THE TARSUS TURN http://tarsusturn.posterous.com Abre mis ojos posterous.com Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:06:00 -0700 THE OPPRESSION OF CHRISTIANS, UK SEPT 2012 http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/the-oppression-of-christians-uk-sept-2012 http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/the-oppression-of-christians-uk-sept-2012

Comment: The homosexual agenda in its unrelenting push for so called 'marriage equality ' i.e. redefinition marriage radically claims liberty and equality are its goals. This is not neutral. It is a radical understanding of equality ie. the moral equivalence of heterosexuality and homosexuality. It is not a zero sum game, as this article indicates, as it threatens to violate the rights of others.

1. Employment: potential sacking for refusing to endorse SSM contrary to conscience.

2. No parental rights re: education of children

3. Suing clergy for refusing to perform SSM (Religious freedom)

See: Coalition for Marriage, UK

 

Teachers 'face sack' for refusing to endorse gay marriage, The Telegraph, UK 10 Sept 2012

Teachers who refuse to endorse gay marriage in the classroom could face the sack under controversial Government reforms, a legal expert has warned.

Teachers could be sacked for refusing to follow books on gay marriage, according to legal advice commissioned by the Coalition for Marriage.

Teachers could be sacked for refusing to follow books on gay marriage, according to legal advice commissioned by the Coalition for Marriage. Photo: ALAMY

Schools will be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff that wilfully fail to use stories or textbooks promoting same-sex weddings, it is claimed.

Aidan O’Neill, a senior QC and expert on religious freedom and human rights, also warned that parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children will have no right to withdraw their child from lessons.

In a report, he said that any decision to redefine marriage would have far-reaching consequences for schools, hospitals, foster carers and public buildings.

The most serious impact is likely to be felt in the church where vicars and priests conducting religious marriage ceremonies could be taken to court for refusing to carry out a gay wedding, he said.

The conclusions – in legal advice commissioned by the Coalition for Marriage – comes amid continuing fall-out over Government plans to tear up the centuries-old law on marriage.

Ministers launched a consultation on proposals to legalise homosexual weddings earlier this year. David Cameron has said he is committed to pushing through the change by 2015.

The plan is being backed by the Liberal Democrats and many senior Conservatives, although it has prompted a backlash among some backbenchers and Christian groups.

Last month, the Roman Catholic Church had a letter read in all 500 Catholic parishes in Scotland urging churchgoers to oppose attempts to “redefine” marriage north of the border.

Sharon James, a Coalition for Marriage spokeswoman, said the proposed law change would have a serious effect on schools, representing an “unprecedented assault on the rights of parents”.

“This is a dangerous path to go down and one that should be resisted,” she said.

The redefinition of marriage would ride roughshod over a person’s right to support marriage as the exclusive union between one man and one woman, whether that person be a teacher, a parent, a foster carer or a marriage registrar. The only winners from a change in marriage law will be lawyers.”

Mr O’Neill – based at Matrix Chambers – has analysed the effect that any change in the legal basis of marriage would have on a series of public institutions.

He outlined a fictional scenario in which a Christian teacher is asked to use a book called King & King, a story of a prince who marries a man, and produce a play based on the tale.

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The QC suggested that any refusal to comply would be “grounds for her dismissal from employment” because of a legal ruling that religious belief cannot be used by employees “to demand changes in their conditions of their employment”.

Mr O’Neill also warned that parents who object to gay marriage being taught would have no right to withdraw their child from lessons for religious conscience reasons.

“If gay marriage is introduced, the school would be in its own legal right to refuse the wishes of the child’s parents, arguing it is under a legal obligation of its own to promote equality - whatever the cost,” he said.

In the report, he also claimed that Government promises to protect churches and other faiths who object to gay marriage would be meaningless.

Mr O’Neill insisted that vicars or priests would be powerless to stop same-sex couples demanding the same weddings as hetrosexuals under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Churches would be in a stronger legal position if they were to stop conducting weddings altogether – bring to an end more than a thousand years of tradition, he suggested.

“Churches might indeed better protect themselves against the possibility of any such litigation by deciding not to provide marriage services at all, since there could be no complaint then of discrimination in their provision of services as between same sex and opposite sex couples,” he said.

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Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:32:00 -0700 The Culture Wars and the power to (re)define reality http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/the-culture-wars-and-the-power-to-redefine-re http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/the-culture-wars-and-the-power-to-redefine-re

1. The Culture Wars are an attempt to define or redefine reality.

2. Humanism seeks to define morality apart from God. Autonomy.

3. Liberal activists do not simply want the state to leave them alone, they want to enlist the power of the state to endorse and celebrate a certain lifestyle - they want to restructure society to celebrate their sexual practices. They also want laws to penalise or criminalise disappoval of their sexual choices.

 They want to designate any philosophical or religious belief that does not affirm homosexuality and bisexuality as morally equal to heterosexuality a “hateful” position. In short, they want to revoke Christian, Jewish and Muslim freedom of conscience and banish us as bigots.

4. To the end of this cultural totalitarianism, they call their opponents e.g. supporters of traditional marriage, "haters." They easily engage in slander, lies and distortion. They brand their agenda as one of "justice" for "victims" but this is a demand for special rights, over and above what the rest of us have (SSM etc)

5. Hypocrisy and double standards.

6. Diablo's stink.Reminds me of the honesty of Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World:

Aldous Huxley, Confessions of a Professed Atheist, Report: Perspectives on the News Vol. 3 June (1966), p.19

I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning; consequently, assumed it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption.... The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with a problem in pure metaphysics; he is also  concerned to prove there is no valid reason why he personally should not do as he wants to do.... For myself, as no doubt for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was simultaneously liberation from a certain political and economic system and liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom…

It is the fully grown seed of perversion articulated so grotesquely in the Humanist Manifesto No. 2

SIXTH: In the area of sexuality, we believe that intolerant attitudes, often cultivated by orthodox religions and puritanical cultures, unduly repress sexual conduct. The right to birth control, abortion, and divorce should be recognized. While we do not approve of exploitive, denigrating forms of sexual expression, neither do we wish to prohibit, by law or social sanction, sexual behavior between consenting adults. The many varieties of sexual exploration should not in themselves be considered "evil." Without countenancing mindless permissiveness or unbridled promiscuity, a civilized society should be a tolerant one. Short of harming others or compelling them to do likewise, individuals should be permitted to express their sexual proclivities and pursue their lifestyles as they desire. We wish to cultivate the development of a responsible attitude toward sexuality, in which humans are not exploited as sexual objects, and in which intimacy, sensitivity, respect, and honesty in interpersonal relations are encouraged. Moral education for children and adults is an important way of developing awareness and sexual maturity

And herein lies the truth: sin is man's unilateral declaration of independence from God and His Creation Order, including sexual morality. Romans 1:

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

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; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,[c] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving,[d] unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them

And the sad thing is, these things lead to death...so many people, with each choice they make, determine their eternal destiny in a hellish place...

Kyrie Eleison.

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Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:40:00 -0700 11th hour http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/11th-hour http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/11th-hour

1948 Israel

 1988-1989 - death of Communism (from 1918)

 

1967 Summer of Love (Pan) - sexual immorality

 

1969 Stonewall  - sexual perversity

 

1973: Roe v Wade

 

“Jane Roe” is Norma McCorvey. She has since joined the pro-life side of the debate and filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Texas to have the case reopened, which her right as the litigant ensures. She hoped to make abortion illegal citing that she was used as a “pawn” by her lawyers and claimed evidence of emotional and other harm suffered by many women who have had abortions. Her request was denied.

2003: Lawrence v Texas

 

Note: John Lawrence, Plaintiff in Gay Rights Case, Dies at 69 NYT 23 Dec 2011 (complications of heart ailment)

Tyron Garner, 39, Plaintiff in Pivotal Sodomy Case, Dies, NYT 14 Sept 2006 (complications of meningitis)

Sex (drugs) + occult = cult of pan, dionysus - again. CULT OF PAN

S22.2 PAN & DAPHNIS

Museum Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, Italy

SUMMARY

The goat-legged god Pan seated on a rock instructing the youth Daphnis inthe playing of the pan-pipes.

 

 

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Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Everyone who speaks for righteousness will be persecuted: Cautionary Tales from America http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/everyone-who-speaks-for-righteousness-will-be http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/everyone-who-speaks-for-righteousness-will-be

The CEO of Chick-fil-A, an american fast food company supports traditional marriage and in an age where other chains like Starbucks declare their support for same-sex marriage (SSM), its CEO Dan Cathy said:

“I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,’” Cathy said on the Ken Coleman Show. “I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think we can try to define what marriage is all about.”

For supporting traditional marriage, the Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and the Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has basically vowed to keep Chick-fil-A from coming to their cities. Bigots. Christophobia in practice.

When Chick-a-fil donated lunches to a healthy marriage seminar, gay activists took exception and urged liberals to boycott the restaurant. Economic pressures from the Hard, Radical Left. Their bullying tactics are well known.

See Chick-fil-A CEO Says US Inviting God's Judgment , Charisma News, 22 July 2012

Former Lesbian Janet Boynes argues we must speak out for righteousness against the normalisation of homosexuality, and warns that "we are going to be despised and targeted."

As Christians, we have to get used to the fact that, in the case of same-sex marriage, militant homosexuals and their fellow travelers will not tolerate anyone who suggests that their sinful lifestyle is anything but normal and worthy of celebration. If we stand up and declare that homosexuality is sinful—and make no mistake: We Must!—we are going to be despised and targeted.

I understand well the cost of taking a public stand. As a person who lived a homosexual lifestyle for 14 years before being set free by the blood of Jesus, I know the process by which these activists will try to destroy and defame anyone who opposes their agenda. The very fact that I boldly declare a person can be set free from this bondage makes me a special target of their rage.

Plain and simple, the homosexual activist community will not tolerate any opinion that challenges their lifestyle, that opposes same-sex marriage and that invites those enchained in same-sex attraction to step into freedom and deliverance through Christ.

There is no common ground between darkness and light, and—like Dan Cathy has demonstrated—the church must be willing to stand and declare the truth with clarity and compassion, and be prepared for the resulting backlash.

The Dan Cathy Example: It’s Time to Stand for Righteousness , Charisma News 27 July 2012

As someone wisely observed: I think the moment someone chooses to be wimpy, there's a strange blinding effect on their eyes and ears and mind.

We all have the duty to speak Truth to Power, actively.

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Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:47:00 -0700 Arrogant political leaders lecture church on SSM. Judgment. http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/arrogant-political-leaders-lecture-church-on http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/arrogant-political-leaders-lecture-church-on

I'll legalise gay marriage by 2015, vows Cameron: PM warns opponents from the Church 'not to lock people out', Daily Mail (UK) 25 July 2012

    

 

David Cameron yesterday promised that gay marriage will be legalised by 2015, as he compared Church opposition with Conservatives who once ‘locked out’ homosexuals from the party. The Prime Minister also paid tribute to Tony Blair for paving the way by introducing civil partnerships.

 

In remarks that will concern some Tory traditionalists, he said: ‘I am absolutely determined that this Coalition government will follow in that tradition by legislating for gay marriage in this Parliament.’ Praising the institution of marriage, he added: ‘It’s something I feel passionately about and I think if it’s good enough for straight people like me, it’s good enough for everybody and that’s why we should have gay marriage and we will.’

 

Mr Cameron, who was speaking at a Number 10 reception for members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, has promised his MPs a free vote on the issue. But the Lib Dems will be whipped to vote in favour of it. The Prime Minister compared his opponents in the Church to parts of the Tory party who fought against gay rights and ‘for many, many years got itself on the wrong side of this argument’. He said: ‘It locked people out who were naturally Conservative from supporting [the party] and so I think I can make that point to the Church, gently.’

 

The Church should not ‘be locking out people who are gay, or are bisexual or are transgender from being full members of that Church, because many people with deeply held Christian views, are also gay’, he added. ‘And just as the Conservative Party, as an institution, made a mistake in locking people out so I think the Churches can be in danger of doing the same thing.’

Ministers in the Scottish Parliament yesterday promised to bring forward laws enabling same-sex marriage by the start of 2015. Mr Cameron wants similar laws in England and Wales by that year.

Yesterday Tory MP Peter Bone said it would be a ‘sham’ consultation if the Government had already made up its mind, adding: ‘We are talking about something which is clearly divisive. The bulk of Conservative MPs hope that this will quietly be left until after the next election.’ Mike Judge, of the Christian Institute, said: ‘The Prime Minister’s sneering remarks show his own intolerance of religious people who disagree with him on gay marriage. ‘It is incredibly arrogant of him to tell churches what religious beliefs they should and shouldn’t hold. No wonder huge swathes of churchgoers are suspicious of his motives.’

  

He added: ‘Voters would rather he was working to boost the flagging economy, not meddling with marriage and lecturing the church. 'The plans to redefine marriage are unnecessary, unpopular, divisive, and a vote-loser. It is high time they were dumped.’

 

  

  

  

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Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:44:00 -0700 It's Greek to me. Or, of bankruptcy and buffoonry http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/its-greek-to-me-or-of-bankruptcy-and-buffoonr http://tarsusturn.posterous.com/its-greek-to-me-or-of-bankruptcy-and-buffoonr

If you are a paedophile in Greece, you now have a state recognised disability for which you get benefits. It seems they are returning to ancient Greek ways. A country struggling with a financial crisis now wants to pay out more in benefits to...paedophiles.

Greece Recognizes Pedophilia, Exhibitionism, Kleptomania As Disabilities, Huffington Post, 1/9/12

Excerpts

The National Confederation of Disabled People called the action "incomprehensible," and said pedophiles are now awarded a higher government disability pay than some people who have received organ transplants.

The Labor Ministry said categories added to the expanded list – that also includes pyromaniacs, compulsive gamblers, fetishists and sadomasochists – were included for purposes of medical assessment and used as a gauge for allocating financial assistance.

But NCDP leader Yiannis Vardakastanis, who is blind, warned the new list could create new difficulties for disabled Greeks who are already facing benefit cuts due to the country's financial crisis

Greece has been fighting to avoid bankruptcy since 2009. Public spending on health and welfare programs has been sharply cut under austerity measures imposed as a condition for receiving emergency loans from the International Monetary Fund and other countries using the euro currency.

Independently run welfare programs that survived on state grants have been the hardest hit, leaving some disabled groups, including the deaf, facing sudden drops in their standard of care

As the idea of an objective moral law wanes, what was perverse becomes normalised, we become desensitised, perversity becomes celebrated as autonomy and a right. Sign O' the Times.

There are academics also pushing to rewrite the script of public sexual morality and to normalise paedophilia

Academic conference seeks to normalize pedophilia, Lifesitenews, 16 Aug 2011

And of course, they have a new term "minor attracted persons."

An excerpt: basically defining paedophilia as just another form of sexual orientation / preference (sexual diversity lauded as a good)

On their website B4U-ACT classifies pedophilia as simply another sexual orientation and decries the “stigma” attached to pedophilia, observing: “No one chooses to be emotionally and sexually attracted to children or adolescents. The cause is unknown; in fact, the development of attraction to adults is not understood.” The group says that it does not advocate treatment to change feelings of attraction to children or adolescents.

In their press release B4U-ACT announced a letter the group has sent to the APA criticizing its classification of the mental illness.

This incidentally, is exactly the same strategy adopted by homosexual activists in the 1970s when homosexuality was classified as a gender identity disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical of Mental Disorders (DSM), leading to its eventual declassification in 1973, shutting down debate on homosexuality and associated documented harms of the homosexual lifestyle, which has "all but shut down in academic psychological circles."

To have a clearer understanding of the strategies of the homosexual rights agenda, and its use of bullying, Marxist tactics (in the vein of political correctness which is a form of cultural totalitarianism), see

How America went Gay: Charles W. Socarides

The term ‘Homophobia’: Its Origins and Meanings, and its uses in Homosexual Agenda, Society for Promotion of Community Standards Inc.,

Hillary’s Hate Speech, 11 Dec 2011

This is another assault on liberty, in the name of liberty. In the name of 'freedom', it brings oppression to all with a principled moral stand against such a radical social agenda, who are bludgeoned and intimidated into silence, stilling dissent, free speech and conscience. Another form of slavery and repression, waiting in the wings if there is not resistance against such enemies of liberty:

 

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