lifesitenews--2020-06-17--Are riots rattling US cities part of Soros’ plan to re-shape America and take down Trump?

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June 17 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – What in the world is happening in cities across America ?
Is it a peaceful , spontaneous modern civil rights movement , or is it a planned and orchestrated seditious revolution ?
We will show you how the violent riots tearing American cities apart are part of the anti-American , anti-Trump Resistance movement .
We will also show how the Resistance effort itself is part of a long string of Marxist efforts aimed at destroying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America , and how George Soros is likely playing a leading role in causing this mayhem .
If you would like to join your voice to ours , please sign our petition , which asks the DOJ , the FBI , and every appropriate state law enforcement agency to investigate George Soros , his Open Society Foundation , and the funding behind the domestic terrorism occurring in the streets of America .
From the very earliest moments of President Trump 's inauguration , the radical left has been involved in a concerted effort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have attempted to conflate President Trump 's Make America Great Again and America First platforms with Nazi and White Nationalism .
It is not coincidental that in response to the president 's call for American unity , the left organized “ the Resistance , ” appropriating a term from those who fought the Nazi occupation forces in Europe during World War II .
The father of today 's “ progressive ” radicals , Saul Alinsky , wrote in his Rules for Radicals that “ an organizer must stir up dissatisfaction and discontent.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left did even before President Trump had been inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States .
As Politico Magazine reported , just six days after President Trump won the 2016 election , the Democracy Alliance , a George Soros funded dark money organization made up of 110 billionaires , met at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington , D.C. to formally organize the Resistance .
If you do n't believe this , check the sources for yourself .
The story was published by Kenneth Vogel in the liberal Politico Magazine on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says it all : Soros bands with donors to resist Trump , ‘ take back power ’ : Major liberal funders huddle behind closed doors with Pelosi , Warren , Ellison , and union bosses to lick wounds , retrench .
After four days of closed-door meetings , the Resistance army was formed .
In total there were 172 organizations , many of them already active during other leftist uprisings such as Occupy Wall Street , the anti-capitalist riots at international financial meetings , the climate protests , the anti-war and of course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of the most active groups in meeting was an anonymous organization named “ indivisible ” and in an online manual they concluded that “ in spite of the fact that he has no mandate , Trump will attempt to use his congressional majority to re-shape America in his own racist , authoritarian , and corrupt image.
” The usual amalgamation of leftist issues suited the organizers ’ purposes perfectly .
You see , with the radical left , the issue is never the issue , the issue is always the revolution .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ had just peacefully coexisted under a black president who won reelection and served for eight years .
If the character of a nation had to be destroyed in order to take back power , so be it .
Soros and his cronies would not be stopped .
The election of President Donald Trump shattered the hopes of many progressives who thought they had succeeded in secularizing and guilting the most powerful nation in the world to submit to one-world-government power brokers .
Instead , Trump 's stunning victory proved that the ideal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remained alive and well .
Faced with this reality , any crisis would do to destabilize Trump 's conservative administration , cause an uprising , and return the progressives to power to finish the job of destroying Christian civilization in America once and for all .
And so , one street protest led to another , from the rioting in New York around Trump Tower , to Madonna declaring at the pro-abortion Women ’ s March that “ I 've thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.
” Then came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ travel restrictions from failed states rife with terrorism .
After that came the constant and vicious attacks of any and all of President Trump ’ s nominees , starting with Jeff Sessions and culminating in the # MeToo inspired attacks on Justice Brett Kavanaugh , a judge who came with a rather centrist legal pedigree and is by no means a sure vote against Roe v. Wade .
That year we also saw the manufactured crisis at the border , with NGO-sponsored caravans traversing the American continent leading to the overwhelming of immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Should we be surprised that the same people who called for abolishing our law enforcement at the border are now demanding we abolish the police ?
Throughout all of these conflicts , the dark money web of the Soros-funded organizations was present in the form of community organizations , the ACLU , and of course the leading Democrat politicians and their allies in the mainstream media .
While the community activists were sowing division and calling for the overthrow of law and order , the FBI and elements within the national security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president and entrap his supporters .
False accusation after false accusation would be leaked from “ top officials ” enabled by their friends in the media .
And although the president was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing , the House of Representatives nevertheless proceeded to impeach him .
By 2020 , the radical left was well on its way to accomplishing its task of destabilizing the country and returning to power .
The country was more divided than it had been since the civil war .
But one thing was still holding the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We might not like our neighbors all that much anymore , but people could live and let live while the going was good .
With a booming economy , all the dark plans of the Soros-funded meeting in Washington , D.C. from 2016 would fail .
And then the coronavirus was released by Communist China and covered up by the World Health Organization .
The human and economic ravages brought upon by the coronavirus knee-capped the economy and agitated a people not used to having their liberty taken away .
But all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indeed .
That man is George Soros .
In an interview last month , Soros gloated that “ we ’ re now in a ‘ revolutionary moment ’ that allows us to achieve the ‘ inconceivable ’ .
” Then the inevitable catalyst happened .
As shown in a gruesome video that instantly went viral , George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis .
Everyone , from the president to the local dog catcher condemned the killing of George Floyd .
And almost immediately , multiple federal and state investigations into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ filed in the case against the police officers .
But as President Obama 's Chief of Staff and Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emmanuel would say , you can never let a serious crisis go to waste .
Without a shred of evidence of racism on the part of the president or any other administration official , violent riots erupted around the country to protest alleged systemic racism .
Instantaneously , seemingly spontaneous , but well-organized , violent and non-violent protests spread over the country .
While the objectively peaceful protesters calling for an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strongly derided by almost everyone in the media and by most politicians on the left and the center , the violent looting and rioting was being justified and excused because of the alleged collective sins of the nation .
For the media and the left , the chickens were coming home to roost .
As Jeremiah Wright , Obama ’ s spiritual mentor would state , “ No , no , no , not God bless America — God damn America !
” To understand just how complicit the mainstream media and Big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of destabilization and anti-Americanism just do a quick experiment .
Go onto google.com and search for “ who is behind the protests.
” As of the production of this video the first page of that search yields articles from the New York Times , the Washington Post , and The Guardian questioning the funding behind the completely peaceful re-open protests .
The two articles listed on the topic of who is funding the violent George Floyd protests – one from the New York Times and the other from the Soros-funded Politifact – are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any link between the organizations running the protests and George Soros .
But even with Google ’ s manipulation of search results , we can still easily find plenty of information that points directly back to Soros .
Remember the big donor meeting organized by the Soros-funded Democracy Alliance just six days after the November election ?
The president of that organization – who , by the way , was a Soros employee prior to presiding the Alliance – is a man named Gara LaMarche .
In his latest post on the Democracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s blog section , Mr. LaMarche openly accuses the president of the United States of “ blatant racism ” and directs donors to the very organizations organizing the violent protests .
This is not a conspiracy theory ; it is right there on their website for all to see .
As this video is being produced it is still unclear what will happen in the short term .
President Trump has taken a strong position to restore law and order , but rioters and leftists protesters have been emboldened and cheered on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicians ( among which are some prominent clerics ) .
George Soros and his radical leftist coalition has never been closer to achieving the “ inconceivable ” – the destruction of the remnants of order in the United States that afford us liberty to practice our faith , and fight for a renewal of virtue and basic sanity .
It ’ s imperative that we stand between him and his goal of a one-world government of the elites , by the elites and for the elites .
To do so , we must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in the violence which the agitators seek to perpetrate .

PETITION: Investigate George Soros' role in funding domestic terrorism! Sign the petition here.
June 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – What in the world is happening in cities across America? Is it a peaceful, spontaneous modern civil rights movement, or is it a planned and orchestrated seditious revolution?
We will show you how the violent riots tearing American cities apart are part of the anti-American, anti-Trump Resistance movement. We will also show how the Resistance effort itself is part of a long string of Marxist efforts aimed at destroying what is left of Christian civilization in America, and how George Soros is likely playing a leading role in causing this mayhem.
If you would like to join your voice to ours, please sign our petition, which asks the DOJ, the FBI, and every appropriate state law enforcement agency to investigate George Soros, his Open Society Foundation, and the funding behind the domestic terrorism occurring in the streets of America.
From the very earliest moments of President Trump's inauguration, the radical left has been involved in a concerted effort to sow division. Consider how they have attempted to conflate President Trump's Make America Great Again and America First platforms with Nazi and White Nationalism. It is not coincidental that in response to the president's call for American unity, the left organized “the Resistance,” appropriating a term from those who fought the Nazi occupation forces in Europe during World War II.
The father of today's “progressive” radicals, Saul Alinsky, wrote in his Rules for Radicals that “an organizer must stir up dissatisfaction and discontent.” And that is exactly what the radical left did even before President Trump had been inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States.
As Politico Magazine reported, just six days after President Trump won the 2016 election, the Democracy Alliance, a George Soros funded dark money organization made up of 110 billionaires, met at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. to formally organize the Resistance. If you don't believe this, check the sources for yourself. The story was published by Kenneth Vogel in the liberal Politico Magazine on November 14, 2016. The headline says it all: Soros bands with donors to resist Trump, ‘take back power’: Major liberal funders huddle behind closed doors with Pelosi, Warren, Ellison, and union bosses to lick wounds, retrench.
After four days of closed-door meetings, the Resistance army was formed. In total there were 172 organizations, many of them already active during other leftist uprisings such as Occupy Wall Street, the anti-capitalist riots at international financial meetings, the climate protests, the anti-war and of course the Black Lives Matter protests. But one of the most active groups in meeting was an anonymous organization named “indivisible” and in an online manual they concluded that “in spite of the fact that he has no mandate, Trump will attempt to use his congressional majority to re-shape America in his own racist, authoritarian, and corrupt image.”
The usual amalgamation of leftist issues suited the organizers’ purposes perfectly. You see, with the radical left, the issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution. It didn't matter that the nation had just peacefully coexisted under a black president who won reelection and served for eight years. If the character of a nation had to be destroyed in order to take back power, so be it. Soros and his cronies would not be stopped.
The election of President Donald Trump shattered the hopes of many progressives who thought they had succeeded in secularizing and guilting the most powerful nation in the world to submit to one-world-government power brokers. Instead, Trump's stunning victory proved that the ideal of a sovereign, vibrant nation of believers remained alive and well. Faced with this reality, any crisis would do to destabilize Trump's conservative administration, cause an uprising, and return the progressives to power to finish the job of destroying Christian civilization in America once and for all.
And so, one street protest led to another, from the rioting in New York around Trump Tower, to Madonna declaring at the pro-abortion Women’s March that “I've thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.” Then came the protests against Trump's common-sense immigration travel restrictions from failed states rife with terrorism. After that came the constant and vicious attacks of any and all of President Trump’s nominees, starting with Jeff Sessions and culminating in the #MeToo inspired attacks on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a judge who came with a rather centrist legal pedigree and is by no means a sure vote against Roe v. Wade.
That year we also saw the manufactured crisis at the border, with NGO-sponsored caravans traversing the American continent leading to the overwhelming of immigration enforcement and the call to abolish ICE. Should we be surprised that the same people who called for abolishing our law enforcement at the border are now demanding we abolish the police?
Throughout all of these conflicts, the dark money web of the Soros-funded organizations was present in the form of community organizations, the ACLU, and of course the leading Democrat politicians and their allies in the mainstream media.
While the community activists were sowing division and calling for the overthrow of law and order, the FBI and elements within the national security agencies continued to attempt to overthrow the president and entrap his supporters. False accusation after false accusation would be leaked from “top officials” enabled by their friends in the media. And although the president was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing, the House of Representatives nevertheless proceeded to impeach him.
By 2020, the radical left was well on its way to accomplishing its task of destabilizing the country and returning to power. The country was more divided than it had been since the civil war. But one thing was still holding the nation together. The economy was booming. We might not like our neighbors all that much anymore, but people could live and let live while the going was good. With a booming economy, all the dark plans of the Soros-funded meeting in Washington, D.C. from 2016 would fail. And then the coronavirus was released by Communist China and covered up by the World Health Organization.
The human and economic ravages brought upon by the coronavirus knee-capped the economy and agitated a people not used to having their liberty taken away. But all of this made one man very happy indeed. That man is George Soros. In an interview last month, Soros gloated that “we’re now in a ‘revolutionary moment’ that allows us to achieve the ‘inconceivable’.”
Then the inevitable catalyst happened. As shown in a gruesome video that instantly went viral, George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis. Everyone, from the president to the local dog catcher condemned the killing of George Floyd. And almost immediately, multiple federal and state investigations into the killing were undertaken and severe charges were filed in the case against the police officers. But as President Obama's Chief of Staff and Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emmanuel would say, you can never let a serious crisis go to waste.
Without a shred of evidence of racism on the part of the president or any other administration official, violent riots erupted around the country to protest alleged systemic racism. Instantaneously, seemingly spontaneous, but well-organized, violent and non-violent protests spread over the country. While the objectively peaceful protesters calling for an end to the coronavirus lockdown had been strongly derided by almost everyone in the media and by most politicians on the left and the center, the violent looting and rioting was being justified and excused because of the alleged collective sins of the nation. For the media and the left, the chickens were coming home to roost. As Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s spiritual mentor would state, “No, no, no, not God bless America — God damn America!”
To understand just how complicit the mainstream media and Big Tech are with the progressive leftist agenda of destabilization and anti-Americanism just do a quick experiment. Go onto google.com and search for “who is behind the protests.” As of the production of this video the first page of that search yields articles from the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Guardian questioning the funding behind the completely peaceful re-open protests. The two articles listed on the topic of who is funding the violent George Floyd protests – one from the New York Times and the other from the Soros-funded Politifact – are written specifically to dismiss as fake news any link between the organizations running the protests and George Soros.
But even with Google’s manipulation of search results, we can still easily find plenty of information that points directly back to Soros. Remember the big donor meeting organized by the Soros-funded Democracy Alliance just six days after the November election? The president of that organization – who, by the way, was a Soros employee prior to presiding the Alliance – is a man named Gara LaMarche. In his latest post on the Democracy Alliance’s website under the president’s blog section, Mr. LaMarche openly accuses the president of the United States of “blatant racism” and directs donors to the very organizations organizing the violent protests. This is not a conspiracy theory; it is right there on their website for all to see.
As this video is being produced it is still unclear what will happen in the short term. President Trump has taken a strong position to restore law and order, but rioters and leftists protesters have been emboldened and cheered on by celebrities, the media and Democrat politicians (among which are some prominent clerics).
George Soros and his radical leftist coalition has never been closer to achieving the “inconceivable” – the destruction of the remnants of order in the United States that afford us liberty to practice our faith, and fight for a renewal of virtue and basic sanity. It’s imperative that we stand between him and his goal of a one-world government of the elites, by the elites and for the elites. To do so, we must maintain cool heads and reject getting caught up in the violence which the agitators seek to perpetrate.
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lifesitenews--2020-06-17--Remarkable new book tells the triumph and tragedy of Ireland’s fight to defend the unborn

Note : 100 percent of the profits from the sale of Patriots will be donated to pro-life groups .
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June 16 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – There 's a powerful moment in Patriots , Jonathon van Maren 's brilliant new book about the Irish pro-life movement 's decades-long battle to keep the Emerald Isle abortion-free .
The date is May 24 , 2018 -- the vigil of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 1983 , explicitly recognized the right to life of the unborn .
It was the bulwark that kept abortion from Ireland 's shores for decades , even as nearly every other Western nation fell to the abortion regime .
But on this day in 2018 , it was hanging by a thread .
It is late at night , and a group of sleep-deprived pro-lifers has gathered for drinks at a pub in Dublin , around the corner from their headquarters .
The preceding months have been consumed by an exhausting , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propaganda , lies , money , and power -- all in support of abortion -- sweeping their nation .
Ireland 's pro-lifers have left everything on the mat .
Many of them have taken leaves of absence from work , or skipped a semester of school , just in order to be able to volunteer full time for the cause .
But on this night , with the vote scheduled for the following day , there is nothing else to be done .
After having traveled to hundreds of towns and cities , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ literature , knocked on tens of thousands of doors , debated with countless voters on the streets , and protested and strategized and polled and marketed and lobbied using every technique that had proved successful over the past 3 1/2 decades … all that is left now is the waiting .
The question on everybody 's mind is : Has it been enough ?
When the dust settles tomorrow night , will Ireland still be a pro-life nation ?
Van Maren 's description of the scene is chilling : Despite the hopefulness , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would come through once again and victory awaited on the other side of the night , then everybody wanted to fast-forward to that moment of exquisite relief and jubilation .
But if not -- if May 25 would bring the devastating news that the Ireland they all loved so much no longer existed , and that the Irish people would be the first to bring in abortion by popular demand -- then this night could last forever .
Here , in this moment , everything was still as it should be .
Babies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was one of the only pro-life nations in the Western world , and being Irish still meant something profoundly beautiful .
Here , on this island of sanity surrounded by those who had sacrificed weeks , months , and years to pour out their hearts for Ireland 's children , was laughter and camaraderie .
On the other side lay a new era of unthinkable and unknowable darkness .
It was Schrodinger 's Ireland : Nobody knew if she was alive , or dead -- and nobody knew if they wanted to know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they , on that night , did not .
The Ireland that had served as a beacon of hope for every pro-life activist the world over , the Ireland that had proved by its rock-bottom maternal mortality rate that abortion was completely unnecessary to protect women 's health , had indeed died .
On May 25 , 2018 , Ireland 's Day of Infamy , the Irish people voted by a staggering margin , 66 percent to 33 percent , to bury the Eighth Amendment , paving the way for a permissive regime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 25 , 2018 , the Irish pro-life movement was a failure .
And indeed , there is a sense in which that is the grim , undeniable truth .
And yet , what Van Maren has accomplished in this book is to place that one , fateful failure within the context of a much larger story -- a story that includes such a litany of near-miraculous success , success obtained and maintained through such a mixture of conviction , creativity , and sheer , dogged , daily sacrifice , that the effect is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grateful that such a thing could ever be , and inspired to do homage to Ireland 's indomitable pro-life warriors by imitating their example in whatever way possible .
Truth be told , I was hesitant even to read this book .
Having been brought up in the pro-life movement , and having worked in it for so long , it sometimes seems to me that there is little I could possibly read about it that would surprise me , or move me , or provide much in the way of new information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boredom , I was little inclined to read a book that I already knew ended in a depressing defeat .
Van Maren is a Canadian pro-life activist who flew to Ireland in the weeks before the May 25 vote to witness and participate in the pro-life effort .
However , his descriptions of the campaign to `` Save the Eighth '' only occupies the final third of the book .
In the rest , he recounts the history and paints a portrait of a pro-life movement that operated on such a vast scale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the years , and that enjoyed such widespread public sympathy , that most of us who have lived our lives in nations where abortion was legalized decades ago can scarcely even begin to imagine what that might even look or feel like .
This aspect of the book alone is worth the price of admission .
For , even though the pro-life side ultimately lost , what emerges from Van Maren 's telling is a compelling picture of a modern , Western nation in which , until quite recently , the mere thought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of its residents , and in which , as a consequence , the pro-life cause and movement enjoyed enormous popularity and political power .
And if this could exist once , then why not again ?
Truth be told , most of us have been so steeped in media propaganda to the effect that being modern means legalized abortion , that we have unconsciously come to believe that maybe it is so : maybe , just maybe , being a healthy , wealthy , modern , and developed nation just is , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortion .
Maybe we pro-lifers are simply tilting at progress in our effort to keep child-killing at bay .
But what Ireland and Ireland 's sophisticated pro-life movement proved for so many decades is that this simply is n't true .
In vote after vote , in poll after poll , the Irish people again and again reaffirmed their conviction that they could do perfectly well without abortion .
Even as Ireland thrived economically and socially , standing with head held high amid other world-class nations , her politicians , experts and citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the program '' and legalize abortion .
The effect of Van Maren 's recounting of Ireland 's pro-life history is to elicit this exceedingly encouraging thought : if Ireland could do this , then we can do this .
Ireland once showed us what was possible .
And if she showed us once , she can show us again .
And if not her , then some other nation , with sufficiently motivated and savvy and committed pro-lifers , who can carry the torch .
Perhaps our nation .
This is the spirit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maren 's narrative .
Van Maren is one of those pro-life activists for whom abortion is no abstraction .
He has held the battered bodies of babies who have been aborted in his hands .
He has no doubt of the righteousness of the pro-life cause .
Furthermore , being a foreigner , Van Maren is free of the need to feign humility with respect to the accomplishments of the Irish pro-life movement .
The result is that he conveys a sense of the life-and-death urgency of the cause , as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ successfully kept at bay the international abortion juggernaut , that is bracing and deeply inspiring .
As Van Maren recounts in the introduction , as he worked alongside the Irish pro-lifers in 2018 , it seemed to him that there was something different about them .
He concluded that the difference was their `` innocence . ''
`` Not naivete , not at all -- they certainly knew that they could lose the referendum . ''
But , Alas , that is not how things turned out on May 25 , 2018 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Irish history .
To the many pro-life Irish who had in some cases dedicated their whole lives to keep Ireland abortion-free , it seemed as if that day the Ireland they knew died .
It is not hard to pinpoint reasons for the change of fortune : the existence of a media class that had become almost universally pro-abortion , and that flagrantly and tirelessly campaigned to repeal the Eighth , and that had no qualms about distorting and outright lying to accomplish that end ; a Catholic Church that entered ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , did not enter ) the fray bruised and bloodied by scandals , and consequently lacking in moral authority ; and incessant pressure from the powerful globalist community on Ireland to conform , etc .
Van Maren recounts and analyzes all of this , and much of what he tells is enough to make one 's blood boil .
It seems certain that without the incessant drip-drip-drip of shameless media distortion and foreign pressure , May 25 , 2018 could very well have turned out otherwise than it did .
So much for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , earned at the cost of the blood of so many patriots ; so much for media objectivity ; so much for truth , and human rights , and compassion .
But in the end , the value of Van Maren 's book is in telling the story of Irish pro-life heroism .
Conservatives are not always very good at telling our own stories .
Liberals are often far better at that .
Most pro-lifers do n't like blowing their own horn .
We value humility .
But this can be taken too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has the power to inspire others to pick up the torch and fight for justice .
Even if Van Maren 's book does nothing else but celebrate and honor the sacrifices of so many unsung heroes , and inspire but a handful of others to imitate their example , it will have been worth all the effort .
I will conclude -- as does Jonathon -- with this quote from one of those Irish heroes , Niamh Uí Bhriain .
Abortion might now be `` the new reality in this new , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said in the wake of the 2018 vote .
`` But that is not my country .
As the actor John Connors said , May 25th was the most shameful day in Irish history -- but it is not our shame , because we did not vote for this .
Instead , that shame should be felt by ( Minister for Health ) Simon Harris , by ( Taoiseach ) Leo Varadkar , by the Irish media , and by those who were too cruel or too foolish to know that the only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and child .
This cruel abortion regime is a stain on what was once a proud , pro-life nation .
Time , and the persistence of the few , will change that once more . ''
Note : 100 percent of the profits from the sale of Patriots will be donated to pro-life groups .
To purchase Patriots , click here if you 're in North America , and here if you 're in Europe .

Note: 100 percent of the profits from the sale of Patriots will be donated to pro-life groups. To purchase Patriots, click here if you're in North America, and here if you're in Europe.
June 16, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – There's a powerful moment in Patriots, Jonathon van Maren's brilliant new book about the Irish pro-life movement's decades-long battle to keep the Emerald Isle abortion-free.
The date is May 24, 2018 — the vigil of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution. This amendment, passed by popular vote in 1983, explicitly recognized the right to life of the unborn. It was the bulwark that kept abortion from Ireland's shores for decades, even as nearly every other Western nation fell to the abortion regime. But on this day in 2018, it was hanging by a thread.
It is late at night, and a group of sleep-deprived pro-lifers has gathered for drinks at a pub in Dublin, around the corner from their headquarters. The preceding months have been consumed by an exhausting, all-out effort to counter the tsunami of propaganda, lies, money, and power — all in support of abortion — sweeping their nation. Ireland's pro-lifers have left everything on the mat. Many of them have taken leaves of absence from work, or skipped a semester of school, just in order to be able to volunteer full time for the cause.
But on this night, with the vote scheduled for the following day, there is nothing else to be done. After having traveled to hundreds of towns and cities, distributed hundreds of thousands of pieces of literature, knocked on tens of thousands of doors, debated with countless voters on the streets, and protested and strategized and polled and marketed and lobbied using every technique that had proved successful over the past 3 1/2 decades … all that is left now is the waiting. The question on everybody's mind is: Has it been enough? When the dust settles tomorrow night, will Ireland still be a pro-life nation?
Van Maren's description of the scene is chilling:
Despite the hopefulness, everybody was tense. If pro-life Ireland would come through once again and victory awaited on the other side of the night, then everybody wanted to fast-forward to that moment of exquisite relief and jubilation. But if not — if May 25 would bring the devastating news that the Ireland they all loved so much no longer existed, and that the Irish people would be the first to bring in abortion by popular demand — then this night could last forever. Here, in this moment, everything was still as it should be. Babies in the womb were protected, Ireland was one of the only pro-life nations in the Western world, and being Irish still meant something profoundly beautiful. Here, on this island of sanity surrounded by those who had sacrificed weeks, months, and years to pour out their hearts for Ireland's children, was laughter and camaraderie. On the other side lay a new era of unthinkable and unknowable darkness. It was Schrodinger's Ireland: Nobody knew if she was alive, or dead — and nobody knew if they wanted to know.
Unfortunately, we now know what they, on that night, did not. The Ireland that had served as a beacon of hope for every pro-life activist the world over, the Ireland that had proved by its rock-bottom maternal mortality rate that abortion was completely unnecessary to protect women's health, had indeed died. On May 25, 2018, Ireland's Day of Infamy, the Irish people voted by a staggering margin, 66 percent to 33 percent, to bury the Eighth Amendment, paving the way for a permissive regime of abortion-on-demand.
Judged solely by May 25, 2018, the Irish pro-life movement was a failure. And indeed, there is a sense in which that is the grim, undeniable truth. And yet, what Van Maren has accomplished in this book is to place that one, fateful failure within the context of a much larger story — a story that includes such a litany of near-miraculous success, success obtained and maintained through such a mixture of conviction, creativity, and sheer, dogged, daily sacrifice, that the effect is that one closes the book astonished and grateful that such a thing could ever be, and inspired to do homage to Ireland's indomitable pro-life warriors by imitating their example in whatever way possible.
Truth be told, I was hesitant even to read this book. Having been brought up in the pro-life movement, and having worked in it for so long, it sometimes seems to me that there is little I could possibly read about it that would surprise me, or move me, or provide much in the way of new information. Besides anticipating a certain measure of boredom, I was little inclined to read a book that I already knew ended in a depressing defeat.
How wrong I was.
Van Maren is a Canadian pro-life activist who flew to Ireland in the weeks before the May 25 vote to witness and participate in the pro-life effort. However, his descriptions of the campaign to “Save the Eighth” only occupies the final third of the book. In the rest, he recounts the history and paints a portrait of a pro-life movement that operated on such a vast scale, and with so many triumphs over the years, and that enjoyed such widespread public sympathy, that most of us who have lived our lives in nations where abortion was legalized decades ago can scarcely even begin to imagine what that might even look or feel like.
This aspect of the book alone is worth the price of admission. For, even though the pro-life side ultimately lost, what emerges from Van Maren's telling is a compelling picture of a modern, Western nation in which, until quite recently, the mere thought of legalized abortion was inconceivable to most of its residents, and in which, as a consequence, the pro-life cause and movement enjoyed enormous popularity and political power. And if this could exist once, then why not again?
Truth be told, most of us have been so steeped in media propaganda to the effect that being modern means legalized abortion, that we have unconsciously come to believe that maybe it is so: maybe, just maybe, being a healthy, wealthy, modern, and developed nation just is, for some unknown reason, inconceivable without legalized abortion. Maybe we pro-lifers are simply tilting at progress in our effort to keep child-killing at bay.
But what Ireland and Ireland's sophisticated pro-life movement proved for so many decades is that this simply isn't true. In vote after vote, in poll after poll, the Irish people again and again reaffirmed their conviction that they could do perfectly well without abortion. Even as Ireland thrived economically and socially, standing with head held high amid other world-class nations, her politicians, experts and citizens spurned foreign pressure to “get with the program” and legalize abortion.
The effect of Van Maren's recounting of Ireland's pro-life history is to elicit this exceedingly encouraging thought: if Ireland could do this, then we can do this. Ireland once showed us what was possible. And if she showed us once, she can show us again. And if not her, then some other nation, with sufficiently motivated and savvy and committed pro-lifers, who can carry the torch. Perhaps our nation.
This is the spirit of vigor and optimism that infuses Van Maren's narrative. Van Maren is one of those pro-life activists for whom abortion is no abstraction. He has held the battered bodies of babies who have been aborted in his hands. He has no doubt of the righteousness of the pro-life cause. Furthermore, being a foreigner, Van Maren is free of the need to feign humility with respect to the accomplishments of the Irish pro-life movement. The result is that he conveys a sense of the life-and-death urgency of the cause, as well as the brilliance of the Irish pro-lifers who successfully kept at bay the international abortion juggernaut, that is bracing and deeply inspiring.
As Van Maren recounts in the introduction, as he worked alongside the Irish pro-lifers in 2018, it seemed to him that there was something different about them. He concluded that the difference was their “innocence.” “Not naivete, not at all — they certainly knew that they could lose the referendum.” But,
It was the sort of innocence one has when they possess both the courage to fight evil and the faith that good can defeat it. More than that, it was the faith that good could defeat evil again. Abortion activists had been striving to destroy and undermine the Eight Amendment for decades, but always the pro-life movement had fended them off. Time and again, the sweaty panic of the final countdown to the campaign's end had given way to an explosion of celebration. … This time, it had to be that way, too. The dragon had to die, the knight had to win, and the innocents had to be saved.
Alas, that is not how things turned out on May 25, 2018. That day began a tragic new era in Irish history. To the many pro-life Irish who had in some cases dedicated their whole lives to keep Ireland abortion-free, it seemed as if that day the Ireland they knew died. It is not hard to pinpoint reasons for the change of fortune: the existence of a media class that had become almost universally pro-abortion, and that flagrantly and tirelessly campaigned to repeal the Eighth, and that had no qualms about distorting and outright lying to accomplish that end; a Catholic Church that entered (or, alas, in many cases, did not enter) the fray bruised and bloodied by scandals, and consequently lacking in moral authority; and incessant pressure from the powerful globalist community on Ireland to conform, etc.
Van Maren recounts and analyzes all of this, and much of what he tells is enough to make one's blood boil. It seems certain that without the incessant drip-drip-drip of shameless media distortion and foreign pressure, May 25, 2018 could very well have turned out otherwise than it did. So much for democracy; so much for Irish independence, earned at the cost of the blood of so many patriots; so much for media objectivity; so much for truth, and human rights, and compassion.
But in the end, the value of Van Maren's book is in telling the story of Irish pro-life heroism. Conservatives are not always very good at telling our own stories. Liberals are often far better at that. Most pro-lifers don't like blowing their own horn. We value humility. But this can be taken too far, if it buries the heroism that has the power to inspire others to pick up the torch and fight for justice. Even if Van Maren's book does nothing else but celebrate and honor the sacrifices of so many unsung heroes, and inspire but a handful of others to imitate their example, it will have been worth all the effort.
I will conclude — as does Jonathon — with this quote from one of those Irish heroes, Niamh Uí Bhriain. Abortion might now be “the new reality in this new, harsh, pitiless Ireland,” she said in the wake of the 2018 vote. “But that is not my country. As the actor John Connors said, May 25th was the most shameful day in Irish history — but it is not our shame, because we did not vote for this. Instead, that shame should be felt by (Minister for Health) Simon Harris, by (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar, by the Irish media, and by those who were too cruel or too foolish to know that the only compassionate answer is to love both mother and child. This cruel abortion regime is a stain on what was once a proud, pro-life nation. Time, and the persistence of the few, will change that once more.”
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Follow John John Jalsevac is Web Strategy Director of LifeSiteNews.com. He has a bachelor's degree in philosophy with a minor in theology from Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia. He has published hundreds of articles in publications including Crisis Magazine, Catholic Insight, The Wanderer, and of course, LifeSiteNews.
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lifesitenews--2020-06-18--‘I enjoyed it’: Trans martial arts fighter tweets ‘bliss’ over hurting women

June 18 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A male cage fighter who claims to be a woman has signalled his enjoyment of hurting women .
Transgender mixed-martial artist Fallon Fox , 44 , tweeted on June 16 that he loves “ smacking up TE [ R ] FS.
” TERF , which stands for “ trans-exclusionary radical feminist , ” is an expression used by trans activists for any woman who will not say that biological males are , or can become , women .
“ For the record , I knocked [ two ] women out , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling .
“ One woman ’ s skull was fractured , the other not .
And just so you know , I enjoyed it .
See , I love smacking up TE [ R ] Fs in the cage who talk transphobic nonsense .
It 's bliss .
Do n't be mad . ''
Fox was responding to a Twitter user who criticized him for participation in the women ’ s division of the violent sport .
Fox had recently used the medium to insult Rowling .
Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ posted , it “ violated the Twitter Rules.
” Fox ’ s tweet echoed a November 15 , 2015 post in which he said that seeing female martial artist Ronda Rousey get hurt in a fight with victor Holly Holm made him happy .
“ Just so everybody knows .
Watching @ RondaRousey getting her face cracked did bring a HUGE smile to my face.
” This tweet has not yet been removed , but it was strongly criticized by fellow Twitter users .
British women ’ s rights activist , Kellie-Jay Keen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told LifeSiteNews that Fallon ’ s tweets are consistent with his career .
“ It 's no surprise that a man who chooses to fight women in Mixed Martial Arts speaks using such grotesque woman-hating language , ” Keen told LifeSiteNews by email .
Keen added that the “ dehumanising tactic of calling women TERFs has been very effective in threatening us and using violence to silence us.
” She called for the public to take action against Fox ’ s views .
“ What is more alarming is that this is considered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giants , ” she said .
“ It is time to act against this .
I suggest that we all stop supporting sports , schools , politicians and public figures who endorse these harmful views , endorsement including their complicity in silence.
” Caroline Farrow , the Campaign Director for CitizenGO in the U.K. and Ireland , told LifeSiteNews today that Fox ’ s violent message “ perfectly demonstrated ” why women object to men competing in their sports .
“ Fallon Fox ’ s tweet perfectly demonstrates women ’ s fears when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ participate in female sports , as they clearly enjoy a competitive advantage and can endanger the physical safety of female athletes , ” Farrow said .
“ Fox is openly glorifying and [ reveling ] in the serious physical injuries he inflicted on his opponent and also threatening to do the same to any other female opponent who dares to challenge his entitlement to compete as a woman.
” Farrow stated that these comments were “ deeply unprofessional and unsporting ” and showed disregard for the health and safety of Fox ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banned from the sport by its governing body along with all other biological males , ” she said .
According to the New York Times ( NYT ) , Fallon Fox grew up as Boyd Burton , the second of three children born to a mixed-race , conservative Christian family .
Growing up , Burton used to try on his mother ’ s and sisters ’ clothing secretly .
After high school , he married and had a daughter .
The NYT says that Burton then served in the Navy for four years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a trucker to save money for his 2006 sex surgery in Thailand .
In 2007 , he divorced his wife .
Burton told the NYT that after he discovered women ’ s mixed martial arts , he watched them on video for “ days on end.
” He emphasized his interest in the bare-knuckle aspect of the sport .
“ It was like , wow , women are fighting , ” he said .
“ I remembered watching the first U.F.C .
You couldn ’ t get it on TV .
They were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I wanted to do that.
” Now presenting himself convincingly as a woman , Burton/Fox took up women ’ s mixed martial arts without revealing that he was a biological male and “ turned pro ” in 2011 .
In his 2013 interview with the NYT , Fox exulted in the memory of punching a woman in his first fight .
The NYT reported : “ As Fox watched video of her [ sic ] first fight on her cellphone recently , her eyes danced , and she said : ‘ There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ punch her in the face .
Into arm bar .
She ’ s already out.
’ ” Worried that his secret would be revealed , in August 2012 Fox sought advice from the National Center for Lesbian Rights about coming clean .
His plans were sped up by a savvy reporter , however , who got in contact .
On March 5 , 2013 Fox told his story to Sports Illustrated and the online Outsports magazine .
Fox ’ s continued career in women ’ s professional mixed martial arts was opposed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upheld by sporting authorities .
Female MMA champion Ronda Rousey , a former Olympic athlete , criticized Fox ’ s decision to fight in the women ’ s division , saying that Fox still had a male bone structure and that it was “ unfair ” for him to compete .
On September 13 , 2014 , Fox fractured the skull of female opponent Tamikka Brents , damaging an orbital bone and giving her a concussion .
In a post-fight interview , Brent said that she had “ never felt so overpowered ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve fought a lot of women and have never felt the strength that I felt in a fight as I did that night .
I can ’ t answer whether it ’ s because [ he ] was born a man or not , because I ’ m not a doctor , ” she stated .
“ I can only say , I ’ ve never felt so overpowered ever in my life , and I am an abnormally strong female in my own right.
” His “ grip was different , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ move around in the clinch against ... females but couldn ’ t move at all in Fox ’ s clinch.
” In 2014 , Fallon Fox was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame .
In 2020 , his Outsports magazine interviewer declared Fallon Fox “ the bravest athlete in history .
”

June 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A male cage fighter who claims to be a woman has signalled his enjoyment of hurting women.
Transgender mixed-martial artist Fallon Fox, 44, tweeted on June 16 that he loves “smacking up TE[R]FS.” TERF, which stands for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist,” is an expression used by trans activists for any woman who will not say that biological males are, or can become, women.
“For the record, I knocked [two] women out,” he tweeted to other Twitter users, including Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
“One woman’s skull was fractured, the other not. And just so you know, I enjoyed it. See, I love smacking up TE[R]Fs in the cage who talk transphobic nonsense. It's bliss. Don't be mad.”
Fox was responding to a Twitter user who criticized him for participation in the women’s division of the violent sport. Fox had recently used the medium to insult Rowling.
Twitter removed the tweet because, an employee posted, it “violated the Twitter Rules.”
Fox’s tweet echoed a November 15, 2015 post in which he said that seeing female martial artist Ronda Rousey get hurt in a fight with victor Holly Holm made him happy.
“Just so everybody knows. Watching @RondaRousey getting her face cracked did bring a HUGE smile to my face.”
This tweet has not yet been removed, but it was strongly criticized by fellow Twitter users.
British women’s rights activist, Kellie-Jay Keen, also known as Posie Parker, told LifeSiteNews that Fallon’s tweets are consistent with his career.
“It's no surprise that a man who chooses to fight women in Mixed Martial Arts speaks using such grotesque woman-hating language,” Keen told LifeSiteNews by email.
Keen added that the “dehumanising tactic of calling women TERFs has been very effective in threatening us and using violence to silence us.” She called for the public to take action against Fox’s views.
“What is more alarming is that this is considered acceptable by state-run entities and social media giants,” she said.
“It is time to act against this. I suggest that we all stop supporting sports, schools, politicians and public figures who endorse these harmful views, endorsement including their complicity in silence.”
Caroline Farrow, the Campaign Director for CitizenGO in the U.K. and Ireland, told LifeSiteNews today that Fox’s violent message “perfectly demonstrated” why women object to men competing in their sports.
“Fallon Fox’s tweet perfectly demonstrates women’s fears when it comes to allowing biological males to participate in female sports, as they clearly enjoy a competitive advantage and can endanger the physical safety of female athletes,” Farrow said.
“Fox is openly glorifying and [reveling] in the serious physical injuries he inflicted on his opponent and also threatening to do the same to any other female opponent who dares to challenge his entitlement to compete as a woman.”
Farrow stated that these comments were “deeply unprofessional and unsporting” and showed disregard for the health and safety of Fox’s opponents.
“Fox should be immediately banned from the sport by its governing body along with all other biological males,” she said.
According to the New York Times (NYT), Fallon Fox grew up as Boyd Burton, the second of three children born to a mixed-race, conservative Christian family. Growing up, Burton used to try on his mother’s and sisters’ clothing secretly. After high school, he married and had a daughter. The NYT says that Burton then served in the Navy for four years before continuing his education. Burton became a trucker to save money for his 2006 sex surgery in Thailand. In 2007, he divorced his wife.
Burton told the NYT that after he discovered women’s mixed martial arts, he watched them on video for “days on end.” He emphasized his interest in the bare-knuckle aspect of the sport.
“It was like, wow, women are fighting,” he said.
“I remembered watching the first U.F.C. You couldn’t get it on TV. They were doing it bare knuckles. No gloves. I wanted to do that.”
Now presenting himself convincingly as a woman, Burton/Fox took up women’s mixed martial arts without revealing that he was a biological male and “turned pro” in 2011. In his 2013 interview with the NYT, Fox exulted in the memory of punching a woman in his first fight.
The NYT reported: “As Fox watched video of her [sic] first fight on her cellphone recently, her eyes danced, and she said: ‘There’s the triangle. Then I punch her in the face. Into arm bar. She’s already out.’”
Worried that his secret would be revealed, in August 2012 Fox sought advice from the National Center for Lesbian Rights about coming clean. His plans were sped up by a savvy reporter, however, who got in contact. On March 5, 2013 Fox told his story to Sports Illustrated and the online Outsports magazine.
Fox’s continued career in women’s professional mixed martial arts was opposed by many MMA fans and female athletes but upheld by sporting authorities. Female MMA champion Ronda Rousey, a former Olympic athlete, criticized Fox’s decision to fight in the women’s division, saying that Fox still had a male bone structure and that it was “unfair” for him to compete.
On September 13, 2014, Fox fractured the skull of female opponent Tamikka Brents, damaging an orbital bone and giving her a concussion.
In a post-fight interview, Brent said that she had “never felt so overpowered” in her life.
“I’ve fought a lot of women and have never felt the strength that I felt in a fight as I did that night. I can’t answer whether it’s because [he] was born a man or not, because I’m not a doctor,” she stated. “I can only say, I’ve never felt so overpowered ever in my life, and I am an abnormally strong female in my own right.”
His “grip was different,” she added.
“I could usually move around in the clinch against…females but couldn’t move at all in Fox’s clinch.”
In 2014, Fallon Fox was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. In 2020, his Outsports magazine interviewer declared Fallon Fox “the bravest athlete in history.”
Fox has retired from professional Mixed Martial Art fighting.
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lifesitenews--2020-06-18--Google conflates racial equality movement with LGBT ‘rights’ movement

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MOUNTAIN VIEW , California , June 18 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – To help celebrate “ Pride month , ” Google has published two self-congratulatory articles praising the company ’ s support of both homosexuality and gender ideology .
The articles attempt to frame support for these issues , as well as support for the black community , as part of the same struggle .
According to one of the articles released on Google ’ s official blog The Keyword , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particular Black trans women and trans women of color — helped lead the fight against hate and injustice ” at the Compton ’ s Cafeteria riots in San Francisco in 1966 and at the Stonewall riots in New York in 1969 .
“ In many respects , the modern-day LGBTQ+ movement for equality was born from these rebellious acts and the many events preceding them , ” Google wrote .
Without mentioning the ubiquitous slogan “ Black Lives Matter , ” the article then proceeded to tie in the current riots with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For those within the Black+ and LGBTQ+ community — especially Black+ trans women — the injustices we ’ re seeing today are a reminder of past and present struggles for equity , justice , and equality under the law .
We believe communities must show up for one another , and we stand in solidarity with the Black+ community across the world , honoring the longstanding Pride tradition of unity.
” Google bragged about spending millions of dollars on advancing the progressive agenda of homosexuality and gender ideology .
Overall , the tech @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with more than $ 1.2 million across the globe .
One article highlighted several of those projects .
The Colorado-based Transformative Freedom Fund , for instance , aims “ to support the authentic selves of transgender Coloradans by removing financial barriers to transition-related health care.
” “ COVID-19 has acutely impacted our community — gender-affirming surgeries have been rescheduled after years of waiting , and there are increased barriers to accessing necessary medical care or hormones , ” the group claimed .
Some of the organizations supported by Google are catering to very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provides “ advocacy and leadership to Indigenous Australians who identify as LGBQTI.
” In South Africa , “ Pride of Africa exists to liberate every LGBTQ+ African so they can live their most authentic life.
” Additionally , Google is giving another $ 1.2 million to The Trevor Project , which offers “ crisis intervention and suicide prevention services ” to young people , essentially affirming them in their confusion about their sexuality .
Once again , the article attempted to frame support for blacks and support for homosexuality and transgenderism as one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have similar mental health disparities compared with all LGBTQ+ youth , they ’ re significantly less likely to receive professional mental health care , and Black children die by suicide at nearly twice the rate of their white peers , ” the article argued .
“ The Trevor Project ’ s continued targeted outreach to LGBTQ+ Black youth is incredibly important , and the organization offers resources to help allies be more supportive.
” Google even managed to mention the coronavirus pandemic as another factor supposedly proving the systemic disadvantage for homosexuals and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the opposite sex .
“ COVID-19 has shown us that vulnerable communities , including LGBTQ+ , too often bear the brunt of any crisis , ” Google wrote .
“ This means that local LGBTQ+ organizations are serving as a critical safety net for those in need , whether they ’ re helping someone find a bed in a shelter , offering healthcare services , or advocating for more inclusive and equitable policies .
Lives depend on these organizations.
” In this context , the Human Rights Campaign , a large and influential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as to demand from legislators and private businesses to “ actively consider the unique situations of LGBTQ people in their plans for addressing this crisis ” of COVID-19 .
Due to the restrictions imposed after the coronavirus outbreak in most parts of the world , many events and marches celebrating homosexuality and other disorders will not take place .
Google , however , is “ finding ways to bring people together virtually , including a toolkit that helps organizations host remote Pride events , a collection of apps , shows , movies , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a YouTube ‘ spotlight ’ channel to elevate LGBTQ+ voices.
” Further , Google Arts & Culture features “ the history of Pride , including new exhibits on the birth of the Pride march , and critical leaders of the movement like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
” Maab Ibrahim , program manager for Google.org , said , “ This year , I will be honoring the tradition of Pride by remembering the Black+ queer leaders who stood up at Stonewall and reflecting on my role in advancing justice today.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ honor Pride that is meaningful to them , representing the traditions , struggles , and joys of their community , ” he added .

The company equates today's riots to the pro-homosexuality uprising in the 1960s.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, June 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – To help celebrate “Pride month,” Google has published two self-congratulatory articles praising the company’s support of both homosexuality and gender ideology. The articles attempt to frame support for these issues, as well as support for the black community, as part of the same struggle.
According to one of the articles released on Google’s official blog The Keyword, “LGBTQ+ people of color — and in particular Black trans women and trans women of color — helped lead the fight against hate and injustice” at the Compton’s Cafeteria riots in San Francisco in 1966 and at the Stonewall riots in New York in 1969.
“In many respects, the modern-day LGBTQ+ movement for equality was born from these rebellious acts and the many events preceding them,” Google wrote.
Without mentioning the ubiquitous slogan “Black Lives Matter,” the article then proceeded to tie in the current riots with the pro-homosexuality riots in the 1960s.
“For those within the Black+ and LGBTQ+ community — especially Black+ trans women — the injustices we’re seeing today are a reminder of past and present struggles for equity, justice, and equality under the law. We believe communities must show up for one another, and we stand in solidarity with the Black+ community across the world, honoring the longstanding Pride tradition of unity.”
Google bragged about spending millions of dollars on advancing the progressive agenda of homosexuality and gender ideology. Overall, the tech giant funded more than 70 anti-decency organizations with more than $1.2 million across the globe.
One article highlighted several of those projects.
The Colorado-based Transformative Freedom Fund, for instance, aims “to support the authentic selves of transgender Coloradans by removing financial barriers to transition-related health care.”
“COVID-19 has acutely impacted our community — gender-affirming surgeries have been rescheduled after years of waiting, and there are increased barriers to accessing necessary medical care or hormones,” the group claimed.
Some of the organizations supported by Google are catering to very specific niches.
Australian group Black Rainbow provides “advocacy and leadership to Indigenous Australians who identify as LGBQTI.”
In South Africa, “Pride of Africa exists to liberate every LGBTQ+ African so they can live their most authentic life.”
Additionally, Google is giving another $1.2 million to The Trevor Project, which offers “crisis intervention and suicide prevention services” to young people, essentially affirming them in their confusion about their sexuality.
Once again, the article attempted to frame support for blacks and support for homosexuality and transgenderism as one fight.
“While Black LGBTQ+ youth have similar mental health disparities compared with all LGBTQ+ youth, they’re significantly less likely to receive professional mental health care, and Black children die by suicide at nearly twice the rate of their white peers,” the article argued. “The Trevor Project’s continued targeted outreach to LGBTQ+ Black youth is incredibly important, and the organization offers resources to help allies be more supportive.”
Google even managed to mention the coronavirus pandemic as another factor supposedly proving the systemic disadvantage for homosexuals and those claiming to be a member of the opposite sex.
“COVID-19 has shown us that vulnerable communities, including LGBTQ+, too often bear the brunt of any crisis,” Google wrote. “This means that local LGBTQ+ organizations are serving as a critical safety net for those in need, whether they’re helping someone find a bed in a shelter, offering healthcare services, or advocating for more inclusive and equitable policies. Lives depend on these organizations.”
In this context, the Human Rights Campaign, a large and influential pro-homosexuality lobbying group, went so far as to demand from legislators and private businesses to “actively consider the unique situations of LGBTQ people in their plans for addressing this crisis” of COVID-19.
Due to the restrictions imposed after the coronavirus outbreak in most parts of the world, many events and marches celebrating homosexuality and other disorders will not take place.
Google, however, is “finding ways to bring people together virtually, including a toolkit that helps organizations host remote Pride events, a collection of apps, shows, movies, and books about LGBTQ+ stories, and a YouTube ‘spotlight’ channel to elevate LGBTQ+ voices.”
Further, Google Arts & Culture features “the history of Pride, including new exhibits on the birth of the Pride march, and critical leaders of the movement like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.”
Maab Ibrahim, program manager for Google.org, said, “This year, I will be honoring the tradition of Pride by remembering the Black+ queer leaders who stood up at Stonewall and reflecting on my role in advancing justice today.”
“I hope everyone finds a way to honor Pride that is meaningful to them, representing the traditions, struggles, and joys of their community,” he added.
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lifesitenews--2020-06-18--Republican Party has betrayed Christian Americans. What happens next?

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June 18 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The terrible decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court this week to include gender and sexual orientation as protected legal classes has rightly caused religious and social conservatives to wonder just what the future holds for them .
Missouri ’ s populist Senator Josh Hawley ( who I desperately hope runs for president in 2024 ) said on the floor of the Senate this week that the court ’ s decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ conservative legal movement.
” “ The bargain is that you go along with the party establishment , you support their policies and priorities … and , in return , the establishment will put some judges on the bench who supposedly will protect your constitutional rights to freedom of worship , to freedom of exercise , ” he said .
That bargain , he continued , has turned out to be a pretty rotten deal for religious Americans .
Its time has come to an end .
Hawley is of course right in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court have failed to deliver on a number of areas where Christian Americans — who have reliably voted them into office for decades — expected them to .
Not overturning Roe v. Wade is the most glaring instance of that .
The Republican establishment has likewise routinely turned a blind eye to its religious supporters , paying lip service to their concerns during election season while holding show votes and passing bills that ultimately amount to scraps from the dinner table .
Planned Parenthood , for example , is still receiving millions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ God-fearing `` culture warriors ” appear on Fox News to rile up the base and warn about the damage the “ radical ” left would do if they ever got control of the White House again , the GOP ’ s real power brokers who work behind the scenes have either been in support of ( or are at least indifferent to ) for some time now two issues the radical left considers sacrosanct : LGBT rights and abortion .
In their reactions to the Court ’ s decision this week , establishment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ favor of transgenderism .
This shouldn ’ t be all that shocking .
Conservative writers have been laying the intellectual groundwork for this shift for a while .
In recent years , prominent National Review contributor David French has taken up his pen to defend Drag Queen Story Hours as a “ first Amendment-protected right.
” He ’ s also argued that homosexuals should be able to “ solemnize their relationships ... and ... enjoy many of the same bundle of rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples.
” It should be clear to all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — both the intellectual and big money elites — are embarrassed by religious Americans and that they have very little interest in supporting their policy desires .
It must also be pointed out that the Republican establishment has next to no interest in protecting American workers .
When Donald Trump was seeking the Republican nomination , the top two policies he ran on was building a border wall and bringing jobs back from overseas .
Yet what did we get after he was sworn into office ?
What was the first thing congressional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ryan-led House of Representatives and the Mitch McConnell-led Senate concocted a U.S. Chamber of Commerce-approved tax bill that was nothing short of a bailout for corporate America .
Marco Rubio did get included in the bill a tax credit for families , but that was mere crumbs in relation to what Wall Street received .
If the GOP had heeded the anti-globalist message sent by the American people who voted Trump into office , they would ’ ve taken drastic steps ( like Hungary has ) and created a tax code that incentivizes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming demographic collapse of America ’ s great middle class would be put in check .
They also would have allocated billions of dollars for a border wall and passed true immigration reform that protects American workers and their communities .
Instead , Republicans sold their souls to the GDP , business lobbyists , and multinational corporations , relentlessly touting support for bills that put foreign workers and the bottom line of non-American companies ahead of the well being of U.S. laborers .
It ’ s debatable if America will ever see another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put a stop to the massive influx of immigrants into the country in recent decades .
If America First , pro-family Christians want to get their policies signed into law , they need to wake up to the fact that the Republican Party as a whole isn ’ t a reliable vehicle for that to happen .
They need to either form their own political party ( something similar to the American Solidarity Party ) or mount an insurrection within the GOP to topple the neocons and libertarians .
If they don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to junior partner status where politicians trot out the same old talking points come election season but do the bare minimum once in office .
Simply put , the status quo isn ’ t working .
Change is desperately needed .

It may be time for religious, pro-family patriots to form their own party.
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June 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The terrible decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court this week to include gender and sexual orientation as protected legal classes has rightly caused religious and social conservatives to wonder just what the future holds for them.
Missouri’s populist Senator Josh Hawley (who I desperately hope runs for president in 2024) said on the floor of the Senate this week that the court’s decision marks the official end of the so-called “conservative legal movement.”
“The bargain is that you go along with the party establishment, you support their policies and priorities … and, in return, the establishment will put some judges on the bench who supposedly will protect your constitutional rights to freedom of worship, to freedom of exercise,” he said.
That bargain, he continued, has turned out to be a pretty rotten deal for religious Americans. Its time has come to an end.
Hawley is of course right in saying that.
Republican appointees to the Supreme Court have failed to deliver on a number of areas where Christian Americans — who have reliably voted them into office for decades — expected them to. Not overturning Roe v. Wade is the most glaring instance of that.
The Republican establishment has likewise routinely turned a blind eye to its religious supporters, paying lip service to their concerns during election season while holding show votes and passing bills that ultimately amount to scraps from the dinner table. Planned Parenthood, for example, is still receiving millions in taxpayer dollars.
While many purportedly God-fearing “culture warriors” appear on Fox News to rile up the base and warn about the damage the “radical” left would do if they ever got control of the White House again, the GOP’s real power brokers who work behind the scenes have either been in support of (or are at least indifferent to) for some time now two issues the radical left considers sacrosanct: LGBT rights and abortion.
In their reactions to the Court’s decision this week, establishment Republicans have shown they are unashamedly in favor of transgenderism. This shouldn’t be all that shocking. Conservative writers have been laying the intellectual groundwork for this shift for a while. In recent years, prominent National Review contributor David French has taken up his pen to defend Drag Queen Story Hours as a “first Amendment-protected right.” He’s also argued that homosexuals should be able to “solemnize their relationships…and…enjoy many of the same bundle of rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples.”
It should be clear to all that the elites in the Republican Party — both the intellectual and big money elites — are embarrassed by religious Americans and that they have very little interest in supporting their policy desires.
America last
It must also be pointed out that the Republican establishment has next to no interest in protecting American workers.
When Donald Trump was seeking the Republican nomination, the top two policies he ran on was building a border wall and bringing jobs back from overseas.
Yet what did we get after he was sworn into office? What was the first thing congressional Republicans pushed through legislatively?
The Paul Ryan-led House of Representatives and the Mitch McConnell-led Senate concocted a U.S. Chamber of Commerce-approved tax bill that was nothing short of a bailout for corporate America.
Marco Rubio did get included in the bill a tax credit for families, but that was mere crumbs in relation to what Wall Street received.
If the GOP had heeded the anti-globalist message sent by the American people who voted Trump into office, they would’ve taken drastic steps (like Hungary has) and created a tax code that incentivizes stable, large families so that the coming demographic collapse of America’s great middle class would be put in check. They also would have allocated billions of dollars for a border wall and passed true immigration reform that protects American workers and their communities.
Instead, Republicans sold their souls to the GDP, business lobbyists, and multinational corporations, relentlessly touting support for bills that put foreign workers and the bottom line of non-American companies ahead of the well being of U.S. laborers. It’s debatable if America will ever see another Republican president thanks to their unwillingnes to put a stop to the massive influx of immigrants into the country in recent decades.
Time for change
If America First, pro-family Christians want to get their policies signed into law, they need to wake up to the fact that the Republican Party as a whole isn’t a reliable vehicle for that to happen.
They need to either form their own political party (something similar to the American Solidarity Party) or mount an insurrection within the GOP to topple the neocons and libertarians.
If they don’t, they’ll remain relegated to junior partner status where politicians trot out the same old talking points come election season but do the bare minimum once in office. Simply put, the status quo isn’t working. Change is desperately needed.
Follow Stephen Stephen Kokx is a journalist for LifeSiteNews. He previously worked for the Archdiocese of Chicago under the late Francis Cardinal George. A former community college instructor, Stephen has written and spoken extensively about Catholic social teaching and politics. His essays have appeared in a variety of outlets, including Catholic Family News, CatholicVote, and Alpha News.
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lifesitenews--2020-06-18--Bishop releases ‘Pride Month’ video lamenting ‘white privilege,’ apologizing to gays

LEXINGTON , Kentucky , June 18 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Bishop John Stowe of Lexington , Kentucky , has released a “ Pride Month ” video greeting in which he laments “ white privilege ” and says he is sorry “ that the Church has not been as welcoming as it should be in many cases.
” “ I hope to continue to learn from you , and continue to make our church more welcoming , more inclusive , and more justice-oriented , ” he said .
In the video , the bishop also appeared to buy into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white privilege.
” ‘ I ’ m happy to greet you during this Pride Month ’ “ At this moment of great division and suffering in our country , I especially greet the LGBT community of African Americans and other minorities , ” he said .
“ As painful as it is , I ’ m glad that the time has come that we ’ re beginning to confront , and really it is just the beginning , our white privilege , and the other ways in which a dominant culture has oppressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I ’ m happy to greet you during this Pride Month , and happy to say a word of gratitude to you for the way that you strive to integrate your faith and your identities as people of God , children of God , ” Stowe began , before he started to apologize for the Church ’ s teaching on homosexuality and gender confusion .
“ I ’ m sorry that the Church has not been as welcoming as it should be in many cases , ” he said .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sexual orientation has become so divisive in our Church , in our community , rather than expressing the compassion of Jesus and recognizing how he always reached out to those who were on the fringes and on the margins.
” Stowe did not mention that Christ , in the Gospels , called those on the fringes to “ go , and do not sin again.
” The bishop recounted that four years ago , the Orlando homosexual nightclub shooting took place , leading to the creation of “ this form of [ LGBT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not mention the Pulse nightclub survivors who have since left sexually sinful lifestyles and given their lives to Christ .
Following the shooting , the leader of the pro-homosexual movement within the Diocese of Lexington , JR Zerkowski , had “ hosted a evening of song and prayer uniting the whole community , and people of different faith traditions , right there at St. Paul ’ s church .
And he was deeply moved and really had to share with me what he experienced from so many members of the LGBT community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into a Catholic church for a long time.
” Instead of that evening being a single event , Stowe said , Zerkowski “ saw that as a possibility of reaching out to a whole segment of our Church community , a whole segment of our family that has been alienated.
” He praised how the advocates of accepting homosexuality within the Church “ put their rainbow flag outside ” of one of his diocese ’ s churches .
“ The rainbow banner welcoming all people .
[ They ] have achieved some spotlight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of inclusion.
” In 2018 , Stowe had refused to condemn one of his parishes flying a rainbow banner outside the church .
Instead , a spokesperson for the Diocese of Lexington said that “ making this kind of statement is a decision … up to each parish.
” Stowe to practicing gays : ‘ I ’ m glad that you ’ re taking your faith seriously ’ Stowe also praised Zerkowski for attending “ gay pride events , ” offering “ a listening ear , a compassionate face , and an outreach.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ those living as a person of the opposite sex are “ part of that body of Christ , ” which is the Church .
“ I ’ m sorry that you ’ ve not always been made to feel that way , ” he added .
“ We do value you .
I ’ m glad that you ’ re taking your faith seriously and striving to grow in it.
” The bishop did not explain how contradicting Church teaching both in word and in action amounts to “ taking your faith seriously.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Catholic Church is very clear on homosexuality .
“ Basing itself on Sacred Scripture , which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity , tradition has always declared that ‘ homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered , ’ ” the Catechism points out .
“ They are contrary to the natural law .
They close the sexual act to the gift of life .
They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity .
Under no circumstances can they be approved.
” While emphasizing that people with homosexual tendencies “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and sensitivity , ” the Church calls them to chastity , instead of living an active homosexual lifestyle .
The Vatican ’ s Congregation for Catholic Education pointed out in a 2019 document that the concept of “ gender ” is “ often founded on nothing more than a confused concept of freedom in the realm of feelings and wants , or momentary desires provoked by emotional impulses and the will of the individual , as opposed to anything based on the truths of existence.
” The “ oscillation between male and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of transgenderism , “ becomes , at the end of the day , only a ‘ provocative ’ display against so-called ‘ traditional frameworks ’ , and one which , in fact , ignores the suffering of those who have to live situations of sexual indeterminacy .
Similar theories aim to annihilate the concept of ‘ nature ’ , ( that is , everything we have been given as a pre-existing foundation of our being and action in the world ) , while at the same time implicitly reaffirming its existence.
” In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Faith ’ s 2003 document , Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons , then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger ( who later became Pope Benedict XVI ) wrote : “ In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage , clear and emphatic opposition is a duty .
One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and , as far as possible , from material cooperation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In this area , everyone can exercise the right to conscientious objection.
” Bishop Stowe has a long track record of embracing both homosexuality and transgenderism .
In 2017 , two years after he was made a bishop by Pope Francis , Stowe spoke at a New Ways Ministry conference , even though the nominally Catholic group advocates for homosexual “ marriage ” and has been condemned by the Vatican and the U.S. bishops .
“ Christian morality is more concerned with the well-being and dignity of the person than with rules , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to teach this on many occasions , ” the bishop claimed at the time .
In 2019 , Stowe led an “ LGBTQ retreat ” at the University of Notre Dame , once a bastion of Catholicism in North America .
Last year , he also issued a “ prayer ” card celebrating homosexual “ pride.
” The card featured an image of a crucifix with rainbow colors coming from it .
It was produced to be distributed at pro-homosexual events .
Stowe is one of several bishops who endorsed pro-homosexual Jesuit Father @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Catholic Church and the LGBT community.
” “ Keep the faith , ” the bishop ended his “ Pride Month ” video .

Bishop Stowe told active homosexuals he was 'happy to say a word of gratitude to you for the way that you strive to integrate your faith and your identities as people of God.'
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, June 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, has released a “Pride Month” video greeting in which he laments “white privilege” and says he is sorry “that the Church has not been as welcoming as it should be in many cases.”
“I hope to continue to learn from you, and continue to make our church more welcoming, more inclusive, and more justice-oriented,” he said.
In the video, the bishop also appeared to buy into the concepts of systemic racism and “white privilege.”
‘I’m happy to greet you during this Pride Month’
“At this moment of great division and suffering in our country, I especially greet the LGBT community of African Americans and other minorities,” he said. “As painful as it is, I’m glad that the time has come that we’re beginning to confront, and really it is just the beginning, our white privilege, and the other ways in which a dominant culture has oppressed those of a variety of minorities.”
“I’m happy to greet you during this Pride Month, and happy to say a word of gratitude to you for the way that you strive to integrate your faith and your identities as people of God, children of God,” Stowe began, before he started to apologize for the Church’s teaching on homosexuality and gender confusion.
“I’m sorry that the Church has not been as welcoming as it should be in many cases,” he said. “I’m sorry that the issue of sexual orientation has become so divisive in our Church, in our community, rather than expressing the compassion of Jesus and recognizing how he always
reached out to those who were on the fringes and on the margins.”
Stowe did not mention that Christ, in the Gospels, called those on the fringes to “go, and do not sin again.”
The bishop recounted that four years ago, the Orlando homosexual nightclub shooting took place, leading to the creation of “this form of [LGBT] ministry in our diocese.” Stowe did not mention the Pulse nightclub survivors who have since left sexually sinful lifestyles and given their lives to Christ.
Following the shooting, the leader of the pro-homosexual movement within the Diocese of Lexington, JR Zerkowski, had “hosted a evening of song and prayer uniting the whole community, and people of different faith traditions, right there at St. Paul’s church. And he was deeply moved and really had to share with me what he experienced from so many members of the LGBT community who said that they had not stepped into a Catholic church for a long time.”
Instead of that evening being a single event, Stowe said, Zerkowski “saw that as a possibility of reaching out to a whole segment of our Church community, a whole segment of our family that has been alienated.”
He praised how the advocates of accepting homosexuality within the Church “put their rainbow flag outside” of one of his diocese’s churches. “The rainbow banner welcoming all people. [They] have achieved some spotlight both locally and nationally for their message of inclusion.”
In 2018, Stowe had refused to condemn one of his parishes flying a rainbow banner outside the church. Instead, a spokesperson for the Diocese of Lexington said that “making this kind of statement is a decision … up to each parish.”
Stowe to practicing gays: ‘I’m glad that you’re taking your faith seriously’
Stowe also praised Zerkowski for attending “gay pride events,” offering “a listening ear, a compassionate face, and an outreach.”
He then said practicing homosexuals and those living as a person of the opposite sex are “part of that body of Christ,” which is the Church.
“I’m sorry that you’ve not always been made to feel that way,” he added. “We do value you. I’m glad that you’re taking your faith seriously and striving to grow in it.”
The bishop did not explain how contradicting Church teaching both in word and in action amounts to “taking your faith seriously.”
In fact, the Catechism of the Catholic Church is very clear on homosexuality.
“Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that ‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered,’” the Catechism points out. “They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.”
While emphasizing that people with homosexual tendencies “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity,” the Church calls them to chastity, instead of living an active homosexual lifestyle.
The Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education pointed out in a 2019 document that the concept of “gender” is “often founded on nothing more than a confused concept of freedom in the realm of feelings and wants, or momentary desires provoked by emotional impulses and the will of the individual, as opposed to anything based on the truths of existence.”
The “oscillation between male and female,” as expressed by advocates of transgenderism, “becomes, at the end of the day, only a ‘provocative’ display against so-called ‘traditional frameworks’, and one which, in fact, ignores the suffering of those who have to live situations of sexual indeterminacy. Similar theories aim to annihilate the concept of ‘nature’, (that is, everything we have been given as a pre-existing foundation of our being and action in the world), while at the same time implicitly reaffirming its existence.”
In the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 2003 document, Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (who later became Pope Benedict XVI) wrote: “In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material cooperation on the level of their application. In this area, everyone can exercise the right to conscientious objection.”
Stowe issued ‘prayer’ card celebrating homosexual ‘pride’ in 2019
Bishop Stowe has a long track record of embracing both homosexuality and transgenderism.
In 2017, two years after he was made a bishop by Pope Francis, Stowe spoke at a New Ways Ministry conference, even though the nominally Catholic group advocates for homosexual “marriage” and has been condemned by the Vatican and the U.S. bishops.
“Christian morality is more concerned with the well-being and dignity of the person than with rules, norms, or commandments. Jesus seems to teach this on many occasions,” the bishop claimed at the time.
In 2019, Stowe led an “LGBTQ retreat” at the University of Notre Dame, once a bastion of Catholicism in North America.
Last year, he also issued a “prayer” card celebrating homosexual “pride.” The card featured an image of a crucifix with rainbow colors coming from it. It was produced to be distributed at pro-homosexual events.
Stowe is one of several bishops who endorsed pro-homosexual Jesuit Father James Martin’s book on “the Catholic Church and the LGBT community.”
“Keep the faith,” the bishop ended his “Pride Month” video.
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lifesitenews--2020-06-18--Catholic group to pray rosary in every US state capitol so country will ‘return to order’

BATON ROUGE , Louisiana , June 18 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A Catholic organization has launched a nationwide prayer campaign across America to pray the rosary in every state capitol so that the country will “ return to order.
” The American Society in Defence of Tradition , Family , and Property ( TFP ) is traveling across the states , holding rosary rallies at every state capitol in the midst of massive restrictions as lockdowns loosen and in the midst of cities reeling from riots .
“ Our objective is to ask God to help America to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We don ’ t like the way things are going with the ‘ new normal ’ of the COVID socialist solutions , and we are absolutely opposed to the anarchy we see in today ’ s streets , ” stated a spokesman for the group in a video about the campaign .
Volunteers from TFP ’ s America Needs Fatima campaign will also participate in the campaign .
“ At this time of great uncertainty and confusion , ” Robert Ritchie , America Needs Fatima Director , said , “ we need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His Blessed Mother and pray for calm , confidence and courage.
” “ Just about everyone is suffering in some way from the lockdowns , job loss , fear and general turmoil , ” Ritchie continued .
“ Human solutions only go so far .
We need a lasting remedy to restore the moral fabric of our nation .
What Our Lady of Fatima requested in 1917 is most relevant today : conversion , prayer and penance.
” TFP volunteers travel by caravan , carrying a statue of Our Lady of Fatima , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign .
On June 3rd , the campaign began at the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine , Florida .
TFP chose this location as it is the shrine of the first Catholic parish mass said in Florida by Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales in 1565 .
Many people , including local TFP members , volunteers , and passersby , joined in the public recitation of the rosary .
TFP members continued their campaign , traveling to many states around America , including Florida , South Carolina @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Virginia , West Virginia , Kentucky , Tennessee , Missouri , Arkansas , and Mississippi .
The groups traveled to Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , on June 12th , praying on the steps of the State Capitol .
Young boys from TFP ’ s annual Call to Chivalry Camp joined in the prayer rally .
“ Any serious and lasting solution to the civil unrest and criminal violence sweeping the nation must focus on God and obedience to His eternal law , ” Ritchie wrote .
“ This peace was the goal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chivalry Camp sponsored by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition , Family and Property ( TFP ) .
” “ With rosaries in hand , they held a rosary rally to restore One Nation Under God , ” he continued .
“ They prayed the rosary for America on the steps outside the State Capitol Building and displayed banners and signs.
” On June 13 , TFP members prayed the rosary in front of the State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge , Louisiana as the last stop on the first leg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The prayer rally numbered over 40 people ; passing cars honked their horns in support and passersby stopped to take pictures of the peaceful rally .
The campaign to restore order to America continues as TFP members travel to the State Capitols .
As TFP travels across America , they welcome everyone to attend the rallies .
To donate to the campaign , go here .
“ Prayer is very powerful , ” Ritchie said .
“ I firmly believe that the Holy Rosary , in particular , is the key to restore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spiritual fortitude to follow God ’ s law .
These Public Square Rosary Rallies will certainly attract God ’ s blessing on America .
”

‘Our objective is to ask God to help America to return to order as soon as possible’
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A Catholic organization has launched a nationwide prayer campaign across America to pray the rosary in every state capitol so that the country will “return to order.”
The American Society in Defence of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) is traveling across the states, holding rosary rallies at every state capitol in the midst of massive restrictions as lockdowns loosen and in the midst of cities reeling from riots.
“Our objective is to ask God to help America to return to order as soon as possible. We don’t like the way things are going with the ‘new normal’ of the COVID socialist solutions, and we are absolutely opposed to the anarchy we see in today’s streets,” stated a spokesman for the group in a video about the campaign.
Volunteers from TFP’s America Needs Fatima campaign will also participate in the campaign.
“At this time of great uncertainty and confusion,” Robert Ritchie, America Needs Fatima Director, said, “we need to lift our eyes to God and His Blessed Mother and pray for calm, confidence and courage.”
“Just about everyone is suffering in some way from the lockdowns, job loss, fear and general turmoil,” Ritchie continued. “Human solutions only go so far. We need a lasting remedy to restore the moral fabric of our nation. What Our Lady of Fatima requested in 1917 is most relevant today: conversion, prayer and penance.”
TFP volunteers travel by caravan, carrying a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, invoking Her aid and protection throughout the campaign.
On June 3rd, the campaign began at the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine, Florida. TFP chose this location as it is the shrine of the first Catholic parish mass said in Florida by Father Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales in 1565. Many people, including local TFP members, volunteers, and passersby, joined in the public recitation of the rosary.
TFP members continued their campaign, traveling to many states around America, including Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
The groups traveled to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on June 12th, praying on the steps of the State Capitol. Young boys from TFP’s annual Call to Chivalry Camp joined in the prayer rally.
“Any serious and lasting solution to the civil unrest and criminal violence sweeping the nation must focus on God and obedience to His eternal law,” Ritchie wrote.
“This peace was the goal of the boys attending the 2020 Call to Chivalry Camp sponsored by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP).”
“With rosaries in hand, they held a rosary rally to restore One Nation Under God,” he continued. “They prayed the rosary for America on the steps outside the State Capitol Building and displayed banners and signs.”
On June 13, TFP members prayed the rosary in front of the State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as the last stop on the first leg of the Mother of Mercy Caravan.
The prayer rally numbered over 40 people; passing cars honked their horns in support and passersby stopped to take pictures of the peaceful rally.
The campaign to restore order to America continues as TFP members travel to the State Capitols. As TFP travels across America, they welcome everyone to attend the rallies. To donate to the campaign, go here.
“Prayer is very powerful,” Ritchie said. “I firmly believe that the Holy Rosary, in particular, is the key to restore the nation. It gives us the spiritual fortitude to follow God’s law. These Public Square Rosary Rallies will certainly attract God’s blessing on America.”
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