lifesitenews--2020-02-06--Viral video shows angry man screaming ‘slash Republican throats’ at Trump-supporters

February 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A video of a wildly angry young man screaming “ slash Republican throats ” at a Students for Trump stall at Arizona State University has gone viral online , with more than 3 million views on Twitter alone at time of publication .
As the young man approaches the stall , he begins screaming , clenching his fist and making a gesture of slashing his own throat before walking away .
“ Slash his throat .
Every f‑‑‑‑‑‑ Republican .
Suck my f‑‑‑‑‑‑ balls .
Slash Republican throats .
Slash fascist throats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shouted .
Members of the Students for Trump group filmed the angry outburst , while one of their group standing off-camera can be heard saying , “ Have a good one ” as the young man walks away .
The ASU Police Department have posted on Twitter in response to the incident , saying they are aware of the video and are “ working with the University to address the matter.
” At this point , the identity of the young man and whether or not he is a student are not known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Students for Trump , responded to the video on Twitter , saying : “ This is the type of violence our students face every single day .
Just wait until Trump gets re-elected !
” One member of the Arizona pro-Trump student group echoed Kirk ’ s comments , claiming on Twitter that the group have have been physically attacked a number times sinces launching recently .
The tweet reads : “ Since starting the @ TrumpStudents chapter at @ ASU a few months ago ... We have had our flag stolen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ANTIFA , and now today our lives threatened .
We will NOT let this stop us from working on campus to get @ realDonaldTrump re-elected !
# LeadRight ” The video was released shortly after news broke that President Trump ’ s long running impeachment saga had ended in his acquittal .

The video has more than 3 million views on Twitter alone at time of publication.
February 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A video of a wildly angry young man screaming “slash Republican throats” at a Students for Trump stall at Arizona State University has gone viral online, with more than 3 million views on Twitter alone at time of publication.
��CRAZY LEFTIST ON COLLEGE CAMPUS�� Watch as a tolerant leftist threatens to “slash the throat” of @realDonaldTrump and every Republican. We will NOT let the left silence us! @TrumpStudents #KeepAmericaGreat ���� pic.twitter.com/PZcTLhR6MK — Students for Trump at ASU (@sft_asu) February 6, 2020
As the young man approaches the stall, he begins screaming, clenching his fist and making a gesture of slashing his own throat before walking away.
“Slash his throat. Every f‑‑‑‑‑‑ Republican. Suck my f‑‑‑‑‑‑ balls. Slash Republican throats. Slash fascist throats. Death to fascists,” he shouted.
Members of the Students for Trump group filmed the angry outburst, while one of their group standing off-camera can be heard saying, “Have a good one” as the young man walks away.
The ASU Police Department have posted on Twitter in response to the incident, saying they are aware of the video and are “working with the University to address the matter.”
We are aware of a video circulating on social media where an individual appears to be making threats. We are working with the University to address the matter. — Arizona State University Police Department (@ASUPolice) February 6, 2020
At this point, the identity of the young man and whether or not he is a student are not known.
Charlie Kirk, founder and president of Students for Trump, responded to the video on Twitter, saying: “This is the type of violence our students face every single day. Just wait until Trump gets re-elected!”
Here is a violent leftist threatening to cut the throat of our @TrumpStudents leader in Arizona This is the type of violence our students face every single day Just wait until Trump gets re-elected! pic.twitter.com/rynboeZK6d — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 6, 2020
One member of the Arizona pro-Trump student group echoed Kirk’s comments, claiming on Twitter that the group have have been physically attacked a number times sinces launching recently. The tweet reads: “Since starting the @TrumpStudents chapter at @ASU a few months ago…We have had our flag stolen, been spat on, attacked by ANTIFA, and now today our lives threatened. We will NOT let this stop us from working on campus to get @realDonaldTrump re-elected! #LeadRight”
Since starting the @TrumpStudents chapter at @ASU a few months ago… We have had our flag stolen, been spat on, attacked by ANTIFA, and now today our lives threatened. We will NOT let this stop us from working on campus to get @realDonaldTrump re-elected! #LeadRight ���� https://t.co/tZVn1hbgzW — Christopher – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@Christ0pherAZ) February 6, 2020
The video was released shortly after news broke that President Trump’s long running impeachment saga had ended in his acquittal.
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lifesitenews--2020-02-06--Conservative sociologist explains contempt US elites have for ordinary citizens

February 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — During a wide-ranging conversation about culture and politics with pro-life activist Jonathon van Maren , renowned sociologist and author Charles Murray explained the growing divide between what he calls “ the new upper class ” and ordinary Americans .
Murray , born in 1943 , is perhaps best known for his work at the American Enterprise Institute .
He is also popular for publishing many books , including The Bell Curve ; Coming Apart : The State of White America ; and his most recent contribution , Human Diversity : The Biology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Murray explains to van Maren that while the United States has always had rich people and poor people , it hasn ’ t had “ a new upper class which saw itself as culturally distinct from the rest of America.
” Murray argues that what makes the elites of today radically different from those of the past is that they are isolated from the rest of the country , and that their family life , leisure time , and basic cultural norms are not in step with middle- and lower-class Americans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I ’ m not talking about a left liberal upper class versus a different kind of conservative upper class .
I ’ m talking about a difference in culture , ” Murray explains .
“ The new upper class is likely to be very dismissive of the traditional two-parent families in their writings [ yet they ] still get married in large numbers and they have their children within marriage and they behave , in terms of child upbringing , very responsibly.
” That sort of reality is “ very alien @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very high proportions of children being born out of wedlock , people not getting married , ” he said .
“ Very low-income people , ” Murray continued , “ have dropped out of participation in the basic institutions of American life.
” Previously , “ there were all sorts of ways in which people with low incomes were full participants in American society ... that 's changed.
” Some of the most obvious differences between the new upper class and ordinary Americans is that they listen to NPR , watch some television @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their 30s .
They also go on vacation , but not in places like Northern Minnesota .
Rather , they go scuba diving .
“ They show very little interest in trying to become less isolated from the rest of the country , ” Murray argued .
“ How has this change come about ?
” van Maren asked the conservative sociologist during their 45-minute exchange .
Murray said a number of factors have contributed , but that ultimately shifts in the entertainment industry , university admissions , and economic policies have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ religion , looking down on laborers who work with their hands , and a general de-emphasizing of the importance of family have also led to the chasm between the new upper class and the new lower class .
Murray says America is sorely in need of someone who can restore it to the original vision the Founding Fathers laid out for it .
“ Highly secular societies are going to break down , ” he said .
America needs a leader who can “ start to restore some of the institutions ... and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... but you can ’ t manufacture great people , male or female , just because you need it .
You can hope that the occasion gives rise to them .
But it ’ s a hope , not a plan.
” The Van Maren Show is hosted on numerous platforms , including Spotify , SoundCloud , YouTube , iTunes , and Google Play .
For a full listing of episodes , and to subscribe to various channels , visit our Pippa webpage here .
To receive weekly emails when a new episode @ @ @ @ @ @

Charles Murray believes that what makes the elites of today radically different from those of the past is that they are isolated from the rest of the country.
February 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — During a wide-ranging conversation about culture and politics with pro-life activist Jonathon van Maren, renowned sociologist and author Charles Murray explained the growing divide between what he calls “the new upper class” and ordinary Americans.
Murray, born in 1943, is perhaps best known for his work at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also popular for publishing many books, including The Bell Curve; Coming Apart: The State of White America; and his most recent contribution, Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class.
Murray explains to van Maren that while the United States has always had rich people and poor people, it hasn’t had “a new upper class which saw itself as culturally distinct from the rest of America.”
Murray argues that what makes the elites of today radically different from those of the past is that they are isolated from the rest of the country, and that their family life, leisure time, and basic cultural norms are not in step with middle- and lower-class Americans, whom they view with condescension and derision.
“I’m not talking about a left liberal upper class versus a different kind of conservative upper class. I’m talking about a difference in culture,” Murray explains.
“The new upper class is likely to be very dismissive of the traditional two-parent families in their writings [yet they] still get married in large numbers and they have their children within marriage and they behave, in terms of child upbringing, very responsibly.”
That sort of reality is “very alien in low-income America, where you have very high proportions of children being born out of wedlock, people not getting married,” he said.
“Very low-income people,” Murray continued, “have dropped out of participation in the basic institutions of American life.” Previously, “there were all sorts of ways in which people with low incomes were full participants in American society…that's changed.”
Some of the most obvious differences between the new upper class and ordinary Americans is that they listen to NPR, watch some television but not much, and get married in their 30s. They also go on vacation, but not in places like Northern Minnesota. Rather, they go scuba diving.
“They show very little interest in trying to become less isolated from the rest of the country,” Murray argued.
“How has this change come about?” van Maren asked the conservative sociologist during their 45-minute exchange.
Murray said a number of factors have contributed, but that ultimately shifts in the entertainment industry, university admissions, and economic policies have all played a role. Ridiculing organized religion, looking down on laborers who work with their hands, and a general de-emphasizing of the importance of family have also led to the chasm between the new upper class and the new lower class.
Murray says America is sorely in need of someone who can restore it to the original vision the Founding Fathers laid out for it.
“Highly secular societies are going to break down,” he said. America needs a leader who can “start to restore some of the institutions … and make a huge change in the middle … but you can’t manufacture great people, male or female, just because you need it. You can hope that the occasion gives rise to them. But it’s a hope, not a plan.”
The Van Maren Show is hosted on numerous platforms, including Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Google Play.
For a full listing of episodes, and to subscribe to various channels, visit our Pippa webpage here.
To receive weekly emails when a new episode is uploaded, click here.
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lifesitenews--2020-02-06--Scotland’s new pro-family political party stops condom-eating drag queen from performing in school

February 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A new pro-family political party in Scotland stopped a drag queen from performing at a local high-school after producing a video highlighting the disturbing and graphic sexual nature of his regular acts .
Richard Lucas , leader of the Scottish Family Party , wrote to Dunbar Grammar School highlighting the party ’ s concerns about the school ’ s upcoming “ Happyfest - Yearly Celebration of Queer Arts ” scheduled to take place later this month .
“ In particular , we note the inclusion of two drag queen acts , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Family Party , we are of the view that such acts promote a philosophy of gender fluidity that is confusing and dangerous to young people .
We are also very aware that the drag scene is often associated with less than positive values .
“ In particular , we note the inclusion of a drag ‘ artist ’ by the ( stage ) name of Ivy Adamas .
Furthermore , we notice that on Twitter , using your own twitter account , you ‘ liked ’ the tweet from your school ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After including a link to the video the party produced about the drag queen , Lucas continued .
“ Of concern are the blood-stained dress , foul language , graphic sexual vulgarity ( “ I want to eat your dick ” etc . )
, overtly sexual movements ( such as masturbatory motions ) , crude fake female genitals , and the extraction of a condom from his mouth.
” “ We assume that this invitation was extended to Ivy Adamas without the knowledge that he is entirely unsuitable as a role model @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continued .
“ Similarly , we hope that you now regard your endorsement ( expressed through your liking of the announcement tweet ) as regrettable , now that you have more information.
” “ So , we invite you to retract your endorsement of this act in your school , and to cancel this performer .
If you reply by Wednesday 5 February , we will be able to report your changed stance when we comment publicly and contact media organisations with the story .
In the event that we don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will assume that your position is unchanged and will commentate accordingly .
We hope that you appreciate the opportunity to reconsider what we are providing.
” On Tuesday , headteacher Claire Slowther replied to Lucas ’ email informing him that Adamas ’ act has been cancelled .
Slowther expressed the school ’ s commitment to “ ensuring that children and young people who are lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender or intersex ( LGBTI ) experience an inclusive education and learn about LGBT issues at school , ” but said “ ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of the performers who was initially booked to perform , had a video on YouTube which was not suitable for a teenage audience .
We have since made the decision that they will no longer perform .
We would take this approach for performers at any type of school event.
” Responding to the school ’ s decision , Lucas told LifeSiteNew , : “ LGBT indoctrination in Scottish schools is government policy , but Dunbar Grammar School seems to be particularly determined to instill the values of LGBT activists into its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school into canceling one act , but it ’ s a small victory .
The rest of the show goes on in his school and most others .
“ It will only change with a change of political direction – and our mission is to bring that about , ” he said .
At the end of his video , Lucas called on the people of Scotland to elect Scottish Family Party MSPs so that “ we can protect children all over Scotland.
” “ What did we learn here ?
What we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purveyor of filth , was invited into a school to perform for school children .
Who stopped it ?
Was it the headteacher who had good judgment and insight ?
No .
Was there any staff in the school that said , ‘ Hang on a minute ?
’ No .
Was it the council that supervises that school , that is responsible for it ?
No .
Was it the parents .
Well , no , because probably most of them didn ’ t really know about it .
Was it the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ‘ I 'm not sure what you 're doing here.
’ No , ” he said .
“ We did .
The Scottish Family Party did .
We 've protected the kids of Dunbar Grammar School from corruption .
But that 's a one-off isolated victory .
If we can get Scottish Family Party MSPs into Holyrood , we can protect children all over Scotland .
That 's our vision , ” he added .

The show was canceled after the headteacher was made aware through video sent to her of the scheduled performer's lewd and crude act.
February 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A new pro-family political party in Scotland stopped a drag queen from performing at a local high-school after producing a video highlighting the disturbing and graphic sexual nature of his regular acts.
Richard Lucas, leader of the Scottish Family Party, wrote to Dunbar Grammar School highlighting the party’s concerns about the school’s upcoming “Happyfest – Yearly Celebration of Queer Arts” scheduled to take place later this month.
“In particular, we note the inclusion of two drag queen acts,” Lucas wrote. “At the Scottish Family Party, we are of the view that such acts promote a philosophy of gender fluidity that is confusing and dangerous to young people. We are also very aware that the drag scene is often associated with less than positive values.
“In particular, we note the inclusion of a drag ‘artist’ by the (stage) name of Ivy Adamas. Furthermore, we notice that on Twitter, using your own twitter account, you ‘liked’ the tweet from your school’s LGBT Allies account announcing his inclusion.”
After including a link to the video the party produced about the drag queen, Lucas continued. “Of concern are the blood-stained dress, foul language, graphic sexual vulgarity (“I want to eat your dick” etc.), overtly sexual movements (such as masturbatory motions), crude fake female genitals, and the extraction of a condom from his mouth.”
“We assume that this invitation was extended to Ivy Adamas without the knowledge that he is entirely unsuitable as a role model for school children?” the letter continued. “Similarly, we hope that you now regard your endorsement (expressed through your liking of the announcement tweet) as regrettable, now that you have more information.”
“So, we invite you to retract your endorsement of this act in your school, and to cancel this performer. If you reply by Wednesday 5 February, we will be able to report your changed stance when we comment publicly and contact media organisations with the story. In the event that we don’t hear from you by then, we will assume that your position is unchanged and will commentate accordingly. We hope that you appreciate the opportunity to reconsider what we are providing.”
On Tuesday, headteacher Claire Slowther replied to Lucas’ email informing him that Adamas’ act has been cancelled.
Slowther expressed the school’s commitment to “ensuring that children and young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI) experience an inclusive education and learn about LGBT issues at school,” but said “(w)e have become aware that one of the performers who was initially booked to perform, had a video on YouTube which was not suitable for a teenage audience. We have since made the decision that they will no longer perform. We would take this approach for performers at any type of school event.”
Responding to the school’s decision, Lucas told LifeSiteNew,: “LGBT indoctrination in Scottish schools is government policy, but Dunbar Grammar School seems to be particularly determined to instill the values of LGBT activists into its pupils. We managed to pressurize the school into canceling one act, but it’s a small victory. The rest of the show goes on in his school and most others.
“It will only change with a change of political direction – and our mission is to bring that about,” he said.
At the end of his video, Lucas called on the people of Scotland to elect Scottish Family Party MSPs so that “we can protect children all over Scotland.”
“What did we learn here? What we learned is that this performer, this purveyor of filth, was invited into a school to perform for school children. Who stopped it? Was it the headteacher who had good judgment and insight? No. Was there any staff in the school that said, ‘Hang on a minute?’ No. Was it the council that supervises that school, that is responsible for it? No. Was it the parents. Well, no, because probably most of them didn’t really know about it. Was it the local MSP that came along and said, ‘I'm not sure what you're doing here.’ No,” he said.
“We did. The Scottish Family Party did. We've protected the kids of Dunbar Grammar School from corruption. But that's a one-off isolated victory. If we can get Scottish Family Party MSPs into Holyrood, we can protect children all over Scotland. That's our vision,” he added.
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lifesitenews--2020-02-06--WATCH: Buttigieg won’t condemn infanticide, late-term abortion

February 5 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Former South Bend , Indiana mayor and Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg stood by his claim that the Bible can be interpreted to allow abortion Thursday , while refusing yet again to draw the line at late-term abortion or condemn infanticide .
Buttigieg appeared on the left-wing talk show The View , where lone Republican host Meghan McCain pressed him on his September claim that Christians can support abortion because “ there ’ s a lot of parts of the Bible that talk about how life begins with breath.
” Pro-lifers responded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Genesis 2:7 ’ s account of God creating Adam – “ Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life , and the man became a living being ” – while ignoring long-settled biological criteria that establishes a living human being is created upon fertilization .
“ Well , I ’ m just pointing to the fact that different people will interpret their own moral lights , and for that matter , interpret Scripture differently , ” Buttigieg told McCain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country where it is extremely important that no one person have to be subjected to some other person ’ s interpretation of their own religion.
” McCain followed up by bringing up partial-birth abortion , because “ people , even Democrats – and there are a lot of pro-life Democrats in the country – want to know exactly where your line is , because you ’ ll be the president if you win.
” “ Right , but my point is that it shouldn ’ t be up to a government official to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ It should be up to the woman who is confronted with the choice.
” “ So if a woman wanted to — I don ’ t know — invoke infanticide after a baby was born , you ’ d be comfortable with that ?
” McCain followed up .
Buttigieg responded by asking , “ does anybody seriously think that ’ s what these cases are about ?
” He then claimed any “ late-term situation ” is “ by definition ” one in which “ the woman was expecting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she gets the most , perhaps , devastating news of her life.
” “ I don ’ t know what to tell them , morally , about what they should do , ” he declared .
“ I just know that I trust her and her decision , medically or morally , isn ’ t going to be any better because the government is commanding her to do it in a certain way.
” His talking points did not impress pro-life observers : This is far from the first sign that Buttigieg favors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to dismiss late-term abortions as “ hypothetical , ” refusing to accept any cutoff line for abortion beyond declaring , “ I trust women to draw the line when it ’ s their own bodies.
” His pro-abortion platform also includes appointing pro-abortion judges to the Supreme Court and making the abortion drug RU-486 available over the counter .
As mayor of South Bend , he vetoed Women ’ s Care Center ’ s re-zoning application to build a pro-life pregnancy center near the site of a proposed abortion center , and he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands of babies ’ corpses on the property of a deceased area abortionist .

Buttigieg deflected when asked, 'So if a woman wanted to...invoke infanticide after a baby was born, you’d be comfortable with that?'
February 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Former South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg stood by his claim that the Bible can be interpreted to allow abortion Thursday, while refusing yet again to draw the line at late-term abortion or condemn infanticide.
Buttigieg appeared on the left-wing talk show The View, where lone Republican host Meghan McCain pressed him on his September claim that Christians can support abortion because “there’s a lot of parts of the Bible that talk about how life begins with breath.” Pro-lifers responded at the time that Buttigieg was twisting Genesis 2:7’s account of God creating Adam – “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” – while ignoring long-settled biological criteria that establishes a living human being is created upon fertilization.
“Well, I’m just pointing to the fact that different people will interpret their own moral lights, and for that matter, interpret Scripture differently,” Buttigieg told McCain. “But we live in a country where it is extremely important that no one person have to be subjected to some other person’s interpretation of their own religion.”
McCain followed up by bringing up partial-birth abortion, because “people, even Democrats – and there are a lot of pro-life Democrats in the country – want to know exactly where your line is, because you’ll be the president if you win.”
“Right, but my point is that it shouldn’t be up to a government official to draw the line,” Buttigieg responded. “It should be up to the woman who is confronted with the choice.”
“So if a woman wanted to — I don’t know — invoke infanticide after a baby was born, you’d be comfortable with that?” McCain followed up. Buttigieg responded by asking, “does anybody seriously think that’s what these cases are about?”
He then claimed any “late-term situation” is “by definition” one in which “the woman was expecting to carry the pregnancy to term. Then she gets the most, perhaps, devastating news of her life.”
“I don’t know what to tell them, morally, about what they should do,” he declared. “I just know that I trust her and her decision, medically or morally, isn’t going to be any better because the government is commanding her to do it in a certain way.”
His talking points did not impress pro-life observers:
I don’t know what to tell them, morally, about what they should do.“—@MeghanMcCain just asked you about INFANTICIDE, @PeteButtigieg… this should be an easy question to answer pic.twitter.com/hxuAmozCiB — Susan B. Anthony List (@SBAList) February 6, 2020
No, @PeteButtigieg did give a stance He said as long as a mother wants to abort a baby, at any age, she should be able to Even if that means partially delivering a full-grown, 7 lb infant, who can recognize her mother’s voice, & then stabbing her neck & suctioning out her brain https://t.co/eXDtNWrg9y — Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) February 6, 2020
Nothing is more vile than watching someone try to use Christianity to defend dismembering late-term children in the womb. @PeteButtigieg is doing just that. https://t.co/6EXqmRddpE — Jonathon Van Maren (@JVanMaren) February 6, 2020
“The government shouldn’t intervene if you want to abuse your child” “The gov shouldn’t intervene if you want to rape someone” “The gov shouldn’t intervene if you want to rob a bank” Is the same as saying, “The gov shouldn’t intervene if you want to kill your preborn child” — Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) February 6, 2020
Don't let Pete Buttigieg tell you he's any less radical than the rest of the Dems running for president. Protecting babies late in pregnancy and outside the womb from being killed shouldn't be a debate. His answer to @MeghanMcCain's partial-birth abortion question is repulsive. https://t.co/GiR3TYu06r — Steve Scalise (@GeauxScalise) February 6, 2020
Buttigieg also claims that late abortions are done only after “devastating news.” Journal of pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute: “data suggests that most women seeking later terminations are not doing so for reasons of fetal anomaly or life endangerment.” https://t.co/bMFBSp5O2h https://t.co/UFdl3A35QJ — Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) February 6, 2020
This is far from the first sign that Buttigieg favors effectively unlimited abortion. He previously tried to dismiss late-term abortions as “hypothetical,” refusing to accept any cutoff line for abortion beyond declaring, “I trust women to draw the line when it’s their own bodies.”
His pro-abortion platform also includes appointing pro-abortion judges to the Supreme Court and making the abortion drug RU-486 available over the counter. As mayor of South Bend, he vetoed Women’s Care Center’s re-zoning application to build a pro-life pregnancy center near the site of a proposed abortion center, and he has largely dodged questions about the discovery of thousands of babies’ corpses on the property of a deceased area abortionist.
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lifesitenews--2020-02-06--Here are the top 13 companies that facilitate sexual exploitation – and what you can do about it

Washington , D.C. , February 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation ( NCOSE ) today announced its 2020 Dirty Dozen List , a list of mainstream entities that are major facilitators of sexual exploitation in the United States .
The Dirty Dozen List is a highly successful tool that has already resulted in more than 50 policy changes at major corporations .
“ In 2020 , it is intolerable for a mainstream company or entity to facilitate , profit from , or normalize sexual exploitation—and that ’ s why the Dirty Dozen List @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vice President of Advocacy and Outreach at the NCOSE .
“ This list ensures that their promotion and collusion with sexual assault , sex trafficking , pornography , the eroticization of incest , and more , becomes public knowledge , and equips concerned citizens with information and tools to hold them accountable.
” “ This year , for the first time ever , the Dirty Dozen List has become a Dirty ‘ Baker ’ s Dozen ’ List , with the addition of Wyndham hotels which are currently being sued by the National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behalf of a child sex trafficking survivor who was serially raped in these hotels , ” McNamara added .
The formal NCOSE statement on the lawsuit can be found here .
“ Further , we call special attention to Seeking Arrangement , one of the largest pseudo-dating prostitution websites , with over 20 million members .
Seeking Arrangement targets college students who struggle with student debt to be sexually accessible to socio-economically advantaged older men in exchange for money or gifts .
This is essentially a business model of thinly veiled prostitution , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starting this year with an exciting victory as United Airlines has been removed from the 2019 Dirty Dozen List where it was previously listed due to improved training for flight crews regarding in-flight pornography-use .
As confirmed to NCOSE by a United Airlines spokesperson , and United flight attendants , United has now begun training staff on how to respond to this disturbing new trend.
” The formal NCOSE statement on this victory can be found here .
Amazon : Amazon , the world ’ s titan of e-commerce , logistics , data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ endless amounts of sexual exploitation .
As an online retailer , Amazon is in the business of selling incest-themed porn , sex dolls , photography books with eroticized child nudity , pornographic magazines , and more .
As a media creator , Amazon Prime Video inserts unnecessary , gratuitous nudity and simulated sex scenes into many of its original programming , while providing faulty parental controls .
Amazon S3 and Amazon Web Services are also host to thousands of hardcore violent pornography and prostitution websites .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/Amazon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ search engine market share world- wide and a vast network that touches the lives of nearly all people alive today , Google has a responsibility to reject sexual exploitation rather than serving as a party and facilitator to it .
Google has a long list of problems to answer to , including : unfiltered Chromebooks exposing school children to hardcore porn , pedophiles networking on YouTube , pornographic results for educational search terms in Google Images , and concerning encryption efforts that could make identifying and prosecuting child abusers more difficult .
Learn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Envy : Massage Envy , the largest massage chain in America , with more than 20,000 therapists and 1,200 locations , has been , and is being , sued by hundreds of women for failing to take appropriate measures when a massage therapist sexually harassed or assaulted a client .
Among a number of poor policies , the company has hidden clauses in customer agreements that force women to surrender their rights .
Massage Envy needs to stop silencing survivors and take real corporate responsibility .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/MassageEnvy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of at-home entertainment with over 150 million users subscribing across the globe .
Disturbingly , Netflix often produces media portraying gratuitous nudity , graphic sexual acts , and even graphic depictions of sexual assault .
Despite this , Netflix self-rates as suitable for ages 4+ on the Apple App Store .
Netflix needs to stop normalizing and mainstreaming sexually graphic and violent entertainment , and until they do so they need to change their app rating to 17+ .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/Netflix Nevada : Nevada is the only state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ select counties .
As a result , Nevada has the largest illegal commercial sex market in the country due to the increased demand for buying sex in this normalized atmosphere , abandoning many to be exploited in both prostitution and sex trafficking .
While some may claim that legalization provides better regulation and increased safety , the truth is that sexual violence , racism , and socioeconomic disadvantages are inextricable from the prostitution experience .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/Nevada Seeking Arrangement : Seeking Arrangement is one of the largest pseudo-dating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ) websites , with over 20 million members .
Seeking Arrangement prioritizes targeting college students who struggle with student debt to service socio-economically advantaged older men .
This is a system of thinly veiled prostitution and therefore must be recognized as sexual exploitation .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/SeekingArrangement Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue : Since 1964 this magazine has sexually objectified women for sport and profit .
This magazine is sending a message that women ’ s bodies are for public consumption , and any retailer that displays and sells @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entitlement to the female body .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/SportsIllustrated Steam : Steam is a popular gaming platform and store with over 90 million active users , and approximately 35 million users who are minors .
The platform has hundreds of games that promote gratuitous sexual content , violence , and harassment .
After implementing an “ anything goes ” policy , the sexually exploitive games on Steam skyrocketed from 700 to over 3,900 .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/Steam TikTok : With more than 500 million active @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media video app increasingly popular among elementary and middle school-aged children .
Due to a lack of moderation and meager safety controls , TikTok has facilitated a space for sexual grooming by abusers and sex traffickers .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/TikTok Twitter : Twitter is used countless times daily to advertise prostituted persons and sex trafficking victims for purposes of commercial sexual exploitation , often via pornographic images or webcamming .
In fact , media reports suggest that as many as 10 million Twitter accounts may include explicit sexual content @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place virtually no limits on the perpetuation and amassing of this content .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/Twitter Visa : The credit card company/corporation Visa partners with the pornography industry by processing payments for pornography with themes of sexual violence , racism , incest , and the fetishization of minors .
Other major payment systems , such as Paypal , have rejected profits from the sex industry by refusing to allow their system to be used by pornography websites .
It ’ s time to hold Visa accountable .
Learn more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wish is a retail shopping website and app regularly used by 500 million people , and it currently ranks as the # 2 shopping app on the iPhone .
Unfortunately , Wish ’ s meteoric rise in the world of retail rests on the sale of child-like sex dolls , spycams marketed for filming women nude without their permission , and misogynistic apparel featuring female nudity that minimizes women as two-dimensional sex objects .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/Wish Wyndham : Wyndham Hotels & Resorts , which also owns the hotel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prominent hospitality chain with more than 9,000 hotels and resorts worldwide .
Unfortunately , Wyndham also profits from exploitive on-demand pornography and is being sued by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation ( NCOSE ) Law Center for facilitating underage sex trafficking .
Learn more and take action : EndSexualExploitation.org/Wyndham The Dirty Dozen List has a track record of uniting thousands of individual actions and targeting them to create monumental changes , such as : • The two billion+ monthly active devices subscribing to Google Play are no longer able to download @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s sanctioned online store ; • Over two million military service members now receive anti-sex trafficking training with the issue of pornography explained as a factor driving demand ; • Over one million Comcast customers now have the ability to block out pornographic content with improved parental controls and have access to new features promoting digital safety and preventing unintentional exposure to pornography ; and many more .
• See more victories here .

Seeking Arrangement, Amazon, Twitter, and TikTok are among the top contributors to sexual exploitation in America, according to the nation's leading anti-exploitation organization.
Washington, D.C., February 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) today announced its 2020 Dirty Dozen List, a list of mainstream entities that are major facilitators of sexual exploitation in the United States.
The Dirty Dozen List is a highly successful tool that has already resulted in more than 50 policy changes at major corporations.
“In 2020, it is intolerable for a mainstream company or entity to facilitate, profit from, or normalize sexual exploitation—and that’s why the Dirty Dozen List exists,” said Haley McNamara, Vice President of Advocacy and Outreach at the NCOSE. “This list ensures that their promotion and collusion with sexual assault, sex trafficking, pornography, the eroticization of incest, and more, becomes public knowledge, and equips concerned citizens with information and tools to hold them accountable.”
“This year, for the first time ever, the Dirty Dozen List has become a Dirty ‘Baker’s Dozen’ List, with the addition of Wyndham hotels which are currently being sued by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Law Center on behalf of a child sex trafficking survivor who was serially raped in these hotels,” McNamara added.
The formal NCOSE statement on the lawsuit can be found here.
“Further, we call special attention to Seeking Arrangement, one of the largest pseudo-dating prostitution websites, with over 20 million members. Seeking Arrangement targets college students who struggle with student debt to be sexually accessible to socio-economically advantaged older men in exchange for money or gifts. This is essentially a business model of thinly veiled prostitution,” McNamara said.
“We are starting this year with an exciting victory as United Airlines has been removed from the 2019 Dirty Dozen List where it was previously listed due to improved training for flight crews regarding in-flight pornography-use. As confirmed to NCOSE by a United Airlines spokesperson, and United flight attendants, United has now begun training staff on how to respond to this disturbing new trend.”
The formal NCOSE statement on this victory can be found here.
The 2020 Dirty “Baker’s Dozen” List:
Amazon: Amazon, the world’s titan of e-commerce, logistics, data storage, and media, also peddles endless amounts of sexual exploitation. As an online retailer, Amazon is in the business of selling incest-themed porn, sex dolls, photography books with eroticized child nudity, pornographic magazines, and more. As a media creator, Amazon Prime Video inserts unnecessary, gratuitous nudity and simulated sex scenes into many of its original programming, while providing faulty parental controls. Amazon S3 and Amazon Web Services are also host to thousands of hardcore violent pornography and prostitution websites. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/Amazon
Google: With 87% of the search engine market share world- wide and a vast network that touches the lives of nearly all people alive today, Google has a responsibility to reject sexual exploitation rather than serving as a party and facilitator to it. Google has a long list of problems to answer to, including: unfiltered Chromebooks exposing school children to hardcore porn, pedophiles networking on YouTube, pornographic results for educational search terms in Google Images, and concerning encryption efforts that could make identifying and prosecuting child abusers more difficult. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/Google
Massage Envy: Massage Envy, the largest massage chain in America, with more than 20,000 therapists and 1,200 locations, has been, and is being, sued by hundreds of women for failing to take appropriate measures when a massage therapist sexually harassed or assaulted a client. Among a number of poor policies, the company has hidden clauses in customer agreements that force women to surrender their rights. Massage Envy needs to stop silencing survivors and take real corporate responsibility. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/MassageEnvy
Netflix: Netflix has become a staple of at-home entertainment with over 150 million users subscribing across the globe. Disturbingly, Netflix often produces media portraying gratuitous nudity, graphic sexual acts, and even graphic depictions of sexual assault. Despite this, Netflix self-rates as suitable for ages 4+ on the Apple App Store. Netflix needs to stop normalizing and mainstreaming sexually graphic and violent entertainment, and until they do so they need to change their app rating to 17+. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/Netflix
Nevada: Nevada is the only state in America with legalized brothel prostitution in select counties. As a result, Nevada has the largest illegal commercial sex market in the country due to the increased demand for buying sex in this normalized atmosphere, abandoning many to be exploited in both prostitution and sex trafficking. While some may claim that legalization provides better regulation and increased safety, the truth is that sexual violence, racism, and socioeconomic disadvantages are inextricable from the prostitution experience. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/Nevada
Seeking Arrangement: Seeking Arrangement is one of the largest pseudo-dating prostitution (sometimes called “sugar baby”) websites, with over 20 million members. Seeking Arrangement prioritizes targeting college students who struggle with student debt to service socio-economically advantaged older men. This is a system of thinly veiled prostitution and therefore must be recognized as sexual exploitation. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/SeekingArrangement
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue: Since 1964 this magazine has sexually objectified women for sport and profit. This magazine is sending a message that women’s bodies are for public consumption, and any retailer that displays and sells it is condoning the toxic culture of entitlement to the female body. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/SportsIllustrated
Steam: Steam is a popular gaming platform and store with over 90 million active users, and approximately 35 million users who are minors. The platform has hundreds of games that promote gratuitous sexual content, violence, and harassment. After implementing an “anything goes” policy, the sexually exploitive games on Steam skyrocketed from 700 to over 3,900. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/Steam
TikTok: With more than 500 million active users worldwide, TikTok is a social media video app increasingly popular among elementary and middle school-aged children. Due to a lack of moderation and meager safety controls, TikTok has facilitated a space for sexual grooming by abusers and sex traffickers. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/TikTok
Twitter: Twitter is used countless times daily to advertise prostituted persons and sex trafficking victims for purposes of commercial sexual exploitation, often via pornographic images or webcamming. In fact, media reports suggest that as many as 10 million Twitter accounts may include explicit sexual content, and meanwhile Twitter’s policies place virtually no limits on the perpetuation and amassing of this content. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/Twitter
Visa: The credit card company/corporation Visa partners with the pornography industry by processing payments for pornography with themes of sexual violence, racism, incest, and the fetishization of minors. Other major payment systems, such as Paypal, have rejected profits from the sex industry by refusing to allow their system to be used by pornography websites. It’s time to hold Visa accountable. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/Visa
Wish: Wish is a retail shopping website and app regularly used by 500 million people, and it currently ranks as the #2 shopping app on the iPhone. Unfortunately, Wish’s meteoric rise in the world of retail rests on the sale of child-like sex dolls, spycams marketed for filming women nude without their permission, and misogynistic apparel featuring female nudity that minimizes women as two-dimensional sex objects. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/Wish
Wyndham: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, which also owns the hotel brand Super 8 among others, is a prominent hospitality chain with more than 9,000 hotels and resorts worldwide. Unfortunately, Wyndham also profits from exploitive on-demand pornography and is being sued by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) Law Center for facilitating underage sex trafficking. Learn more and take action: EndSexualExploitation.org/Wyndham
The Dirty Dozen List has a track record of uniting thousands of individual actions and targeting them to create monumental changes, such as:
The two billion+ monthly active devices subscribing to Google Play are no longer able to download pornographic and sexually explicit apps through Google’s sanctioned online store;
Over two million military service members now receive anti-sex trafficking training with the issue of pornography explained as a factor driving demand;
Over one million Comcast customers now have the ability to block out pornographic content with improved parental controls and have access to new features promoting digital safety and preventing unintentional exposure to pornography; and many more.
See more victories here.
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lifesitenews--2020-02-06--An abortion survivor and an infertile mother: How God’s plan for us worked for the greater goo

An abortion survivor and an infertile mother: How God’s plan for us worked for the greater good

February 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Claire Culwell , abortion survivor : Prayer is powerful not merely because it unites us with believers ; it is a 24/7 direct line of communication with our Creator .
When I look at the story God has written in my life so far , I ’ m amazed by all the ways He showed up for my family and me and faithfully answered our prayers , even though His resolutions did n't always satisfy our timetables and expectations .
This truth took on a new significance for me when I met @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would alter the course of my life .
Growing up , my sister and I were fully aware that our parents adopted us after their struggles to get pregnant .
In our home , adoption was celebrated ; I knew that I was wanted , chosen , and loved by my family .
So when my sister and I got the chance to meet our birth mothers , I chose to do so , believing that no matter what the encounter unveiled , it was simply another aspect of what made our stories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ God ’ s grace in uniting us together as a family .
In 2009 , I came face-to-face with my birth mother .
She revealed that she had tried to abort my twin and me , and I survived the procedure .
Of course , in hearing that , I was initially heartbroken .
Despite being cherished by my adopted family , there was still pain in knowing that my birth mom did not want me .
As I navigated my new reality of being an abortion survivor and a twinless twin , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I asked God for answers that I will never get on this side of heaven .
Still , one thing He made clear to me was that regardless of being accidentally born after a botched abortion and losing my twin , He redeemed a seemingly hopeless situation .
And He didn ’ t stop there .
He placed me in a family that loved me and wanted me , and after I discovered my story , began opening doors for me to share my testimony of God ’ s great love , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Every day since learning about the circumstances of my birth , I have become more secure in who I am .
I know that my identity is in Christ , not my birth story .
When I called out to God , He provided solutions far better than the ones for which I prayed .
He gave me a family , a husband , children , and a ministry that offers a voice to women like my birth mother and me .
What was meant for evil , He used for my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of my parents ’ hearts when they desperately desired children and couldn ’ t have them naturally .
He spared my body from the abortion instruments that day , 32 years ago , and put me into the arms of my parents to fill their hearts and continue to leave a legacy for the Culwell name .
Barbara Culwell , Claire ’ s adopted mother : My story of God forging my prayer life formed from my longing to have a baby .
At the beginning of our fourth year of marriage , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of starting a family .
Very soon , we could tell we might not be able to have a baby naturally .
Over the next four years , I poured my heart out to the Lord over and over again .
Having walked with the Lord since high school , I knew a lot “ about Him , ” but the aching , wondering , and uncertainty brought me to my knees like no other time in my life .
I had so many questions for God .
Do you see me ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ really care about me ?
Do you have good plans for me ?
Day after day , year after year , I began to see and know that indeed He did see me and care for me and had more excellent plans for my family and me than I could ever imagine .
My constant need and ache drove me to Him , and I began experiencing a deeper level of trust with God than I had ever known , despite being in so much agony .
Today , when I look back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during that time , I am encouraged : “ Lord , Thank you that you are in control of everything and that ... you have my best interests in mind .
Your timing is perfect ” .
“ Lord , I want a baby .
Please give us one .
Thank you for teaching me more about you as I wait .
I don ’ t want to look to anything or anyone else to give me satisfaction except for you.
” “ Lord , Please help me be content in you .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and not doubt it.
” “ Lord , I need you to help me .
I feel like nobody understands what I feel .
I feel so alone in this waiting room.
” When I read those prayers and reflect on all the ways God carried me through the heartache , confusion , and discouragement I experienced , I am in awe of His tenderness and patience toward me .
As heavy as my pain and emptiness felt , it was still a sweet time of learning to learn on the God of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t want or enjoy the path on which He had placed me .
As Isaiah put it so eloquently : Who could have fathomed that in my moaning and groaning for a baby that God was orchestrating something far more incredible than I could have ever imagined ?
He protected Claire in her birth mother ’ s womb so that I could become a mother to her .
At just the right time , He placed her in our family .
And at just the right time again , He gave us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later .
I am in awe at God ’ s mercy and kindness He has shown me not only in answering my prayer for a baby , but in showing me more of His goodness .
The life of our family is a testimony to the power of prayer .
Today , Claire and I are both passionate about not only sharing our stories but about praying for children and families .
On February 15 , 2020 , we will join a panel of guest storytellers during the She Loves Out Loud free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encouragement with audiences facing all kinds of struggles , including infertility , abortion , adoption , and forgiveness .
If these issues are on your heart and if you believe in the importance of prayer intervention , please join us .
Join us now in praying that women who need to be encouraged will participate in the livestream .
Pray that women listening would place their hope in God and His plan , and consider hosting or joining a prayer group during the event .
“ For where two or three gather in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them ” ( Matthew 18:20 NIV ) .
Claire Culwell is an international speaker and abortion survivor .
She will appear during the She Loves Out Loud prayer livestream event with her mother Barbara Culwell on February 15 .

February 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Claire Culwell, abortion survivor: Prayer is powerful not merely because it unites us with believers; it is a 24/7 direct line of communication with our Creator. When I look at the story God has written in my life so far, I’m amazed by all the ways He showed up for my family and me and faithfully answered our prayers, even though His resolutions didn't always satisfy our timetables and expectations. This truth took on a new significance for me when I met my birth mother, an encounter that would alter the course of my life.
Growing up, my sister and I were fully aware that our parents adopted us after their struggles to get pregnant. In our home, adoption was celebrated; I knew that I was wanted, chosen, and loved by my family. So when my sister and I got the chance to meet our birth mothers, I chose to do so, believing that no matter what the encounter unveiled, it was simply another aspect of what made our stories so special and was another mark of God’s grace in uniting us together as a family.
In 2009, I came face-to-face with my birth mother. She revealed that she had tried to abort my twin and me, and I survived the procedure. Of course, in hearing that, I was initially heartbroken. Despite being cherished by my adopted family, there was still pain in knowing that my birth mom did not want me. As I navigated my new reality of being an abortion survivor and a twinless twin, I leaned on my family and God. I asked God for answers that I will never get on this side of heaven. Still, one thing He made clear to me was that regardless of being accidentally born after a botched abortion and losing my twin, He redeemed a seemingly hopeless situation. And He didn’t stop there.
He placed me in a family that loved me and wanted me, and after I discovered my story, began opening doors for me to share my testimony of God’s great love, grace, and forgiveness for the world. Every day since learning about the circumstances of my birth, I have become more secure in who I am. I know that my identity is in Christ, not my birth story.
When I called out to God, He provided solutions far better than the ones for which I prayed. He gave me a family, a husband, children, and a ministry that offers a voice to women like my birth mother and me.
What was meant for evil, He used for my good, and He answered the longings of my parents’ hearts when they desperately desired children and couldn’t have them naturally. He spared my body from the abortion instruments that day, 32 years ago, and put me into the arms of my parents to fill their hearts and continue to leave a legacy for the Culwell name.
Barbara Culwell, Claire’s adopted mother: My story of God forging my prayer life formed from my longing to have a baby. At the beginning of our fourth year of marriage, my husband and I began the journey of starting a family. Very soon, we could tell we might not be able to have a baby naturally. Over the next four years, I poured my heart out to the Lord over and over again. Having walked with the Lord since high school, I knew a lot “about Him,” but the aching, wondering, and uncertainty brought me to my knees like no other time in my life. I had so many questions for God.
Do you see me? Do you hear me? Do you really care about me? Do you have good plans for me?
Day after day, year after year, I began to see and know that indeed He did see me and care for me and had more excellent plans for my family and me than I could ever imagine.
My constant need and ache drove me to Him, and I began experiencing a deeper level of trust with God than I had ever known, despite being in so much agony. Today, when I look back on some of the prayers I journaled during that time, I am encouraged:
“Lord, Thank you that you are in control of everything and that… you have my best interests in mind. Your timing is perfect”. “Lord, I want a baby. Please give us one. Thank you for teaching me more about you as I wait. I don’t want to look to anything or anyone else to give me satisfaction except for you.” “Lord, Please help me be content in you. Help me to stand in your goodness and not doubt it.” “Lord, I need you to help me. I feel like nobody understands what I feel. I feel so alone in this waiting room.”
When I read those prayers and reflect on all the ways God carried me through the heartache, confusion, and discouragement I experienced, I am in awe of His tenderness and patience toward me. As heavy as my pain and emptiness felt, it was still a sweet time of learning to learn on the God of the Universe, even when I didn’t want or enjoy the path on which He had placed me. As Isaiah put it so eloquently:
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV).
Who could have fathomed that in my moaning and groaning for a baby that God was orchestrating something far more incredible than I could have ever imagined? He protected Claire in her birth mother’s womb so that I could become a mother to her. At just the right time, He placed her in our family. And at just the right time again, He gave us another precious baby girl a few years later. I am in awe at God’s mercy and kindness He has shown me not only in answering my prayer for a baby, but in showing me more of His goodness.
The life of our family is a testimony to the power of prayer. Today, Claire and I are both passionate about not only sharing our stories but about praying for children and families. On February 15, 2020, we will join a panel of guest storytellers during the She Loves Out Loud free livestream prayer event to share testimonies of encouragement with audiences facing all kinds of struggles, including infertility, abortion, adoption, and forgiveness. If these issues are on your heart and if you believe in the importance of prayer intervention, please join us. Join us now in praying that women who need to be encouraged will participate in the livestream. Pray that women listening would place their hope in God and His plan, and consider hosting or joining a prayer group during the event.
“For where two or three gather in my name, there I am with them” (Matthew 18:20 NIV).
Claire Culwell is an international speaker and abortion survivor. She will appear during the She Loves Out Loud prayer livestream event with her mother Barbara Culwell on February 15.
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lifesitenews--2020-02-06--Porn to be slapped with ‘warning label’ if Utah bill succeeds

February 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Those of you following this blog will know that I regularly point out the devastation digital pornography is wreaking on our social fabric .
Almost a quarter of American women now feel fear during intimacy due to porn-inspired behaviors like spontaneous choking ; sexual violence is becoming the norm within the context of romantic relationships ; young people are learning about sexuality and each other from porn ; and top porn sites consistently push wildly popular content featuring rape , incest , and often both .
In response to this , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Attorney General Bob Barr requesting that he look into curbing the porn industry by enforcing existing obscenity laws , and Princeton scholar Robert P. George chimed in with a letter of his own .
Terry Schilling of the American Principles Project laid out how this could be done in a long-form essay over at First Things , and he joined me on my podcast to discuss how the government could take action to restrict access to violent pornography , especially for young people .
Sixteen states have already dubbed digital porn a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state of Utah may be taking concrete action on this .
If Republican Representative Brady Brammer gets his way , a warning label will be attached to any adult video , magazine , or publication .
House Bill 243 reads as follows : Brammer modeled his bill after California ’ s product label requirements and would instruct porn producers to post the warnings—on videos , the label would have to be present for a full fifteen seconds .
On magazines ( which are pretty out-of-date these days ) , the warning would have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot of people have seen California warnings on products about toxic substances , ” Brammer told Fox 13 .
“ It would be enforced in the same way it enforces theirs.
” If House Bill 243 passes , there will be steep penalties for smut-peddlers who break the law .
Failure to display the warnings could invite prosecution by the Utah Attorney General ’ s Office and result in a fine of $ 2,500 per infraction .
Because so many children stumble across pornography by accident—anti-porn speakers confirm that this is a very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from being immediately exposed to porn .
“ A lot of people are clicking on something , they don ’ t want to see it , they like to have a little heads up before they see an image they really , it ’ s not what they ’ re getting into , ” Brammer noted .
Predictably , the porn industry ’ s defenders , including the Free Speech Coalition , have come out to condemn the legislation , with coalition spokesman Mike Stabile telling Fox 13 by email that , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and it is unconstitutional on its face .
The government has been prohibited time and again , in both conservative and liberal cases , from forcing individuals or companies to communicate a particular message.
” He then worried that the bill could even cover “ basic nudity ” or the TV show Game of Thrones , a pornographic fantasy show that was recently exposed as pushing women into nude scenes .
Of course , Brammer ’ s bill identifies porn as a toxic substance like cigarettes—the strategy of modeling our cultural response to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been advocated by researcher Dr. Mary Anne Layden , the director of education at the University of Pennsylvania ’ s Center for Cognitive Therapy .
Porn ’ s defenders call it speech , while many experts—and Rep. Brammer—are identifying it as a toxic substance warping the minds of the young .
If Brammer is right—and he is—then attaching a warning to pornography makes sense for precisely the same reasons that attaching a warning to cigarette packs does .
For those reasons , Brammer is confident that Bill 243 could withstand a legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve got an uphill battle in the state of Utah to fight against an obscenity law like this , ” he said .
“ We ’ re not banning their speech .
We ’ re just asking them to put a warning label before they show it.
” That , of course , is too much to ask of the porn industry , which wants to get kids addicted to their poison young and keep them clicking through adolescence and adulthood .
Perhaps Utah will strike the first blow against the alliance of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep this filth on screens in front of young people across the nation .
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The warning label would state in part that 'exposing minors to pornography is known to the state of Utah to cause negative impacts.'
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February 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Those of you following this blog will know that I regularly point out the devastation digital pornography is wreaking on our social fabric. Almost a quarter of American women now feel fear during intimacy due to porn-inspired behaviors like spontaneous choking; sexual violence is becoming the norm within the context of romantic relationships; young people are learning about sexuality and each other from porn; and top porn sites consistently push wildly popular content featuring rape, incest, and often both.
In response to this, a number of Congressmen recently sent a letter to Attorney General Bob Barr requesting that he look into curbing the porn industry by enforcing existing obscenity laws, and Princeton scholar Robert P. George chimed in with a letter of his own. Terry Schilling of the American Principles Project laid out how this could be done in a long-form essay over at First Things, and he joined me on my podcast to discuss how the government could take action to restrict access to violent pornography, especially for young people.
Sixteen states have already dubbed digital porn a public health crisis, and now the state of Utah may be taking concrete action on this. If Republican Representative Brady Brammer gets his way, a warning label will be attached to any adult video, magazine, or publication. House Bill 243 reads as follows:
Exposing minors to pornography is known to the state of Utah to cause negative impacts to brain development, emotional development, and the ability to maintain intimate relationships. Such exposure may lead to harmful and addictive sexual behavior, low self-esteem, and the improper objectification of and sexual violence towards others, among numerous other harms.
Brammer modeled his bill after California’s product label requirements and would instruct porn producers to post the warnings—on videos, the label would have to be present for a full fifteen seconds. On magazines (which are pretty out-of-date these days), the warning would have to be easily visible. “A lot of people have seen California warnings on products about toxic substances,” Brammer told Fox 13. “It would be enforced in the same way it enforces theirs.”
If House Bill 243 passes, there will be steep penalties for smut-peddlers who break the law. Failure to display the warnings could invite prosecution by the Utah Attorney General’s Office and result in a fine of $2,500 per infraction. Because so many children stumble across pornography by accident—anti-porn speakers confirm that this is a very, very common—these warnings could stop children from being immediately exposed to porn. “A lot of people are clicking on something, they don’t want to see it, they like to have a little heads up before they see an image they really, it’s not what they’re getting into,” Brammer noted.
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Predictably, the porn industry’s defenders, including the Free Speech Coalition, have come out to condemn the legislation, with coalition spokesman Mike Stabile telling Fox 13 by email that, “The Utah bill is compelled speech, and it is unconstitutional on its face. The government has been prohibited time and again, in both conservative and liberal cases, from forcing individuals or companies to communicate a particular message.” He then worried that the bill could even cover “basic nudity” or the TV show Game of Thrones, a pornographic fantasy show that was recently exposed as pushing women into nude scenes.
Of course, Brammer’s bill identifies porn as a toxic substance like cigarettes—the strategy of modeling our cultural response to porn after the successful campaigns against smoking has been advocated by researcher Dr. Mary Anne Layden, the director of education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Cognitive Therapy. Porn’s defenders call it speech, while many experts—and Rep. Brammer—are identifying it as a toxic substance warping the minds of the young. If Brammer is right—and he is—then attaching a warning to pornography makes sense for precisely the same reasons that attaching a warning to cigarette packs does. For those reasons, Brammer is confident that Bill 243 could withstand a legal challenge.
“I think they’ve got an uphill battle in the state of Utah to fight against an obscenity law like this,” he said. “We’re not banning their speech. We’re just asking them to put a warning label before they show it.”
That, of course, is too much to ask of the porn industry, which wants to get kids addicted to their poison young and keep them clicking through adolescence and adulthood. Perhaps Utah will strike the first blow against the alliance of libertarians, porn-peddlers, and progressives that keep this filth on screens in front of young people across the nation.
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lifesitenews--2020-02-06--Priest criticizes German bishops for using ‘amateurish’ abuse study as basis for ‘synodal path’

February 6 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – The synodal path in Germany is usually justified by referring to a study on sexual abuse within the Church , commissioned by the German bishops ’ conference .
Father Dominikus Kraschl , a Franciscan professor of philosophy in Switzerland , calls into question the “ founding myth ” of the synodal path in a background piece for Catholic weekly newspaper Die Tagespost .
Only days before the assembly of the synodal path , which consists of 230 members , first met in January , Cardinal Reinhard Marx , president of the German @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an interview published by the diocesan newspapers , “ The themes of the Synodal Way came out of the study on abuse.
” At the press conference marking the opening of the first synodal assembly , Marx confirmed : “ You all know that the starting point is a crisis , a shock .
The so-called MHG Study has been an important step on the path of coming to terms with the crisis , which path we have been following since 2010 , and the bishops ’ conference has commissioned this study .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this way.
” However , admitting that the issues discussed by the synodal path are not new , the archbishop of Munich continued , “ Some questions from this study , which specifically touch on the systemic points of church life , also touch on the points that have been discussed again and again in the last decades.
” Thomas Sternberg , head of the Central Committee of German Catholics , said in his speech at the beginning of the first synodal assembly : “ The themes of the synodal path are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interdisciplinary research network on the subject of sexual abuse of clergy in the past 70 years , the MHG study , for short .
This study identifies issues that promote abuse : the use of power in dioceses and parishes , the problems of priestly life today , a sexual morality that is hardly understood and lived anymore , and the participation of women in ministries and offices.
” According to Franciscan Father Dominikus Kraschl , however , Sternberg ’ s claims do not actually follow from the study .
As a matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ All findings are purely descriptive .
Due to the research method , a statistical proof of causal connections between individual phenomena or variables is not possible.
” Even though the study makes some suggestions , argues Kraschl , those suggestions “ leave a strange , not to say amateurish , impression.
” When it comes to the Church ’ s teaching on sexual morality , the authors of the study “ seriously believe that they can sweep the same off the table ” just like that , “ with the clueless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medicine.
’ ” Kraschl asks , “ Do the authors not know how to distinguish between medicine and morality ?
Or do they think that Church doctrine qualifies homosexuality as a disease ?
Be that as it may .
All in all , the authors raise the suspicion that they have rather twisted ideas about the Church ’ s sexual morality.
” Kraschl also points to other “ irritating ” claims of the study , including its criticism of the term “ deep-seated homosexual tendency , ” which according to the study has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hasten to assure us that the complex phenomenon of homosexuality , which includes homosexual subcultures , is not a risk factor ” when it comes to sexual abuse of minors , Kraschl writes Referring to a recent study ’ s findings , according to which the number of abuse cases in the context of sports organizations was almost twice as high as in the Catholic Church , Kraschl asks , “ What does this mean for the prevention of abuse within the church ?
Hardly that we , despite all justification to look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Church-specific topics and hastily turn the abuse debate into one that is limited to the Church , in which conservative and progressive forces fight each other.
” Kraschl concludes : “ These considerations nourish the suspicion that not prudence and expertise , but an agenda of ecclesiastical politics , were the driving forces in the choice of topics.
” “ As long as empirically unproven suppositions and myths are repeated until they are considered proven facts , neither the victims of sexual abuse nor serious scientific studies on the subject are taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lütz , a German psychiatrist and theologian , had already criticized the value of the study on sexual abuse commissioned by the German bishops when it first came out in 2018 .
Without mincing words , Lütz said at that time : “ Anyone who reads the whole study is alienated by the unscientific style of wide passages , by a feuilleton style and anecdotal remarks , as well as by the almost complete lack of scientific and critical discussion of the results .
”

The German bishops’ study on sex abuse is the ‘founding myth’ of the controversial 'synodal path,' the priest said.
February 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The synodal path in Germany is usually justified by referring to a study on sexual abuse within the Church, commissioned by the German bishops’ conference. Father Dominikus Kraschl, a Franciscan professor of philosophy in Switzerland, calls into question the “founding myth” of the synodal path in a background piece for Catholic weekly newspaper Die Tagespost.
Only days before the assembly of the synodal path, which consists of 230 members, first met in January, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, president of the German bishops’ conference, had said in an interview published by the diocesan newspapers, “The themes of the Synodal Way came out of the study on abuse.”
At the press conference marking the opening of the first synodal assembly, Marx confirmed: “You all know that the starting point is a crisis, a shock. The so-called MHG Study has been an important step on the path of coming to terms with the crisis, which path we have been following since 2010, and the bishops’ conference has commissioned this study. This has happened for the first time in this way.”
However, admitting that the issues discussed by the synodal path are not new, the archbishop of Munich continued, “Some questions from this study, which specifically touch on the systemic points of church life, also touch on the points that have been discussed again and again in the last decades.”
Thomas Sternberg, head of the Central Committee of German Catholics, said in his speech at the beginning of the first synodal assembly: “The themes of the synodal path are the themes of the project of an interdisciplinary research network on the subject of sexual abuse of clergy in the past 70 years, the MHG study, for short. This study identifies issues that promote abuse: the use of power in dioceses and parishes, the problems of priestly life today, a sexual morality that is hardly understood and lived anymore, and the participation of women in ministries and offices.”
According to Franciscan Father Dominikus Kraschl, however, Sternberg’s claims do not actually follow from the study. As a matter of fact, the study itself cautioned, “All findings are purely descriptive. Due to the research method, a statistical proof of causal connections between individual phenomena or variables is not possible.”
Even though the study makes some suggestions, argues Kraschl, those suggestions “leave a strange, not to say amateurish, impression.”
When it comes to the Church’s teaching on sexual morality, the authors of the study “seriously believe that they can sweep the same off the table” just like that, “with the clueless reference to ‘findings of modern sexual medicine.’” Kraschl asks, “Do the authors not know how to distinguish between medicine and morality? Or do they think that Church doctrine qualifies homosexuality as a disease? Be that as it may. All in all, the authors raise the suspicion that they have rather twisted ideas about the Church’s sexual morality.”
Kraschl also points to other “irritating” claims of the study, including its criticism of the term “deep-seated homosexual tendency,” which according to the study has no scientific foundation.
“The authors hasten to assure us that the complex phenomenon of homosexuality, which includes homosexual subcultures, is not a risk factor” when it comes to sexual abuse of minors, Kraschl writes
Referring to a recent study’s findings, according to which the number of abuse cases in the context of sports organizations was almost twice as high as in the Catholic Church, Kraschl asks, “What does this mean for the prevention of abuse within the church? Hardly that we, despite all justification to look at systemic questions, should focus exclusively on Church-specific topics and hastily turn the abuse debate into one that is limited to the Church, in which conservative and progressive forces fight each other.”
Kraschl concludes: “These considerations nourish the suspicion that not prudence and expertise, but an agenda of ecclesiastical politics, were the driving forces in the choice of topics.”
“As long as empirically unproven suppositions and myths are repeated until they are considered proven facts, neither the victims of sexual abuse nor serious scientific studies on the subject are taken seriously,” he added.
Manfred Lütz, a German psychiatrist and theologian, had already criticized the value of the study on sexual abuse commissioned by the German bishops when it first came out in 2018.
Without mincing words, Lütz said at that time: “Anyone who reads the whole study is alienated by the unscientific style of wide passages, by a feuilleton style and anecdotal remarks, as well as by the almost complete lack of scientific and critical discussion of the results.”
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