In Defense of the God-Defined Institution of Marriage

Commentary by Scarlet Holland
Counter Progressive Unit
Founding Member and Director


On May 8th, North Carolinians will have a very important chance to stand up for traditional marriage as designed for mankind by his Creator, between one man and one woman by voting whether or not to add a section to the North Carolina Constitution. It reads:


"Sec. 6. Marriage.
Marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State."


This is important because it makes it that much harder for those who oppose the natural state of mankind, and his Creator, to have the law overturned and perversion become the law of the land.


The description of how marriage came to be taken from the second chapter of Genesis:

¹⁸ And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” ¹⁹ Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

²¹ And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. ²² Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

²³ And Adam said:

“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”

²⁴ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

The people who oppose the Marriage Amendment have tried to claim this proposed amendment to the North Carolina Constitution is a violation of their rights or some even claim that they were born homosexual. However, the Book of Romans, chapter 1 makes it very clear that whenever any person lives in a homosexual or lesbian lifestyle, it is a choice they made, not a genetic predisposition that cause them to be that way:


20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; (Romans 1:20-28, New King James Version)

 The Word of God is the final authority on the sexual orientation of all human beings. God made us male and female and it was the purpose of His creation that males have relation ship with females. If a person is in a same sex relationship, that is a sin choice that they have made, just as any other sin choice. There is forgiveness and eternal life available for anyone who repents of this lifestyle and surrenders their life to Jesus Christ.


I have friends who once claimed that they were “born gay” and today have turned from their sin and have been living happy and fulfilling lives by being married in heterosexual relationships . All of them admit that they used the excuse that they were born gay to justify their sin, but in reality they knew in their hearts that what they were doing was wrong. I personally believe that all people know when the way that they are living is wrong by the witness of God’s Spirit with out spirit.


All those precious people who suffered through the loss of one or both parents in their families as they were growing up can find the love and the acceptance they were longing for in a loving relationship with Jesus Christ. He longs to meet the needs of the broken hearted and hopeless. Remember to pray for those who are still suffering the pain of missing the loving family atmosphere of having two parents who loved and nurtured them.

Here is a copy of Senate Bill 106


GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011






SENATE BILL 106


Short Title: Defense of Marriage.

(Public)

Sponsors:
Senators Forrester, Tillman, Soucek; Apodaca, Blake, Brock, Brown, Daniel, Davis, East, Goolsby, Gunn, Harrington, Hise, Hunt, Jackson, Meredith, Newton, Pate, Preston, Rouzer, Rucho, and Tucker.
Referred to:
Rules and Operations of the Senate.
February 23, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN IS THE ONLY DOMESTIC LEGAL UNION THAT SHALL BE VALID OR RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Article 14 of the North Carolina Constitution is amended by adding the following new section:
"Sec. 6. Marriage.
Marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State."
SECTION 2. The amendment set out in Section 1 of this act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the statewide general election on November 6, 2012, which election shall be conducted under the laws then governing elections in the State. Ballots, voting systems, or both may be used in accordance with Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. The question to be used in the voting systems and ballots shall be:
"[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST
Constitutional amendment to provide that marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State."
SECTION 3. If a majority of votes cast on the question are in favor of the amendment set out in Section 1 of this act, the State Board of Elections shall certify the amendment to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall enroll the amendment so certified among the permanent records of that office.
SECTION 4. The amendment set out in Section 1 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2013.
SECTION 5. This act is effective when it becomes law.

Senate Bill 106

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Participatory Concert of Handel's Messiah

Since 1995 the Obra Social "la Caixa" promotes participatory Messiah concert. This is a unique opportunity that brings together professional musicians and singers prestigious amateur choral music with a simple goal: to perform Handel's Messiah.

Participatory concerts Obra Social "la Caixa" offer people choral music fans the opportunity to participate in an emotional celebration of the music collective, alongside professional musicians and performers of international renown.

The ensemble performance of The Messiah, one of the most emblematic and significant repertoire of all time, has recorded another success of participation, with a figure of over 400 professional singers in each of the two concerts scheduled for the Obra Social "la Caixa".

For more information on this and other activies of the Obra Social, visit Obra Social.

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The Christmas Story "Festival of Carols"

“And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.” Luke 2:16-20 NKJV



The Sounds of Praise Orchestra at Rock Springs Baptist Church in Easley, SC presents "Festival of Carols" telling the Christmas Story.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1863


By the President of the United States of America.


A Proclamation.


The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consiousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.


No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People.


I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.


In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed.


Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the Unites States the Eighty-eighth.


By the President: Abraham Lincoln

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He is Risen!!!

 ¹ Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. ² Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. ³ And they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” ⁴ But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away—for it was very large. ⁵ And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. ⁶ But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. ⁷ But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.” ⁸ So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. (Mark 16:1-8, New King James Version)





⁸ Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, ⁹ knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. ¹⁰ For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. ¹¹ Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 6:8-11, New King James Version)

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The Glenn Beck Show for 01/13/2010

This is the full program from Glenn Beck last night, where the former Governor of Alaska made some bold statements. Expect libs and the Godless to commence eviscerating her.

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Sarah Palin Speaks with Glenn Beck About Her Faith in God

Sarah Palin is a Bold Witness for God during this segment on the Glenn Beck Show from last night.

I believe that she is one of the last, best hopes for America if we are to turn from our current evil path.

Please keep her in your prayers, and, if you are a Prayer Warrior, I ask that you put a shield of protection about her and her family.

I'll post the rest of the show later today when it becomes available.

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What Have We Wrought in America? Florida Girl Says Family Wants To Kill Her For Being Christian

Girl Says Family Wants To Kill Her For Being Christian

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Ohio girl ran away to Orlando because she said her family threatened to kill her for converting to Christianity. Rifqa Bary, 17, said she was threatened by her family because she converted from Islam to Christianity.

"What did your father say to you?" WFTV reporter Mary Nguyen asked.

"He said he would kill me!" replied Bary.

They have to kill me. My blood is now halal which means because I am now a Christian, I am from a Muslim background, it is an honor, if they love god more than me, they have to do this."

This is not just some threat. This is reality. This is truth. This is reality.

Source: Atlas Shrugs

Hat Tip: The Truth Will Set You Free, via Twitter

Commentary

This is just one of the evils of a society that has come to believe that all cultures and religions are equal. This multicultural nonsense fails to acknowledge that some cultures are evil.

The idea of honer killings is an evil part of Islamic culture.

Pray for this girl, and thousands like her in America, and the millions around the world who live in fear.

I hope she got away, and that she has not been murdered by her family in a barbaric act.

This is the type of thing that should bring our elected leaders to their knees before God to seek His forgiveness for allowing America to become a nation in which a girl has to flee for her life from her family just because she chooses to become a Christian.

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Alan Keyes Among Abortion Protesters Arrested at Notre Dame

Photo: Alan Keyes and Operation Rescue at Notre Dame via Beliefnet

Former Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes and 21 other protesters were arrested this morning when they refused to leave the Notre Dame campus during a protest of President Obama's upcoming commencement address there, authorities said.

Keyes and the others were arrested on trespassing charges when they refused to leave campus, a university spokesman said. All 22 were being held in the St. Joseph County Jail on misdemeanor criminal trespass charges, in lieu of $250 bond each, said St. Joseph County Sheriff's Sgt. Bill Redman.

Keyes was among a group of 26 protesters, some of them pushing baby carriages with dolls covered in fake blood, who entered the campus and were greeted by Notre Dame police, said university spokesman Dennis Brown.

The protesters had "publicized their intentions in advance," and were handed notices advising them that university policy bans protests unless they are organized by student groups and approved in advance, Brown said.

University policy is to arrest anyone who refuses to leave campus after being notified of the policy, and Keyes and other protesters who stayed were arrested about 12:15 p.m. Eastern Time, he said.

Source: Chicago Breaking News

Commentary

I think it is time that lefties got a taste of their own medicine. We'll see how well they deal with their tactics being used against them (except for the violence part). There is a local group putting on a similar event in Franklin later today and I will bring you some photos of that if I can manage to be in town when it occurs.

Here are a some videos of the protesters being arrested:

From Randall Terry

And here is Alan Keyes the previous day explaining to a representative of the clueless Notre Dame Administration about Christian Witnessing...and the utter evil represented by President barack Obama:

Part One


Part Two

This is just the beginning of a renewed awakening...

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Christmas Lights: National Anthem

And so this year's Christmas special series of postings end, with Christmas lights synched to play the National Anthem:



T Thank God I was born in America during this time of Freedom and Challenge.


May God Bless You and Keep You in the coming New Year!

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Fighting Back Against Gay Marriage and The Homosexual Agenda

Peter Wolfgang, Director Public Policy on how Gay Marriage fits into the Homosexual Agenda.



The video that audio was taken from is worth watching, and many of the points raised in the Connecticut and Massachusetts discussion apply to the California case and nationally. The goal of getting same-sex marriages approved is the destruction of the traditional family unit, "In order to push same-sex marriage, you have to deny that children do best in a home with both a mother and a father".

From the video description:

On this episode, Corinn talks with Peter Wolfgang, Director of Public Policy for the Family Institute of Connecticut, on this mission of the FIC and their current battle against same-sex marriage. Mentioned in the discussion is how the same-sex marriage agenda is fueling attacks on religious liberties in Boston, Minnesota, England, Canada, and Sweden.

Also included is how it is effecting what are children are being taught in school. "Children are not mere creatures of the state," was the decision passed down in a famous 1920s Supreme Court case (Pierce vs. Society of Sisters), and yet Peter explains how in the Boston school system today, the Constitutional and parental rights are being subverted in the name of teaching our children sexual immorality. Such is always the case when "the State"deifies itself and vilifies Christ and His followers.

Commentary

What brought this about was the news that an internet friend and family were threatened and had a window broken and had his property defaced with graffiti because of his stand on homosexual marriage.

Here was his last radio show (June 18th) on the subject:

And tonight at 9pm, he will appear on the Andrea Shea King Show. I plan on embedding that show here as well.

This fight we face on homosexual marriage is with the forces of evil, and with principalities and powers who oppose anything that is Christ-centered. Many of them seek to replace Christianity with a demonic faith called the New Age movement, and follow this link to see some of the ones in my neck of the woods.

These people should realize that they no longer have a free ride. We will push back, and we will not be silenced. If Doug is silenced, I will take his place. I am no where near as eloquent as he and his lovely wife...but I will answer the call, and get others to add their voices in opposition to this perversion of human sexuality.

More on the Homosexual Agenda from Coral Ridge Ministries:


In order to successfully oppose their agenda, we must know what it is before we begin to formulate our response.

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Here Is One S.O.B. I'll Be Voting For In November

I really hate the man's views on a lot of issues. His position on the war is one of the few reasons I'll have to vote for him, and begrudgingly give him some money. Here he is having his right to Free Speech taken from him by snot nosed kids who need to be horse-whipped:


I'll have to pray extra hard for God to grant him wisdom, and for the same shield of spiritual protection I have prayed for President Bush to have about him.

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Happy 60th Birthday Israel!

The modern state of Israel is 60 today, and this blog is 3!

Israel was established in the wasteland of the Levant, and has struggled ever since for her very existence against the hordes of Arab and Persian practitioners of the Religion of Peace (aka Islam), after having almost being wiped out by the forces of the Waffen-SS under the direction of Adolf Hitler.

Today, Israel still faces overwhelming numbers of those opposed to her existence, even her right to self-defense, ranging from children taught to hate Jews from birth, to most members of the evil United Nations, who would allow her to be wiped off the map if God had not placed our nation on this earth as her protector (also certain men)until the time appointed for her tribulation, may I never live to see that day, or if I do, may I have a weapon in my hand, doing what I can to defend her.



The Israeli national anthem: Hatikva

In have an idea for a birthday present for Israel.


Here is a map to give you an idea of the challenges Israel has faced, with just the Arab World included, not counting the Persians, or the Muslim world:
**update** 2.14pm
Another rocket has landed in Israel today, this time in a shopping mall in Askelon. Here is a video an Israeli friend sent me:

And you may read more about it here and here.

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He Is Risen!

The Resurrection of Christ

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the very heart of Christianity. In 1 Corinthians 15 St. Paul reasoned, "If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. . . .We are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead." In that same chapter he says "If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen sleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men." But then Paul triumphantly declares, "But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep" (1 Cor. 15:14-20).

Source: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Happy Easter!

And in honor of Passover, Am Yisrael Chai!



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Good Friday

On this day, we commemorate the Crucifixion of Christ.
On this day, Christ told a thief, "Today (Present tense) you will be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:43).
On this day, Christ died that we might live.

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Christians Raise $8.5 Million For Israel

SAN ANTONIO - The curtain rose to a hundred performers singing “Hinei Ma Tov” as the audience swayed back and forth and clapping their hands. They remained standing through “Hatikva,” declarations of support for Israel, and a duet of “Jerusalem of Gold.”

And when the evening closed - on a prayer for the State of Israel - 6,000 people, all but a few of them evangelical Christians, streamed out of the Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas.

On Sunday night, Pastor John Hagee, head of the Cornerstone Church and a founding member of Christians United for Israel, hosted his 26th annual “Night to Honor Israel.” It was a massive multimedia extravaganza of music, skits, speeches and dance, broadcast live throughout the world and attended by Israeli representatives and community leaders from the Jewish Federation of Houston.

The event aimed to show solidarity between the evangelical community and the State of Israel, which Hagee calls the “apple of God’s eye.” It also reminded anyone listening that God’s politics are very, very specific.

“I am concerned about this upcoming so-called peace summit,” Hagee thundered from the pulpit, referring to the Middle East conference planned for next month in Annapolis, Maryland.

He’s a big, rotund man, and his voice echoed throughout the mega-church’s enormous sanctuary. “America must never pressure Israel to give up land. It must never pressure her to divide Jerusalem. Turning Jerusalem over to the Palestinians is tantamount to giving it to the Taliban,” he said.

Hagee has been throwing “Nights to Honor Israel” for a long time, ever since the upswing of anti-Zionism following Israel’s 1981 attack on Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor convinced him he had to speak out in defense of the Jewish state.

In the intervening years, he has become the most outspoken and influential of America’s evangelical Christian Zionists. His television and radio ministry reaches 99 million homes each week. He says he aims to “bring Jews and Christians together,” and refers sweepingly to the “Judeo-Christian faith.”

That quarter-century’s practice has given the night a quality of polished extravagance.

Everything was big and loud, from the red-carpeted church to the 100-member choir to the amount of money donated. John Hagee Ministries gave more than $8.5 million, most which came from private donations, to Israeli causes from the Israel National Autism Foundation to the city of Ariel’s Development Fund. Over $6m. went to aliya organizations such as Nefesh B’Nefesh and Exodus II.

“We love you because you are a man of God,” said Daniel Ayalon, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, as he accepted a check for a million dollars on behalf of Nefesh B’Nefesh.

“Within the last 50 years,” Ayalon said, “we have gathered in the Jews from the North, from the East, from the South. Now, with the help of our Christian allies, we are going to finish this job and bring the Jews from the West as well.”

Source Article: IsraPundit (be sure to read the whole thing over there.)

Commentary

As a born-again Christian, I know that God has a very special place in His heart for the Jewish people, and very special plans to match, and as the adopted children of God (Christians), it would behoove us to remember the original (and soon to return) chosen children of God, the Jews.

It completely baffles my mind that non-Christians cannot see it, the gathering of dark forces against Israel, inspired and energized by satanic forces...even swaying our own President to agree to the Abomination of a two-state solution that will be enforced by the Antichrist.

Dark Times are ahead.

Check out one of my You Tube Playlists below:

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Congressman Shuler Stands Up For God and the Flag

Shuler wants to reunite 'God,' flag

Barbara Barrett and Jane Stancill, Staff Writers

U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler wants to reconsider banning "God."

The Waynesville Democrat has asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi to revisit a prohibition on the word God or other religious references from certificates that accompany flags flown over the U.S. Capitol.

As reported by The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper, a GOP congressman from Ohio became upset when God was removed from the requested writing submitted by one of his constituents.

The House Administration Committee responded this week by proposing a compromise that would let members of Congress submit writing that includes religious references. Pelosi's office supports the idea. Shuler sent Pelosi a letter asking her to take a look at the policy.

"I believe that this restriction is an unnecessary restriction on our citizens' right to openly and freely practice their religion," he wrote.

He added later, "As a person of faith and an elected member of this Congress, I strongly disagree with the Architect's prohibition of the word 'God' from flag certificates and ask that you examine the authority under which he is making this policy."

Constituents can pay to have flags flown over the U.S. Capitol dome and then shipped to them with accompanying certificates. According to The Hill, the Architect of the Capitol formalized its policy on certificate language in 2003.

Source Article: Raleigh News & Observer

Hat Tip: Don Yelton


Commentary

Kudos to Congressman Heath Shuler!!!

No matter how much I disagree with this man on many issues, I will always respect him for holding on to his faith, especially in an atmosphere that is hostile to Christianity.

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