthy of me."
Matthew 10:34-38, KJV

"And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he
that endureth to the end shall be saved."
Matthew 10:22, KJV

"Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall
suffer persecution."
2 Timothy 3:12, KJV

As I noted earlier, while for many years the gay and lesbian
community has tried to paint themselves as the victims, the
truth of the matter is that they are the ones who have been
actively vilifying Christian believers, by portraying us as
being unloving, hateful, bigoted, ignorant, prejudiced and
narrow-minded. Simply by reading some of the news articles
that I have included in this series, it become quite obvious
what's really going on. These gay and lesbian militants have
totally reversed the truth from what it really is. If there
is one glaring truth which has stood out in the information
that I have shared with you thus far, it is that contrary to
what God's inspired Word clearly states, the gay and lesbian
community does not believe that there is anything wrong, or
anything sinful about their chosen lifestyle. As far as they
are concerned, sin is no longer a sin. In their sad delusion,
they are absolutely convinced that God accepts them just the
way they are, without any need for repentance or change. This
attitude is very apparent in the following news report that
was released by the Associated Press in January of 2001:

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Gay Advocates Protest At Vatican

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Carrying teddy bears, toys and a message
for Pope John Paul II, a small band of gay Christians from
the United States gathered Wednesday at the edge of St.
Peter's Square to protest Vatican teachings on homosexuality
The group, numbering 18, staged a brief, mostly silent
demonstration outside the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica.
Arriving about two hours after the pontiff finished his
weekly public audience with tens of thousands of pilgrims,
they were barely noticed by the crowd. Wearing sweatshirts
with the slogan: "God's Gay Children Bring Gifts . . . Bless
Them," they softly sang "We Shall Overcome," and hoped a
Vatican priest might come out and bless them. None did. John
Paul has repeatedly denounced attempts to legalize same-sex
marriages or adoption by gays. Last summer, he bitterly
denounced a gay pride festival in Rome as an "insult" to
Christians and said homosexual acts were "contrary to
natural law."

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Isn't that really a tragedy? Isn't that truly the epitome of
personal deception? If, as their sweatshirt slogan states,
God has gay children, that is to say, actively practicing
gay children, and NOT repentant sinners who have forsaken
their sinful, unnatural lusts of the flesh, why in the world
did He inspire the Apostle Paul to write the following? The
part in brackets was added to clarify what the verse means:

"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the
kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, NOR EFFEMINATE, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind, [meaning homosexuals, from the
Greek 'arsenokoites']"
1 Corinthians 6:9, KJV

Obviously, someone is wrong here; someone is lying here; and
someone is deceived here; and I certainly don't think that
it was the Apostle Paul. Notice that Paul very specifically
says "Be not deceived". In other words, Paul is saying, "If
someone tells you otherwise, don't you believe it. Don't be
deceived by their lies." As we saw earlier in this series,
Paul also wrote:

"But evil men and seducers shall wax [grow] worse and worse,
deceiving, and being deceived."
2 Timothy 3:13, KJV

While we have now covered various aspects of the gay and
lesbian agenda, there is one important area which we have
not yet looked at in detail, and it is one which should be
of concern to us all. Contrary to what some people may be
led to believe, adults are not the primary focus of their
program. Most, if not all of us, are already set in our
ways. We know what we believe, and we aren't too receptive
when it comes to allowing anyone to change our beliefs. We
are simply not very malleable. Not only that, but we are not
the future; our children are; and it is precisely for this
reason, that our children are the primary targets of the gay
and lesbian psychological campaign. The perpetrators of this
subtle program know that societal change must begin at the
bottom, that is to say, with America's youth, and not at the
top. They know that our children are vulnerable; they are
easily influenced; and they are more prone to being open to
new ideas; hopefully to THEIR ideas, and to THEIR sick moral
standards. So exactly how are our children being targeted by
these misguided people?

Please go to part four for the continuation of this series.

Go To Part Four . . .