lifesitenews--2020-07-08--Local bishop calls-out Catholic charity leader who said Church is ‘racist’

SPOKANE , Washington , July 8 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A Catholic bishop has publicly called-out the President and CEO of Catholic Charities Eastern Washington after he recently declared that the Catholic Church is “ racist ” because Jesus was ‘ white ’ in a video now viewed over 40,000 times online .
Bishop John Daly of the Diocese of Spokane , where the charity is based , said that the Catholic community had been “ roiled ” by the video made by Dr Rob McCann which said that the “ hard truth ” is that every “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a racist .
“ For me as a white person , saying I 'm not a racist is like saying fish is not wet , ” McCann went on to say .
“ My Catholic church and my Catholic Charities organization is racist .
How could they not be ?
” The video is still available to view on the Catholic Charities Eastern Washington YouTube channel .
“ While the subject of the video – racism – is certainly appropriate in the aftermath of the horrific and unjustified death of George Floyd , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interpreted by many as levying false accusations against ‘ whites ’ and the Catholic Church , ” Daly wrote in a July 5 open letter to Catholics .
“ This was only one of several issues that his video raised .
Many faithful Catholics , whose lives evidence a daily commitment to compassion and justice , expressed their disappointment and frustration with Dr. McCann ’ s message , ” he continued .
Daly explains that he met McCann following the publication of the video to address his “ concerns over a number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McCann has since posted a set of “ clarifications ” on the Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington website , which Daly encouraged everyone to read .
But Daly said that while McCann ’ s letter answers some of his concerns , others remain .
“ His support of the Black Lives Matter organization ( BLM ) , albeit now modified , puzzles me , ” Daly wrote .
“ BLM is in conflict with Church teaching regarding marriage , family and the sanctity of life .
Moreover , it is disturbing that BLM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has torn apart so many cities .
Its silence has not gone unheard .
One need not stand with BLM to stand for Black lives .
I will address this and other issues with Dr. McCann in future meetings.
” In his statement of clarifications , McCann explicitly apologises for not making clear that he was not speaking on behalf of the Catholic Church , Bishop Daly , or the diocese .
“ I was not speaking and do not ever speak on behalf of the Catholic Church or the Bishop , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrong for not making that explicitly clear from the beginning .
I do not ever speak for the Catholic Church or for the Bishop ; only the Bishop speaks for the Diocese .
Since the message was one of many regular weekly messages to our staff and clients , my intended audience knew that already .
Obviously , the wider audience who viewed my message misunderstood this and that mistake is wholly mine.
” McCann says that while his “ intentions may have been good ” that there has also been “ unfortunate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certain members of the Catholic family.
” “ Instead of engaging in a discussion about race , I spoke in a way that some heard as a critical rant against the Church .
For that , I am deeply and truly sorry , ” he wrote .
Daly said that going forward , for at least this year , the Annual Catholic Charities Christmas Collection will either be replaced by or taken in conjunction with the Black and Indian Missions Collection and that he will be asking Catholic Charities to sponsor a series @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to address the subject of Church and Race .
He also said that Catholic Charities will address the issue of abortion and its detrimental effects on the Black community .
“ In places such as New York City , more Black babies are aborted each day than are born , ” he wrote .
“ As Catholics , we believe in the sanctity of life from conception to natural death.
” “ Let us go forward from this moment and remember that through our baptism we are , ‘ a chosen race , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , God ’ s own people ’ , ” Daly concluded .
“ If we keep this truth before our eyes daily , and if we breathe that truth into all that we say and do , we may be assured that Jesus Christ , the Divine Physician , will heal any divisions that yet might persist among us.
” US Catholic charity CEO : Catholic Church is racist because Jesus was ‘ white ’

'Dr. McCann’s blunt presentation was interpreted by many as levying false accusations against ‘whites’ and the Catholic Church'
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SPOKANE, Washington, July 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic bishop has publicly called-out the President and CEO of Catholic Charities Eastern Washington after he recently declared that the Catholic Church is “racist” because Jesus was ‘white’ in a video now viewed over 40,000 times online.
Bishop John Daly of the Diocese of Spokane, where the charity is based, said that the Catholic community had been “roiled” by the video made by Dr Rob McCann which said that the “hard truth” is that every “white person living in America” is a racist.
“For me as a white person, saying I'm not a racist is like saying fish is not wet,” McCann went on to say. “My Catholic church and my Catholic Charities organization is racist. How could they not be?”
The video is still available to view on the Catholic Charities Eastern Washington YouTube channel.
“While the subject of the video – racism – is certainly appropriate in the aftermath of the horrific and unjustified death of George Floyd, Dr. McCann’s blunt presentation was interpreted by many as levying false accusations against ‘whites’ and the Catholic Church,” Daly wrote in a July 5 open letter to Catholics.
“This was only one of several issues that his video raised. Many faithful Catholics, whose lives evidence a daily commitment to compassion and justice, expressed their disappointment and frustration with Dr. McCann’s message,” he continued.
Daly explains that he met McCann following the publication of the video to address his “concerns over a number of statements he made in his presentation.”
McCann has since posted a set of “clarifications” on the Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington website, which Daly encouraged everyone to read.
But Daly said that while McCann’s letter answers some of his concerns, others remain.
“His support of the Black Lives Matter organization (BLM), albeit now modified, puzzles me,” Daly wrote.
“BLM is in conflict with Church teaching regarding marriage, family and the sanctity of life. Moreover, it is disturbing that BLM has not vocally condemned the recent violence that has torn apart so many cities. Its silence has not gone unheard. One need not stand with BLM to stand for Black lives. I will address this and other issues with Dr. McCann in future meetings.”
In his statement of clarifications, McCann explicitly apologises for not making clear that he was not speaking on behalf of the Catholic Church, Bishop Daly, or the diocese.
“I was not speaking and do not ever speak on behalf of the Catholic Church or the Bishop,” McCann wrote.
“I was wrong for not making that explicitly clear from the beginning. I do not ever speak for the Catholic Church or for the Bishop; only the Bishop speaks for the Diocese. Since the message was one of many regular weekly messages to our staff and clients, my intended audience knew that already. Obviously, the wider audience who viewed my message misunderstood this and that mistake is wholly mine.”
McCann says that while his “intentions may have been good” that there has also been “unfortunate impacts” from the video on “certain members of the Catholic family.”
“Instead of engaging in a discussion about race, I spoke in a way that some heard as a critical rant against the Church. For that, I am deeply and truly sorry,” he wrote.
Daly said that going forward, for at least this year, the Annual Catholic Charities Christmas Collection will either be replaced by or taken in conjunction with the Black and Indian Missions Collection and that he will be asking Catholic Charities to sponsor a series of speakers, approved by himself, to address the subject of Church and Race.
He also said that Catholic Charities will address the issue of abortion and its detrimental effects on the Black community.
“In places such as New York City, more Black babies are aborted each day than are born,” he wrote. “As Catholics, we believe in the sanctity of life from conception to natural death.”
“Let us go forward from this moment and remember that through our baptism we are, ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people’,” Daly concluded.
“If we keep this truth before our eyes daily, and if we breathe that truth into all that we say and do, we may be assured that Jesus Christ, the Divine Physician, will heal any divisions that yet might persist among us.”
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lifesitenews--2020-07-08--BREAKING: Supreme Court backs Little Sisters of the Poor against Obamacare mandate

WASHINGTON , D.C. , July 8 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Wednesday in a decision siding with the Little Sisters of the Poor and their bid to stop being forced to distribute abortifacient and contraceptive drugs to their employees .
The Obama administration had first mandated that employers subsidize the provision of contraceptives , including abortifacient drugs , to their employees under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act ( ACA ) , better known as Obamacare .
The Little Sisters of the Poor , a Catholic institution that provides support for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as did other religious employers , sparking years of litigation .
In November 2018 , the Trump administration announced two final rules to protect Americans from being forced to subsidize abortion in government-mandated health insurance plan , one to cover conscience objections on the basis of “ sincerely held religious beliefs , ” and another for small businesses and nonprofits with non-religious moral objections .
In January 2019 , multiple federal judges granted injunctions to several liberal states that had challenged the Trump rule , preventing it from taking effect .
According to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal government admitted that it broke the law by trying to force the Little Sisters and others to provide contraception in their health plans that violated their religious beliefs .
The government issued a new rule in October 2017 that protected the religious exemptions of the Little Sisters and others .
Despite the announcement , the state of California sued the federal government to eliminate the religious exemption .
California has numerous contraceptive programs of its own , and it never filed suit over the much larger secular exemptions created by the Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chevron , according to Becket , that applied to tens of millions more people than the religious exemption .
Also , the state has not identified a single person who had contraceptive coverage but will lose it because of the new rule .
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments to this effect in May of this year , which ultimately won the day .
Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joined the majority , while Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented .
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ’ judgement that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Little Sisters in the first place “ was erroneous , ” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his majority opinion .
'We hold that the Departments had the authority to provide exemptions from the regulatory contraceptive requirements for employers with religious and conscientious objections . ''
In a concurring opinion , Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch went a step further and argued that not only were the Departments allowed to exempt the Little Sisters , but the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act ( RFRA ) actually “ compels an exemption for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a similar objection to what has been called the accommodation to the contraceptive mandate . ''
While ultimately voting with the majority , Kagan explained in a concurring opinion that while she believed the relevant departments did have “ statutory authority to exempt certain employers from the mandate , ” she also believes the accommodation made for the Little Sisters was broad enough that it could still be invalidated under the federal Administrative Procedure Act .
So while the ruling is a major victory the Little Sisters and other opponents of compulsory birth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also provides ammo to a potential future challenge .
“ The Supreme Court was right to , in the face of outrageous legal challenges from Pennsylvania and New Jersey , allow the Trump administration to protect the freedom of these religious nuns and so many other religiously affiliated groups , ” Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Ryan Anderson said .
“ This case stemmed from mandates that the Obama administration promulgated that put unreasonable demands on employers to cover potentially life-ending drugs , contraception , and sterilization .
Hopefully , this brings an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Poor to a close and they can focus entirely on ministering to the poor in our communities.
” This ruling , and the Supreme Court ’ s 7-2 ruling in favor of religious schools ’ right to judge their own educators ’ understanding of the faith , represent significant victories for religious liberty , and may help reassure conservatives stung by the court ’ s recent pro-abortion ruling in Louisiana that there remain significant differences between the judicial nominees of President Donald Trump and the type who would be appointed by former @ @ @ @ @

The Obama administration had first mandated that employers subsidize the provision of contraceptives, including abortifacient drugs, to their employees under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Wednesday in a decision siding with the Little Sisters of the Poor and their bid to stop being forced to distribute abortifacient and contraceptive drugs to their employees.
The Obama administration had first mandated that employers subsidize the provision of contraceptives, including abortifacient drugs, to their employees under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare. The Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic institution that provides support for the elderly poor, refused to comply, as did other religious employers, sparking years of litigation.
In November 2018, the Trump administration announced two final rules to protect Americans from being forced to subsidize abortion in government-mandated health insurance plan, one to cover conscience objections on the basis of “sincerely held religious beliefs,” and another for small businesses and nonprofits with non-religious moral objections.
In January 2019, multiple federal judges granted injunctions to several liberal states that had challenged the Trump rule, preventing it from taking effect.
According to the religious-liberty firm Becket Fund, the federal government admitted that it broke the law by trying to force the Little Sisters and others to provide contraception in their health plans that violated their religious beliefs. The government issued a new rule in October 2017 that protected the religious exemptions of the Little Sisters and others.
Despite the announcement, the state of California sued the federal government to eliminate the religious exemption. California has numerous contraceptive programs of its own, and it never filed suit over the much larger secular exemptions created by the Obama administration for corporations such as Pepsi and Chevron, according to Becket, that applied to tens of millions more people than the religious exemption. Also, the state has not identified a single person who had contraceptive coverage but will lose it because of the new rule.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments to this effect in May of this year, which ultimately won the day. Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joined the majority, while Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ judgement that federal agencies had no authority to exempt the Little Sisters in the first place “was erroneous,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his majority opinion. 'We hold that the Departments had the authority to provide exemptions from the regulatory contraceptive requirements for employers with religious and conscientious objections.”
In a concurring opinion, Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch went a step further and argued that not only were the Departments allowed to exempt the Little Sisters, but the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) actually “compels an exemption for the Little Sisters and any other employer with a similar objection to what has been called the accommodation to the contraceptive mandate.”
While ultimately voting with the majority, Kagan explained in a concurring opinion that while she believed the relevant departments did have “statutory authority to exempt certain employers from the mandate,” she also believes the accommodation made for the Little Sisters was broad enough that it could still be invalidated under the federal Administrative Procedure Act. So while the ruling is a major victory the Little Sisters and other opponents of compulsory birth control coverage, Kagan’s opinion also provides ammo to a potential future challenge.
“The Supreme Court was right to, in the face of outrageous legal challenges from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, allow the Trump administration to protect the freedom of these religious nuns and so many other religiously affiliated groups,” Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Ryan Anderson said. “This case stemmed from mandates that the Obama administration promulgated that put unreasonable demands on employers to cover potentially life-ending drugs, contraception, and sterilization. Hopefully, this brings an eight-year ordeal for the Little Sisters of the Poor to a close and they can focus entirely on ministering to the poor in our communities.”
This ruling, and the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling in favor of religious schools’ right to judge their own educators’ understanding of the faith, represent significant victories for religious liberty, and may help reassure conservatives stung by the court’s recent pro-abortion ruling in Louisiana that there remain significant differences between the judicial nominees of President Donald Trump and the type who would be appointed by former Vice President Joe Biden.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-08--Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

Join our daily worldwide rosary HERE

July 8 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church , LifeSite is offering Catholics throughout the world a chance to be united daily in prayer , in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade .
Catholics from all over the world—from Israel , Uganda , Italy , France , Germany , Ireland , Pakistan , Singapore , the Philippines , India , Indonesia , Australia , New Zealand , Thailand , the United Kingdom , the U.S. , Canada , Brazil , and other countries—are gathering daily to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anthony Pillari , J.C.L.
, an American priest currently studying in Italy .
Our goal is , by means of this daily rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima , the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
To help obtain that goal , Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide rosary crusade : O Immaculate Heart of Mary , you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother .
Look upon the distress in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church .
In Fatima you warned against these errors , as you spoke about the errors of Russia .
You are the Mediatrix of all graces .
Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope : that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart , so that Russia will be converted , a period of peace will be granted to the world , and your Immaculate Heart will triumph , through an authentic renewal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purity of the Catholic Faith , of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life .
O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother , turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer .
Amen .
+ Athanasius Schneider , Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady ’ s message at Fatima , and about what you can do , please read Cardinal Burke ’ s 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-cardinal-burkes-historic-call-for-consecration-of-russia/ ) .
As St. Padre Pio once said , “ The rosary is the weapon for these times.
” Through prayer , God can shape history , change the world , and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world , through the triumph of Our Lady ’ s Immaculate Heart .
Join us today !
Send photos or videos of you and your family praying the rosary with Father Pillari to [ email protected ]

(LifeSiteNews) — In response to the crisis unfolding in our world and in the Church, LifeSite is happy to promote Regina Angelorum Press’s Daily Rosary, which is offering Catholics throughout the world the chance to be united daily in prayer, in the Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Crusade.
Catholics from all over the world — from Israel, Uganda, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Pakistan, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and other countries — are gathering daily to pray the Rosary, led by Father Pillari, JCL, MCL, STL, an American priest currently studying in Italy.
The Daily Rosary is being offered each day at 12noon EST through Regina Angelorum Press’ YouTube Channel to which you can subscribe HERE.
The goal is, by means of this Daily Rosary and by embracing and living out the message given by the Virgin Mary at Fatima, the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
To help obtain that goal, Bishop Athanasius Schneider graciously composed the following prayer for this worldwide Rosary crusade:
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of the Church. In Fatima you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will be granted to the world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of the Christian life. O Queen of the holy Rosary and our sweet Mother, turn your merciful eyes to us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen. + Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana
To learn more about the urgency of responding to Our Lady’s message at Fatima, and about what you can do, please read Cardinal Burke’s 2017 address at the Rome Life Forum.
As St. Padre Pio once said, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” Through prayer, God can shape history, change the world, and bring about a great time of renewal and peace for the Church and for the world, through the triumph of Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. Join us today!
If you would like to follow along with the prayers said during this Rosary, you can access them HERE. The document also includes a brief F.A.Q. pertaining to the daily Rosary.
You can send your prayer requests to https://reginangelorumpress.com/prayer-intentions/
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lifesitenews--2020-07-08--Mike Huckabee: Electing right politicians won’t solve ‘spiritual problem’ of racism

July 8 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has emphasized that racism is fundamentally a spiritual problem , clarifying that racism essentially means “ disrespecting God and the people that he made who are equal to me.
” He also said people have put themselves in the place of God .
“ We ’ ve systematically given in to selfishness and everyone becoming his or her own god , ” Huckabee pointed out .
“ That ’ s really the fundamental problem .
I know that sounds like some religious overstatement , but when people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a God who makes the rules , and we start making our own and we make ourselves god , being the centerpiece of our own lives , and we ’ re our own God — yeah , we get in trouble.
” “ If I really have a good relationship with God and I love him , I can ’ t help but love the people that he made , ” he explained .
“ And some of them are black and some of them have white in their color and some are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people .
But he made them all and he didn ’ t make any of them to be less important than me.
” During his conversation with Jeanine Pirro of Fox News , the former governor of Arkansas pointed out that as soon as “ I ’ ve got a problem with somebody of a different race , my problem is with God.
” Huckabee admitted that “ we ’ ve got all these people arguing over politics and race and economics and sociology , ” but for him , these issues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real problem is spiritual .
And that ’ s where I feel like we are failing in this debate , because we think we can resolve it by electing a certain politician.
” His solution was different , effectively calling America to return to God .
“ We resolve it individually when we accept the fact that there is nobody on this Earth who is better than I am and there ’ s nobody on this Earth who is less than me — not because the government said we ’ re equal , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ practicing Catholic , asked Huckabee how his argument would work , given that a large number of Americans don ’ t believe in God .
“ The fact is , we have law precisely for that reason , ” he responded .
“ Every law we have is because somebody has not obeyed the basic law , which is : Love your neighbor as yourself .
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
” He added that when a society does not live by these basic laws , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more and more and more , to the place where people understand it .
We have lots of laws on the books , but if you ask yourself what do they really say , it gets down to this simple thing : Do unto others [ as ] you should have them do unto you.
” “ We can ’ t force people to believe in God , ” Huckabee emphasized , “ but we do have to accept that our founders understood that and they believed that our basic fundamental rights of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It came from God , and it was the government ’ s job simply to protect what God had given.
” He recounted how faith has slowly been removed from public life over the last decades .
“ We ’ ve taken prayer out of school .
We ’ ve said you can ’ t read the Bible , you can ’ t put faith things in the middle of the public square , ” Huckabee said .
“ And as we have systematically done that over the past , really 60 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paying the price for it , because now , we have people who are raising their kids to believe that everybody gets a trophy , nobody ’ s ever wrong , nobody ever loses , because we ’ re all our own god.
” According to Huckabee , “ that craziness has resulted in what we ’ re seeing unfold on our eets In a previous Fox News segment , he had slammed left-wing Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King for his call to destroy representations of Jesus Christ and Our Lady , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statues of saints , all across America .
“ To somehow hate Jesus is to hate the one person in the entire history of the planet who lived the perfection of God , because he was God in human flesh , ” said Huckabee .
“ To say that in any way Jesus is a symbol of white anything is absurd .
In part because Jesus wasn ’ t a white guy , he was a Middle Easterner , and probably had more olive skin than he did white skin.
” “ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unbelievable things I ’ ve ever heard , ” he continued .
“ First of all , if someone would study Jesus , they would find that he was the ultimate person who loved the unlovable , who cared for the ones that no one else cared for.
” “ He cared about people who were slaves .
He cared about people who were prostitutes .
He stepped in the path of those who were ready to stone to death the woman caught in adultery .
And he was the one who intervened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ began his career as a Protestant pastor , before becoming lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 1993 and governor in 1996 .
He ran for president in 2008 , winning the Iowa Republican caucuses , and again in 2016 , less successfully .
He now hosts his own show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network .

'We've systematically given in to selfishness and everyone becoming his or her own god,' the former governor of Arkansas pointed out. 'That's really the fundamental problem.'
July 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has emphasized that racism is fundamentally a spiritual problem, clarifying that racism essentially means “disrespecting God and the people that he made who are equal to me.” He also said people have put themselves in the place of God.
“We’ve systematically given in to selfishness and everyone becoming his or her own god,” Huckabee pointed out. “That’s really the fundamental problem. I know that sounds like some religious overstatement, but when people don’t accept that there is a God who makes the rules, and we start making our own and we make ourselves god, being the centerpiece of our own lives, and we’re our own God — yeah, we get in trouble.”
“If I really have a good relationship with God and I love him, I can’t help but love the people that he made,” he explained. “And some of them are black and some of them have white in their color and some are Asian and they’re all kinds of people. But he made them all and he didn’t make any of them to be less important than me.”
During his conversation with Jeanine Pirro of Fox News, the former governor of Arkansas pointed out that as soon as “I’ve got a problem with somebody of a different race, my problem is with God.”
Huckabee admitted that “we’ve got all these people arguing over politics and race and economics and sociology,” but for him, these issues are not the answer. “The real problem is spiritual. And that’s where I feel like we are failing in this debate, because we think we can resolve it by electing a certain politician.”
His solution was different, effectively calling America to return to God. “We resolve it individually when we accept the fact that there is nobody on this Earth who is better than I am and there’s nobody on this Earth who is less than me — not because the government said we’re equal, but God did.”
Pirro, a practicing Catholic, asked Huckabee how his argument would work, given that a large number of Americans don’t believe in God.
“The fact is, we have law precisely for that reason,” he responded. “Every law we have is because somebody has not obeyed the basic law, which is: Love your neighbor as yourself. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
He added that when a society does not live by these basic laws, “we have to define it more and more and more and more, to the place where people understand it. We have lots of laws on the books, but if you ask yourself what do they really say, it gets down to this simple thing: Do unto others [as] you should have them do unto you.”
“We can’t force people to believe in God,” Huckabee emphasized, “but we do have to accept that our founders understood that and they believed that our basic fundamental rights of liberty did not come from the government. It came from God, and it was the government’s job simply to protect what God had given.”
He recounted how faith has slowly been removed from public life over the last decades.
“We’ve taken prayer out of school. We’ve said you can’t read the Bible, you can’t put faith things in the middle of the public square,” Huckabee said. “And as we have systematically done that over the past, really 60, 70 years, we’re paying the price for it, because now, we have people who are raising their kids to believe that everybody gets a trophy, nobody’s ever wrong, nobody ever loses, because we’re all our own god.”
According to Huckabee, “that craziness has resulted in what we’re seeing unfold on our eets
today.”
In a previous Fox News segment, he had slammed left-wing Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King for his call to destroy representations of Jesus Christ and Our Lady, following the destruction of statues, including statues of saints, all across America.
“To somehow hate Jesus is to hate the one person in the entire history of the planet who lived the perfection of God, because he was God in human flesh,” said Huckabee. “To say that in any way Jesus is a symbol of white anything is absurd. In part because Jesus wasn’t a white guy, he was a Middle Easterner, and probably had more olive skin than he did white skin.”
“It has to be one of the most unbelievable things I’ve ever heard,” he continued. “First of all, if someone would study Jesus, they would find that he was the ultimate person who loved the unlovable, who cared for the ones that no one else cared for.”
“He cared about people who were slaves. He cared about people who were prostitutes. He stepped in the path of those who were ready to stone to death the woman caught in adultery. And he was the one who intervened,” he explained.
Mike Huckabee began his career as a Protestant pastor, before becoming lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 1993 and governor in 1996. He ran for president in 2008, winning the Iowa Republican caucuses, and again in 2016, less successfully. He now hosts his own show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-08--The transgender movement is destroying a generation of young women

July 7 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In today ’ s episode of The Van Maren Show , Abigail Shrier , the author of Irreversible Damage : The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters , joins Jonathon to discuss the explosion of teenage girls identifying as transgender .
They also discuss how the trans movement is destroying an entire generation of girls and how this sinister ideology has spread so quickly .
Shrier , a lawyer by trade , began looking into the explosion of adolescent girls who said they were transgender after she wrote about transgender laws in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Parents and others reached out to her saying that their daughter ( s ) are struggling with transgenderism and that many of their daughter ’ s classmates or friends claimed to be transgender .
Since the investigative journalist at The Wall Street Journal wouldn ’ t look into those claims , Shrier decided to herself .
While writing her book , Shrier interviewed countless physicians , psychiatrists , parents , surgeons , girls who had transitioned , girls who never transitioned , and girls who regretted their transitions .
During her research , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young women .
Shrier highlights the fact that gender dysphoria , as a mental health condition , has been studied for years and that it overwhelmingly presents itself in boys of elementary school age and younger .
Rarely do adolescent girls have gender dysphoria , which has been on the rise in recent years .
Lisa Litman from Brown University ’ s Public Health department looked at the rates of transgender identifications in adolescent girls and found that the prevalence of transgenderism was 70x higher in friend groups as compared with the expected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact that the spread of transgenderism among teenage girls was driven more by their friends and social interactions than by actual gender dysphoria .
Shrier points to the fact that girls are especially sensitive and vulnerable during adolescence .
They tend to take on each other ’ s pain more readily , even as they ’ re struggling with their own self-consciousness and feelings , she said .
Shrier also points to the negative influence of social media on girls .
Girls see perfect , stylized photos of women and girls on social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their own bodies , Shrier noted .
Listen to the full episode here : As they continue on social media , girls are bombarded by other young women speaking about their own transition and how great they feel like taking testosterone .
Shrier tells listeners that this isn ’ t surprising .
Testosterone gives you an initial euphoria when you begin taking it and it reduces anxiety .
Additionally , it redistributes weight , giving young girls the thigh gap and other body features they feel they need to be comfortable in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media testimonies are often very catchy and well packaged .
They encourage other girls to give it a try and make them feel a part of something .
The spread of transgenderism among adolescent girls is truly a social contagion , Shrier argues , and not a medical or mental health issue .
The problem is that this contagion is causing long-term damage for these girls , who truly can ’ t understand what they ’ re giving up .
Hormone therapy , specifically , testosterone therapy , leads to permanent sterility and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ girl begins taking testosterone , doctors recommend having a preemptive hysterectomy due to the extremely high prevalence of endometrial and ovarian cancer .
Shrier argues that an 18-year-old girl , and in some states girls as young as 15 , can ’ t truly understand what it will mean to give up their ability to have children and their ability to breastfeed .
However , in many states an 18-year-old can walk into a doctor ’ s office and start testosterone therapy ( or start the process toward a double mastectomy ) just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of the few medical procedures in which the patient can say , trust me , if I get rid of this healthy organ then I ’ ll feel better about myself , despite the serious long-term impacts of testosterone therapy or surgery .
Even with these serious side effects , it is difficult for parents to speak out and try to discuss these issues with their kids , Shrier says .
As the transgender movement grows more powerful , parents are having to grapple with their kid ’ s decisions , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kids or risk losing them .
Instead of being parents and helping guide and educate their kids , parents are giving into their children .
Shrier reminds parents that there is nothing wrong with letting your child continue to work through their thoughts and feelings , rather than rushing to affirm them .
Most children as they grow up will grow out of these transgender feelings .
Shrier also tells parents it ’ s a myth that suicide rates increase in kids who aren ’ t allowed to “ transition.
” The suicide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same for kids with other mental health issues .
Often , transgender kids have other underlying mental health issues that aren ’ t resolved by “ transitioning.
” To stop the rapid spread of transgender ideology , Shrier recommends parents getting their kids out of public school .
Schools are indoctrinating kids with transgender ideology from a very young age .
Being bombarded by this year after year is truly confusing our children , she notes .
Shrier also encourages parents to take away social media completely and reminds parents that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 12-year-old wants to “ transition , ” parents need to do what is best for their child , in the same way a parent wouldn ’ t let a 3-year-old eat an entire package of cookies because the child wants to .
We need to stand up and protect our children , but especially our girls , from the permanent impacts of transitioning , Shrier exclaims .
Instead , let ’ s focus on treating the underlying mental health issues and supporting our girls in their other hopes and dreams .
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Abigail Shrier, author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, joins Jonathon Van Maren to discuss how transgenderism is targeting teenage girls.
July 7, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – In today’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Abigail Shrier, the author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, joins Jonathon to discuss the explosion of teenage girls identifying as transgender. They also discuss how the trans movement is destroying an entire generation of girls and how this sinister ideology has spread so quickly.
Shrier, a lawyer by trade, began looking into the explosion of adolescent girls who said they were transgender after she wrote about transgender laws in an article for The Wall Street Journal.
Parents and others reached out to her saying that their daughter(s) are struggling with transgenderism and that many of their daughter’s classmates or friends claimed to be transgender. Since the investigative journalist at The Wall Street Journal wouldn’t look into those claims, Shrier decided to herself.
Watch the full episode here:
While writing her book, Shrier interviewed countless physicians, psychiatrists, parents, surgeons, girls who had transitioned, girls who never transitioned, and girls who regretted their transitions. During her research, Shrier realized the transgender agenda was targeting young women.
Shrier highlights the fact that gender dysphoria, as a mental health condition, has been studied for years and that it overwhelmingly presents itself in boys of elementary school age and younger. Rarely do adolescent girls have gender dysphoria, which has been on the rise in recent years.
Lisa Litman from Brown University’s Public Health department looked at the rates of transgender identifications in adolescent girls and found that the prevalence of transgenderism was 70x higher in friend groups as compared with the expected prevalence.
This result pointed to the fact that the spread of transgenderism among teenage girls was driven more by their friends and social interactions than by actual gender dysphoria.
Shrier points to the fact that girls are especially sensitive and vulnerable during adolescence. They tend to take on each other’s pain more readily, even as they’re struggling with their own self-consciousness and feelings, she said.
Shrier also points to the negative influence of social media on girls. Girls see perfect, stylized photos of women and girls on social media, which makes them uncomfortable with their own bodies, Shrier noted.
Listen to the full episode here:
As they continue on social media, girls are bombarded by other young women speaking about their own transition and how great they feel like taking testosterone.
Shrier tells listeners that this isn’t surprising. Testosterone gives you an initial euphoria when you begin taking it and it reduces anxiety. Additionally, it redistributes weight, giving young girls the thigh gap and other body features they feel they need to be comfortable in their own skin.
Additionally, these social media testimonies are often very catchy and well packaged. They encourage other girls to give it a try and make them feel a part of something.
The spread of transgenderism among adolescent girls is truly a social contagion, Shrier argues, and not a medical or mental health issue. The problem is that this contagion is causing long-term damage for these girls, who truly can’t understand what they’re giving up.
Hormone therapy, specifically, testosterone therapy, leads to permanent sterility and other health issues. Once a young girl begins taking testosterone, doctors recommend having a preemptive hysterectomy due to the extremely high prevalence of endometrial and ovarian cancer.
Shrier argues that an 18-year-old girl, and in some states girls as young as 15, can’t truly understand what it will mean to give up their ability to have children and their ability to breastfeed.
However, in many states an 18-year-old can walk into a doctor’s office and start testosterone therapy (or start the process toward a double mastectomy) just by signing a waiver. This is one of the few medical procedures in which the patient can say, trust me, if I get rid of this healthy organ then I’ll feel better about myself, despite the serious long-term impacts of testosterone therapy or surgery.
Even with these serious side effects, it is difficult for parents to speak out and try to discuss these issues with their kids, Shrier says. As the transgender movement grows more powerful, parents are having to grapple with their kid’s decisions, but also with social pressure to accept their kids or risk losing them.
Instead of being parents and helping guide and educate their kids, parents are giving into their children. Shrier reminds parents that there is nothing wrong with letting your child continue to work through their thoughts and feelings, rather than rushing to affirm them. Most children as they grow up will grow out of these transgender feelings.
Shrier also tells parents it’s a myth that suicide rates increase in kids who aren’t allowed to “transition.” The suicide rate for kids with gender dysphoria is the same for kids with other mental health issues. Often, transgender kids have other underlying mental health issues that aren’t resolved by “transitioning.”
To stop the rapid spread of transgender ideology, Shrier recommends parents getting their kids out of public school. Schools are indoctrinating kids with transgender ideology from a very young age. Being bombarded by this year after year is truly confusing our children, she notes.
Shrier also encourages parents to take away social media completely and reminds parents that they are still in charge. When your 12-year-old wants to “transition,” parents need to do what is best for their child, in the same way a parent wouldn’t let a 3-year-old eat an entire package of cookies because the child wants to.
We need to stand up and protect our children, but especially our girls, from the permanent impacts of transitioning, Shrier exclaims. Instead, let’s focus on treating the underlying mental health issues and supporting our girls in their other hopes and dreams.
The Van Maren Show is hosted on numerous platforms, including Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Google Play.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-08--Brat privilege: Anti-American riots, looting are born of immaturity

July 8 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — We have a choice .
We can turn away from the childish mob .
We can prosecute the lawbreakers while ignoring their press agent bullies — the Colin Kaepernicks , AOCs , Stacey Abramses , and LeBron Jameses of America .
Christians especially must resist manipulation .
Because it ’ s obvious that , to these radicals , only certain black lives “ matter.
” Certainly not the teens killed in the Seattle CHOP/CHAZ , nor the epidemic of black-on-black murders ( including children ) , nor the abortions of black babies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where genocide continues virtually unreported by the American media , nor is it decried by Western church leaders .
Now American corporations are losing touch with reality .
Home Depot has announced that it will sell only pre-cut lengths of rope after someone allegedly made a noose out of a rope spool , reminiscent of black lynchings .
How far does hyper-sensitivity go ?
Do Christians get to demand that lions no longer appear in zoos because our faith ancestors were torn apart for the entertainment of pagan emperors ?
And the National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of progressive hysteria , will push even more inaccurate , anti-American lessons in the fall to your children .
Just listen to the barf-worthy , nation-bashing speech by far-left president Lily Eskelsen Garcia at the union ’ s recent virtual convention .
Still spouting infantile nonsense in middle age , Garcia believes “ exclusion ” in America “ continues to be intentional ” but started 400 years ago , when “ white male Protestants with money ” built systems to intentionally oppress others .
Her deceitful , Trump-bashing speech is a disgrace to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Garcia ’ s brand of twisted ignorance masquerades as leadership in a country where there ’ s little accountability for poisonous mythology .
We are witnessing an undisguised attempt at a second American civil war .
America ’ s current dilemma is not because of white privilege or even black privilege .
Our nation is being ruled by brat privilege , where adults who once had sense are yielding to the demands of the immature and the unwise , the reckless , the pathological .
Yet the agitators forget — God is watching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wilderness ( Numbers 16 ) ?
A group of malcontents defied the leadership of Moses and Aaron , forgetting the Hebrews ’ dramatic rescue from Egyptian slavery , the miraculous Red Sea crossing , and God ’ s provision of manna in the wilderness .
More and more people joined Korah and his upstart buddies .
It did not end well for them .
God was not endlessly patient , letting them vent , being sensitive to their wokeness .
God ’ s wrath descended on these rebels , and about 15,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into a pit , or killed in a plague .
The Lord desires an appreciative heart .
When God ’ s will to protect and bless people is subverted , the consequences can be dire .
As we celebrated Independence Day recently , it occurred to me that it ’ s a holiday founded on gratitude — gratitude for freedom based on true justice , gratitude to those who died to preserve that freedom , gratitude for the national structure that has repeatedly allowed our republic to remedy our wrongs , change the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — those defined by our Creator God .
PETITION : Support priest who was suspended for calling out the Black Lives Matter organization !
Sign the petition here .
And so those who have a problem with the Fourth of July usually have a gratitude issue .
Colin Kaepernick called the Fourth of July a “ celebration of white supremacy , ” while only a few years ago , he was tweeting “ happy Fourth ” to friends .
Is he unstable ?
A crass opportunist ?
Frustrated by professional failure ?
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t excuse encouraging American division .
So the question is , why does anyone pay attention to this ungrateful man-child ?
He ’ s not alone .
Hawk Newsome of Black Lives Matter New York says they will “ burn down this system ” if they don ’ t get what they want .
Parents , does this remind you of anything ?
The meltdown of your two-year-old ?
Yet he just announced that the group is developing a military arm to fight police .
Nothing spells national security more than a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s also called treason and sedition .
Black Lives Matter is a movement based on snot-nosed dismissal of American opportunity , history , affluence , and morality .
Not only is the group financially connected to Susan Rosenberg , a domestic terrorist convicted in 1984 for bombing campaigns , but the female founders of BLM exhibit other serious emotional and intellectual deficits as they negatively mischaracterize almost everything in their path — men , the nuclear family , police , American heritage , capitalism , unborn babies , Western civilization , sexuality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brothers and sisters .
Oh , and they just happen to be black .
But it ’ s the brat in them and in Colin that most people find objectionable .
It has nothing to do with color .
For these race-obsessed opportunists , darker skin color provides cover for a deeply destructive ideology .
People are now getting fired from jobs just for social media posts or reckless speech .
Yet the Washington Post has not fired opinion editor Karen Attiah , who tweeted about “ white women ” being lucky that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for revenge.
” Is it too much to expect these people to grow up , stop whining , cut the threats , and cease their campaigns of destruction ?
No one looking through an accurate lens of American history can claim with a straight face that there is more tyranny today , more oppression , fewer opportunities than in the past .
The trajectory has been exactly the opposite .
These are infantile fantasies .
Ironically , race is actually not the driver here .
It ’ s adolescent rebellion .
Police “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disaffected , indoctrinated youths who believe that their problems with parents , teachers , and bosses are rationalized by changing reality and destroying their heritage .
Democrats cheer on this unmanageable mob so they can undermine Republican candidates .
But these lies cause people to die .
They bring on property destruction , monument-defacing , mayhem , and division .
They will soon likely justify election-tampering , and if Democrats gain power , this mob , not the elected lawmakers , will call the shots .
Actual shots .
Using ammunition .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are children playing with firearms , in other words .
Name another country in the world where Colin could have been afforded such opportunity and given undeserved credibility to the point where most NFL players will now probably bow a knee of objection to the National Anthem , if it ’ s even played .
I praise God for people who are in a unique position to speak the truth right now — Candace Owens , Ben Carson , Bob Woodson , Larry Elder , and others .
The fact remains that this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a bleak world .
For the immature hearts incapable of recognizing this , there is a solution .
They can grow up or get out .
Let ’ s pray for the former .

July 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — We have a choice. We can turn away from the childish mob. We can prosecute the lawbreakers while ignoring their press agent bullies — the Colin Kaepernicks, AOCs, Stacey Abramses, and LeBron Jameses of America.
Christians especially must resist manipulation. Because it’s obvious that, to these radicals, only certain black lives “matter.” Certainly not the teens killed in the Seattle CHOP/CHAZ, nor the epidemic of black-on-black murders (including children), nor the abortions of black babies. Nor Christian blacks in Nigeria, where genocide continues virtually unreported by the American media, nor is it decried by Western church leaders.
Now American corporations are losing touch with reality. Home Depot has announced that it will sell only pre-cut lengths of rope after someone allegedly made a noose out of a rope spool, reminiscent of black lynchings.
How far does hyper-sensitivity go? Do Christians get to demand that lions no longer appear in zoos because our faith ancestors were torn apart for the entertainment of pagan emperors?
And the National Education Association, always the child-endangering underbelly of progressive hysteria, will push even more inaccurate, anti-American lessons in the fall to your children. Just listen to the barf-worthy, nation-bashing speech by far-left president Lily Eskelsen Garcia at the union’s recent virtual convention. Still spouting infantile nonsense in middle age, Garcia believes “exclusion” in America “continues to be intentional” but started 400 years ago, when “white male Protestants with money” built systems to intentionally oppress others. Her deceitful, Trump-bashing speech is a disgrace to the nation’s education profession.
Garcia’s brand of twisted ignorance masquerades as leadership in a country where there’s little accountability for poisonous mythology. We are witnessing an undisguised attempt at a second American civil war.
America’s current dilemma is not because of white privilege or even black privilege. Our nation is being ruled by brat privilege, where adults who once had sense are yielding to the demands of the immature and the unwise, the reckless, the pathological.
Yet the agitators forget — God is watching.
Remember the rebellion of Korah in the wilderness (Numbers 16)? A group of malcontents defied the leadership of Moses and Aaron, forgetting the Hebrews’ dramatic rescue from Egyptian slavery, the miraculous Red Sea crossing, and God’s provision of manna in the wilderness. More and more people joined Korah and his upstart buddies.
It did not end well for them. God was not endlessly patient, letting them vent, being sensitive to their wokeness. God’s wrath descended on these rebels, and about 15,000 people were consumed by fire, swallowed into a pit, or killed in a plague.
The Lord desires an appreciative heart. When God’s will to protect and bless people is subverted, the consequences can be dire.
As we celebrated Independence Day recently, it occurred to me that it’s a holiday founded on gratitude — gratitude for freedom based on true justice, gratitude to those who died to preserve that freedom, gratitude for the national structure that has repeatedly allowed our republic to remedy our wrongs, change the narrative, and uphold authentic human rights — those defined by our Creator God.
PETITION: Support priest who was suspended for calling out the Black Lives Matter organization! Sign the petition here.
And so those who have a problem with the Fourth of July usually have a gratitude issue.
Colin Kaepernick called the Fourth of July a “celebration of white supremacy,” while only a few years ago, he was tweeting “happy Fourth” to friends. Is he unstable? A crass opportunist? Frustrated by professional failure? All of the above? But that doesn’t excuse encouraging American division.
So the question is, why does anyone pay attention to this ungrateful man-child?
He’s not alone. Hawk Newsome of Black Lives Matter New York says they will “burn down this system” if they don’t get what they want. Parents, does this remind you of anything? The meltdown of your two-year-old? Yet he just announced that the group is developing a military arm to fight police.
Nothing spells national security more than a coldly calculating, pathological fourth-grader. It’s also called treason and sedition.
Black Lives Matter is a movement based on snot-nosed dismissal of American opportunity, history, affluence, and morality. Not only is the group financially connected to Susan Rosenberg, a domestic terrorist convicted in 1984 for bombing campaigns, but the female founders of BLM exhibit other serious emotional and intellectual deficits as they negatively mischaracterize almost everything in their path — men, the nuclear family, police, American heritage, capitalism, unborn babies, Western civilization, sexuality, Jews, and their white human brothers and sisters.
Oh, and they just happen to be black. But it’s the brat in them and in Colin that most people find objectionable. It has nothing to do with color. For these race-obsessed opportunists, darker skin color provides cover for a deeply destructive ideology.
People are now getting fired from jobs just for social media posts or reckless speech. Yet the Washington Post has not fired opinion editor Karen Attiah, who tweeted about “white women” being lucky that black people aren’t “calling for revenge.”
Is it too much to expect these people to grow up, stop whining, cut the threats, and cease their campaigns of destruction?
No one looking through an accurate lens of American history can claim with a straight face that there is more tyranny today, more oppression, fewer opportunities than in the past. The trajectory has been exactly the opposite.
These are infantile fantasies. Ironically, race is actually not the driver here. It’s adolescent rebellion.
Police “defunding” is a dog whistle to disaffected, indoctrinated youths who believe that their problems with parents, teachers, and bosses are rationalized by changing reality and destroying their heritage. Democrats cheer on this unmanageable mob so they can undermine Republican candidates.
But these lies cause people to die. They bring on property destruction, monument-defacing, mayhem, and division. They will soon likely justify election-tampering, and if Democrats gain power, this mob, not the elected lawmakers, will call the shots.
Actual shots. Using ammunition. As in, American civil war.
These are children playing with firearms, in other words.
Name another country in the world where Colin could have been afforded such opportunity and given undeserved credibility to the point where most NFL players will now probably bow a knee of objection to the National Anthem, if it’s even played.
I praise God for people who are in a unique position to speak the truth right now — Candace Owens, Ben Carson, Bob Woodson, Larry Elder, and others.
The fact remains that this country is a beautiful beacon of hope in a bleak world. For the immature hearts incapable of recognizing this, there is a solution. They can grow up or get out.
Let’s pray for the former.
Linda Harvey is president of Mission America.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-08--Protecting our daughters from the ‘transgender craze’

In today ’ s episode of The Van Maren Show , Abigail Shrier , the author of Irreversible Damage : @ @ @ @ @ Daughters , join Jonathon to discuss the explosion of teenage girls identifying as transgender .
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In today’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Abigail Shrier, the author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, join Jonathon to discuss the explosion of teenage girls identifying as transgender. They also discuss how the trans movement is destroying an entire generation of girls and how this sinister ideology has spread so quickly.
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lifesitenews--2020-07-08--German state government wants to force doctors to commit abortions

STUTTGART , Germany , July 8 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — The government of the German state of Baden-Württemberg is contemplating forcing doctors to commit abortions , given the alleged lack of abortionists within the state .
One of the potential measures involves making new hires at government-funded institutions “ dependent on the willingness of doctors to perform abortions.
” “ The main problem is that we have to get the young doctors to perform abortions , ” said Bärbl Mielich , a member of the state government .
“ We are counting on them being made aware through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their work.
” According to Mielich , a “ generational change is becoming noticeable.
” Thus , a large number of abortionists in Baden-Württemberg are older than 60 years .
“ And there are not many who are willing to follow them , ” she admitted .
Mielich expressed her bewilderment at the fact that many doctors don ’ t want to brutally kill and remove a human being from his mother ’ s womb — “ whether it is because they don ’ t think about it and don ’ t see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortionists ] , or whether they don ’ t want to for personal , ethical reasons , ” she mused , “ or whether they are afraid of persecution and a bad image .
Many of those who have done and still do so have witnessed the debates in the 1980s and 1990s and acted in this way out of political conviction.
” Mielich advocated for repealing §218 of the German Criminal Code , which states , “ Whoever terminates a pregnancy incurs a penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effects occur before nidation is completed are not deemed to be a termination of pregnancy within the meaning of this statute.
” For many decades , however , the German government has not enforced this paragraph , adding instead that §218 does not apply in case “ the pregnant woman requests the termination of pregnancy and demonstrates to the physician by producing the certificate ... that she obtained counselling at least three days prior to the procedure , ... the termination is performed by a physician and ... no more than 12 weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abortions are not penalized “ if , considering the pregnant woman ’ s present and future circumstances , the termination is medically necessary to avert a danger to the life of or the danger of grave impairment to the pregnant woman ’ s physical or mental health and if the danger can not be averted in another manner which is reasonable for her to accept.
” There are also exceptions for rape and incest .
Nonetheless , for the government of the state of Baden-Württemberg , which is led by the Green Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the total undermining of §218 is not enough .
Cornelia Kaminski , head of German pro-life group “ Aktion Lebensrecht für Alle ” ( ALfA ) , called the state government ’ s plan “ reprehensible for several reasons.
” “ To force doctors to participate in abortion in any form whatsoever deeply contradicts the Hippocratic oath , ” she explained .
The Hippocratic oath , going back to the time before Christ , was historically taken by physicians .
It states , among other things , “ Neither will I administer a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so , nor will I suggest such a course .
Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
” As ALfA ’ s Cornelia Kaminski pointed out , “ medical action is always aimed at curing diseases , protecting and preserving life – but never at carrying out acts of killing .
Especially not when the person to be killed is a defenseless child.
” Kaminski said is was with good reason that the number of doctors willing to perform abortions is continually decreasing .
“ Anyone who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the womb using ultrasound , who has seen it kicking and sucking its thumb , has a problem with simply sucking it out [ of the womb ] , cutting it up or injecting it [ with deadly poison ] , ” she explained .
According to Kaminski , forcing doctors to do any procedures could be “ a criminal offense , for example , when doctors are coerced into unethical or homicidal acts [ . ]
...
It is almost grotesque that a state government should now be examining the extent to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such acts and , moreover , it is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights , Article 9 of which expressly guarantees freedom of conscience.
” She added that the state government should not be making abortions more accessible , but should offer “ genuine help and financial support for young mothers and families , giving them courage and a perspective for a life with a child .
”

The current crop of willing abortionists is too old, one government official explained, with 'not many who are willing to follow them.'
STUTTGART, Germany, July 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The government of the German state of Baden-Württemberg is contemplating forcing doctors to commit abortions, given the alleged lack of abortionists within the state. One of the potential measures involves making new hires at government-funded institutions “dependent on the willingness of doctors to perform abortions.”
“The main problem is that we have to get the young doctors to perform abortions,” said Bärbl Mielich, a member of the state government. “We are counting on them being made aware through further training that this is part of their work.”
According to Mielich, a “generational change is becoming noticeable.” Thus, a large number of abortionists in Baden-Württemberg are older than 60 years. “And there are not many who are willing to follow them,” she admitted.
Mielich expressed her bewilderment at the fact that many doctors don’t want to brutally kill and remove a human being from his mother’s womb — “whether it is because they don’t think about it and don’t see the problem [of not having enough abortionists], or whether they don’t want to for personal, ethical reasons,” she mused, “or whether they are afraid of persecution and a bad image. Many of those who have done and still do so have witnessed the debates in the 1980s and 1990s and acted in this way out of political conviction.”
Mielich advocated for repealing §218 of the German Criminal Code, which states, “Whoever terminates a pregnancy incurs a penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine. Acts whose effects occur before nidation is completed are not deemed to be a termination of pregnancy within the meaning of this statute.”
For many decades, however, the German government has not enforced this paragraph, adding instead that §218 does not apply in case “the pregnant woman requests the termination of pregnancy and demonstrates to the physician by producing the certificate … that she obtained counselling at least three days prior to the procedure, … the termination is performed by a physician and … no more than 12 weeks have elapsed since conception.”
Additionally, abortions are not penalized “if, considering the pregnant woman’s present and future circumstances, the termination is medically necessary to avert a danger to the life of or the danger of grave impairment to the pregnant woman’s physical or mental health and if the danger cannot be averted in another manner which is reasonable for her to accept.” There are also exceptions for rape and incest.
Nonetheless, for the government of the state of Baden-Württemberg, which is led by the Green Party and supported by the Christian Democrats, the total undermining of §218 is not enough.
Cornelia Kaminski, head of German pro-life group “Aktion Lebensrecht für Alle” (ALfA), called the state government’s plan “reprehensible for several reasons.”
“To force doctors to participate in abortion in any form whatsoever deeply contradicts the Hippocratic oath,” she explained.
The Hippocratic oath, going back to the time before Christ, was historically taken by physicians. It states, among other things, “Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.”
As ALfA’s Cornelia Kaminski pointed out, “medical action is always aimed at curing diseases, protecting and preserving life – but never at carrying out acts of killing. Especially not when the person to be killed is a defenseless child.”
Kaminski said is was with good reason that the number of doctors willing to perform abortions is continually decreasing. “Anyone who has ever observed an unborn baby in the womb using ultrasound, who has seen it kicking and sucking its thumb, has a problem with simply sucking it out [of the womb], cutting it up or injecting it [with deadly poison],” she explained.
According to Kaminski, forcing doctors to do any procedures could be “a criminal offense, for example, when doctors are coerced into unethical or homicidal acts[.] … It is almost grotesque that a state government should now be examining the extent to which doctors should be obliged to perform such acts and, moreover, it is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 9 of which expressly guarantees freedom of conscience.”
She added that the state government should not be making abortions more accessible, but should offer “genuine help and financial support for young mothers and families, giving them courage and a perspective for a life with a child.”
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lifesitenews--2020-07-08--BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds religious schools’ right to hire, fire religious teachers

WASHINGTON , D.C. , July 8 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Government can not interfere with a religious school ’ s judgement on who should or should not teach religion classes , according to a narrow 7-2 ruling handed down this morning by the United States Supreme Court .
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James Catholic School v. Biel concern two California Catholic elementary schools ’ right to select educators who reflect their understanding of their faith , free from government interference .
The religious liberty legal firm Becket Law is representing the schools , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teachers fired for unsatisfactory performance , Agnes Morrissey-Berru and Kristen Biel .
“ Eight years ago in Hosanna Tabor — the pretext inquiry , the notice requirements , the idea that freedom of association makes freedom of religion entirely unnecessary — all were raised in Hosanna Tabor and rejected unanimously , ” Becket attorney Eric Rassbach argued .
“ Eight years later , ( the response ) to ( those ) arguments are not any more convincing .
In short , there ’ s no reason for government to get into business of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schools ’ hiring and firing decisions fall under a “ ministerial exemption , ” meaning religious institutions have the right to decide whom they want imparting the faith to others , free from government interference — even when the employees in question , in this case teachers , are not “ ministers ” in the strictest sense .
On Wednesday , the court determined that the ministerial exemption applies to religious schools ’ staffing decisions .
“ Although these teachers were not given the title of ‘ minister ’ and have less religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an earlier case involving the ministerial exception , “ we hold that their cases fall within the same rule that dictated our decision in Hosanna-Tabor , ” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion .
“ The religious education and formation of students is the very reason for the existence of most private religious schools , and therefore the selection and supervision of the teachers upon whom the schools rely to do this work lie at the core of their mission.
” “ Judicial review of the way in which religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ independence of religious institutions in a way that the First Amendment does not tolerate , ” the majority declared .
In a concurring opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas , Thomas and Gorsuch argued that courts should defer to religious institutions to determine who counts as a “ minister , ” and therefore which teachers ’ jobs should be exempt from non-discrimination laws .
They add that the “ Religion Clauses require civil courts to defer to religious organizations ' good-faith claims that a certain employee 's position is ‘ ministerial.
’ ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a step in the right direction .
The Court properly declines to consider whether an employee shares the religious organization ’ s beliefs when determining whether that employee ’ s position falls within the “ ministerial exception , ” explaining that to “ determin [ e ] whether a person is a ‘ co-religionist ’ .
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would risk judicial entanglement in religious issues.
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But the same can be said about the broader inquiry whether an employee ’ s position is “ ministerial.
” This Court usually goes to great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with religion… To avoid such interference , we should defer to these groups ’ goodfaith understandings of which individuals are charged with carrying out the organizations ’ religious missions .
The ruling comes as little surprise in light of oral arguments in May , during which a majority of the justices appeared receptive to the Catholic schools ’ arguments .
Justice Neil Gorsuch , who angered conservatives earlier this week by redefining the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include “ sexual orientation ” and “ gender identity , ” previously asked of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second guess those sincerely held religious beliefs ” in other First Amendment questions , so “ why would we do it here ?
” Somewhat more surprising is the fact that liberal Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan joined the court ’ s more conservative-leaning members in the majority .
Only left-wing Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented .
“ This sweeping result is profoundly unfair , ” Sotomayor declared in her dissenting opinion .
“ The Court is not only wrong on the facts , but its error also risks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ religious entities .
Recently , this Court has lamented a perceived ‘ discrimination against religion ’ [ ... ] Yet here it swings the pendulum in the extreme opposite direction , permitting religious entities to discriminate widely and with impunity for reasons wholly divorced from religious beliefs.
” This ruling , and the Supreme Court ’ s 7-2 ruling in favor of the Little Sisters of the Poor , represent significant victories for religious liberty , and may help reassure conservatives stung by the court ’ s recent decision striking down abortion clinic @ @ @ @

The narrow ruling is a 'step in the right direction,' Justices Thomas and Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion.
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Government cannot interfere with a religious school’s judgement on who should or should not teach religion classes, according to a narrow 7-2 ruling handed down this morning by the United States Supreme Court.
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James Catholic School v. Biel concern two California Catholic elementary schools’ right to select educators who reflect their understanding of their faith, free from government interference. The religious liberty legal firm Becket Law is representing the schools, who are facing a lawsuit from two teachers fired for unsatisfactory performance, Agnes Morrissey-Berru and Kristen Biel.
“Eight years ago in Hosanna Tabor — the pretext inquiry, the notice requirements, the idea that freedom of association makes freedom of religion entirely unnecessary — all were raised in Hosanna Tabor and rejected unanimously,” Becket attorney Eric Rassbach argued. “Eight years later, (the response) to (those) arguments are not any more convincing. In short, there’s no reason for government to get into business of teaching religion.”
Becket argued that the schools’ hiring and firing decisions fall under a “ministerial exemption,” meaning religious institutions have the right to decide whom they want imparting the faith to others, free from government interference — even when the employees in question, in this case teachers, are not “ministers” in the strictest sense. On Wednesday, the court determined that the ministerial exemption applies to religious schools’ staffing decisions.
“Although these teachers were not given the title of ‘minister’ and have less religious training than” the teacher in Hosanna-Tabor, an earlier case involving the ministerial exception, “we hold that their cases fall within the same rule that dictated our decision in Hosanna-Tabor,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion. “The religious education and formation of students is the very reason for the existence of most private religious schools, and therefore the selection and supervision of the teachers upon whom the schools rely to do this work lie at the core of their mission.”
“Judicial review of the way in which religious schools discharge those responsibilities would undermine the independence of religious institutions in a way that the First Amendment does not tolerate,” the majority declared.
In a concurring opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas, Thomas and Gorsuch argued that courts should defer to religious institutions to determine who counts as a “minister,” and therefore which teachers’ jobs should be exempt from non-discrimination laws.
They add that the “Religion Clauses require civil courts to defer to religious organizations' good-faith claims that a certain employee's position is ‘ministerial.’”
They wrote:
The Court’s decision today is a step in the right direction. The Court properly declines to consider whether an employee shares the religious organization’s beliefs when determining whether that employee’s position falls within the “ministerial exception,” explaining that to “determin[e] whether a person is a ‘co-religionist’ . . . would risk judicial entanglement in religious issues.” …But the same can be said about the broader inquiry whether an employee’s position is “ministerial.” This Court usually goes to great lengths to avoid governmental “entanglement” with religion… To avoid such interference, we should defer to these groups’ goodfaith understandings of which individuals are charged with carrying out the organizations’ religious missions.
The ruling comes as little surprise in light of oral arguments in May, during which a majority of the justices appeared receptive to the Catholic schools’ arguments. Justice Neil Gorsuch, who angered conservatives earlier this week by redefining the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” previously asked of this case, “we don’t second guess those sincerely held religious beliefs” in other First Amendment questions, so “why would we do it here?”
Somewhat more surprising is the fact that liberal Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan joined the court’s more conservative-leaning members in the majority. Only left-wing Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.
“This sweeping result is profoundly unfair,” Sotomayor declared in her dissenting opinion. “The Court is not only wrong on the facts, but its error also risks upending antidiscrimination protections for many employees of religious entities. Recently, this Court has lamented a perceived ‘discrimination against religion’ […] Yet here it swings the pendulum in the extreme opposite direction, permitting religious entities to discriminate widely and with impunity for reasons wholly divorced from religious beliefs.”
This ruling, and the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling in favor of the Little Sisters of the Poor, represent significant victories for religious liberty, and may help reassure conservatives stung by the court’s recent decision striking down abortion clinic regulations in Louisiana.
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