Pray In Jesus Name - Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt, PhD

Pray In Jesus Name

  • Praying In Millions of TV Homes
  • Feeding Orphans and Widows
  • Petitioning God and Government to Defend Religious Freedom
You are here: Home / Christian News and Conservative News Articles

Christian News and Conservative News Articles

Why Is the Christian Right Afraid of a "Lesbian Homosexual Elena Kagan"?

by

Why Is the Christian Right Afraid of a “Lesbian Homosexual Elena Kagan”?
May 10, 2010

Michael Kieschnick — Huffington Post

 
Who might that be? Or better yet, does the redundancy mean heterosexual?

I sign up for lots of right wing email newsletters because I want to see how they think. I realize that some believe that President Obama nominated Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court because she is “confirmable.” Others because she ONLY got 31 Republican votes against her a year ago in the confirmation vote for Solicitor General.

[…]

The headline of the newsletter Pray in Jesus Name Project from retired Chaplain Klingenschmitt said it all to me:

“Obama Nominates Lesbian Homosexual Elena Kagan to Supreme Court”

And it got much worse from there. You can see the whole newsletter here but be warned that it is pretty extreme.

I do not know Elena Kagan. I know some who do, and they uniformly think quite highly of her. I follow constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald as well, and he has a lot of problems with the nomination.

I realize that the whisper campaign about Kagan being a lesbian started really early. It probably was a clear sign that the White House immediately fired back with quite a blustery release damning the “false charge” that she was a lesbian.

My response to that was since when is it a charge to be lesbian? Pretty strange choice of words for the White House.

Clearly I have no idea about Kagan’s personal life. I hope that she has a happy one.

But I care far more about her views on executive power and whether corporations deserve all the rights of a person. That is, I hope that her legal views are that the President has limited powers and that corporations are artificial assemblages for the convenience of capital and should have none of the rights – particularly none of the free speech rights – of individuals. These seem like basic matters.

Ms. Kagan would not have been my first choice for President Obama. It is hard to see her fulfilling the role of that moderate Republican Justice Stevens, who she is replacing. It seems likely that she is to the right of Justice Stevens.

But she seems far more than qualified and I hope that the Senate confirms her quickly and with as little homophobia and sexism as possible.

And as to retired Chaplain Klingenschmitt, all I have to say is that Jesus would not have recognized you as a follower. He no doubt would have prayed for you but would have hung out with Elena Kagan. You give Jesus and Christians a really bad name.

SEND FAXES NOW TO OBSTRUCT THE NOMINATION OF ELENA KAGAN — SELECT HERE!

Original Article

Is Elena Kagan a Lesbian? Media Ignores Four Harvard Students Outting Supreme Court Nominee, CBS News Muzzled by White House

by

Is Elena Kagan a Lesbian? Media Ignores Four Harvard Students Outting Supreme Court Nominee, CBS News Muzzled by White House
May 10, 2010

Christian NewsWire

 
WASHINGTON, May 10 /Christian Newswire/ —  As far back as 2006 and 2007, four different Harvard Law Students confirmed that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was a Lesbian. Why is the Obama Administration now suddenly ashamed of Kagan’s homosexual orientation?

CBS News first reported that President Obama’s new Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will be the “first openly gay justice,” pleasing much of Obama’s liberal base. But after pressure from the White House they amended the report: “I have to correct my text here to say that Kagan is apparently still closeted — odd, because her female partner is rather well known in Harvard circles.” CBS later pulled the report entirely, after The Washington Post criticized CBS policy, saying “most major news organizations have policies against ‘outing’ gays or reporting on the sex lives of public officials unless they are related to their public duties.”

Why the sudden media blackout, even among conservative news organizations?

Kagan’s private sex life already has, and will directly impact her public Supreme Court decisions, especially on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and other issues.

In breaking news, Chaplain Klingenschmitt reveals that four different Harvard Law School students reported Kagan was Lesbian Homosexual as far back as 2006 and 2007.

The 4 Harvard law students’ quotes are now online at www.prayinjesusname.org/kagan.

Will any news reporter dare to track down and interview these four students?

Chaplain Klingenschmitt, who delivered over one million faxes to the Senate against the anti-Jesus Judge David Hamilton, is now launching a new “Fax Congress” petition drive campaign to oppose and filibuster reported Lesbian Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

Please read and sign the new petition at www.prayinjesusname.org/kagan.

Chaplain Klingenschmitt is available for TV, radio, news, or blog interviews at 719-360-5132 cell or chaplaingate@yahoo.com.

SEND FAXES NOW TO OBSTRUCT THE NOMINATION OF ELENA KAGAN — SELECT HERE!

Original Article

Why Do So Many People Think Elena Kagan Is Gay?

by

Why Do So Many People Think Elena Kagan Is Gay?
May 11, 2010

Stephanie Mencimer — Mother Jones

 
It’s her hair, right? Or perhaps her stout physique? It’s hard to pin it down exactly, but there is something about Obama’s latest Supreme Court pick that has made the “alleged lesbian” label stick, despite unambiguous statements from the administration that Elena Kagan is most definitely straight.

Monday, after the news leaked about Kagan’s nomination, religious conservative groups took to the Internets with multiple calls for Kagan to out herself. Gordon James Klingenschmitt, a court-martialed military chaplain who now runs an anti-gay website, circulated a press release citing anonymous student reviews on Epinions as proof that Kagan is gay. Peter LaBarbera at Americans for Truth About Homosexuality blasted out a press release calling on Kagan to answer the question: “Are (or were) you a practicing homosexual?” He wrote, “in an era of ubiquitous pro-gay messages and pop culture celebration of homosexuality, it’s ridiculous that Americans should be left guessing as to whether a Supreme Court nominee has a special, personal interest in homosexuality. Given the important homosexual-related issues coming before the Supreme Court, Kagan should say so if she has a personal interest in lesbianism.”
Advertisement

But it wasn’t just homophobic right-wingers calling on Kagan to address her sexual orientation directly. Atlantic blogger Andrew Sullivan spent a good part of the day suggesting that the administration is defending the closet by not answering questions about Kagan’s sexuality, and then defending his suggestion that Kagan come out. Sullivan, who’s openly gay, wrote, “Is Obama actually going to use a Supreme Court nominee to advance the cause of the closet (as well as kill any court imposition of marriage equality)? And can we have a clear, factual statement as to the truth? In a free society in the 21st Century, it is not illegitimate to ask. And it is cowardly not to tell.”

The weird thing about all of this was astutely pointed out by one of Sullivan’s commenters, who noted that the ever cautious, drama-free Obama would be uncharacteristically stupid to lie about something so easily discoverable as whom Kagan has slept with. Just ask John Edwards how hard it is to keep secret relationships secret in the era of 24/7 celebrity coverage. Besides, if Obama really wanted to make a statement and nominate a gay or lesbian Supreme Court justice, wouldn’t he have done so openly?

Nonetheless, even sane, smart people like Sullivan seem to believe pretty strongly that Kagan—and by extension, Obama—is hiding something. Buried in the many debates over whether it’s even appropriate to consider someone’s sexual orientation as part of the confirmation process is the unspoken acknowledgement that Kagan must, after all, be gay. Which is sad, because for all the pundit chatter about how a woman landing a Supreme Court gig demonstrates the great strides women have made in the workplace, the Kagan-is-a-lesbian meme suggests that there is still hostility directed at powerful women who dare tread in a man’s world. Kagan’s confirmation would elevate the number of sitting female Supreme Court justices to a record of—gasp!—three.

[…]

There’s not much else to explain the persistence of the rumors about Kagan. After all, here’s a woman who has been in the public sector for most of her career. Kagan endured a grueling confirmation hearing before the US Senate a year ago, one that took place with the unspoken understanding that she was a contender for the high court. Harvard Law, where she was dean, isn’t exactly a warm, fuzzy place where everyone holds hands and sings “Kumbaya.” It’s populated by people who litigate as a hobby, and who in all likelihood would have outed Kagan long ago if it served their purposes. But most telling: There is absolutely no public evidence that she has ever had a same-sex relationship. No jilted lovers have told all to the Enquirer. The total sum of the evidence lies in the postings of four anonymous students (or alleged students) on Epinions. Overall, the case for her gayness seems to rest on a pretty thin argument that goes something like this:

  • She kicked military recruiters off the Harvard Law campus because of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
  • She looks like a lesbian.
  • She’s single and childless, has been known to smoke cigars and play poker.
  • She looks like a lesbian.
  • Jeffrey Toobin won’t say whether she brought a date to his wedding.

That’s it. You could make a better case that Kagan is simply a celibate workaholic, given the paucity of information that’s leaked out about her personal life thus far.

Similar whisper campaigns swirled briefly around Justice Sonia Sotomayor when she was nominated last summer. Like Kagan, Sotomayor was also single and childless. But Sotomayor had a few things going for her to help quash the rumors. For one, she had once been married to her high school sweetheart. But she also had the rather embarrassing experience of appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her 1997 confirmation hearing for a spot on the 2nd Circuit and gushing profusely about Peter White, whom she introduced as her fiancé. She was reportedly devastated when the relationship fizzled.

But really, what powerful woman in Washington hasn’t been accused of being a lesbian? Condoleezza Rice, Harriet Miers, Janet Napolitano, Janet Reno—they’ve all at one time or another been the victim of whisper campaigns about their sexuality. And of course there’s Hillary Clinton. Wingnuts have been accusing the Secretary of State of secretly lusting after women for decades now.

Surely, men haven’t entirely been spared such campaigns. The reclusive, lifelong bachelor, retired Justice David Souter has often been the subject of speculation, but he was lucky enough to be nominated before the advent of the Drudge Report. And for years rumors have dogged Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who serves on the Judiciary Committee that will be vetting Kagan.

Gossiping about the sexuality of Washington powerbrokers has become sort of a national pastime. But the stakes—and the vitriol—seem to go up substantially when powerful women crash the beltway frat party. And while Sullivan might think that sexual orientation has become as bland a biographical detail as Jewishness, the unfortunate truth is that, unlike him, most of those suggesting Kagan has something to hide aren’t rooting for her to come out so she can advance the cause of gay rights. They just want to knock a powerful woman down a few notches.

SEND FAXES NOW TO OBSTRUCT THE NOMINATION OF ELENA KAGAN — SELECT HERE!

Original Article

Klingenschmitt: Americans Have a Right to Know if Kagan is a "Moral Reprobate"

by

Klingenschmitt: Americans Have a Right to Know if Kagan is a "Moral Reprobate"
May 11~ 2010

Right Wing WatchShare/Save/Bookmark

Yesterday we noted that~ like several other right-wing activists~ Gordon "Chaps" Klingenschmitt was demanding to know if Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is gay.

Last night Alan Colmes had Klingenschmitt on his program to discuss the issue and his petition effort to oppose Kagan and it did not go particularly well for Klingenschmitt.

To begin with~ he seemed unfamiliar with the facts surrounding Kagan’s decision to bar military recruiters from using the school’s Office of Career Services when she was dean of Harvard Law School and then insisted that Kagan was "openly gay" but that the White House and the press was trying to cover it up.

[…]

When Colmes asked why it would even matter if Kagan was gay~ Klingenschmitt said it was important because the public has a right to know if she is a "moral reprobate":

SEND FAXES NOW TO OBSTRUCT THE NOMINATION OF ELENA KAGAN — SELECT HERE!

Original Article

 

kagan

by


PETITION to oppose ELENA KAGAN~ SUPREME COURT NOMINEE whom CBS   News reported to be a lesbian.  Please select~ sign~ and WE WILL FAX your petition automatically to ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS right away (saving you hours of labor!)  We’ve sent over 85~000 faxes.  Can you help us reach 100~000?  

Breaking:  Elena Kagan demanded sex-change operation benefit for Harvard students.  

The Pray In Jesus Name Project has contracted with part of a team of private investigative journalists to research Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan~ and that team has now released a breaking news report about how Kagan’s administration forced Blue-Cross~ Blue-Shield to pay for sex-change operations as a benefit for students as Dean of Harvard Law. 

The breaking news report by Amy Contrada and Peter LaBarbera~ just published this morning at MassResistance.org~ contains links to 2006 and 2008 articles from the Harvard Crimson newspaper.  The Harvard Crimson reports prove Elena Kagan teamed up with the Lambda "Trans-gender Task Force" as Harvard Law Dean overseeing the administrative team that forced Blue-Cross~ Blue-Shield to provide sex-change operations as a paid benefit~ including breast enhancement or breast-removal (but not yet genital mutilation) for students or faculty who suffer from "gender identity disorder."  The partial sex-change operations must be fully covered by insurance premiums~ as Kagan’s administrators demanded they be funded as an "equal right."  

"Prior to the modification~ Harvard subscribed to a standard plan from Blue Cross that specifically excluded ‘services and supplies that are related to sex change surgery or to the reversal of a sex change~’" reported the Harvard Crimson.  

But after Kagan’s involvement~ "the new policy states that ‘gender reassignment surgery is one treatment option for Gender Identity Disorder~ a condition in which a person feels a strong and persistent identification with the opposite gender accompanied by a strong sense of discomfort with their own gender.’…’Putting the insurance policy in line with Harvard’s goals of equity and inclusion goes along with the non-discrimination statement~’ says Eva B. Rosenberg […]~ chair of Harvard Transgender Task Force.

This raises a question that must be asked by Senators:  "Does Elena Kagan believe Obamacare is a Constitutional right~ and does that include sex-change operations?"

PLEASE SELECT HERE~ SIGN PETITION~ AND WE’LL AUTOMATICALLY FAX YOUR PERSONALIZED PETITION TO ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS~ OPPOSING ELENA KAGAN LIBERAL EXTREMIST JUDGE TO THE SUPREME COURT


Kagan also discussed allowing cross-dressing men to use ladies bathrooms at Harvard~ after sympathetically hearing that demand by the Lambda community of homosexual students.

–"Bathrooms~ locker rooms~ or dorms can be chosen according to one’s self-proclaimed ‘gender identity.’  Harvard College housing (now ‘gender neutral’) allows students to declare themselves ‘transgender’ or ‘other’ instead of male or female~" (thanks partly to Kagan’s pro-transgender leadership) the report reads. 

–"Cross-dressing must be allowed without comment or reaction~" the report reads.  Kagan’s administration pressured censorship of critical opinion.  

"A lot of people don’t realize that using a bathroom or checking off gender on a form can be stressful to gender nonconforming people~" Rosenberg told the Harvard Crimson in 2008.   "Some of the discrimination that goes on is just unconscious or routine~" lamented trans-genders at Harvard.  IN OTHER WORDS~ NORMAL PEOPLE DISCRIMINATE BY DEMANDING MEN USE THE MEN’S ROOM.  But Kagan supported Lambda’s efforts to make such "discrimination" illegal~ as proven below…

PLEASE SELECT HERE~ SIGN PETITION~ AND WE’LL AUTOMATICALLY FAX YOUR PERSONALIZED PETITION TO ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS~ OPPOSING ELENA KAGAN LIBERAL EXTREMIST JUDGE TO THE SUPREME COURT

The September 2008 Harvard Crimson reported Lambda had "begun conversations with the law school administration [i.e.~ Elena Kagan] to make our restrooms safe and accessible for people regardless of their gender identity or expression.

Kagan spoke several times at pro-homosexual banquets~ and personally said ‘I am committed to working with Lambda and others . . . on making progress for the elimination of discriminatory policies" not only in the military~ but now apparently by any business that labels "Men" or "Women" on the ladies restroom (that’s illegal discrimination?)~ and Blue-Cross~ Blue-Shield~ who had previously excluded sex-change operations.  (That’s illegal discrimination?  Kagan believes yes~ it is.)

Our alarming new report confirms how Elena Kagan will rule on laws like "E.N.D.A." which homosexual Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) is trying to push through Congress~ forcing all women and little girls nationwide to share public restrooms with cross-dressing men.

"For students and employees who have a medical need for the procedures that are now covered~ it is an important increase in accessibility to surgeries that significantly improve one’s quality of life and often are necessary for ensuring safety~" wrote Sara Kimmel~ a psychologist at UHS.  [In other words~ Kagan believes not having a sex-change is unsafe.]

Recognizing sex-change operations as a medical need was another reason for Kagan to demand Blue-Cross Blue-Shield remove the exclusion.  "Many transgender people experience discomfort and depression because of the incongruence between body and mind~ a sentiment that is becoming more widely accepted as constituting a medical need and a right to treatment~" reported the Harvard Crimson. &nb
sp;[Kagan sees paid sex-change operations as a "right" perhaps guaranteed by the Constitution.]

Let’s get this straight.  Kagan believes the best way to help gender-confused students is to make others pay their doctors to mutilate their bodies~ so their bodies will match their confused minds.  Sex-change operations are the new civil right~ according to Kagan.

PLEASE SELECT HERE~ SIGN PETITION~ AND WE’LL AUTOMATICALLY FAX YOUR PERSONALIZED PETITION TO ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS~ OPPOSING ELENA KAGAN LIBERAL EXTREMIST JUDGE TO THE SUPREME COURT
 
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan attended Harvard’s first Gay~ Lesbian~ Bi-sexual~ Transgender alumni reunion dinner in September 2003~ according to the Harvard Crimson newspaper that year~ lending more proof to the original CBS news report that she will be the "first openly gay justice."  Student reporters then described the event:  "Celebratory at times~ solemn at others~ alumni and current students marked the anniversary Saturday with anecdotes about the personal challenges they faced~ the battle they continue to fight to keep military recruiters off campus and the need for classroom instruction in legal issues pertaining to homosexuality." [HLS Holds Nation’s First Ever GLBT Reunion~ 9-22-03.]

In October 2003~ Kagan appeared at a two-day conference held by Lambda~ the Lesbian student group at the Law School. The Harvard Law Record reported:  "much of what Kagan said was a recital of her personal abhorrence for the military discriminatory policy [Don’t Ask~ Don’t Tell].  She said~ ‘I am committed to working with Lambda and others . . . on making progress for the elimination of ‘ discriminatory policies in the military."  In September 2008~ Kagan was a major participant at the 25th reunion of the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus~ titled "A Celebration of LGBT Life at Harvard~" serving as moderator of a panel that included recent Obama appointee (and noted lesbian activist) Chai Feldblum.

Besides the fact the White House now deceives the public claiming Kagan’s not Lesbian~ Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel explains why it matters:  "Kagan’s ‘sexual orientation’ remains the pink elephant in the room: Can a sitting justice~ potentially engaged in the homosexual lifestyle~ be trusted to rule on cases that might well grant special preferred government status to some – including that very justice – while~ at the same time~ eliminating certain free-speech and religious-liberties rights enjoyed by others? (i.e.~ hate-crimes laws; the Employment Non-Discrimination Act; constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act; constitutionality of "don’t ask don’t tell~" etc.)…whether or not Elena Kagan self-identifies as a lesbian~ she has proven herself a radical anti-military~ pro-homosexual ideologue and activist. There’s little doubt that she would take this activism with her to the high court….it’s my hope that a few Republican U.S. senators might take the time to introduce you to a nice fellow by the name of Phil A. Buster."

PLEASE SELECT HERE~ SIGN PETITION~ AND WE’LL AUTOMATICALLY FAX YOUR PERSONALIZED PETITION TO ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS~ OPPOSING ELENA KAGAN LIBERAL EXTREMIST JUDGE TO THE SUPREME COURT

In a breaking news interview by Politico~ Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s former college roommate spoke on her behalf~ to reveal that although Kagan (rarely) dated boys 30 years ago~ Kagan today still refuses to personally and publicly deny reports by four Harvard students in 2006-2007 that she is currently a practicing homosexual Lesbian.   Google queries for "Elena Kagan husband" and "Elena Kagan personal life" ranked in the top 10~ showing we have created serious internet buzz that is forcing the Obama Administration to re-think their secrecy about Kagan’s sexual orientation.

"The rumors that Kagan is gay~" her former college roommate Sarah Walzer said~ "were current before she became a public figure~ and a source of frustration to Kagan and her friends – who were frustrated by their persistence~ but worried that denying them could imply some anti-gay prejudice."   What?  Read that again~ slowly.  

In other words~ Kagan believes anyone who claims to be heterosexual is prejudice and anti-gay~ (including you and me)~ just by stating they are not gay~ so in order to not offend gays~ Kagan will not publicly or personally claim she is heterosexual~ nor refute the observations of Harvard Students who observed her with her female lover on campus.  In fact~ Walzer here admits Kagan has intentionally rejected heterosexual labels for years~ remaining "in the closet" even today~ for fear of offending homosexuals.

Instead of speaking for herself~ Kagan sends out a far-past roommate spokesman who only adds confusion to the mystery~ to paraphrase Kagan’s private admission to Walzer:  "I reject heterosexual labels to avoid offending homosexuals."  Is this the kind of crazy-thinking we need ruling on the Supreme Court?

PLEASE SELECT HERE~ SIGN PETITION~ AND WE’LL AUTOMATICALLY FAX YOUR PERSONALIZED PETITION TO ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS~ OPPOSING ELENA KAGAN LIBERAL EXTREMIST JUDGE TO THE SUPREME COURT

As far back as 2006 and 2007~ four different Harvard Law Students confirmed that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was Lesbian.  Why now is the Obama Administration ashamed to admit her homosexual orientation?  Why stay "in the closet" to the American public~ when Kagan is openly-gay among her friends?

In January 2006~ The Harvard Law Review Epinions openly advertised Kagan’s Lesbian qualifications as a reason to attract new students:

Harvard Student #1)  "HLS has changed over the years~ and the newest~ high-energy dean is Elena Kagan~ a lesbian professor who has revitalized the community…I actually attended HLS. And I did so RECENTLY to boot~ not 10 years ago."

In December 2007~ three more Harvard Law Students confirmed Elena Kagan is a Lesbian while writing on the Harvard Law School Admissions Discussion Board~ posting under the topic "Is Elena Kagan married?"  Their comments all agree:  

Date: December 16th~ 2007 2:16 PM
Author: 2nd Year Biglaw Litigator  

Harvard Student #2)  Isn’t she known to be a lesbian?

Date: December 16th~ 2007 3:10 PM
Author: anonprestigiousguy

Harvard Student #3)  well she is in ma.

Date: December 16th~ 2007 2:10 PM
Author: notatooliswear

Harvard Student #4)  pretty sure she’s with a female former partner of another leading legal academic.

In my combative FoxNews Radio interview with Alan Colmes last month~ I read how AOLnews.com confirmed our report~ saying "Kagan Gay Rumors Didn’t Start on the Right" and referencing pro-homosexual web-sites that claimed Kagan was Lesbian back in 2009~ including Queerty~ PinkNews~ and Gawker.  They brag about her~ but why is the Obama Administration suddenly ashamed of Kagan’s sexual orientation?  Why won’t the left wing media investigate?  We must demand our Senators fully inquire~ and filibuster…

PLEASE SELECT HERE~ SIGN PETITION~ AND WE’LL AUTOMATICALLY FAX YOUR PERSONALIZED PETITION TO ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS~ OPPOSING ELENA KAGAN LIBERAL EXTREMIST JUDGE TO THE SUPREME COURT

The following seven Republicans sadly voted for Kagan in 2009 in the 61-31 vote to confirm her as Solicitor General.  Please call each to say "oppose and filibuster Elena Kagan" right away. Let’s seize momentum!  Kyl (R-AZ~ 202-224-4521)~ Hatch (R-UT~ 202-224-5251)~ Coburn (R-OK~ 202-224-5754)~ Lugar (R-IN~ 202-224-4814)~ Snowe (R-ME~ 202-224-5344)~ Collins (R-ME~ 202-224-2523)~ Gregg (R-NH~ 202-224-3324).  Also please call new Senator Scott Brown (R-MA~ 202-224-4543) Don’t have time to call?  Select here to sign petition and we will fax 100 Senators instantly~ saving you time.

CBS News reported that President Obama’s new Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will be the "first openly gay justice~" pleasing much of Obama’s liberal base.  But after complaints by an anonymous White House staffer that parts of the report were not public~ the CBS reporter updated the post to say "I have to correct my text here to say that Kagan is apparently still closeted — odd~ because her female partner is rather well known in Harvard circles."  The CBS report has now been pulled~ after The Washington Post repeated the CBS report~ and the White House denials~ but criticized CBS policy~ saying "most major news organizations have policies against ‘outing’ gays or reporting on the sex lives of public officials unless they are related to their public duties."  The sudden media blackout on the ‘taboo topic’ is ironic~ since Kagan’s private sex life already has~ and will directly impact her public Supreme Court decisions.
  
Regardless~ The Daily Caller confirms Kagan’s policy record reflects extremist sexual views in matters of law:

"Kagan’s boldest foray into public life was~ as dean of Harvard Law School~ throwing the military off campus over its ‘don’t ask~ don’t tell’ policy on gay soldiers. Kagan called the policy~ implemented by her former boss President Bill Clinton~ ‘a profound wrong — a moral injustice of the first order.’  She pursued the matter all the way to the Supreme Court~ where the justices unanimously slapped down her arguments~ forcing Harvard to allow the military to return….

"On the Defense of Marriage Act~ Kagan damned with faint praise — she defended the law~ but not without first saying the Obama administration opposed it~ thought it was discriminatory and hoped to overturn it.  Pro-homosexual marriage lawyer Dale Carpenter wrote the move was a ‘gift to the gay-marriage movement’ because the administration was ‘helping knock out a leg from under the opposition to gay marriage.’…

"Long ago~ Kagan wrote a memo while clerking for the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall that said religious organizations that provide care for teen pregnancies shouldn’t get federal funds because of a strict line separating church and state."

Needless to say~ Kagan is a bomb-thrower~ who would rule as a pro-homosexual~ pro-abortion~ anti-Christian activist~ and she must be filibustered if nominated.

PLEASE SELECT HERE~ SIGN PETITION~ AND WE’LL AUTOMATICALLY FAX YOUR PERSONALIZED PETITION TO ALL 100 U.S. SENATORS~ OPPOSING ELENA KAGAN LIBERAL EXTREMIST JUDGE TO THE SUPREME COURT

WE MUST TAKE ACTION TODAY.  So please sign our fax-petition and then please make 17 phone calls today to each of the undecided Senate voters here~ asking to oppose and filibuster Elena Kagan~ as too far on the extreme left.

x Ben Nelson~ D-NE 202-224-6551               y George Voinovich~ R-OH 202-224-3353

 

x Bill Nelson~ D-FL    202-224-5274              y Judd Gregg~ R-NH 202-224-3324

 

x Kay Hagan~ D-NC 202-224-6342               y Richard Lugar~ R-IN  202-224-4814

 

x Mark Pryor~ D-AR  202-224-2353                y Olympia Snowe~ R-ME  202-224-5344

 

xz Blanche Lincoln~ D-AR 202-224-4843      y Susan Collins~ R-ME  202-224-2523

 

z Chris Dodd~ D-CT  202-224-2823                xy Kit Bond~ R-MO 202-224-5721

 

z Barbara Boxer~ D-CA 202-224-3553              

 

z Kirsten Gillibrand~ D-NY 202-224-4451      z Michael Bennet~ D-CO  202-224-5852   

 

z Roland Burris~ D-IL 202-224-2854              z Byron Dorgan~ D-ND 202-224-2551

(x = Lives in the South.     y = Voted for Sebelius.     z = Seat up for election in 2010.)

But remember~ 100 emails = 10 phone calls = 1 fax in political capital~ since the Senate staffers must handle each paper and usually write a reply. So please join our automated fax-petition campaign

RadioWeek9-15may10

by

Can’t read this?  It’s also here: https://prayinjesusname.org/radio/radioweek9-15may10/
 
Seven Daily "National News Prayer Alerts" for the Week of 9-15 May 2010:
FAX PETITION: Join 35 Congressmen demanding to Re-Invite Franklin Graham

Your faxes are making a difference!  35 Congressmen just responded to our fax campaign by signing a letter to the Pentagon~ demanding Franklin Graham be re-invited to pray with our troops!  Please sign our new petition to Congress~ to sign resolutions and hold hearings about why Christians like Franklin Graham and Tony Perkins are banned from praying with our troops~ censored by the Pentagon because of their Christian faith.

"Not everyone will agree with all that Rev. Graham has to say~" says the letter signed by 35 Congressmen~ "But we can agree that our Constitution protects his right to say what he believes. There should be no equivocation on that point~ and I am urging President Obama and Secretary Gates to direct the military to once again invite Rev. Graham to [pray with our troops] at the Pentagon."

Add your voice to our petition~ and we will fax your petition automatically to 535 Congressmen and Senators (saving much time) asking to hold hearings!  We already faxed 25~500+ petitions…can you reach 50~000?  

The Evening Prayer Weekly National News Alert
We don’t just report the news~ we pray the scriptures~ in Jesus’ name.

Do you have one minute each day to stop and pray for America?
Join us! Read the news~ pray the scriptures~ change history.

1. Sunday 9 May 10 One Minute Prayer:

Complainers Sue to Stop Jesus Prayers

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we pray for a victory in court for the city of Lancaster and for religious freedom and the right to pray in the name of Jesus~ which 76% of Lancaster voters recently approved by public vote.  God please shut the mouth of Your accusers~ Shelley Rubin and Maureen Feller who are filing another suit to overturn the peoples vote~ because they do not like Your son’s name. Instead we ask from 2 Peter 2:9 that You would lead Rubin and Feller to follow their Messiah and repent~ in Jesus Name~ Amen. 
 
**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Sunday~ 9 May 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP050910Sun.mp3)

ACTION ALERT!  DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 535 CONGRESSMEN!

2. Monday 10 May 10 One-Minute Prayer:

President Obama Proclaims~ Doesn’t Practice~ National Day of Prayer

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we thank you that President Obama heard part of our 7~000 petitions~ and quietly signed a proclamation affirming the National Day of Prayer~ even though he still refuses to allow a public prayer ceremony in the White House.  Obama wrote~ “On this day~ let us give thanks for the many blessings God has bestowed upon our Nation~” … “Let us rejoice for the blessing of freedom both to believe and to live our beliefs.” We declare from Psalm 33:12~ blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord~ in Jesus Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Monday~ 10 May 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP051010Mon.mp3)

ACTION ALERT!  DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 50 STATE ATTORNEYS!

3. Tuesday 11 May 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Graham Prays OUTSIDE Pentagon~ Forbidden to Speak Inside

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we thank You for the courageous stand of Franklin Graham~ who like Joshua 1:6 said to “be strong and courageous because you will lead these people to inherit the land” and stood and prayed outside of the Pentagon~ for our nations military~ and the defense of America~ in the name of Jesus~ even though he was forbidden to pray inside with our troops.  Thank you for using Rev. Graham to proclaim the power of the name of Jesus~ and we ask that more Congressmen would demand he be re-invited to pray inside the Pentagon~ in Jesus name~ Amen. 

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Tuesday~ 11 May 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP051110Tue.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX ALL 535 CONGRESSMEN!

4. Wednesday 12 May 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Boy Scouts Denied Equal Opportunity Because of Religion

Let Us Pray.  Almighty God~ we are saddened by Supreme Court’s decision to deny Cert to the Boy Scouts~ after their stand for traditional values and “duty to God” caused them to face anti-religious discrimination when a city refused to lease them parkland.  God we praise You because the Boy Scouts are being persecuted for righteousness sake~ as Your word says in the gospel of Matthew 5:10.  We now pray You would increase their numbers~ so they can mentor even more young men with godly and moral influence~ in Jesus Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Wednesday~ 12 May 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP051210Wed.mp3)

5. Thursday 13 May 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Military Wants Delay of Don’t Ask~ Don’t Tell Repeal

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ thank You for all the men and women in our military who defend our Constitution~ and for U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates who is now repenting of any rush job to force open homosexual aggression on our troops~ by requesting instead that lawmakers delay action to repeal Don’t Ask~ Don’t Tell~ until a full review of the harmful consequences to our troops can be discovered.  Lord~ from 1 Corinthians 1:19~ make foolish the wisdom of the wise~ reveal the truth to those who seek it~ and protect our troops from immorality~ in Jesus Name~ Amen. 

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Thursday~ 13 May 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP051310Thu.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX ALL 435 CONGRESSMEN!

Please select~ sign~ and WE WILL FAX all 435 Congressmen to stop burning the privately-owned Bibles of American troops. 

6. Friday 14 May 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Liberal Judge Delays Oklahoma Pro-Life Law

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ thank You for creating each human life fearfully and wonderfully~ as You declare in Psalm 139:14-16.  And thank You for the technology of the ultrasound that shows Your miraculous work so that pregnant women who see their ultrasounds realize they’re having a baby~ and change their mind and stop having abortions. Please reverse the liberal Oklahoma Judge who delayed enacting the new law requiring ultrasounds for women seeking abortions~ so that more babies will be saved~ because everyone has a right to all the information~ in Jesus Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask you
r local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Friday~ 14 May 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP051410Fri.mp3)

7. Saturday 15 May 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Preacher Arrested for Saying Homosexuality is a Sin

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we thank you for the faith of British Street Evangelist Dale McAlpine who was recently arrested by a homosexual police officer in London~ because he boldly declared Your Word~ from 1Corinthians 6:9 that homosexuality is a sin~ which Bible verse is apparently banned by hate speech laws.  Lord~ we pray You would deliver McAlpine from his trial set in September and restore to him true justice and free religious speech~ and rebuke the bullies of London’s “hate speech” laws.  Give wisdom to his lawyers~ and may the Truth set him free~ in Jesus Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Saturday~ 15 May 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP051510Sat.mp3)

DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX ALL 235 PENN. LEGISLATORS!
Sign our PETITION TO PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE & SENATE and WE WILL FAX automatically to all 235 members~ to allow Jesus prayers!

Prayer has power when many join together…

Please forward this email to praying friends.

God Bless you~ in Jesus’ name~

Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt

For media interviews~ or to invite "Chaps"
to speak to your church or event~ select here.

Disclaimer: The views of Chaplain Klingenschmitt~ who was honorably but involuntarily discharged from the Navy in 2007 after facing court-martial for praying ‘in Jesus name’ in uniform~ (but was later vindicated by Congress)~ are his own personal views~ not the views of any political party~ government~ or organization.

State police chaplains can invoke Jesus

by

State police chaplains can invoke Jesus
April 28~ 2010

Diane Walker — NBC12

 

 
RICHMOND~ VA (WWBT) – Wednesday state police superintendent Stephen Flaherty reinstated a policy allowing chaplains to use the name Jesus during services. At the urging of then-Governor Tim Kaine~ Flaherty rescinded the policy two years ago after a fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.

The court said prayers delivered on behalf of governments can’t favor one religion over another. At the time six chaplains resigned. Religious groups had asked Governor Bob McDonnell to reinstate the policy and the governor says chaplains “should” be allowed to pray according to their consciences.

The ACLU of Virginia says Wednesday’s action is a violation of the separation of church and state~ but groups like the “Virginia Christian Alliance” praise the decision.

“It’s great to have people in office who will stand up for the values of the people of Virginia~” said Don Blake~ Virginia Christian Alliance Chairman.

[…]

The Virginia Christian Alliance~ with the help of many religious groups~ collected more than 15~000 petitions urging Governor McDonnell to reverse the policy. They planned to deliver them to him next week. They’re pleased that’s no longer necessary.

Meanwhile~ the ACLU plans to publish a manual to help police chaplains follow the law when presiding at community services.

Original Article

Virginia State Police Change Prayer Policy

by

Virginia State Police Change Prayer Policy
Chaplains can once again invoke Jesus at public events.
April 29, 2010

Dena Potter — Associated Press

 

 
RICHMOND – RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia State Police chaplains can once again invoke Jesus, Allah and other deities during official prayers.

At the request of Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, State Police Superintendent W. Stephen Flaherty on Wednesday reversed a 2008 order that required volunteer chaplains to deliver non-denominational prayers at public events.

The policy change came the same day McDonnell reappointed Flaherty to his position, which he has held since 2003.

Flaherty – with the support of then-Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, a Democrat – changed the policy two years ago following a federal court decision that said prayer at government events was only constitutional as long as it was nonsectarian. The directive applied only to government-sponsored state police memorials or trooper graduations, not to private venues such as funerals or in counseling grieving troopers or their loved ones.

The change prompted six chaplains to resign. Nine remain today.

State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller referred all questions to the governor’s office.

“The governor does not believe the state should tell chaplains of any faith how to pray,” said Tucker Martin, McDonnell’s spokesman. “Religious officials of all faiths should be allowed to pray according to the dictates of their own conscience, and in accordance with their faith traditions, while being respectful of the faith traditions of others.”

Religious groups had asked McDonnell to change the policy. Legislative efforts to do so have failed in the last two legislative sessions.

Religious groups hailed the decision, while opponents said it could provoke a lawsuit.

[…]

Since taking office in January, McDonnell has been criticized for omitting partners in same-sex relationships from an executive order banning discrimination, leaving off any mention of slavery while designating April as Confederate History Month and toying with the idea of requiring felons to write detailed essays to him explaining why he should restore their civil rights.

Smith said the prayer policy would have to “be revisited either by the administration or the legislature or the courts in the very near future.”

Kent Willis, executive director of the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the change in policy likely would lead chaplains to offer sectarian prayers at police-sponsored events “thus inviting litigation.”

“Any hint that the government prefers one religion over others not only constitutes an endorsement of a particular religion, but also implies that other religions are somehow inferior,” Willis said in a statement.

Conservative groups, however, rejoiced at what they called the end of a discriminatory policy.

“We’re glad to see the gag lifted,” said Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation of Virginia. “Virginia is a pluralistic place where we can respect each other’s faiths, but that doesn’t force us to be silent about our own conscious beliefs.”

The original policy had been in place since 1979, when the volunteer chaplain program was established.

Martin said Flaherty’s appointment had nothing to do with his decision to reinstate the prayer policy but on his “outstanding leadership of the State Police over the past seven years.”

Original Article

Police chaplains wary of Va. program

by

Police chaplains wary of Va. program
May 5, 2010

Julia Duin — Washington Times

One week after Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell restored the right of state police chaplains to pray in Jesus’ name at public functions, only one of the six chaplains who resigned in protest two years ago has agreed to return.

“I was pleased and extremely excited the governor wanted this policy reversed,” said State Trooper Rex Carter, who has requested reinstatement to the volunteer post. “It allows us to move forward and to put this issue behind us.”

But First Sgt. Mike Honeker, who serves in the southwestern part of the state along with Trooper Carter, says he will not return to the chaplain program for now.

“This policy being changed really doesn’t affect the greater issue of religious freedom in America,” he said. “When prayer is restricted or suppressed at a town council, board of supervisors meeting or even a high school basketball game, a person’s right to express their faith is restricted. That’s a big problem in our country right now.”

The sergeant, a 21-year veteran who also serves as pastor at the River of Life Church in Dublin, Va., says the other four chaplains — who have kept their names out of the media — apparently are also undecided on whether to return to the program.

On April 28, state police superintendent Col. Steven Flaherty informed the six men — plus several other chaplains — that the governor had lifted the ban. Col. Flaherty imposed it in September 2008 after the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that invocations during city council meetings are government speech.

The superintendent applied that ruling to prayers made by police chaplains at official public departmental events. His decision received flak from Christian leaders around the state and lawmakers who felt the ruling violated the First Amendment.

[…]

Don Blake, chairman of the Virginia Christian Alliance, said the remaining five chaplains are leery of returning in case Gov. McDonnell’s order is changed by a successor.

“The General Assembly should address this so another governor can’t change this on a whim,” Mr. Blake said. “These men were so discouraged that a governor and the superintendent of police could tell them how to pray. I think some of these guys took it pretty hard.”

Mr. Blake was part of a coalition that delivered 15,000 individual petitions supporting the change in policy to the governor on Monday. So was former Capt. Gordon James Klingenschmitt, a U.S. naval chaplain until he was ejected for appearing in uniform — without official permission — at a March 2006 demonstration in front of the White House.

“When I learned that 76 percent of Virginia voters want to let chaplains pray in Jesus’ name, I faxed voter guides on this issue four months before the election to 2,300 Virginia pastors,” Mr. Klingenschmitt said, “showing how [Democratic nominee] Creigh Deeds voted against Jesus prayers and Bob McDonnell would defend Jesus prayers if elected.

“Not only did the pastors turn out their people for a McDonnell landslide because of this issue, we also got rid of six delegates who voted against Jesus prayers. When the government stamps out Jesus’ name, He spreads like a revival wildfire among the people.”

However, the Baptist Joint Committee for Public Affairs called the governor’s decision “legally reckless” and said the policy change “invites lawsuits.”

Original Article

The May Day Call for 'A Nation in Distress'

by

The May Day Call for ‘A Nation in Distress’
May 1~ 2010

goddiscussion.com

 
Today is the “May Day Cry to God for a Nation in Distress~” masterminded by Janet Porter. The committee responsible for this event is a who’s who of the religious right and includes Peter LaBarbera~ Harry Jackson~ Gordon James Klingenschmitt~ Wendy Wright~ James Dobson and many more. Various Republican congresspeople are also participating~ including Randy Forbes~ Steve King and Trent Franks.

[…]

The Christian Broadcasting Network interviewed Mathew Staver~ founder of Liberty Counsel~ who clearly admitted that this is a Christian dominionist outreach when he discussed the “7 Mountains Mandate.”

Original Article