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Monday, November 28, 2022
LGBT, pedophilia, and sex change propaganda completely outlawed in Russia
Moscow, November 28, 2022
“Propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations to minors” has been illegal in Russia since the relevant amendment to the Child Protection Law was adopted in 2013.
A recent example of the law being applied was when Netflix had to reclassify a number of cartoons featuring LGBT content in 2020, moving them from Netflix Kids to the 18+ section.
However, as of Thursday, November 14, all LGBT propaganda of any kind, aimed at any age is now illegal in Russia, reports the official site of the Russian State Duma.
The new amendment, authored by more than 300 Parliamentarian deputies, was unanimously adopted in its third reading. The legislation also bans pedophilia and sex change propaganda, and provides for fines of up to 10 million rubles ($164,555) for legal entities found guilty of propagandizing pedophilia.
“This decision will protect our children and the future of the country from the darkness spread by the United States and European states. We have our own traditions and values,” commented Deputy Vyacheslav Volodin.
“Don’t impose alien values on us. You destroyed yours—we’ll see how it all ends,” Volodin said, “but it’s definitely said, because this is Sodom. There’s no other way to say it, and the United States has become the center of this Sodom in the world. Let them live there, but not come to us.”
The new law covers websites, the sale of goods, advertising, television, film, and more.
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Friday, October 07, 2022
AN ARTICLE FOR MEN TO READ, ESPECIALLY MEN IN THEIR 20s
This article is by an Iraq Veteran who knows the truth. If you are a man and in your 20s, please read this:
I came of age in Ronald Reagan’s neon-tinted 1980s, complete with big hair and big action heroes. My role models were people like Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando, Sylvester Stallone in Rambo, and Carl Weathers in Predator.
Even James Cameron’s Colonial Marines from 1986’s Aliens made militarism cool well before the word “tacticool” (a portmanteau of tactical and cool) was invented in 2004.
These over-the-top action heroes glorified the unstoppable might of the American military. Even Oliver Stone’s Platoon, arguably an anti-war movie, taught me about self-sacrifice.
Things have changed now and woke culture is taking its toll on the U.S. army!
Now you are about to read a lot of common sense packed into a few short paragraphs. It’s a rare thing to see.
The thread was censored and removed from Facebook and Twitter after one Iraq war veteran decided to explain why our military is in trouble.
Luckily he sent us a copy of his thread.
Buckle in for some of the best analysis of our military collapse from a veteran.
1. No faith in the administrative state. Come on…Is this one really so hard to figure out. Most combat arms troops generally come from right-wing or conservative backgrounds. You’ve been spending the last 4-6 years dragging police and military through the mud, most conservative.
You’ve got a weaponized DOJ, ATF, FBI, CIA, and God knows what else. It’s no mystery that they are being specifically used to target Conservatives. Do you really expect a rural Conservative to join a combat arms MOS when you’re telling them they are terrorists and extremists?
2. A woke military. I can’t believe this one even needs to be mentioned, but isn’t it obvious? Like it or not, the military is an environment of alphas who are being trained to kill human beings. The political token of the woke culture has no place in military ranks.
War is a deadly environment, and soldiers need to be focused on their job, not on your made up Marxist bullcrap. Don’t even mention soldiers being kicked out over the coof poke. Get out of here with that cowardly BS.
3. 20 years of lies will make you wise. Some of us have been there and bought the T-shirt. You know that the Government is willing to lie to get their way. They don’t care who they hurt, or who dies. As long as those military industrial complex checks are wet, they are good.
To make it even worse, we know Dick Cheney lied about WMDs. He lives a comfortable life outside of a prison cell while our troops live on the streets. Experience is the greatest teacher, so obviously why would a young person with half a brain sign up for that?
4. The people who are currently serving are treated like 2nd rate citizens. I mean…would you join the military if you knew the answer to inflation was to “go get on food stamps”. That’s not a very comforting prospect, is it?
Also, knowing your going to be subjected to woke critical race theory, inclusiveness, and no telling what leftist politically driven “training” is enough to make anyone run the other way.
5. You’re not worth dying for. Think about it. Society has spent the last 4-6 years telling us how bad America is, how bad military and law enforcement members are, and how unfair life is in our Country. We’ve been told our masculinity is toxic and that we are racists.
Society is sitting on their butts and have zero work ethic, and there’s a lot of great jobs out there that pay better than the military and don’t subject you to loss of life and limb over half of society wanting you dead because of who you are and your political identity.
6. They don’t want to fight Americans. Yep…I said it. The writing is on the wall. Many areas are already starting to peacefully Balkanize, if only in the logistical sense of banking, goods, and services. It’s happening Geographically, too. Look at the mass exodus from CA.
Depression in our youth is at an all time high. They feel defeated and downtrodden. They feel like society doesn’t support them. All they have is their family and friends for support. They aren’t dumb, either. Gen Zs are very well educated. They see the turmoil our Gov is causing.
The God honest truth is that Gen Z is more afraid of our own Government than anyone else in the World. Why should they wear your uniform when you support disarming us? Why in the world would they risk their lives for you?
7. Troops from the last 20 years of war are parents now. What do think we are telling our kids? LOL. You’re INSANE if you think we are recommending our kids sign up for your endless wars.
8. We are tired of endless wars. I don’t think Gen Z is comprised of cowards. I think they are smart enough to realize what they are signing up for. They would rather take their chances with the thousands of GWOT veterans in the streets of America if we are invaded.
Invasion is the only way you’ll get a lot of them to be willing to take up arms. In which case, they will have 1,000s of capable GWOT vets to help them survive. Don’t worry, we will find equipment. While y’all are playing drag, we will defend the Country.
Many American will understand what this brave man is talking about!
OPINION: This article contains commentary which reflects the author’s opinion
Friday, April 29, 2022
Appeals Court: Foster Parents Can Share Religious Truth with Children
Michael and Jennifer Lasche say that a state agency — New Jersey’s Division of Child Protection and Permanency — removed their foster child and suspended their foster license in 2018 because of their “religious beliefs”.
In essence the social workers are of the opinion that people who are Christians, like almost 1.5 billion others on the planet, cannot be foster parents.
However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit recently ruled in favor of the Christian couple. The man and his wife simply wanted legal protection to welcome foster children into their home without hiding their religion.
Michael and Jennifer Lasche revealed that New Jersey’s Division of Child Protection and “Permanency” — removed their foster child and suspended their foster license in 2018 because of their religion.
The man and wife, who have served as foster parents for more than a decade, sued state officials for infringing on their right to religious freedom.
It is pleasing to see the court affirms that Mr. And Mrs. Lasche can continue to practice their fundamental right to pray and attend church services as guaranteed by the Constitution of te United States.
The government cannot punish the Lasches — or any other American —simply because it disagrees with Christian practice that has been taught for the past 2,000 years. The involved attorney pointed out that Michael and Jennifer are wonderful foster parents, and the children entrusted to their care over the last 10 years thrive under their loving care. And even though the foster child wanted to be a part of the couple’s religious life, the state sought to punish them for their Christian faith.
The Lasches are grateful for the opportunity to continue to challenge action by the state. As it is wrong for government employed social workers to exclude families from fostering because of their Christian belief. That’s not keeping childfren first.
“If the government can exclude qualified families like theirs today, especially after serving children in foster care for more than 10 years, it can exclude other qualified families for other reasons tomorrow,” he added. “When this case returns to the district court, the Lasches will finally have a chance to show that peacefully sharing their religious views was constitutionally protected.”
Background
In 2017, Michael and Jennifer Lasche agreed to foster two sisters, ages 13 and 10, after the Monmouth County Office of the New Jersey Division of Child Placement and Permanency (DCPP) contacted them. Later that year, a caseworker, Kyle Higgins, told them that they were under consideration to adopt the girls.
Three weeks passed, and the Lasches learned that a couple in Illinois also wanted to adopt the sisters, in addition to their three younger siblings also in foster care. That couple, the Lasches later discovered, was “two wealthy gay men.”
At that point, Higgins questioned the 13-year-old “about whether she would change her religious beliefs about homosexual conduct — which she held before meeting the Lasches — if she were placed with another family,” the opinion from the appeals court reads.
A few months later, both the DCPP and the Lasche family agreed that the 10 year old should be removed from her current home, for reasons that remain confidential. The 13-year-old stayed. Then, the men in Illinois decided against adopting the siblings.
After a hearing about the children’s future, in June 2018, “inquiries about the Lasches’ religious beliefs intensified.”
The 13-year-old, after one therapy session, appeared “visibly upset” because “the therapist repeatedly brought up religion and told her not to feel pressured to follow the Lasches’ religious beliefs.”
Higgins and an unidentified woman also questioned the teenager about her religious beliefs.
“Although Higgins told Foster Child 1 that the Lasches could not ‘meet her needs,’ that did not dissuade Foster Child 1 from wanting to remain with the Lasches,” the opinion describes.
At a June 2018 meeting that the Lasche family attended, DCPP employees “agreed that the Lasches’ religious beliefs were a problem.”
These employees “sought assurance from the Lasches that they would not reject Foster Child 1 if she ever decided to explore her sexuality,” the opinion continues. “One representative remarked that Foster Child 1 would need therapy to deal with her belief that homosexual conduct is a sin.”
In early July 2018, the 13-year-old, whom Michael and Jennifer had hoped to adopt, was removed from the Lasches’ home — even though her appointed attorney objected. The DCPP pursued the teenager’s removal without providing the Lasches with a statutorily required notice.
Three months later, during the foster-parent license renewal process, the Lasche family discovered that the DCPP had suspended their license, without notice or explanation.
Ruling
Judge Peter Phipps, joined by Judges Thomas Hardiman and Robert Cowen, wrote the March 1 opinion by the appeals court. The decision allows the Lasche family to continue their case by returning to the lower court.
The appellate judges affirmed the lower court’s finding in part, and vacated it in part. At the same time, the court ruled, the Lasche family’s religious beliefs are constitutionally protected.
“Through the Free Exercise Clause, the First Amendment secures the ‘freedom to believe and [the] freedom to act,’’' the opinion reads. “Consistent with that protection, the Lasches allege two forms of constitutionally protected activity – one involving religious belief, and the other, action inspired by religious belief.”
“With respect to belief, the Lasches identify their religious opposition to same-sex marriage as constitutionally protected,” the opinion continues. “That is correct: the Free Exercise Clause provides an absolute right to hold religious beliefs.”
Citing high-profile Supreme Court cases concerning religious liberty (Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission and Fulton v. Philadelphia), the opinion also states that the Lasches “plausibly allege that they engaged in constitutionally protected conduct by sharing their religious views on same-sex marriage.”
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