lifesitenews--2020-01-07--‘I want to stay alive’: 91-year-old mother in legal fight to stay on life-support in US hospital

URGENT PETITION : Help Arline fight for her life !
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NEW YORK , January 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A conscious and alert 91-year-old woman ’ s life hangs in the balance as she fights for her right to live by remaining on life support after having her leg amputated in a US hospital .
Video captured of Arline Lester clearly shows her saying “ I want to stay alive.
” The battle for Arline ’ s life or death is apparently the result of a dispute involving her two sons , over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ future care .
While one son says that Arline ’ s old living will ( stating that she did not want her life prolonged in case of severe infirmity ) should be honored , her other son says that her new , updated will ( confirming her desire to live ) should be honored .
The mother ’ s fate is now being decided in a county court in New York .
Arline ’ s feeding tube and ventilator could be removed , resulting in her death by starvation The mother , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 25 years , was recently evaluated as mentally capable of making her own decisions - to update her living will , which reflects her desire to live .
The son who is trying to help his mother and honor her will to live , Ed Lester , has also stated his intention to care for his mother once she starts to recover her strength .
It should also be noted that the video , in which Arline says she wants to live , was taken by her son Ed , to coincide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will .
The video was captured Nov. 7 , 2019 .
Yesterday , a Nassau County ( NY ) Court Judge , Julianne Capetola , started hearing the case which could have two possible results : either Arline will be allowed to recover with proper medical treatment being given ; or , Arline ’ s feeding tube and ventilator could be removed , resulting in her death by starvation .
Judge Capetola also issued a gag order , yesterday , preventing those involved with the case from speaking to the media .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s right to life has been started by LifePetitions and the Personhood Alliance .
CLICK HERE to SIGN THE PETITION and support Arline ’ s fight for life .

Video captured of the woman clearly shows her saying 'I want to live.'
URGENT PETITION: Help Arline fight for her life! Sign the petition here.
NEW YORK, January 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A conscious and alert 91-year-old woman’s life hangs in the balance as she fights for her right to live by remaining on life support after having her leg amputated in a US hospital.
Video captured of Arline Lester clearly shows her saying “I want to stay alive.”
The battle for Arline’s life or death is apparently the result of a dispute involving her two sons, over their mother’s (Arline) future care.
While one son says that Arline’s old living will (stating that she did not want her life prolonged in case of severe infirmity) should be honored, her other son says that her new, updated will (confirming her desire to live) should be honored.
The mother’s fate is now being decided in a county court in New York. Arline’s feeding tube and ventilator could be removed, resulting in her death by starvation
The mother, who was a public school teacher in Brooklyn for 25 years, was recently evaluated as mentally capable of making her own decisions – to update her living will, which reflects her desire to live.
The son who is trying to help his mother and honor her will to live, Ed Lester, has also stated his intention to care for his mother once she starts to recover her strength.
It should also be noted that the video, in which Arline says she wants to live, was taken by her son Ed, to coincide with the approval of her new living will. The video was captured Nov. 7, 2019.
Yesterday, a Nassau County (NY) Court Judge, Julianne Capetola, started hearing the case which could have two possible results: either Arline will be allowed to recover with proper medical treatment being given; or, Arline’s feeding tube and ventilator could be removed, resulting in her death by starvation.
Judge Capetola also issued a gag order, yesterday, preventing those involved with the case from speaking to the media.
A petition asking the courts to respect Arline’s right to life has been started by LifePetitions and the Personhood Alliance.
CLICK HERE to SIGN THE PETITION and support Arline’s fight for life.
A crowdfunding page has been set-up to help Arline’s legal defense raise a war chest to defend her right to life.
CLICK HERE to donate to help Arline’s lawyers as they fight for her.
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lifesitenews--2020-01-07--German cardinal warns that adapting to ‘spirit of the age’ would make Church useless

January 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Cardinal Rainer Woelki , the archbishop of Cologne , warned Catholics in a homily yesterday that the Church adapting to the spirit of the age ( zeitgeist ) would make her lose her “ prophetic mandate and mission ” and would render her “ of no use anymore.
” Cardinal Woelki made his remarks in a January 6 homily he delivered on the occasion of the Feast of the Epiphany , which celebrates the coming of the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem .
He warned the Church against adapting herself to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Three Wise Men – as well as the builders of his own Cologne cathedral , who had placed a star atop of its crossing tower – were intending “ solely and exclusively to seek and to proclaim Christ as the Light of this world.
” Man , according to this German prelate , needs this “ Light ” in order to “ find his way , ” especially “ in our time , in which the orientation towards the true salvation has become difficult , due to the confusing pluralism of offers of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he continued , this orientation seems to have gotten lost , since a polyphonic choir of opinions , personal views , and interests seeks to relativize and adapt to the world God 's Revelation and the Church 's faith.
” However , such a faith according to the zeitgeist , according to Cardinal Woelki , loses her being a “ compelling alternative ” to those other offers that are being presented to us anyway “ day by day.
” “ He who does not have an orientation , ” explained Woelki @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who loses the direction , loses the life ; he becomes irrelevant , ” is not anymore an “ alternative that is to be taken seriously.
” Referring back to the star that has been placed atop of the crossing tower of the Cologne Cathedral in reference to the shrine of the Three Wise Men that is to be found in this cathedral , Cardinal Woelki told his hearers that this star , in contrast to the spirit of our time , “ gives us the direction , just as the Star of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ star “ points to the Light , in which alone is to be found salvation , ” according to the German cardinal .
“ The Child in the manger is that Salvation , ” he concluded .
“ And wherever this Child is being welcomed , the life of a man receives direction and orientation .
Then life becomes salvation.
” Cardinal Woelki also pointed back to the “ whole faith of the Church , as it is being proclaimed and lived in an unabridged manner and as it has been laid down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has borne witness to it and has preserved it over time.
” That faith , he explained , helps us that we do not follow erroneous lights .
The prelate went on to say that this true faith “ contains truth that transcends time and that preserves the Church and the Gospel which has been entrusted to her lest she adapt to the spirit , to the views and opinions , and to the feelings of a certain time period.
” Here , one might well remember that there was another time period @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tempted to adapt to the “ spirit of the times , ” which was then called National-Socialist .
During the two family synods , another German-speaking cardinal – Cardinal Kurt Koch – had made that explicit reference .
At the time , two leading German bishops – actually the same leaders that are quite influential in today 's discussions in Germany : Cardinal Reinhard Marx and Franz-Josef Bishop Bode – had proposed that the Church listen more to the “ life realities ” of our time and therefore admit “ remarried ” divorcees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Swiss Cardinal Koch commented on these claims , as follows : Let us think of the 'German Christians ' during the time of National Socialism , when , next to the Holy Scripture , they also raised up the Nation and the Race as sources of revelation , against which the Theological Declaration of Barmen ( 1934 ) [ which had rejected the submission of the Protestant churches to the State ] protested .
We have to differentiate very carefully here and listen with sensitivity to the signs of the times – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in these signs : which ones are signs of the Gospel , which ones are not ?
Cardinal Woelki also seems to make an indirect reference to the time of the Third Reich when he stated in his homily that such a Church which adapts herself to the spirit of her time would lose her “ prophetic mandate and mission , ” adding that “ such an adapted and assimilated Church [ “ gleichgeschaltete Kirche ” ] would be of no use anymore.
” The word gleichschaltung is often being used with reference @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reich which aimed at controlling all aspects of public life in Germany .
Finally , Cardinal Woelki then returned once more to the main topic in his homily , namely , that the seekers of the star in Bethlehem find in Bethlehem the Light , God 's Son , “ in which alone is to be found all salvation and life .
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A Church that adapts to the spirit of her time loses her 'prophetic mandate and mission' and 'would be of no use anymore': Cardinal Rainer Woelki
January 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Rainer Woelki, the archbishop of Cologne, warned Catholics in a homily yesterday that the Church adapting to the spirit of the age (zeitgeist) would make her lose her “prophetic mandate and mission” and would render her “of no use anymore.”
Cardinal Woelki made his remarks in a January 6 homily he delivered on the occasion of the Feast of the Epiphany, which celebrates the coming of the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem. He warned the Church against adapting herself to the world and reminded his hearers that the Three Wise Men – as well as the builders of his own Cologne cathedral, who had placed a star atop of its crossing tower – were intending “solely and exclusively to seek and to proclaim Christ as the Light of this world.”
Man, according to this German prelate, needs this “Light” in order to “find his way,” especially “in our time, in which the orientation towards the true salvation has become difficult, due to the confusing pluralism of offers of salvation.”
“Even in the Church,” he continued, this orientation seems to have gotten lost, since a polyphonic choir of opinions, personal views, and interests seeks to relativize and adapt to the world God's Revelation and the Church's faith.”
However, such a faith according to the zeitgeist, according to Cardinal Woelki, loses her being a “compelling alternative” to those other offers that are being presented to us anyway “day by day.”
“He who does not have an orientation,” explained Woelki, “loses direction. And he who loses the direction, loses the life; he becomes irrelevant,” is not anymore an “alternative that is to be taken seriously.”
Referring back to the star that has been placed atop of the crossing tower of the Cologne Cathedral in reference to the shrine of the Three Wise Men that is to be found in this cathedral, Cardinal Woelki told his hearers that this star, in contrast to the spirit of our time, “gives us the direction, just as the Star of Bethlehem had done it earlier.” This star “points to the Light, in which alone is to be found salvation,” according to the German cardinal.
“The Child in the manger is that Salvation,” he concluded. “And wherever this Child is being welcomed, the life of a man receives direction and orientation. Then life becomes salvation.”
Cardinal Woelki also pointed back to the “whole faith of the Church, as it is being proclaimed and lived in an unabridged manner and as it has been laid down by the Apostles and as the Church has borne witness to it and has preserved it over time.” That faith, he explained, helps us that we do not follow erroneous lights.
The prelate went on to say that this true faith “contains truth that transcends time and that preserves the Church and the Gospel which has been entrusted to her lest she adapt to the spirit, to the views and opinions, and to the feelings of a certain time period.”
Here, one might well remember that there was another time period in German history where many Catholics were tempted to adapt to the “spirit of the times,” which was then called National-Socialist. During the two family synods, another German-speaking cardinal – Cardinal Kurt Koch – had made that explicit reference.
At the time, two leading German bishops – actually the same leaders that are quite influential in today's discussions in Germany: Cardinal Reinhard Marx and Franz-Josef Bishop Bode – had proposed that the Church listen more to the “life realities” of our time and therefore admit “remarried” divorcees to Holy Communion.
In 2015, the Swiss Cardinal Koch commented on these claims, as follows:
Let us think of the 'German Christians' during the time of National Socialism, when, next to the Holy Scripture, they also raised up the Nation and the Race as sources of revelation, against which the Theological Declaration of Barmen (1934) [which had rejected the submission of the Protestant churches to the State] protested. We have to differentiate very carefully here and listen with sensitivity to the signs of the times – and to the spirit that reveals itself in these signs: which ones are signs of the Gospel, which ones are not?
Cardinal Woelki also seems to make an indirect reference to the time of the Third Reich when he stated in his homily that such a Church which adapts herself to the spirit of her time would lose her “prophetic mandate and mission,” adding that “such an adapted and assimilated Church [“gleichgeschaltete Kirche”] would be of no use anymore.”
The word gleichschaltung is often being used with reference to Hitler's politics during the Third Reich which aimed at controlling all aspects of public life in Germany.
Finally, Cardinal Woelki then returned once more to the main topic in his homily, namely, that the seekers of the star in Bethlehem find in Bethlehem the Light, God's Son, “in which alone is to be found all salvation and life.”
Follow Maike Dr. Maike Hickson was born and raised in Germany. She holds a PhD from the University of Hannover, Germany, after having written in Switzerland her doctoral dissertation on the history of Swiss intellectuals before and during World War II. She now lives in the U.S. and is married to Dr. Robert Hickson, and they have been blessed with two beautiful children. She is a happy housewife who likes to write articles when time permits. Dr. Hickson published in 2014 a Festschrift, a collection of some thirty essays written by thoughtful authors in honor of her husband upon his 70th birthday, which is entitled A Catholic Witness in Our Time. Hickson has closely followed the papacy of Pope Francis and the developments in the Catholic Church in Germany, and she has been writing articles on religion and politics for U.S. and European publications and websites such as LifeSiteNews, OnePeterFive, The Wanderer, Rorate Caeli, Catholicism.org, Catholic Family News, Christian Order, Notizie Pro-Vita, Corrispondenza Romana, Katholisches.info, Der Dreizehnte, Zeit-Fragen, and Westfalen-Blatt.
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lifesitenews--2020-01-07--Pro-life Canadians mobilize to influence Conservative Party leadership race

TORONTO , January 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Campaign Life Coalition , Canada ’ s national pro-life and pro-family political lobbying group , is urging supporters to join the Conservative Party of Canada immediately to take part in what it says will be a watershed leadership race .
The party announced Friday the contest will end June 27 with the winner declared at the Toronto Congress Centre .
“ Social conservatives can not waste any time in mobilizing new party memberships and renewals of existing memberships in the Conservative Party , ” says Jack Fonseca , Campaign Life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We have to ensure we have a majority of the votes so that a pro-life , pro-family candidate comes out on top.
” Lisa Raitt , former Conservative MP and co-chair with Dan Nowlan of the leadership race organizing committee , echoed the sense of urgency , telling CTV News the party opted for a short race because the current minority government may not “ go longer than the next vote of confidence .
We want the party to be prepared.
” Nor should potential candidates delay declaring , she advised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t made up their mind , they ’ re going to have to make up their mind in the next 10 days , ” Raitt said .
Although the party has not formally released contest regulations , sources told CBC candidates will have to pay a fee of $ 300,000 and gather 3,000 signatures of support to enter the race .
Notably , the race will end one day before Toronto ’ s notoriously salacious “ Pride ” parade , Canada ’ s largest such pro-homosexual event , prompting suggestions the newly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opportunity to demonstrate his or her leanings .
Timing to coincide with the parade “ wasn ’ t part of the decision-making process , ” Raitt told CTV , adding that organizers wanted to hold the vote “ as quickly as possible.
” But the date underscores the inevitable significance the infamously lewd “ Pride ” Parade has taken on in a race that is crucial for Canada ’ s social conservatives , who are essentially banned from running in the Liberal and New Democratic Party .
Outgoing leader Andrew Scheer , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pride events , although he vowed to uphold LGBTQ “ rights.
” Two weeks after the October federal election in which the Tories gained 22 seats but lost to the Liberals by 36 , Conservative strategist Jason Lietaer told CTV that Scheer not marching in homosexual parades was a “ mistake.
” Kory Teneycke , Stephen Harper ’ s former director of communications , and one-time campaign manager for Ontario Premier Doug Ford ’ s , also told CTV at the time that Scheer ’ s position “ could be fatal ” to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Canada has evolved to the point that Teneycke believes it ’ s not acceptable to be personally opposed to same-sex “ marriage ” and lead the country , contrary to Scheer ’ s expressed view shortly after the election , CTV reported .
Indeed , the problem was not that Scheer didn ’ t march in Pride Parades , but that the Catholic father of five still views homosexuality as a sin , Teneycke told CTV .
“ To view it as a sin means that you think that being gay is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would say it ’ s not , ” he said .
“ Overwhelmingly Canadians do not accept that you can hold the position that ‘ I am not in favour of equal rights for gays and that I have a moral , a personal moral problem with gay marriage.
’ I think that is viewed increasingly as bigotry , ” he said .
But such claims reveal an “ anti-religious bigotry ” on the part of those making them against Canadians whose faith teaches them that homosexual acts are morally wrong , Fonseca @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the party establishment – folks who don ’ t even deserve the title ‘ conservative ’ , like Kory Teneycke — are hell-bent on transforming the Conservative Party into a gay-pride-marching , abortion-loving , anti-free speech carbon copy of Trudeau ’ s Liberal Party , ” he said .
“ If an anti-religious , progressive bigot who echoes the discriminatory views of Teneycke is elected as leader of the Conservative Party , its socially conservative base would abandon the party in droves , and the only one coming out on top would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Conservative Party “ is the only mainstream party where pro-life and pro-family Canadians have a home , and that must remain the case , ” he stressed .
“ This destruction of the Conservative Party as we know it must not be allowed to pass.
” Campaign Life Coalition “ believes that there will be at least two or three strong social conservatives who run for the leadership – individuals with much stronger principles and convictions than Scheer ever had , ” he said .
“ So we encourage every pro-life , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ renew their membership in the Conservative Party ASAP , ” Fonseca said .
People can join the party as young as 14 years old .
“ And then , to email Campaign Life Coalition at [ email protected ] to let us know that you joined , so that we can keep track of how many so-cons will be eligible voting members.
” At this time , businessman Bryan Brulotte is the only declared contender , reported Canadian Press .
Rumoured potential contenders for the top job include Rona Ambrose , Peter MacKay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Candice Bergen , Michael Chong , Erin O ’ Toole and Gérard Deltell , reported CTV .
Queenie Yu , member of Parents As First Educators and founder of the Ontario Stop the New Sex Ed Agenda Party “ is thought to be kicking the tires on a leadership bid , ” according to TVO ’ s Steve Pakin .

'Social conservatives cannot waste any time in mobilizing new party memberships and renewals of existing memberships in the Conservative Party.'
TORONTO, January 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Campaign Life Coalition, Canada’s national pro-life and pro-family political lobbying group, is urging supporters to join the Conservative Party of Canada immediately to take part in what it says will be a watershed leadership race.
The party announced Friday the contest will end June 27 with the winner declared at the Toronto Congress Centre.
“Social conservatives cannot waste any time in mobilizing new party memberships and renewals of existing memberships in the Conservative Party,” says Jack Fonseca, Campaign Life Coalition’s director of political operations.
“We have to ensure we have a majority of the votes so that a pro-life, pro-family candidate comes out on top.”
Lisa Raitt, former Conservative MP and co-chair with Dan Nowlan of the leadership race organizing committee, echoed the sense of urgency, telling CTV News the party opted for a short race because the current minority government may not “go longer than the next vote of confidence. We want the party to be prepared.”
Nor should potential candidates delay declaring, she advised.
“People, if they haven’t made up their mind, they’re going to have to make up their mind in the next 10 days,” Raitt said.
Although the party has not formally released contest regulations, sources told CBC candidates will have to pay a fee of $300,000 and gather 3,000 signatures of support to enter the race.
Notably, the race will end one day before Toronto’s notoriously salacious “Pride” parade, Canada’s largest such pro-homosexual event, prompting suggestions the newly minted Tory leader will have an immediate opportunity to demonstrate his or her leanings.
Timing to coincide with the parade “wasn’t part of the decision-making process,” Raitt told CTV, adding that organizers wanted to hold the vote “as quickly as possible.”
But the date underscores the inevitable significance the infamously lewd “Pride” Parade has taken on in a race that is crucial for Canada’s social conservatives, who are essentially banned from running in the Liberal and New Democratic Party.
Outgoing leader Andrew Scheer, who resigned December 12, never marched in Pride events, although he vowed to uphold LGBTQ “rights.”
Two weeks after the October federal election in which the Tories gained 22 seats but lost to the Liberals by 36, Conservative strategist Jason Lietaer told CTV that Scheer not marching in homosexual parades was a “mistake.”
Kory Teneycke, Stephen Harper’s former director of communications, and one-time campaign manager for Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s, also told CTV at the time that Scheer’s position “could be fatal” to his future as leader.
Public opinion in Canada has evolved to the point that Teneycke believes it’s not acceptable to be personally opposed to same-sex “marriage” and lead the country, contrary to Scheer’s expressed view shortly after the election, CTV reported.
Indeed, the problem was not that Scheer didn’t march in Pride Parades, but that the Catholic father of five still views homosexuality as a sin, Teneycke told CTV.
“To view it as a sin means that you think that being gay is a choice and I think most people would say it’s not,” he said.
“Overwhelmingly Canadians do not accept that you can hold the position that ‘I am not in favour of equal rights for gays and that I have a moral, a personal moral problem with gay marriage.’ I think that is viewed increasingly as bigotry,” he said.
But such claims reveal an “anti-religious bigotry” on the part of those making them against Canadians whose faith teaches them that homosexual acts are morally wrong, Fonseca told LifeSiteNews.
“The left-wingers in the party establishment – folks who don’t even deserve the title ‘conservative’, like Kory Teneycke — are hell-bent on transforming the Conservative Party into a gay-pride-marching, abortion-loving, anti-free speech carbon copy of Trudeau’s Liberal Party,” he said.
“If an anti-religious, progressive bigot who echoes the discriminatory views of Teneycke is elected as leader of the Conservative Party, its socially conservative base would abandon the party in droves, and the only one coming out on top would be Justin Trudeau,” added Fonseca.
The Conservative Party “is the only mainstream party where pro-life and pro-family Canadians have a home, and that must remain the case,” he stressed.
“This destruction of the Conservative Party as we know it, as envisioned by Teneycke, must not be allowed to pass.”
Campaign Life Coalition “believes that there will be at least two or three strong social conservatives who run for the leadership – individuals with much stronger principles and convictions than Scheer ever had,” he said.
“So we encourage every pro-life, pro-family and free-speech-loving Canadian to join or renew their membership in the Conservative Party ASAP,” Fonseca said.
People can join the party as young as 14 years old.
“Campaign Life Coalition is asking pro-life and pro-family Canadians who join or renew their membership to shoot them an email at [email protected] confirming they have done so,” Fonseca said.
At this time, businessman Bryan Brulotte is the only declared contender, reported Canadian Press.
Rumoured potential contenders for the top job include Rona Ambrose, Peter MacKay, Pierre Poilievre, Michelle Rempel Garner, Candice Bergen, Michael Chong, Erin O’Toole and Gérard Deltell, reported CTV.
Queenie Yu, member of Parents As First Educators and founder of the Ontario Stop the New Sex Ed Agenda Party “is thought to be kicking the tires on a leadership bid,” according to TVO’s Steve Pakin.
Join or renew your membership in the Conservative Party of Canada here.
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lifesitenews--2020-01-07--Pro-life leaders warn: Equal Rights Amendment is actually ‘Everything Related to Abortion Act’

WASHINGTON , D.C. , January 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Pro-life and pro-family leaders sent a joint letter to members of the U.S. Congress and state legislators in Virginia this week in opposition to efforts to change the rules for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and to force it through the Virginia legislature .
The letter was sent in advance of state-based votes expected in January and in anticipation of Congress taking up the effort in the new year .
The letter ’ s signers include Students for Life of America ( SFLA ) President Kristan Hawkins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rose , Family Foundation of Virginia President Victoria Cobb , Planned Parenthood director turned pro-life advocate Abby Johnson , and Concerned Women for America President and CEO Penny Nance .
“ Let us be clear , laws protecting women ’ s interests will be undercut by the radical language of the ERA that strips away from women their unique place in the law , ” the letter says .
“ Not only will real protections be overwritten by this heavy-handed measure , the most profound change will be creating a constitutional foothold for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ sex ’ that may harm women ’ s unique interests.
” SFLA actively opposed the measure when Virginia last took it up , but in light of the change in the legislature , the ERA is expected to come up quickly .
SFLA is also working in South Carolina and Utah , where lawmakers are considering the measure .
As Hawkins noted in a recent op-ed at the Washington Times : “ In 1972 , Congress passed the ERA as a constitutional amendment , setting a deadline of ratification by March 1979 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
However , only 35 states voted in favor by that deadline , and since then five states voted to rescind their ratification .
Rather than admitting defeat , Congress extended the deadline to June 1982 .
While some argue that extension wasn ’ t legal , it became a moot point as the measure failed again … The issue of abortion animates this debate as many believe the future of Roe v. Wade is in doubt given the shaky legal foundation on which rests .
Roe legally allows abortion through all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at and sometimes with taxpayer funding .
Should Roe v. Wade be overturned , the issue of abortion would be returned to the states , where people could have a voice and a vote on policy that today is decided by a handful of judges .
Unless there is a new foothold in the Constitution through the ERA.
” “ When Roe falls , the issue of abortion will return to the states where voters finally with have a voice and a vote on life-related policy , ” said Hawkins .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as it really is a Trojan Horse for abortion , an attempt to create a Constitutional foothold to replace Roe .
”

The letter was sent in advance of state-based votes expected in January and in anticipation of Congress taking up the effort in the new year.
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-life and pro-family leaders sent a joint letter to members of the U.S. Congress and state legislators in Virginia this week in opposition to efforts to change the rules for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and to force it through the Virginia legislature.
The letter was sent in advance of state-based votes expected in January and in anticipation of Congress taking up the effort in the new year.
The letter’s signers include Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins, Live Action Founder and President Lila Rose, Family Foundation of Virginia President Victoria Cobb, Planned Parenthood director turned pro-life advocate Abby Johnson, and Concerned Women for America President and CEO Penny Nance.
“Let us be clear, laws protecting women’s interests will be undercut by the radical language of the ERA that strips away from women their unique place in the law,” the letter says. “Not only will real protections be overwritten by this heavy-handed measure, the most profound change will be creating a constitutional foothold for abortion and introduction of vague language on ‘sex’ that may harm women’s unique interests.”
SFLA actively opposed the measure when Virginia last took it up, but in light of the change in the legislature, the ERA is expected to come up quickly. SFLA is also working in South Carolina and Utah, where lawmakers are considering the measure.
As Hawkins noted in a recent op-ed at the Washington Times:
“In 1972, Congress passed the ERA as a constitutional amendment, setting a deadline of ratification by March 1979 from three-fourths of the states (38). However, only 35 states voted in favor by that deadline, and since then five states voted to rescind their ratification. Rather than admitting defeat, Congress extended the deadline to June 1982. While some argue that extension wasn’t legal, it became a moot point as the measure failed again … The issue of abortion animates this debate as many believe the future of Roe v. Wade is in doubt given the shaky legal foundation on which rests. Roe legally allows abortion through all nine months, for any reason and at and sometimes with taxpayer funding. Should Roe v. Wade be overturned, the issue of abortion would be returned to the states, where people could have a voice and a vote on policy that today is decided by a handful of judges. Unless there is a new foothold in the Constitution through the ERA.”
“When Roe falls, the issue of abortion will return to the states where voters finally with have a voice and a vote on life-related policy,” said Hawkins. “The Pro-Life Generation will actively oppose the ERA as it really is a Trojan Horse for abortion, an attempt to create a Constitutional foothold to replace Roe.”
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lifesitenews--2020-01-07--Can the forces of the Sexual Revolution be stopped or will they crush all freedom?

January 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Between her apparently dazzling appearance at the Golden Globes and the Oscar buzz surrounding her film Bombshell , which deals with the culture of sexual harassment at FOX News , Charlize Theron appears to be having something of a moment .
That , and her decision to raise her son Jackson as a girl after he declared , at age three , that he was “ not a boy ” has made her quite a hit with the LGBT movement .
As I noted last year , Theron ’ s decision isn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hedonistic Hollywood ’ s devotion to the sexual fringe .
With her very public endorsement of the idea that a child can choose his or her own gender from a very early age and the accompanying chronicle of her adopted child ’ s life with Theron being played out in the press , Theron—like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—can make far more of an impact in her support of this dangerous new ideology .
In a recent interview with PrideSource , Theron went even further in her support for the LGBTQ movement ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for her lifetime of advocacy and the numerous LGBT characters featured in Bombshell ( including a “ queer Christian producer ” ) , Theron admitted that she thought it was “ a little bit of a bummer ” that “ I am straight.
” That , and even she finds it hard to wrap her head around the whole “ raising a transgender child ” idea , despite the fact that she is an unqualified supporter of the LGBT movement ’ s view of gender dysphoria ( that it should be affirmed and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attitudes on to her kids , noting that her daughter August announced that she was going to get married five times to three boys and two girls , and Theron “ just love [ s ] that she has the freedom to think that way.
” Further , she noted , her son—who she is raising as her daughter—will tell the whole story some other time , and in the meantime , she just wants to be supportive : My daughter ’ s story is really her story , and one day , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tell her story .
I feel like as her mother , for me , it was important to let the world know that I would appreciate it if they would use the right pronouns for her .
I think it became harder for us the older she got that people were still writing about her in the wrong pronouns , and also I was still talking about her in the press using the wrong pronoun .
It really hurt her feelings .
I don ’ t want to be that mom , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I said a while back [ in the Daily Mail last year . ]
Politics is downstream from culture , and nearly every day now there ’ s another story detailing another victory achieved by trans activists against the biological reality of the “ binary , ” a term that has become something like a swear word to the LGBT movement .
The Chicago-Sun Times reported this week that Illinois was “ updating ” its birth certificate system to enable “ transgender parents ” to identify as they choose .
A new Colorado @ @ @ @ @ @ @ birth certificate with the gender of their choice without going through any sort of transition whatsoever .
And the list goes on .
The 2010s was the decade that the transgender movement came surging onto the scene , accruing massive amounts of power in a very short amount of time .
The beginnings of a backlash are starting to manifest , and we will soon find out whether the forces of the Sexual Revolution can be stopped , or whether this revolution will enshrine radical autonomy of every sort into law , crushing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Jonathon ’ s new podcast , The Van Maren Show , is dedicated to telling the stories of the pro-life and pro-family movement .
In his latest episode , he interviews Gianna Jessen , a well known abortion survivor and pro-life advocate .
Ms. Jessen has been mentioned in speeches by President George W. Bush .
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Westminster have said that her story could impact the abortion debate .
She says : “ I am alive .
Just by the miraculous power of Christ.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the episode below :

Politics is downstream from culture, and nearly every day now there’s another story detailing another victory achieved by trans activists against the biological reality of the 'binary.'
January 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Between her apparently dazzling appearance at the Golden Globes and the Oscar buzz surrounding her film Bombshell, which deals with the culture of sexual harassment at FOX News, Charlize Theron appears to be having something of a moment. That, and her decision to raise her son Jackson as a girl after he declared, at age three, that he was “not a boy” has made her quite a hit with the LGBT movement.
As I noted last year, Theron’s decision isn’t just yet another case of hedonistic Hollywood’s devotion to the sexual fringe. With her very public endorsement of the idea that a child can choose his or her own gender from a very early age and the accompanying chronicle of her adopted child’s life with Theron being played out in the press, Theron—like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—can make far more of an impact in her support of this dangerous new ideology.
In a recent interview with PrideSource, Theron went even further in her support for the LGBTQ movement’s radical agenda. After accepting praise for her lifetime of advocacy and the numerous LGBT characters featured in Bombshell (including a “queer Christian producer”), Theron admitted that she thought it was “a little bit of a bummer” that “I am straight.” That, and even she finds it hard to wrap her head around the whole “raising a transgender child” idea, despite the fact that she is an unqualified supporter of the LGBT movement’s view of gender dysphoria (that it should be affirmed and encouraged).
Theron is passing her attitudes on to her kids, noting that her daughter August announced that she was going to get married five times to three boys and two girls, and Theron “just love[s] that she has the freedom to think that way.” Further, she noted, her son—who she is raising as her daughter—will tell the whole story some other time, and in the meantime, she just wants to be supportive:
My daughter’s story is really her story, and one day, if she chooses, she’ll tell her story. I feel like as her mother, for me, it was important to let the world know that I would appreciate it if they would use the right pronouns for her. I think it became harder for us the older she got that people were still writing about her in the wrong pronouns, and also I was still talking about her in the press using the wrong pronoun. It really hurt her feelings. I don’t want to be that mom, and that was really why I said what I said a while back [in the Daily Mail last year.]
Politics is downstream from culture, and nearly every day now there’s another story detailing another victory achieved by trans activists against the biological reality of the “binary,” a term that has become something like a swear word to the LGBT movement. The Chicago-Sun Times reported this week that Illinois was “updating” its birth certificate system to enable “transgender parents” to identify as they choose. A new Colorado law permits people to get a new birth certificate with the gender of their choice without going through any sort of transition whatsoever. And the list goes on.
The 2010s was the decade that the transgender movement came surging onto the scene, accruing massive amounts of power in a very short amount of time. The beginnings of a backlash are starting to manifest, and we will soon find out whether the forces of the Sexual Revolution can be stopped, or whether this revolution will enshrine radical autonomy of every sort into law, crushing inconvenient rights and realities in its path.
Jonathon’s new podcast, The Van Maren Show, is dedicated to telling the stories of the pro-life and pro-family movement. In his latest episode, he interviews Gianna Jessen, a well known abortion survivor and pro-life advocate. Ms. Jessen has been mentioned in speeches by President George W. Bush. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Westminster have said that her story could impact the abortion debate. She says: “I am alive. Just by the miraculous power of Christ.”
You can subscribe here and listen to the episode below:
Follow Jonathon Jonathon Van Maren is a public speaker, writer, and pro-life activist. His commentary has been translated into more than eight languages and published widely online as well as print newspapers such as the Jewish Independent, the National Post, the Hamilton Spectator and others. He has received an award for combating anti-Semitism in print from the Jewish organization B’nai Brith. His commentary has been featured on CTV Primetime, Global News, EWTN, and the CBC as well as dozens of radio stations and news outlets in Canada and the United States. He speaks on a wide variety of cultural topics across North America at universities, high schools, churches, and other functions. Some of these topics include abortion, pornography, the Sexual Revolution, and euthanasia. Jonathon holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history from Simon Fraser University, and is the communications director for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. Jonathon’s first book, The Culture War, was released in 2016.
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lifesitenews--2020-01-07--Obsession with pope’s every word makes bishops shirk their responsibility to teach the Faith

January 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Since Vatican I defines the pope to have “ that infallibility which the divine Redeemer willed his Church to enjoy in defining doctrine concerning faith or morals , ” it follows that the authority of popes and ecumenical councils — or of bishops taken all together as witnesses to the Faith and teachers of their flocks — is essentially identical .
Note that infallibility is a negative guarantee : it means freedom from error when defining matters of faith and morals .
Therefore , a pope who teaches ex cathedra and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anathematizes their contrary errors are alike teaching infallibly — that is , without possibility of error , although neither is guaranteed to have given the best or most complete formulation that could admit of no possible improvement or augmentation .
It follows , moreover , that a pope or a council that teaches without signifying such an intention to declare and bind all Christians is teaching with magisterial authority , but without such a guarantee of infallibility .
In other words , a pope or council may be in error when not teaching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement ) .
Beyond this negative guarantee for the papacy , the worldwide episcopate in totality enjoys a positive guarantee that the deposit of faith will never perish from within it — “ the charism of truth , which certainly is , was , and always will be in the succession of the episcopacy from the apostles , ” as the Oath against Modernism has it .
In that way , the body of bishops enjoys a positive privilege that the pope , taken in isolation , lacks .
This union of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ merely papal teaching , is why Bishop Vincent Gasser said in his Relatio at Vatican I that “ the most solemn judgment of the Church in matters of faith and morals is and always will be the judgment of an ecumenical council , in which the Pope passes judgment together with the bishops of the Catholic world who meet and judge together with him.
” Conversely , this is why the Council of Florence felt the need to justify the Holy See ’ s unilateral adoption of the Filioque as arising “ from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Holy See should not define unilaterally except from imminent need .
To repeat : both papal and conciliar teaching can be in error ( that is , are fallible ) precisely when they do not officially and expressly engage the highest level of authority that pertains to them , viz.
, establishing doctrine in a definitive manner , which will be signified by language indicating that it is being taught as pertaining to the Catholic faith and must be held by all under pain of exclusion from the body of Christ .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ invented by Benedict XIV in the eighteenth century ; no pope addressed the universal church without defining until Gregory XVI in 1832 .
If this is correct , it could be argued that the routine direction of fallible teaching to the universal Church is an inappropriate use of the papal office , which eclipses the functions of the diocesan bishop .
The hypertrophism of papal authority in the past 150 years has had the unintended side-effect of greatly diminishing the stature of bishops , to the point where they seem incapable of proclaiming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without the pope leading the way or even providing the script .
The ultimate reductio ad absurdum is the striking spectacle of today : some 5,100 Catholic bishops , the vast majority of whom appear to be incapable of breathing a word against a notorious manufacturer of scandals and a multipronged heretic .
Let ’ s contrast the situation with the ringing statements of the Lateran Synod of A.D. 649 , still in the heroic age of the Church Fathers : If anyone … does not reject and anathematize in his soul and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ holy , catholic and apostolic Church of God … rejects and anathematizes as most abominable heretics , together with all their impious writings down to the last detail — that is , Sabellius , Arius … and in brief , all the remaining heretics … [ i ] f anyone therefore … does not does not reject and anathematize all those most impious doctrines of their heresy , and those matters that have been impiously written by anyone in their favor or in explanation of them … let such a person be condemned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) Could this passage be written off , Protestant-style , as one more example of how uppity and intolerant the Catholic Church had become after several centuries of public prominence and pastoral pretensions ?
No , that trick won ’ t work .
It was St. Paul and St. John , whose apostolic credentials no sane Christian calls into question , who first gave us the model of condemning heretics by name and in no uncertain terms .
In 2 Timothy and 3 John , we find the following seven names spelled out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Philetus , Demas , Alexander , and Diotrophes .
Their names stand in Scripture for no other reason than to provide a model of how such people should be dealt with .
According to the entire history and practice of the Faith , one must confront the man who is a heretic and condemn that man ’ s doctrines and the man alike .
It is not enough to condemn errors without singling out those who originate or promote or defend them .
That is the great weakness of all those who will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of evils , but are content to gesture toward “ problems , ” “ errors , ” “ confusions , ” and “ mistakes.
” It is not only not uncharitable to name names ; it is uncharitable not to name names .
Instead , the Church in our times fosters a culture in which each individual may assert whatever doctrine he supposes sounds good to him , trading his idea with that of someone with whom he disagrees , in an everlasting dialectic until kingdom come .
Such a culture is reminiscent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , having only the private authority of their personal interpretations of Scripture , lack a body of teaching based on the Deposit of Faith and an ecclesial hierarchy to which appeal can be made and from which answers can be handed down .
Trading doctrines like this , in a great give-and-take of chummy tolerance , is not and never has been Catholic .
It might best be termed “ Anglican.
” The Catholic way — authoritative proclamation and clear condemnation — is the way of Christ , the apostles , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Church until Vatican II , when John XXIII signified a rupture with past practice in Gaudet Mater Ecclesia : now the medicine of an optimistic mercy would be delivered to men of Pelagian good will .
This new method , heavy on sentiment and light on truth , combined with unchecked hyperpapalism and episcopal diminution , results in a dysfunctional ecclesiastical body .

A distorted obsession with papal authority has the unintended side-effect of greatly diminishing the stature of bishops, to the point where they seem incapable of proclaiming the orthodox faith.
January 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Since Vatican I defines the pope to have “that infallibility which the divine Redeemer willed his Church to enjoy in defining doctrine concerning faith or morals,” it follows that the authority of popes and ecumenical councils — or of bishops taken all together as witnesses to the Faith and teachers of their flocks — is essentially identical.
Note that infallibility is a negative guarantee: it means freedom from error when defining matters of faith and morals. Therefore, a pope who teaches ex cathedra and a council that makes de fide declarations and anathematizes their contrary errors are alike teaching infallibly — that is, without possibility of error, although neither is guaranteed to have given the best or most complete formulation that could admit of no possible improvement or augmentation. It follows, moreover, that a pope or a council that teaches without signifying such an intention to declare and bind all Christians is teaching with magisterial authority, but without such a guarantee of infallibility. In other words, a pope or council may be in error when not teaching infallibly (this is almost a tautological statement).
Beyond this negative guarantee for the papacy, the worldwide episcopacy enjoys a positive guarantee that the deposit of faith will never perish within it. The Oath against Modernism expresses it thus: “the charism of truth, which certainly is, was, and always will be in the succession of the episcopacy from the apostles.” In that way, the body of bishops enjoys a positive privilege that the pope, taken in isolation, lacks.
As two scholars explained it to me (from a forthcoming book of theirs):
This union of the positive and negative guarantees, absent in merely papal teaching, is why Bishop Vincent Gasser said in his Relatio at Vatican I that “the most solemn judgment of the Church in matters of faith and morals is and always will be the judgment of an ecumenical council, in which the Pope passes judgment together with the bishops of the Catholic world who meet and judge together with him.” Conversely, this is why the Council of Florence felt the need to justify the Holy See’s unilateral adoption of the Filioque as arising “from imminent need.” The implication is that the Holy See should not define unilaterally except from imminent need.
To repeat: both papal and conciliar teaching can be in error (that is, are fallible) precisely when they do not officially and expressly engage the highest level of authority that pertains to them, viz., establishing doctrine in a definitive manner, which will be signified by language indicating that it is being taught as pertaining to the Catholic faith and must be held by all under pain of exclusion from the body of Christ.
The papal encyclical as a genre was invented by Benedict XIV in the eighteenth century; no pope addressed the universal church without defining until Gregory XVI in 1832. If this is correct, it could be argued that the routine direction of fallible teaching to the universal Church is an inappropriate use of the papal office, which eclipses the functions of the diocesan bishop.
The hypertrophism of papal authority in the past 150 years has had the unintended side-effect of greatly diminishing the stature of bishops, to the point where they seem incapable of proclaiming the orthodox faith or taking on heretics without the pope leading the way or even providing the script. The ultimate reductio ad absurdum is the striking spectacle of today: some 5,100 Catholic bishops, the vast majority of whom appear to be incapable of breathing a word against a notorious manufacturer of scandals and a multipronged heretic.
Let’s contrast the situation with the ringing statements of the Lateran Synod of A.D. 649, still in the heroic age of the Church Fathers:
If anyone … does not reject and anathematize in his soul and with his lips all those whom the holy, catholic and apostolic Church of God … rejects and anathematizes as most abominable heretics, together with all their impious writings down to the last detail — that is, Sabellius, Arius … and in brief, all the remaining heretics … [i]f anyone therefore … does not does not reject and anathematize all those most impious doctrines of their heresy, and those matters that have been impiously written by anyone in their favor or in explanation of them … let such a person be condemned. (Canon 18; Denzinger-Hünermann 518–522)
Could this passage be written off, Protestant-style, as one more example of how uppity and intolerant the Catholic Church had become after several centuries of public prominence and pastoral pretensions? No, that trick won’t work. It was St. Paul and St. John, whose apostolic credentials no sane Christian calls into question, who first gave us the model of condemning heretics by name and in no uncertain terms. In 2 Timothy and 3 John, we find the following seven names spelled out: Phygelus, Hermogenes, Hymenaeus, Philetus, Demas, Alexander, and Diotrophes. Their names stand in Scripture for no other reason than to provide a model of how such people should be dealt with.
According to the entire history and practice of the Faith, one must confront the man who is a heretic and condemn that man’s doctrines and the man alike. It is not enough to condemn errors without singling out those who originate or promote or defend them. That is the great weakness of all those who will not name Pope Francis as a source of evils, but are content to gesture toward “problems,” “errors,” “confusions,” and “mistakes.” It is not only not uncharitable to name names; it is uncharitable not to name names.
Instead, the Church in our times fosters a culture in which each individual may assert whatever doctrine he supposes sounds good to him, trading his idea with that of someone with whom he disagrees, in an everlasting dialectic until kingdom come. Such a culture is reminiscent of the position of Protestants, who, having only the private authority of their personal interpretations of Scripture, lack a body of teaching based on the Deposit of Faith and an ecclesial hierarchy to which appeal can be made and from which answers can be handed down. Trading doctrines like this, in a great give-and-take of chummy tolerance, is not and never has been Catholic. It might best be termed “Anglican.”
The Catholic way — authoritative proclamation and clear condemnation — is the way of Christ, the apostles, and the Fathers. It was the way of the Church until Vatican II, when John XXIII signified a rupture with past practice in Gaudet Mater Ecclesia: now the medicine of an optimistic mercy would be delivered to men of Pelagian good will. This new method, heavy on sentiment and light on truth, combined with unchecked hyperpapalism and episcopal diminution, results in a dysfunctional ecclesiastical body.
Peter Kwasniewski, Thomistic theologian, liturgical scholar, and choral composer, is a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College in California (B.A. Liberal Arts) and The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC (M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy). He taught at the International Theological Institute in Austria and the Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Austria Program, then helped establish Wyoming Catholic College in 2006. There he taught theology, philosophy, music, and art history and directed the choirs until leaving in 2018 to devote himself full-time to writing and lecturing. Today he contributes regularly to many websites and publications, including New Liturgical Movement, OnePeterFive, LifeSiteNews, Rorate Caeli, The Remnant, and Catholic Family News, and has published thirteen books, including four on traditional Catholicism: Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis (Angelico, 2014, also available in Czech, Polish, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belarusian), Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness (Angelico, 2017), Tradition and Sanity (Angelico, 2018), and Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright: The Genius and Timeliness of the Traditional Latin Mass (Angelico, 2020). His work has been translated into at least eighteen languages. Kwasniewski is a scholar of The Aquinas Institute in Green Bay, which is publishing the Opera Omnia of the Angelic Doctor, a Fellow of the Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies, and a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center. He has published over a thousand articles on Thomistic thought, sacramental and liturgical theology, the history and aesthetics of music, and the social doctrine of the Church. For news, information, article links, sacred music, and the home of Os Justi Press, visit his personal website, www.peterkwasniewski.com.
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lifesitenews--2020-01-06--Harvey Weinstein hit with new rape, sexual assault charges

LOS ANGELES , California , January 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) ― Harvey Weinstein , the Hollywood producer whose alleged sexual misconduct sparked the # MeToo movement , has been hit with new charges .
Weinstein , 67 , has been charged with sexually assaulting one woman and raping another in 2013 .
Specifically , he has been charged with “ one felony count each of forcible rape , forcible oral copulation , sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint , ” according to a press release produced by the Los Angeles County District Attorney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Manhattan courtroom today as part of his sex abuse trial in New York , where he faces separate rape and sexual assault charges .
“ We believe the evidence will show that the defendant used his power and influence to gain access to his victims and then commit violent crimes against them , ” Los Angeles District Attorney Lacey said in the press release .
“ I want to commend the victims who have come forward and bravely recounted what happened to them .
It is my hope that all victims of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they move forward.
” The D.A.
’ s office specified that on February 18 , 2013 Weinstein allegedly went to a hotel and raped a woman after pushing his way inside her room .
Then , the next evening , he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel room in Beverly Hills .
Weinstein faces up to 28 years in prison in California and life in prison in New York .
According to the BBC , Weinstein has been accused of sexual misconduct by over 80 women .
By 2013 , Weinstein @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secret to the glitterati of the entertainment industry .
Weinstein ’ s alleged crimes were first exposed in the press by journalists for the New York Times on October 5 , 2017 .
However , Hollywood insider Ronan Farrow , son of actress Mia Farrow , may have brought down the priapic producer for good with his Pulitzer Prize-winning October 2017 report for the New Yorker on Weinstein ’ s sexual assaults and exploitation of women in the film industry .
“ For more than twenty years , Weinstein , who is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rumors of sexual harassment and assault , ” Farrow then wrote .
“ His behavior has been an open secret to many in Hollywood and beyond , but previous attempts by many publications , including The New Yorker , to investigate and publish the story over the years fell short of the demands of journalistic evidence , ” he continued .
“ Too few people were willing to speak , much less allow a reporter to use their names , and Weinstein and his associates used nondisclosure agreements , payoffs , and legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Argento , an Italian film actress and director , said that she did not speak out until now—Weinstein , she told me , forcibly performed oral sex on her—because she feared that Weinstein would ‘ crush ’ her.
” Farrow later revealed that his friendly relationship with Hilary Clinton “ went cold ” while he was investigating Harvey Weinstein .
He had served as a special adviser on global youth issues for Clinton between 2011 and 2012 when she was the Secretary of State .
Weinstein had been a booster for Clinton , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Senate in 1999 and encouraging others in Hollywood to back her political ambitions .

Weinstein now faces sexual assault and rape charges in California in addition to New York.
LOS ANGELES, California, January 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) ― Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer whose alleged sexual misconduct sparked the #MeToo movement, has been hit with new charges.
Weinstein, 67, has been charged with sexually assaulting one woman and raping another in 2013. Specifically, he has been charged with “one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint,” according to a press release produced by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.
Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan courtroom today as part of his sex abuse trial in New York, where he faces separate rape and sexual assault charges.
“We believe the evidence will show that the defendant used his power and influence to gain access to his victims and then commit violent crimes against them,” Los Angeles District Attorney Lacey said in the press release.
“I want to commend the victims who have come forward and bravely recounted what happened to them. It is my hope that all victims of sexual violence find strength and healing as they move forward.”
The D.A.’s office specified that on February 18, 2013 Weinstein allegedly went to a hotel and raped a woman after pushing his way inside her room. Then, the next evening, he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel room in Beverly Hills.
Weinstein faces up to 28 years in prison in California and life in prison in New York.
According to the BBC, Weinstein has been accused of sexual misconduct by over 80 women. By 2013, Weinstein’s misconduct was apparently an open secret to the glitterati of the entertainment industry.
Weinstein’s alleged crimes were first exposed in the press by journalists for the New York Times on October 5, 2017.
However, Hollywood insider Ronan Farrow, son of actress Mia Farrow, may have brought down the priapic producer for good with his Pulitzer Prize-winning October 2017 report for the New Yorker on Weinstein’s sexual assaults and exploitation of women in the film industry.
“For more than twenty years, Weinstein, who is now sixty-five, has also been trailed by rumors of sexual harassment and assault,” Farrow then wrote.
“His behavior has been an open secret to many in Hollywood and beyond, but previous attempts by many publications, including The New Yorker, to investigate and publish the story over the years fell short of the demands of journalistic evidence,” he continued.
“Too few people were willing to speak, much less allow a reporter to use their names, and Weinstein and his associates used nondisclosure agreements, payoffs, and legal threats to suppress their accounts. Asia Argento, an Italian film actress and director, said that she did not speak out until now—Weinstein, she told me, forcibly performed oral sex on her—because she feared that Weinstein would ‘crush’ her.”
Farrow later revealed that his friendly relationship with Hilary Clinton “went cold” while he was investigating Harvey Weinstein. He had served as a special adviser on global youth issues for Clinton between 2011 and 2012 when she was the Secretary of State.
Weinstein had been a booster for Clinton, contributing thousands of dollars to her run for the Senate in 1999 and encouraging others in Hollywood to back her political ambitions.
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lifesitenews--2020-01-06--Court rejects university’s $17,500 ‘security fee’ levied on pro-life group to run campus event

EDMONTON , Alberta , January 6 , 2020 ( jccf.ca ) – In a victory for pro-life speech on Alberta campuses , the Alberta Court of Appeal today rejected the University of Alberta ’ s imposition of a $ 17,500 security fee on UAlberta Pro-Life .
Demanded by the University in 2016 , this security fee had prevented the small student club from hosting educational displays on campus .
The case arose in March of 2015 , when the University of Alberta condoned the behaviour of a mob that physically obstructed a peaceful , stationary pro-life display on campus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the University .
The mob used sheets , towels , banners , and mega-phones , making it impossible for passers-by to view the signs .
The mob effectively silenced intellectual discussion and inquiry , in violation of the Code of Student Behaviour .
Prior to this physical obstruction and disruption of a university-approved campus event , the University ’ s president had stated publicly that the pro-life group was entitled to express its opinions on campus .
Then-president Indira Samarasekera stated the University must facilitate and protect the peaceful expression of all views @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s statement was not taken seriously by campus security or by the students who violated the Code of Student Behaviour .
The University ’ s campus security repeatedly told members of the obstructing mob that they were violating the Code of Student Behaviour , which expressly prohibits interrupting and obstructing university-related activities and events .
Yet campus security took no action to stop the obstruction , or to discipline the students who identified themselves publicly and boasted on social media about their success in silencing a message they disagreed with .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a two-day campus event with a stationary display .
The University then demanded a $ 17,500 security fee as a condition for going ahead with this campus event .
In an email , the University demanded that pro-life students pay for the wages of security guards and police , and costs of barricading the venue , and pay for the potential misconduct of people violating the University ’ s Code of Student Behaviour by obstructing and disrupting the display .
Rather than render an invoice to the self-identified and self-confessed rule-breakers , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it could no longer set up a display on campus unless it first paid $ 17,500 in security fees .
Unable to pay $ 17,500 , UAlberta Pro-Life was forced to cancel the event that was planned for February 2016 .
“ In issuing this demand , the University of Alberta ignored the fact that any threat to safety and security that may have existed on campus came uniquely from those who physically obstructed and loudly interrupted a university-approved event , ” stated lawyer John Carpay , president of the Justice Centre @ @ @ @ @ @ @ students in their court action .
In its court application , filed in April of 2016 , UAlberta Pro-Life sought a declaration that the University ’ s imposition of the $ 17,500 security fee on the club was illegal and unjustifiably violated the fundamental Canadian value of freedom of expression , protected by section 2 ( b ) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .
The court application asked for an order prohibiting the University from imposing such financial burdens on law-abiding students in future .
The court application also sought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unreasonable and therefore illegal decision in March of 2015 to condone the conduct of students who disrupted and blockaded the University-authorized UAlberta Pro-Life campus event , in violation of the Code of Student Behaviour .
Although the University had advance notice that a mob was being organized to obstruct the display , and although Dr. Samarasekera had warned that any misbehaviour would be investigated and prosecuted , the University of Alberta Protective Services ( UAPS ) did nothing to stop the blockading and physical obstruction .
UAPS also did not photograph or seek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ though the Code clearly prohibits students from disrupting or obstructing University-related functions .
Before taking court action , UAlberta Pro-Life first filed a formal complaint in March 2015 with UAPS against the disruptive students who had violated the Code of Student Behaviour .
It took UAPS over eight months to release a decision .
On November 30 , 2015 , UAPS confirmed that the University would not charge or prosecute students who had disrupted , blocked and obstructed the March 2015 display on campus .
This decision came in spite of UAPS possessing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which students had violated the Code of Student Behaviour , in addition to social media posts in which these blockading students publicly boasted about their own behaviour .
The Alberta Court of Queen ’ s Bench ruled in favour of the University in October 2017 .
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association ( BCCLA ) intervened before the Alberta Court of Appeal , in support of freedom of expression .
The students appealed , and now have a decision from the Alberta Court of Appeal .

EDMONTON, Alberta, January 6, 2020 (jccf.ca) – In a victory for pro-life speech on Alberta campuses, the Alberta Court of Appeal today rejected the University of Alberta’s imposition of a $17,500 security fee on UAlberta Pro-Life. Demanded by the University in 2016, this security fee had prevented the small student club from hosting educational displays on campus. The case arose in March of 2015, when the University of Alberta condoned the behaviour of a mob that physically obstructed a peaceful, stationary pro-life display on campus, which had been authorized and approved by the University. The mob used sheets, towels, banners, and mega-phones, […]
EDMONTON, Alberta, January 6, 2020 (jccf.ca) – In a victory for pro-life speech on Alberta campuses, the Alberta Court of Appeal today rejected the University of Alberta’s imposition of a $17,500 security fee on UAlberta Pro-Life. Demanded by the University in 2016, this security fee had prevented the small student club from hosting educational displays on campus.
The case arose in March of 2015, when the University of Alberta condoned the behaviour of a mob that physically obstructed a peaceful, stationary pro-life display on campus, which had been authorized and approved by the University. The mob used sheets, towels, banners, and mega-phones, making it impossible for passers-by to view the signs. The mob effectively silenced intellectual discussion and inquiry, in violation of the Code of Student Behaviour. Prior to this physical obstruction and disruption of a university-approved campus event, the University’s president had stated publicly that the pro-life group was entitled to express its opinions on campus. Then-president Indira Samarasekera stated the University must facilitate and protect the peaceful expression of all views, regardless of popularity.
Dr. Samarasekera’s statement was not taken seriously by campus security or by the students who violated the Code of Student Behaviour. The University’s campus security repeatedly told members of the obstructing mob that they were violating the Code of Student Behaviour, which expressly prohibits interrupting and obstructing university-related activities and events. Yet campus security took no action to stop the obstruction, or to discipline the students who identified themselves publicly and boasted on social media about their success in silencing a message they disagreed with.
In 2016, UAlberta Pro-Life applied again for a two-day campus event with a stationary display. The University then demanded a $17,500 security fee as a condition for going ahead with this campus event.
In an email, the University demanded that pro-life students pay for the wages of security guards and police, and costs of barricading the venue, and pay for the potential misconduct of people violating the University’s Code of Student Behaviour by obstructing and disrupting the display. Rather than render an invoice to the self-identified and self-confessed rule-breakers, the University instead told the small pro-life club that it could no longer set up a display on campus unless it first paid $17,500 in security fees. Unable to pay $17,500, UAlberta Pro-Life was forced to cancel the event that was planned for February 2016.
“In issuing this demand, the University of Alberta ignored the fact that any threat to safety and security that may have existed on campus came uniquely from those who physically obstructed and loudly interrupted a university-approved event,” stated lawyer John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which represented the students in their court action.
In its court application, filed in April of 2016, UAlberta Pro-Life sought a declaration that the University’s imposition of the $17,500 security fee on the club was illegal and unjustifiably violated the fundamental Canadian value of freedom of expression, protected by section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court application asked for an order prohibiting the University from imposing such financial burdens on law-abiding students in future.
The court application also sought a ruling that the University made an unreasonable and therefore illegal decision in March of 2015 to condone the conduct of students who disrupted and blockaded the University-authorized UAlberta Pro-Life campus event, in violation of the Code of Student Behaviour. Although the University had advance notice that a mob was being organized to obstruct the display, and although Dr. Samarasekera had warned that any misbehaviour would be investigated and prosecuted, the University of Alberta Protective Services (UAPS) did nothing to stop the blockading and physical obstruction. UAPS also did not photograph or seek to identify any blockading student, even though the Code clearly prohibits students from disrupting or obstructing University-related functions.
Before taking court action, UAlberta Pro-Life first filed a formal complaint in March 2015 with UAPS against the disruptive students who had violated the Code of Student Behaviour. It took UAPS over eight months to release a decision. On November 30, 2015, UAPS confirmed that the University would not charge or prosecute students who had disrupted, blocked and obstructed the March 2015 display on campus. This decision came in spite of UAPS possessing ample photographic and video evidence as to which students had violated the Code of Student Behaviour, in addition to social media posts in which these blockading students publicly boasted about their own behaviour.
The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench ruled in favour of the University in October 2017. The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) intervened before the Alberta Court of Appeal, in support of freedom of expression. The students appealed, and now have a decision from the Alberta Court of Appeal.
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lifesitenews--2020-01-08--Trans activist ‘wax my genitals’ Yaniv drags salon to ‘rights’ court for refusing to wax his legs

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VANCOUVER , British Columbia , January 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Canadian transgender activist Jonathan “ Jessica ” Yaniv , infamous for unsuccessful human rights complaints against beauticians who refused to wax his genitalia , is taking another beauty salon to the human rights tribunal , this time for allegedly refusing to wax his legs .
The Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms ( JCCF ) announced Tuesday in a press release that it is defending Vancouver-based salon She Point Beauty Studio against a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal .
Yaniv is well known for , among other things , filing human rights complaints against more than a dozen beauticians in 2018 , alleging that their refusal to give him a “ Brazilian ” bikini wax was discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression .
JCCF defended five of these estheticians , and after the tribunal heard three of Yaniv ’ s complaints in July 2019 , it dismissed them in an October , ruling that “ human rights legislation does not require a service provider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not trained for and have not consented to wax.
” The ruling , penned by tribunal member Devyn Cousineau , also found that Yaniv “ engaged in improper conduct ” and filed complaints “ for an improper purpose ” and ordered him to pay costs of $ 2,000 to each of the three estheticians , for a total of $ 6,000 — a sum the JCCF says Yaniv has to date refused to pay .
Cousineau took Yaniv to task for his demonstrable “ grievance ” against certain ethnic groups , noting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racial animus to ‘ punish ’ them for their cultural and religious views , ” according to JCCF ’ s release .
“ Yaniv has made derogatory public comments about East Indians and Sikhs , as well as immigrants generally , ” it stated .
The ruling cites Yaniv ’ s comment : “ We have a lot of immigrants here who gawk and judge and aren ’ t exactly the cleanest people .
They ’ re also verbally and physically abusive , that ’ s one main reason why I joined a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ -- - , they ’ ll do anything to support their own kind and make things miserable for everyone else.
” Yaniv ’ s new complaint targets She Point Beauty Studio , a salon owned and operated by East Indian women of the Sikh faith , according to JCCF ’ s release In August , Yaniv asked the salon to give him a “ Brazilian ” bikini wax and was refused , JCCF states .
Yaniv then asked for a leg wax and was again turned down .
In Yaniv ’ s tweets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ screenshot presumably of his texts to the salon representative in which he asks : “ But am I a lady ?
” — he emphasizes that he ’ s asking for a leg wax .
He tweets from Cousineau ’ s judgment that Cousineau agrees generally with Yaniv “ that a person who customarily offers women the service of waxing their arms or legs can not discriminate between cisgender and transgender women [ sic ] absent a bona fide reasonable justification.
” Cousineau then adds that she dismissed the complaints “ on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ improper motives or in bad faith.
” In response to this point , Yaniv tweets : “ I have hair coming out of my legs…like any female .
Got to get that removed .
How is that bad faith ?
My legs are normal female legs.
” But JCCF notes in its press release that “ [ l ] eg waxing takes place in private with the customer in their underwear or nude from the waist down.
” She Point Beauty Studio “ rejected Yaniv ’ s request for services due to religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because the salon services are specialized to women , ” it states .
“ Women have a constitutional right not to be compelled to touch biological males in an intimate or highly personal manner if they are not comfortable doing so , ” notes Jay Cameron , the JCCF lawyer who acted for five estheticians in 2019 .
“ Like male genital waxing , our client does not offer male leg waxing services to the public , and we intend to vigorously defend against this targeted harassment on behalf of our client.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tribunal to hear the complaint sometime this year .
Yaniv , a self-described “ proud lesbian ” who runs the Vancouver-based tech consulting business Trusted Nerd , is also notorious for social media posts that reveal a disturbing interest in the menstruation and nude bodies of 10- and 12-year-old girls .
Long before he filed his waxing complaints , allegations circulated online that Yaniv was claiming to be transgender to gain access to women-only spaces so he could contact young girls and ask them leading questions .
In July , Yaniv applied unsuccessfully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permit to host a “ topless ” LGBT swim party for “ people aged 12+ ” that banned parents .
The same month , Jessica Rumpel filed a child sexual exploitation report against Yaniv with CyberTips for allegedly sexually harassing her when she was between the ages of 14 and 15 .
“ Yaniv ’ s reported online activity reflects an interest in young teenage girls that predated his interest in transgenderism , ” noted Doug Mainwaring of LifeSiteNews when reporting on Rumpel ’ s complaint .
Most recently , the 32-year-old Yaniv @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Provincial Court on January 13 on two counts of possessing a prohibited weapon .
Yaniv was arrested August 6 after he fired a Taser during a livestreamed YouTube debate and charged December 16 .
LifeSite has been locked out of Twitter since December after tweeting its report that Yaniv was “ shocked ” that a gynecologists ’ office refused his request for an examination .
Twitter presumably locked out LifeSite for referring to Yaniv as “ he.
” LifeSite has refused to remove the tweet as requested and is appealing the decision .
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Jonathan Yaniv previously and unsuccessfully filed complaints against multiple beauticians for refusing to perform a Brazilian wax on him.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, January 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Canadian transgender activist Jonathan “Jessica” Yaniv, infamous for unsuccessful human rights complaints against beauticians who refused to wax his genitalia, is taking another beauty salon to the human rights tribunal, this time for allegedly refusing to wax his legs.
The Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) announced Tuesday in a press release that it is defending Vancouver-based salon She Point Beauty Studio against a complaint Yaniv filed in October with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal.
Yaniv is well known for, among other things, filing human rights complaints against more than a dozen beauticians in 2018, alleging that their refusal to give him a “Brazilian” bikini wax was discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression.
JCCF defended five of these estheticians, and after the tribunal heard three of Yaniv’s complaints in July 2019, it dismissed them in an October, ruling that “human rights legislation does not require a service provider to wax a type of genitals they are not trained for and have not consented to wax.”
The ruling, penned by tribunal member Devyn Cousineau, also found that Yaniv “engaged in improper conduct” and filed complaints “for an improper purpose” and ordered him to pay costs of $2,000 to each of the three estheticians, for a total of $6,000 — a sum the JCCF says Yaniv has to date refused to pay.
Cousineau took Yaniv to task for his demonstrable “grievance” against certain ethnic groups, noting that he “targeted them out of racial animus to ‘punish’ them for their cultural and religious views,” according to JCCF’s release.
“Yaniv has made derogatory public comments about East Indians and Sikhs, as well as immigrants generally,” it stated.
The ruling cites Yaniv’s comment: “We have a lot of immigrants here who gawk and judge and aren’t exactly the cleanest people. They’re also verbally and physically abusive, that’s one main reason why I joined a girls gym…They lie about s—, they’ll do anything to support their own kind and make things miserable for everyone else.”
Yaniv’s new complaint targets She Point Beauty Studio, a salon owned and operated by East Indian women of the Sikh faith, according to JCCF’s release
In August, Yaniv asked the salon to give him a “Brazilian” bikini wax and was refused, JCCF states. Yaniv then asked for a leg wax and was again turned down.
Asked for a leg wax… not a Brazilian �� pic.twitter.com/qM4mkfzT56 — Jessica Yaniv (@trustednerd) January 7, 2020
In Yaniv’s tweets about the case — which include a screenshot presumably of his texts to the salon representative in which he asks: “But am I a lady?” — he emphasizes that he’s asking for a leg wax.
He tweets from Cousineau’s judgment that Cousineau agrees generally with Yaniv “that a person who customarily offers women the service of waxing their arms or legs cannot discriminate between cisgender and transgender women [sic] absent a bona fide reasonable justification.”
Cousineau then adds that she dismissed the complaints “on the basis that they have been filed for improper motives or in bad faith.”
In response to this point, Yaniv tweets: “I have hair coming out of my legs…like any female. Got to get that removed. How is that bad faith? My legs are normal female legs.”
I have hair coming out of my legs… like any female. Got to get that removed. How is that bad faith? My legs are normal female legs. — Jessica Yaniv (@trustednerd) January 7, 2020
But JCCF notes in its press release that “[l]eg waxing takes place in private with the customer in their underwear or nude from the waist down.”
She Point Beauty Studio “rejected Yaniv’s request for services due to religious, cultural and safety reasons, and because the salon services are specialized to women,” it states.
“Women have a constitutional right not to be compelled to touch biological males in an intimate or highly personal manner if they are not comfortable doing so,” notes Jay Cameron, the JCCF lawyer who acted for five estheticians in 2019.
“Like male genital waxing, our client does not offer male leg waxing services to the public, and we intend to vigorously defend against this targeted harassment on behalf of our client.”
JCCF expects the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal to hear the complaint sometime this year.
Yaniv, a self-described “proud lesbian” who runs the Vancouver-based tech consulting business Trusted Nerd, is also notorious for social media posts that reveal a disturbing interest in the menstruation and nude bodies of 10- and 12-year-old girls. Long before he filed his waxing complaints, allegations circulated online that Yaniv was claiming to be transgender to gain access to women-only spaces so he could contact young girls and ask them leading questions.
In July, Yaniv applied unsuccessfully to the Township of Langley for a permit to host a “topless” LGBT swim party for “people aged 12+” that banned parents.
The same month, Jessica Rumpel filed a child sexual exploitation report against Yaniv with CyberTips for allegedly sexually harassing her when she was between the ages of 14 and 15.
“Yaniv’s reported online activity reflects an interest in young teenage girls that predated his interest in transgenderism,” noted Doug Mainwaring of LifeSiteNews when reporting on Rumpel’s complaint.
Most recently, the 32-year-old Yaniv is scheduled to appear at the Surrey Provincial Court on January 13 on two counts of possessing a prohibited weapon. Yaniv was arrested August 6 after he fired a Taser during a livestreamed YouTube debate and charged December 16.
LifeSite has been locked out of Twitter since December after tweeting its report that Yaniv was “shocked” that a gynecologists’ office refused his request for an examination.
Twitter presumably locked out LifeSite for referring to Yaniv as “he.” LifeSite has refused to remove the tweet as requested and is appealing the decision.
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lifesitenews--2020-01-08--Georgia bill would stop boys claiming to be ‘girls’ from competing in girls’ sports

ATLANTA , Georgia , January 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) ― A Republican state representative has introduced a bill to the Georgia legislature that seeks to discourage male “ transgender ” athletes from participating in girls ’ contests .
Representative Philip Singleton of Sharpsburg introduced House Bill 747 , the “ Student Athlete Protection Act , ” to stop some student athletes from having an “ unfair advantage ” in sports .
“ The Student Athlete Protection Act is designed to ensure that biological boys will only compete in sports against other biological boys and vice-versa for girls , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The intent of my bill is to make sure every student has the opportunity to compete fairly.
” The act would prevent public and government facilities from being used for competitions in which females compete against boys or males compete against girls in single-sex sports .
It would not apply to mixed-sex team sports .
It adds that publicly funded high schools may not participate in single-sex events in which “ transgender ” athletes are permitted to compete with members of the opposite sex : No high school which receives funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sponsor , or provide coaching staff for interscholastic athletic events conducted under the authority or rules of , or scheduled by , any athletic association which permits or allows participation in athletic events exclusively for males by any person who is not a biological male or participation in athletic events exclusively for females by any person who is not a biological female .
Currently , the Georgia High School Association ’ s bylaws stipulate that “ [ g ] irls may participate on boys ’ teams when there is no girls ’ team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Boys are not allowed to play on girls ’ teams even when there is no corresponding boys ’ sport.
” The bylaws determine a student ’ s sex “ by the gender noted on his/her birth certificate.
” Parents in Georgia rose up in revolt last year when the Pickens County School District announced a plan to let gender-confused students use bathrooms meant for the opposite sex .
As a result of the protest , the school board announced in October that the implementation had been delayed .
The superintendent , Dr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in December .

Publicly funded high schools would not be allowed to participate in single-sex events in which 'transgender' athletes are permitted to compete with members of the opposite sex.
ATLANTA, Georgia, January 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) ― A Republican state representative has introduced a bill to the Georgia legislature that seeks to discourage male “transgender” athletes from participating in girls’ contests.
Representative Philip Singleton of Sharpsburg introduced House Bill 747, the “Student Athlete Protection Act,” to stop some student athletes from having an “unfair advantage” in sports.
“The Student Athlete Protection Act is designed to ensure that biological boys will only compete in sports against other biological boys and vice-versa for girls,” the legislator told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“The intent of my bill is to make sure every student has the opportunity to compete fairly.”
The act would prevent public and government facilities from being used for competitions in which females compete against boys or males compete against girls in single-sex sports. It would not apply to mixed-sex team sports.
It adds that publicly funded high schools may not participate in single-sex events in which “transgender” athletes are permitted to compete with members of the opposite sex:
No high school which receives funding under this article shall participate in, sponsor, or provide coaching staff for interscholastic athletic events conducted under the authority or rules of, or scheduled by, any athletic association which permits or allows participation in athletic events exclusively for males by any person who is not a biological male or participation in athletic events exclusively for females by any person who is not a biological female.
Currently, the Georgia High School Association’s bylaws stipulate that “[g]irls may participate on boys’ teams when there is no girls’ team offered in that sport by the school. Boys are not allowed to play on girls’ teams even when there is no corresponding boys’ sport.” The bylaws determine a student’s sex “by the gender noted on his/her birth certificate.”
Parents in Georgia rose up in revolt last year when the Pickens County School District announced a plan to let gender-confused students use bathrooms meant for the opposite sex. As a result of the protest, the school board announced in October that the implementation had been delayed. The superintendent, Dr. Carl Wilson, resigned from his post in December.
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