I was reading this in the latest Washington Times.
It’s a bit late, but interesting:
Houston, has emerged as ground zero for the national gay rights groups seeking a key victory in red state soil as they mobilize behind a sweeping equal rights ballot measure expanding the transgender access to public restrooms.
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The Human Rights Campaign has committed a half-billion dollars as part of their Southern strategy to get these types of ordinances passed……….t
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On paper the hometown opposition is badly outmatched, relying heavily on state and local donors and trailing badly on the fundraising front
At the past 16 Republican National Conventions, the party’s presidential nominee has been selected on the first ballot. That long streak might end next year. For the first time since 1948, when the GOP nominated Thomas E. Dewey for president after three rounds of voting, Republicans might take more than one ballot to settle on their nominee.
A few factors have increased the chances of a multi-ballot convention. First, Republicans have the largest field of serious contenders in history: 17 candidates entered the race and 15 remain. The bigger the field, the longer it could take to settle the contest. …
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And there’s a new book out today (“We Cannot Be Silent”) from Albert Mohler on gay marriage, the flood of changes it will bring and how Christians can or should respond.
We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong is released today nationwide by Nelson Books of Thomas Nelson Publishers. It is available at your local bookstore and through online retailers including Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
kBells – Yes. Yes. Yes! I have seen that so often myself, & it is so discouraging & frustrating. A liberal friend writes that people are only against a $15 an hour minimum wage because they hate the poor. Republicans who are against abortion, or who question the false narrative that woman only make 70-something percent of what men make, hate women. And on & on it goes.
Assuming the worst about someone’s motives runs rampant right now. I’m also so, so tired of it.
People are judged automatically to be racist or homophobic — or worse — in a blink of an eye, no questions asked.
It exists on the the right as well, but I mostly see it on the left where it has become so prevalent as part of political correctness. It’s a sign of pride and self-righteousness and it’s a horrible plague in our culture.
And Ann Coulter — she was always a bit over the top for my tastes, but she seems to have tumbled off the entire cliff now. Disconcerting since she’s a professing Christian.
“[The attack] is part of an ultra right-wing attempt to restore the basis of patriarchy or a male-dominant system and the necessity of a long-term racist system which is controlling reproduction And to control reproduction, you have to control the bodies of women.”
But don’t we assume about other’s motives by the yard stick of our own?
So, for example, if YOU see everything through political eyes, don’t you assume everyone else does?
If you assume everyone is trying to cheat you, don’t you treat others the same way?
If you assume everyone is making a decision based on race, doesn’t that mean everyone is?
That’s always been an interesting revelation for me when I’m attacked–which is rarely. I’m surprised every time since I’m rarely speaking of such things even if I might be thinking of them.
But that’s because I count on the Holy Spirit to put a check on my soul–and I try to heed it! LOL
I really do try to approach those who are liberal as being well-intentioned (though they may not realize the end results of their thinking and policies).
It’s a matter of not “assuming” others are acting on hatreds or racism or other nasty motives or are just stupid. I don’t think it requires that much of an effort, really, especially if it involves an online post. It’s known as giving people the benefit of the doubt despite your having sometimes a serious disagreement with them on an issue.
Yes, we can all be judgmental as individuals and most of us acknowledge that we shouldn’t but political correctness not only encourages it but almost makes it mandatory. You can actually get in trouble for refusing to assume the worse about someone.
Coulter and Trump profess to be Christians in that they are not Muslims, Hindus or Jews. I am not sure either has ever heard a Gospel presentation. Urban Yankees are quickly becoming an “unreached people group”.
There are lot of people who think that not being Jewish or Muslim makes you a Christian. That’s why Christians often get blamed for everything bad in history that happened after Constantine.
Trump clearly has no idea what Christianity is, on the other hand.
It was kind of sad when he brought his Bible to an Iowa event — to show he was really one of them. But it was his childhood Bible, signed by his mother. I suspect he doesn’t have an adult Bible that he’s used much.
Wandering Views 
I think I’ve figured out what I really hate about Political Correctness. It is the art of going out of your way to find the worse possible intention.
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I was reading this in the latest Washington Times.
It’s a bit late, but interesting:
Houston, has emerged as ground zero for the national gay rights groups seeking a key victory in red state soil as they mobilize behind a sweeping equal rights ballot measure expanding the transgender access to public restrooms.
………
The Human Rights Campaign has committed a half-billion dollars as part of their Southern strategy to get these types of ordinances passed……….t
……
On paper the hometown opposition is badly outmatched, relying heavily on state and local donors and trailing badly on the fundraising front
And the rest, as they say, is history”
😆
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Maybe the Republican convention will be worth watching after all this summer according to Karl Rove.
http://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-path-to-a-wild-gop-convention-1446682656-lMyQjAxMTE1MzA4NTEwNzU0Wj
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At the past 16 Republican National Conventions, the party’s presidential nominee has been selected on the first ballot. That long streak might end next year. For the first time since 1948, when the GOP nominated Thomas E. Dewey for president after three rounds of voting, Republicans might take more than one ballot to settle on their nominee.
A few factors have increased the chances of a multi-ballot convention. First, Republicans have the largest field of serious contenders in history: 17 candidates entered the race and 15 remain. The bigger the field, the longer it could take to settle the contest. …
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And there’s a new book out today (“We Cannot Be Silent”) from Albert Mohler on gay marriage, the flood of changes it will bring and how Christians can or should respond.
http://www.albertmohler.com/2015/10/27/we-cannot-be-silent-released-nationwide-today/
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We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong is released today nationwide by Nelson Books of Thomas Nelson Publishers. It is available at your local bookstore and through online retailers including Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
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My husband sent me this link: http://www.publiusforum.com/2015/10/22/new-york-appeals-court-rules-murderer-not-guilty-because-six-day-old-baby-isnt-really-a-person/
On the sidebar to that article, there is also an interesting article about “an armed black man who was pulled over and not arrested.”
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kBells – Yes. Yes. Yes! I have seen that so often myself, & it is so discouraging & frustrating. A liberal friend writes that people are only against a $15 an hour minimum wage because they hate the poor. Republicans who are against abortion, or who question the false narrative that woman only make 70-something percent of what men make, hate women. And on & on it goes.
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Assuming the worst about someone’s motives runs rampant right now. I’m also so, so tired of it.
People are judged automatically to be racist or homophobic — or worse — in a blink of an eye, no questions asked.
It exists on the the right as well, but I mostly see it on the left where it has become so prevalent as part of political correctness. It’s a sign of pride and self-righteousness and it’s a horrible plague in our culture.
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And Ann Coulter — she was always a bit over the top for my tastes, but she seems to have tumbled off the entire cliff now. Disconcerting since she’s a professing Christian.
http://www.dennyburk.com/world-magazine-responds-to-ann-coulters-accusations/
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Gloria Steinem referring to the recent undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood:
http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2015/11/gloria-steinem-blames-planned-parenthood-attack-on-racism-patriarchy#.VjuxdrerTec
“[The attack] is part of an ultra right-wing attempt to restore the basis of patriarchy or a male-dominant system and the necessity of a long-term racist system which is controlling reproduction And to control reproduction, you have to control the bodies of women.”
Sigh.
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But don’t we assume about other’s motives by the yard stick of our own?
So, for example, if YOU see everything through political eyes, don’t you assume everyone else does?
If you assume everyone is trying to cheat you, don’t you treat others the same way?
If you assume everyone is making a decision based on race, doesn’t that mean everyone is?
That’s always been an interesting revelation for me when I’m attacked–which is rarely. I’m surprised every time since I’m rarely speaking of such things even if I might be thinking of them.
But that’s because I count on the Holy Spirit to put a check on my soul–and I try to heed it! LOL
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Very true michelle
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That said, though ….
I really do try to approach those who are liberal as being well-intentioned (though they may not realize the end results of their thinking and policies).
It’s a matter of not “assuming” others are acting on hatreds or racism or other nasty motives or are just stupid. I don’t think it requires that much of an effort, really, especially if it involves an online post. It’s known as giving people the benefit of the doubt despite your having sometimes a serious disagreement with them on an issue.
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Yes, we can all be judgmental as individuals and most of us acknowledge that we shouldn’t but political correctness not only encourages it but almost makes it mandatory. You can actually get in trouble for refusing to assume the worse about someone.
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But how shocked they are when you, in surprise, ask, “why would you think that?” 🙂
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Coulter and Trump profess to be Christians in that they are not Muslims, Hindus or Jews. I am not sure either has ever heard a Gospel presentation. Urban Yankees are quickly becoming an “unreached people group”.
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There are lot of people who think that not being Jewish or Muslim makes you a Christian. That’s why Christians often get blamed for everything bad in history that happened after Constantine.
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Seriously, there is a petition to have Don Lemon fired for daring to say he wanted to know the other side of an issue..
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Coulter went a little further than that, I think, being part of Tim Keller’s church.
Even a few years back, I kept thinking (when she’d go off on a particularly unpleasant and harsh rant) “where are her elders?”
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Trump clearly has no idea what Christianity is, on the other hand.
It was kind of sad when he brought his Bible to an Iowa event — to show he was really one of them. But it was his childhood Bible, signed by his mother. I suspect he doesn’t have an adult Bible that he’s used much.
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