Video: Michele Bachmann notes 'There's no special rights based upon what you do in your sex life'

Michele Bachmann showed consistent support for gender-integrated marriage while campaigning in Iowa on Wednesday.  Jane Schmidt, a 16-year-old member of her school’s Gay Straight Alliance asked the Republican presidential candidate about same-sex marriage.  Bachmann noted that all Americans have the same rights regardless of their sexual preferences:  “There’s no special rights based upon what you do in your sex life.”

A sample of the exchange from the DesMoinesRegister:

BACHMANN: Well, No. 1, all of us as Americans have the same rights. The same civil rights. And so that’s really what government’s role is, to protect our civil rights. There shouldn’t be any special rights or special set of criteria based upon people’s preferences. We all have the same civil rights.

JANE SCHMIDT: Then, why can’t same-sex couples get married?

BACHMANN: They can get married, but they abide by the same law as everyone else. They can marry a man if they’re a woman. Or they can marry a woman if they’re a man.

It sounds as if gender-segregated marriage activists want special rules to apply to Americans based on their sexual orientation.

Iowa is one of six states in addition to D.C. which legalized gender-segregated marriage.

For more see Huffington Post:  Gay People Can Get Married—But Only To Members Of The Opposite Sex.

NY judge lets lawsuit against gender-segregated marriage proceed

The Wall Street Journal reports that the lawsuit brought against legalizing gender segregation in marriage is legitimate because “there is an issue whether New York’s open meetings law was violated.” 

“New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms and other opponents claim the law should be nullified because the state Senate Republican majority met illegally with Cuomo behind closed doors, where Cuomo sought support before the critical vote that led to its narrow passage.”

 Catholic bishops also felt deceived about the same-sex marriage bill, which passed in New York.  Lifesitenews quotes Archbishop Timothy Dolan who described the means used to pass the legislation as “a very well-oiled, high financed program of manipulation.”

“We fell for the assurances of people that we thought were political allies that this wasn’t going to go anywhere . . . Not only are we…upset with the bill, we’re upset with the way it was done.”

Dolan said, “This was hardly democracy in action.”

Fourth graders charged with attempted same-sex rape: should we treat them the way Jewish and Catholic leaders endorse?

Three fourth graders followed an 8-year-old boy into the bathroom of Bryant Elementary School in West Philadelphia and attempted to rape him in October.

Philly reports:

“Capt. John Darby, commander of the Special Victims Unit, said the two 10-year-old boys and one 11-year-old were arrested Monday after a three-week investigation.  They have been charged as juveniles with attempted rape, deviant sexual intercourse, unlawful restraint and related offenses.”

Props to the victim for speaking out and to the mom who promptly transferred her son to a different school.

After justice has been served . . .

What should we do with the three perpetrators who turned themselves in Monday?  How about our culture utilize the protocol prescribed in the “Top secret anti-gay Declaration” written by orthodox Jewish rabbis?  You know, that ultra-radical treatment of love, compassion, and reparative therapy. 

The Jewish approach is remarkably similar to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which teaches that people with homosexual tendencies “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity” and are “called to chastity.”  (CCC 2358, 2359)

These are much more useful and healthy approaches than the enabling mantra of gay rights activists that they were "born that way.” 

As if these three fourth graders can’t change.

Video: Young girl asks President Obama 'Do you really think I'm a radical?'

"CatholicVote launches ad in which young girl asks President Obama a few questions including:

“Do you really think I’m a radical because I believe kids should have a mom and dad?

"Dear President Obama,

Can I ask you a question?  Why are you trying to force my church and my school to pay for things that we don't even believe in?  And why are you allowing the government to decide whether the college I want to to to is religious or not?  And do you really think I'm a radical because I believe kids should have a mom and a dad?

Mr. President, you ask me to believe in you.  How about just letting me believe?"

CatholicVote appeals to viewers to:

"Act now to stop the government mandate forcing all churches and private schools to fund birth control, sterilizations, and abortion drugs."

The new definition of homophobia: treating homosexuals with love, compassion, and healing

“Top Secret Homophobia” was today’s headline on the front page of the Huffington Post.

"Homophobia" used to mean an extreme and irrational aversion to homosexuality and homosexual persons.  Now it is used to slander orthodox rabbis taking a thoughtful and caring approach to the members of their community dealing with same-sex attraction.

“Exclusive:  Top Secret Anti-Gay Declaration Circulating Among Orthodox Jewish Rabbis” is the link to the article.  According to Jayson Littman, here's what the rabbis proclaim:

“We must create an atmosphere where this teenager (or anyone) can speak freely to a parent, rabbi, or mentor and be treated with love and compassion.  Authority figures can then guide same-sex strugglers towards a path of healing and overcoming their inclinations.”  [Emphasis added.]

Does that sound hateful or bigoted to you?

Not content with redefining words such as “gay” and “marriage,” now activists are redefining “homophobia” to refer to treating same-sex strugglers with love and compassion and healing.

(Huffington Post might also want to look up the definition of “top secret.”) 

When Kathy is Keith: Will transgender picture book influence children?

Openly gay psychologist Wallace Wong of Surrey wrote a book about a transgender child to help kids understand the issue.  His picture book, When Kathy is Keith, chronicles the story of a girl named Kathy who feels like a boy. 

According to Straight Wong feels that “It’s important for adults to know that such content is meant to help children, not influence them.”

What’s Wong with this picture?

How do you help children without influencing them?  “We still have a long way to go, to have schools and the parents be open up to this,” Wong says.

“For us, as psychologists, we definitely do our share to promote that, but I really think that the government also needs to promote that on a broader level, to let people know this is needed so that people will understand that when you’re talking about transgender, we’re not promoting a kid to be a transgender.”

Promoting?

Other activists admit they want to influence children.  See: Can we please just start admitting that we do actually want to indoctrinate kids?

What if promoting transgender behavior leads to a tragedy?  Larry King’s family sued a CA school district and gay rights organization for encouraging cross-dressing in their child who was killed at school.  The Huffington Post reported, “The suit claimed that everyone from King’s teacher to his social worker failed to urge the effeminate teen to tone down flamboyant behavior.”

Will Wong’s book help, confuse, or endanger children?

Aunt Betty: Thanks for not making Thanksgiving awkward

In response to GLAAD's "Im letting Aunt Betty feel awkward this Thanksgiving" campaign:

Dear Aunt Betty,

Thank you for hosting Thanksgiving at your beautiful home once again this year.  I hope serving 17 hungry Murphys and hefting a 24-pound turkey wasn’t too stressful for your back.  

Very interesting timing that while we savored our mashed potatoes and gravy, cousin Suzy informed us that she is living with her same-sex partner and hopes to marry next summer.  Remember how surprised she was that we weren’t shocked?!  Ha!

I found out the announcement at dinnertime wasn’t coincidental.  There actually is a conspiracyJ

A wise woman, you realize you can love your darling Suzy and her partner as wholeheartedly as before Thanksgiving.  And that doesn’t mean you have to agree with Suzy’s sexual behavior or lifestyle choices. 

Suzy and Beth are young and in love.  They are peaceful vegetarians who probably don’t realize how dangerous gender-segregated marriage is.  Perhaps they never heard of Isabella Miller, or Damian Goddard, or the Wildflower Inn.

Today some Americans can’t be open about what they believe because they’re called hate-filled bigots.  I’m glad you feel comfortable, Betty, speaking openly and honestly about your life with your loved ones.  It’s one of the best ways for all of us to move forward.  (And thanks for the pointers on how to talk about same-sex marriage without getting them all riled up.)

No doubt Suzy and her friend Beth never dreamed that the next small business to be sued could be Aunt Betty’s Flower Shop.  They never expect to see someone they love discriminated against for religious views.

While they put a “face” on gender-segregated marriage, we can put our faces on the list of people standing up for gender-integration. 

Vive la difference, eh?

Btw, next year how about I bring the sweet potatoes?

Love always,

Rose Murphy

P.S.  I pray all goes well with your bunion surgery next week.

Should man pay child support for twins conceived with stolen sperm?

In vitro fertilization companies face a new glitch:  spermnapping. 

A man says he shouldn't have to pay child support for twins that his ex-girlfriend conceived through stolen sperm.  Joe Pressil, 36, from Houston, TX accused his former girlfriend of stealing his sperm to use in IVF without his permission. 

 UPI reports:

"Actually, I couldn't believe it could be done. I was very, very devastated. I couldn't believe that this fertility clinic could actually do this without my consent, or without my even being there," Pressil said, adding artificial insemination is against his religious beliefs.

Pressil's attorney Jason Gibson remarked, "That's not what most people are thinking, that their partner is going to get a special condom, use that condom as soon as you're done having sex, run off to the fertility clinic to go have an IVF procedure. That's certainly not what my client was thinking."

Can you imagine having to pay child support for twins for 18 years for a spermnapping?

Good thing she didn't conceive eight children, like Octomom.