Below you will read a report which describes in detail now homosexual activism, using sophisticated strategies of "retail politics",is slowly moving the United States into the same debauched national lifestyle that God found in Sodom and Gomorrah with the end result being similar. This article creates a wake-up type of illumination primarily for three categories of people:
1.Those who do not understand why homosexuality is becoming not only acceptable but in fact increasingly a nationally accepted standard of conduct in the United States.
2.Those who have up until now been doubting that the Rapture will occur soon due to the necessity for God to rescue His chosen from the anguish of the national destruction that is now inevitable.
3.Those who are considering joining the military so that "I can fight for freedom" (sexual perversion).
To save the casual reader time,I will reprint in capitol letters the words that have the most significance in this detailed article. Ok we're off and running now as we read exactly how Satan is setting the United States up for certain divine destruction.
CLOSE OHIO GAY-RIGHTS VOTE MIRRORS NATIONAL DEBATE
By DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- Thirty years ago, a vote like the one just decided in this university town wouldn't have happened; gay-rights activism hadn't taken root across most of America. Thirty years hence, such votes may seem a historical curiosity in A TIME OF EQUALITY FOR GAYS.
Right now, though, the gay rights movement is at a tipping point, as epitomized by Bowling Green's divisive referendum on extending anti-discrimination protections to gays. The vote was so close that it took three extra weeks to determine whether the two measures passed.
Nationally, gay-rights supporters and their opponents are trading victories and setbacks, and the public is deeply divided on same-sex marriage. Could the push for full equality be stalled or reversed? Probably not, if public opinion evolves at its current pace.
"All you have to do is look at the demographics and you can see this is as inevitable as anything," said Michael Klarman, a Harvard Law School professor who has studied the civil rights and gay rights movements.
Surveys repeatedly find that young adults, far more so than their elders, support the rights of gays to marry and serve openly in the military. A Gallup poll earlier this year showed, for the first time,A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAYING SAME-SEX RELATIONS WERE MORALLY ACCEPTABLE. Increasing numbers of Americans personally know gays and lesbians, and POSITIVE PORTRAYALS OF THEM ABOUND ON TELEVISION AND IN FILMS.
"The more gay-friendly an environment you create, the more people come out as gay," Klarman said.Social conservatives see those trends as clearly as liberals do, though they hope for a different outcome.
"THERE IS A SENSE OF INEVITABILITY OF MORAL STANDARDS DIMINISHING that is frustrating for many," said the Rev. Scott Estep, pastor of a popular Bowling Green church, Dayspring Assembly of God.
"I'm concerned about the kind of environment my children will grow up in," said Estep, who considers homosexual behavior one sin among many. He suggested, not despairingly, that his son and daughter "will be faced with a lot more decisions and diversity than I did."
Both sides in the Bowling Green campaign recognized that they were part of a bigger picture - evidenced by the involvement of NATIONAL GAY RIGHTS ORGANIZERS WHOSE SAVVY in the end,HELPED THE ORDINANCES WIN APPROVAL after a bitter 16-month debate.
"We became a small battleground in a larger war," said John Zanfardino, the city councilor who introduced the ordinances in 2009, miscalculating that their enactment would be swift and smooth.
The battleground is a northwest Ohio town of 30,000 residents, plus 18,000 university students.
Mayor John Quinn is already talking about the need to heal the wounds opened by the referendum campaign.
To local conservatives managing the No campaign, the ordinances were an unneeded gesture of political correctness in a community where, in their view, blatant discrimination hadn't been a problem. They said the ultimate goal was to undermine Ohio's 2004 ban on same-sex marriage,part of surge of similar bans in other states, as a step toward legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
"It's about trying to impose on our community a political agenda," said real estate agent Ed Sitter, who was active in the No campaign. "The MILITANT HOMOSEXUALS WANT THEIR LIFESTYLE ELEVATED TO THE SAME LEVEL AS THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT"
Though he and his allies resented the role of outside organizers on the Yes side, Sitter views their TOWN -BY-TOWN STRATEGY FORMIDABLE.
"They're looking 15-20 years ahead," he said. "THEY'RE MORE COMMITTED TO THEIR CAUSE THAN WE ARE".Longer term, MANY TRENDS PROMISE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GAY RIGHTS CAUSE.
An ever-growing number of actors and singers remain popular after coming out of the closet; hit TV shows such as "Glee" and the Emmy-winning "Modern Family" portray gays prominently and empathetically. OPENLY GAY POLITICIANS ARE TAKING OFFICE IN EVER-WIDER SWATHS OF AMERICA.
In December, the Senate is expected to vote on whether to allow gays to serve openly in the military - a goal supported by several top Pentagon officials and a majority of the public. Leaked portions of an upcoming Pentagon report suggest most service members foresee no major problems if "don't ask, don't tell" is repealed.
There's a widely held belief that REPEAL COULD PROVE TO BE A TURNING POINT FOR GAY RIGHTS COMPARABLE TO RACIAL INTEGRATION of the military after World War II.
"That was a stepping stone for a lot of other rights that followed," said Sara Benson, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law.
The ultimate gay-rights goal is national recognition of same-sex marriage, which now is legal in five states and the subject of several pending lawsuits filed by gay-rights groups that could eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court.Gay-rights activists hope to soon add Maryland, Rhode Island and possibly New York to the ranks of states allowing same-sex marriage.
Several recent NATIONAL POLLS SHOW SUPPORT FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGE AT A RECORD HIGH,NEARING OR TOPPING 50 PERCENT overall while gaining backing even among older people and Republicans.
Evan Wolfson, a gay-rights lawyer who heads the advocacy group Freedom to Marry, said that even in an election where the Republicans triumphed, FEW GOP LEADERS SEEM EAGER TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST GAY RIGHTS."They realize THIS IS NOT WHERE HISTORY IS GOING" Wolfson said.
Klarman, the Harvard law professor, says the same-sex marriage question could reach the Supreme Court in the next few years and foresees the possibility that the principal swing justice - Anthony Kennedy - could write a majority opinion recognizing gays' marriage rights.
"If you think the CHANGE IS INEVITABLE, why wouldn't you want to be the author of the great opinion of our times advancing social justice?" Klarman asked.
"Evangelical Christians, you can tell them it's inevitable and some of them might agree," he said. "But that doesn't mean they will stop fighting."
David Miller, for 30 years the editor of the local newspaper, the Sentinel-Tribune, said the ordinances generated the largest outpouring of letters to the editor in the paper's history."It was a good fight on both sides," Miller said.
No campaign spokeswoman Crystal Thompson said the YES SIDE WAS "VERY BELLIGERENT" and she complained that some BUSINESSES which put up "No" placards WERE THREATENED WITH BOYCOTTS.
Yes campaign leader Jane Rosser, who oversees community-service programs at Bowling Green State, said it was sobering that her side barely prevailed despite a HUGE ADVANTAGE IN MONEY AND VOLUNTEERS. "IF CHANGE IS GOING TO HAPPEN,IT HAS TO HAPPEN COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY,FACE TO FACE" SHE SAID.
High school chemistry teacher Ken Diamond also was dismayed by the closeness of the vote, but added of gay-rights opponents: "History will prove them wrong. It's generational. For younger people it's a no-brainer."
Sean Martin, 26, a religiously devout lawyer working pro-bono for the No campaign, said he and his colleagues weren't preoccupied with how history would judge them."We believe in being right on these issues now," he said.
For many voters, a decision on the ordinances came easily. Others wrestled with nuances.The Rev. Michael Dandurand, who ministers to Roman Catholic students as pastor of St. Thomas More University Parish, said many students asked for guidance. Bottom line from the diocese: Discrimination is wrong, but the ordinances were "cause for concern" because they gave sexual orientation equal status with religion.Dandurand challenges his youthful parishioners to respect Catholic teaching, yet overall, he says, "THE HORSE IS OUT OF THE BARN IN A POPULAR CULTURE THAT EMBRACES GAY RIGHTS AND AND NON-MARITAL SEX." "I don't want to be a Pollyanna," he said. "IT WILL BE HARDER TO LIVE ONE'S CHRISTIAN VALUES IN OUR CULTURE".
(What a great reason to schedule a Rapture!)
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