What We Can Do To Help Defeat the "Gay" Agenda

The following informal essay has two parts, the first consisting of ideas of what individuals or small groups can do to help thwart, roll back, defeat and otherwise throw a monkey wrench into the onslaught of the "gay" agenda and their stated goal to destroy the moral fabric of society. I am hoping that discussion will ensue, with theoretical ideas as well as accomplished plans. Information and knowledge are the key. Since most people just watch TV and read the establishment media, which are lapdogs of the "gay" elite, they just do not know the truth about homosexuality.

The second part is my analysis of the root cause of the homosexual movement, going a bit deeper than environment and molestation. It is "religious" or "spiritual" in aspect, so anyone who wishes to avoid that type of discussion can avoid it! This analysis is germane to the cure, not only of the homosexual agenda, but the untrammeled hedonism and libertinism of which homosexuality is the poster child.

[Note: I am not attempting to recap the immediate causes of homosexuality, or prove that it is not inborn, or give evidence as to why same sex acts are abnormal, unhealthy, or immoral, or to prove that homosexuals can change. FR already has hundreds of archived articles of this nature.]

A friend of ours homeschools her children, so as to protect them from the horrible influence of public schools, instill her personal moral values, and give them the best education possible. She knew that homosexuality was unhealthy, immoral, and unnatural, but until I gave her books and booklets I purchased from Scott Lively's website (www.abidingtruth.com) she was not able to articulate her viewpoint. After studying the materials I provided, she became a one-woman task force, gave her elderly father books to read, and shared the books with the charter/homeschool teacher. The teacher, who also had not been very well-informed, had her mind blown (so to speak) and ordered more materials for herself, and placed a link to Lively's website on her personal website. Lively has a number of very informative booklets that can be purchased in bulk cheap, and they are great for distributing. So because I informed one friend, many others have been informed. This particular charter school is all for homeschooled children, and there are about 500 families involved.

By purchasing Lively's materials (or reprints from other groups such as NAARTH and the Family Research Council) and making them available at your church, synagogue or other house of worship, many people can become informed. Materials can be purchased and mailed or given to pastors at other churches, or any organization or club that you belong to.

I have found that if I talk to people in the line at the grocery store, or the cashier, often people are happy to find that others have the same viewpoint, but they are afraid to admit that they think same sex acts to be unhealthy or wrong. Just by speaking up in public, we can encourage others to think for themselves, and not be intimidated by social pressure.

Of course, letters can be written to newspapers (they've never printed one of mine!), legislators, and media people. We could try calling up local talk radio shows to tell the truth or attend school board meetings to protest the homosexual infiltration of the schools. Of course, by doing any of these things we will be "outing" ourselves as homophobes ;-) but that's the risk one takes by speaking the truth.

And then there are guerilla tactics: print up some fact sheets about the nature of and diseases spread by homosexual acts, statistics about molestation rates, etc - make them colorful and readable, and broadcast them about town. Laudromats, bulletin boards in stores, public facilities, rest stops, community college or other educational institutions, any place you can find. Good places would be where there is a lot of foot traffic, especially where high school kids can see them. High schools kids are really being targeted by homosexual activists, so the more they can see the truth, the better.

Another post-it tactic: make or obtain stickers with the names and phone numbers of organizations that help people overcome homosexuality, and stick them near high schools, colleges, downtowns, and so on. You never know whose life might change because of one phone call. Or, place ads in the classified ads section of local newspapers or weekly magazines with the same information.

Other promotional ideas are bumper stickers (make you own, or maybe someone knows where to order pro-family stickers). Ideas for slogans: Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve; Marriage=One Man+One Woman; Children Need a Mother and Father, Not Two of a Kind; Same Sex Acts Are Not Healthy For Living Things; Want to get AIDS? Be Gay!; Don't confuse "Exit" with "Entry"; Don't Mess With Marriage; "Gay" Sex Isn't Gay…. These could also be signs in car windows, yard signs, signs held at rallies.

Protest at "Gay Pride" Parades. If protesting at such public events, wear protective clothing and go in groups, carry antiseptic handwipes and have a camera and maybe tape recorder. No telling what might ensue. Here's an idea that someone freepmailed to me, and it sounds good:

"I have an idea I'd like to pass your way. I suggest that we get permits to set up tables in front of (or near) our respective churches/synagogues along the local "Pride" parade routes this coming June, with literature about reparative therapy. Each table should also have someone there to document all the juvenile insults and threats thrown our way on a videocam, and send copies of the films to the local tv news to include as part of their coverage."

Everyone needs happiness, love and pleasure. These needs stem directly from the soul, and get interpreted through the body - think of how many people eat because they are lonely, depressed, or in anxiety. A healthy balanced person will eat when hungry, and when in need of companionship will turn to a relative, friend, or even pet for company. The need for love is really paramount, a deeper need than the bodily requirements. What hurts more, a broken heart, or a hungry stomach? Our culture has denied the fact - basic to all religions (probably a few exceptions, but this is not the debate here) - that human beings even have souls, what to speak of the needs of the soul. In fact, the accepted "scientifically based" theory is that humans are just machines, made of chemicals, evolved by accident, and the "self" doesn’t even really exist. In an atmosphere of such impersonal nihilism, it is natural that many people will be easily convinced that real love, real happiness, real heart to heart connection, don't exist.

What can take its place? Instant pleasure. Shopping. Drug and alcohol abuse. Or, most seductive of all, orgasms. And since the sexual organs have no conscience, a wide variety of options is available to people who have been convinced that God doesn't exist, there are no rules - or higher purpose - to life, and instant gratification is the only yardstick to measure happiness with.

There are two kinds of happiness - the kind that comes from the outside - eating, sex, comforts, and the devices or arrangements that facilitate such, as well as more intangible pleasures such as accomplishments, goals achieved, music, arts, learning, and so on. The second kind of happiness comes only from within the heart, and this happiness is our relationship with God. Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is within us, and the same truth is stated in Hindu scriptures (the Vedas) as well. A surrendered soul can experience the loving embrace of God anywhere, any time - if he truly desires and strives for this loving relationship. The experience that God is my best friend, my only refuge, my source of happiness, and indeed, the very foundation for and purpose of my existence - is the only real meaning of religion. Currently, in many religions, the concept that God is a real Person is left out, glossed over, He is described as an amorphous mystery, or that "we are God", or that He is just energy or a force. But according to Jesus, the teachings in the Old Testament, and the teachings of the Vedas, re-establishing a loving relationship with the Supreme Person is the only thing that will fill the emptiness in our hearts. If this knowledge is denied, as in most of our culture, people will seek to fill this void by any means at hand. And if the moral absolutes that are part of God's instructions to humanity are tossed out, then anything goes. If sexual pleasure is the goal of life, and there are no eternal moral truths, then there is no reason to not accept same sex acts, or, for that matter, any kind of sexual activity.

Therefore, the real antidote to the "gay" agenda, as well as the breakdown of civilization it heralds, is the spiritual awakening of many individuals, and the understanding that such an awakening is not only important but essential.

I live in Rhea County, TN. You've probably heard of us by now. We're the county whose commissioners voted unanimously to ban gays from our community. Stupid move, as it only served to label us all as homophobes, when their original intention was to ban gay marriage.

The result of their action is that we now will have the first annual "gay day" in Rhea County on May 8th. It is expected that the weirdest of weirdos from across the country will be in attendance.

Problem is, I am not an activist, can't imagine myself holding up sign that would put me in the corner with the true, die-hard homophobes in our area. I'm more inclined to observe from a distance -- 'cause this is bound to be grand entertainment. Instead, I'll probably just stay home so as not to contribute to the audience they are seeking. In my view, ignoring a protest is the grandest of insults. Especially when I never would have approved of our commissioners vote to ban gays from the community.

Ban gay marriage? - yeah, but attempting to ban persons who never made their sexuality an issue, and basically remained "in the closet", no.

And if you knew the history of our county, you would know that our schools will never promote the gay agenda (we recently battled the ACLU over bible classes in school - and lost, BTW)

Unlike the gay activists that our commissioners unintentionally invited here, our local gays seem to prefer anonymity as to their sexual preference.

So , in your opinion, am I better of ignoring this invasion of outside activists?

First of all, do you have a link to an article about the law "banning" homosexuals from the county? I can't imagine a law like that lasting 45 minutes without being slammed by the ACLU and several other organizations. What does the wording actually say, and what is being banned? Does the law ban same sex acts? That's already been judged to be worthy of legal protection by the SCOTUS (one very stupid, evil and unconstitutional decision, BTW).

Unfortunately, this issue is rapidly becoming one in which there will be no fence-sitting. Radical homosexual activists are calling the shots, and the vast majority of homosexuals (or people who self-identify as homosexuals for the time being) do not speak out against their radical brethren and sistern. Those of us (actually the majority) who do not want the definitions of morality and family and marriage deformed are constantly put on the defensive and attacked as "haters", "bigots", and the newly invented word, "homophobes".

By sitting out this fight you are actually assisting the radical homosexual activists, who have directly stated that they want to change the very meaning of family, morality, and marriage. One of their stated goals in the beginning of the "gay rights" movement was to eliminate the age of consent, as well as the number of people (and sex) entering into marriage. Do you want to see a society that calls two or three grown men and a couple of adolescent boys a "marriage"? Some homosexuals want to see that. Do you want to see a society that smiles upon sex between adults and children? NAMBLA wants to see that, and members of that organization often march in "Gay Pride" parades along with the "regular" homosexuals - such as those dressed up as nuns, adorned with giant fake phallus, simulating sodomy (and sometimes not just simulating), men half-dressed in leather with little boys on leashes and chains, and more.

Homosexuals and their supporters have made it one of their main goals - openly stated - to have a huge presence in public schools, K-12, to change the way little children think about sexuality and families. Have you read any of the links that are on this thread? You state that you are sure such indoctrination is not current in Tennessee schools, but I'm not so sure you're right. And if you are right, you many not be for long.

The sad truth is that by being silent, you are helping the destruction of the moral foundation of civilization.

(P.S. There are no such things as "homophobes". That is a prop-speak word invented by homosexual activists to label those who oppose the normalization of homosexuality as bigots, mentally ill, and repressed homosexuals themselves.)

(Regarding my query above about "banning" homosexuals from the county - or was it state? What happened was the law was meant to ban "gay" marriage but either was worded or understood wrongly.)

Note this article about "Sexual deviance as a legitimate course of study":

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1138370/posts?page=1

Many (probably most) universities and colleges, both private (still given YOUR tax dollars) and state, provide nauseating pornographic and ultra homosexual/other propaganda masquerading as academic research and legitimate courses of study. They are nothing more than recruiting more people into the grossest sexual hedonism as participants, and smearing a phony veneer of legitimacy over what should be criminal deviance and a mentally sick obsession with weird sexuality.

SO: Alumni, find out what is being taught at your school, and protest if you find it not to your standard. Withold any donations or behests, and let the administration know that you are doing so and why. Parents who plan to send your children to institutions of higher learning, check VERY carefully into the cirriculum and DO NOT SEND them to schools which promote profligacy and deviance in the name of academic study!

As usual, letters can be written, emails, phone calls and even personal visits to those in charge, both by alumni and prospective parents.

I know I've mentioned this before, but it is time to TAKE BACK THE RAINBOW!

Rainbows are known in every tradtion as the symbol of beauty, purity, and unearthly perfection. They have ZERO to do with same sex sodomy. I'm sick and tired of seeing rainbow symbols and immediately thinking "Hmm, homosexuals".

TAKE BACK THE RAINBOW!

Someone should investigate bumper stickers (could be signs as well) with a picture of a rainow and words such as:

Rainbows belong to everyone!

Rainbows don't mean sodomy.

I want my rainbow back!

Homosexuals don't own rainbows!

Rainbows are God's promise!

Etc.

You may not want to hear what I'm about to say, but if I don't say it,then I won't be true to my beliefs. All of you people are saying that gay relationships wrong and that they are trying to go against society. This isn't true. You say that they're only in it for the benefits of a married couple, but why would someone willingly subject themselves to this verbal abuse and hatred just for a few benefits? You people are saying that being gay is immoral and wrong, but who said it was up to you to decide what's right and what's wrong? This should be between them and God! You have no right to punish these people for being themselves! You should applaud them for having the courage to come out and tell the world who they are when they know they will get persecuted! When two people love each other they should have the right to get married! Being a homosexual is not a choice or a decision! Its not like by protesting this, you can change the way they are? What if, in the beginning God had created a woman and a woman instead of a man and woman, then every one you people would be persecuted right now for being straight instead of gay! Just because something goes against the norm, doesn't mean its wrong! I mean really, if it wasn't for Dr. Martin Luther King going against the norm, African Americans would still be treated badly! Its the same with women's rights and many other things! The tittle of this page was "What We Can Do To Help Defeat The "Gay" Agenda. What "agenda" are you talking about? You people are acting like homosexuals are out to get us all! That's ridiculous!!! Aren't YOU the ones that are out to get THEM? Honestly, think about what you're doing to these people! Subjecting them to toucher basically because of who they are! Ever since I was A small child, my father used to say this to me :Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.Its called the Golden Rule, if more people followed that, this wold would be a different place. I'm not saying that you don't have the right to disagree with how they choose to live their life, I'm saying that you don't have the right to hate them for it. Now, I'm only 15, and if I know this, then why shouldn't you? I mean, you people are supposed to be lecturing US on right and wrong, what has this world come to if we are now lecturing you?

Here is a link to the Concerned Women of America website, and their offer of what looks to be a very good pamphlet or booklet telling the truth about homosexuality. Looks very good for distribution at schools (!), churches, meetings and so on, or giving to kids, grandkids, their friends, to Boy and Girl Scouts (get your girls out of GS, btw, heavily infiltrated by lesbians and wacko feminazis), other youth groups like 4-H and any others you may be involved in.

http://states.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=5459&department=FIELD&categoryid=family

*****“At the End of the Rainbow” of Homosexuality 4/5/2004

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It is not “mean spirited” or bigotry to share the truth. A true friend shows compassion by warning someone of impending danger rather than accepting a behavior that leads to emotional, physical and spiritual death.

Give someone you care about an “At the End of the Rainbow” brochure.

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First of all, calm down. You say you're 15. When I was 15 I though I knew everything, too. And just like you, I was incredibly naive, ignorant, misled, and had no idea of reality or how to think for myself.

There's a basic rule that everyone should follow, if they want to learn the truth of a matter: learn and listen and read first, then contemplate upon the matter, pray if you can, and THEN speak about it.

If you speak first, as you have just done, but know nothing, you only reveal yourself as, I'm sorry to say, a foolish person.

I wish you well, you may have many years of life in this world ahead of you, and I would that you use that precious time well. I advise the following:

Read the Categorical Index of Articles about Homosexuality that are linked to on this thread. Read all if not most of them. Consider them deeply. Then adjust your thinking to fit the truth, don't try to adjust the truth to fit your thinking.

From Max Lucado's article HERE:Marriage is a covenant publicly sealed between a man and a woman. God could have given Adam a man, but he didn't. God could have given Adam two women, but he didn't. God could have given Eve to Adam for one night, but he didn't. He gave her to him for life. And, in doing so, he gave us his definition of marriage. One man-one woman for life. Heterosexual monogamy.
We cannot overestimate how radical this was. In the ancient east, no other religion honored the female as an equal partner of man and no other moral code called husband and wife to sexual fidelity.
By the time the Torah was presented through the Jews to mankind, religions were promoting flagrant, unbridled sexual activity. Egypt, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Cyrus, Canaan...religious life in each of these nations was marked by temple prostitution and ritual sex. This is understandable since early religions saw their gods as sexual beings. The Babylonian god, Ishtar, seduced a man. The Egyptian god, Asiris, had sex with his sister. Krishna, the Hindu god, had many wives. According to the Greeks, Zeus married Hera, and Poseidon married Amphitrite.
In such a sexually-saturated era, homosexuality was widely practiced. Martha Nussbaum of Brown University describes gender as a non-issue in ancient sexual activity. Sex was seen not as interaction, but more as doing something to someone.
"Homosexuality," agrees Jewish commentator Dennis Prager, "was universally accepted, valued, and practiced." David Greenburg writes: "...none of the archaic civilizations prohibited homosexuality per se."
It was into such a world that the Torah entered. And it was against such a downstream flow that the teachings of Yahweh swam. According to the Torah, God is not sexual, but holy. Man was not conceived in a sexual act, but created in a divine one. Men and women were not intended for identical gender but opposite. Woman is not a sexual object, but a God-given partner. And sex is not a recreational sport but a matrimonial privilege. The God of the Jews put the genie of sex into the bottle of heterosexual marriage. Homosexuality, by its very nature, resists this truth. Which takes us to the next question:

What Does God Say About Gays?....

For complete article, click HERE.

What about a new Federal Marriage
Amendment??

Several polls have demonstrated that
about 70% of Americans are opposed to
the impending judicial activism which
will dramatically redefine a social
structure that greatly predates the
adoption of our Constitution.

We have warnings stretching from Thomas
Jefferson to Justices Powell (1977) and
Rehnquist (1997) about the hazards of
an unfettered judiciary.

An important point is to protect our
right to self-government, and pre-
emptively tell the Courts to let us
continue to fight the "culture war" on
a level playing field.

If we win the culture war then a
Constitutional definition of marriage
is unnecessary. If we lose the culture
war, such a definition is useless (cf
Amendments 18 and 21).

And if we let the referees rig the game,
we will certainly lose.

So then, I propose a revised FMA for
scrutiny and feedback:

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Section I
Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed
to require marriage to be recognized as anything
other than the union of a man and a woman; nor
shall this Constitution be construed to require
that the legal incidents of marriage be conferred
upon unmarried individuals, couples, or groups.

Section II
This amendment shall not limit the ability of any
State, or the Congress, to alter their definition
of marriage by legislation or amendment. However,
no Federal Court, nor any court of any State, shall
have the power to redefine marriage, nor the power
to force another branch of government to do so.

Section III
Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to
empower any court to extend changes of marriage law
from one State to another, or from any State to the
Federal government.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

I solicit your honest and candid reactions.

I request that you pay less attention to my
preface and more attention to the proposed
amendment language.

- Gordon

I tend to agree with MEGoody. Swift's essay is very disturbing, and its venomous punch is wrenching. But I cannot say "terrifying", and I fear that too many people are taking such extremism too seriously.

I agree that there are indeed homosexual activists with an agenda, and that we must recognize and counter their efforts. But if we simply polarize the debate we will destroy our country even as we try to save it.

There has always been a silent majority, but we do ourselves and them a disfavor by assuming their agreement with our assessments. It will take an immense effort of good will to awaken the conscience of our nation, but one necessary way to defend marriage against the "gay agenda" is to defend it against the growing apathy about hetero offenses against marriage. This may not be the most attractive message to many "moralphobes", but it is much more rational than claiming that extremist rants are the heart of the "gay agenda".

- Gordon

Little Jeremiah -

Yes, but....

Yes, I agree that deceit and Truth often advance in
the vastly different ways that you outline.

But I believe that people of Truth must strive to be
an effective influence in the political fray as part
of our commission to be salt and light - and we need
to acknowledge that political parties are **not**
churches.

When we discuss politics and law (rather than Truth
and Law) we must consider that politics is the art
of the possible and that our success depends upon
addition rather than subtraction - joining with those
who partially agree with us rather than separating
from those who don't agree with us entirely.

- Gordon

p.s. If your point is that people of Truth ought to
avoid politics and law, then I have misunderstood your
posts.
- gb

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