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Opposition to Gay Marraige

5/20/2012

Recently our President expressed his support for the concept of same-sex marraiges. His announcement was surrounded by a lot of hoopla and followed by a lot of MONEY flowing into the Obama re-election campaign. Apparently, his supporters are unable to recognize this unabashed reach for cash for what it is. The man stands not on any principle other than the drive to be re-elected.

Let me state clearly and simply that marraige between two persons of the same gender is wrong! While you may disagree with my position, your disagreement does not change the fact that same sex marraige is WRONG! This is not a debate, it is a matter of a clear reading of multiple Bible passages that are not open to interpretation or errors/errors in translation.

Having said that, Christians do not hate gays. People who claim to be gay are suffering from the same disease that all lost people suffer, namely sin. Jesus died so that sinners might have eternal life. When sinners accept Christ as Savior their lives become new (different) and they turn away (180 degrees) from their former life. As Christians, we are commanded to speak the Good News of the Gospel to all humanity without respect of gender, race, ethnicity, or anything else that divides the family of man. We don't quit loving people because they are homosexual, Jesus didn't!

Secular media personalities cannot hope to understand Christians unless they become Christians. And as Christians, how should be expect lost people to act? Lost people are under the influence and guidance of Satan himself. They are his people and have no rules to guide their behavior.

Christians are also sinners with one huge difference, they have placed their hope of salvation and eternal life in the hands of Jesus. There is NONE so scarred and dirty that he cannot be made white as snow at the foot of the cross. We serve a mighty, compassionate Savior Who offers the promise of eternal life in heaven and abundant life on Earth to all those who would simply trust him.

Disappointed!

4/27/2012

Yesterday, I recommended "The Jefferson Lies" by David Barton. As I reflected on this work, I became more than a little angry with the so-called professional historians who have sought to blemish Jefferson's legacy. I titled today's blog "Disappointed!" because I generally hold scholars and scholarly works in high esteem. That esteem comes with a high standard and low tolerance for the kinds of research manipulations which have resulted in the lies about Jefferson. True, such tactics are regularly seen in today's political debate, but that does not justify them. I strongly disagree with President Obama's beliefs and policies, but I regularly admonish my correspondents when they forward some juicy tidbit that has been fabricated or is based on selective quotations. Sadly, some writers make a career of expanding the smallest of these quotes. Just as sadly, once they are published in the blogosphere, utube, or some email gone viral, they take on a nature that is difficult to refute or retract. This has been true about the writings David Barton refutes in his book. Well into my 7th decade, I remain optimistic about scholarly writing because of the works of men like Barton, David McCullough, and others who seek to illuminate the lives of the founders through publication of primary sources, original documents, in their proper context. The work of those who would use fabrications, modernism, and selective quotes without context (minimalism), does not deserve consideration. Unfortunately, these terribly flawed works satiate the audience seeking to profane and denigrate the great heroes

"The Jefferson Lies" A MUST Read!

4/26/2012

Recommended Reading:
Very highly recommended!
"The Jefferson Lies" by David Barton, is a superbly documented and highly effective rebuff to those who have sought to mischaracterize Jefferson as a sexual predator, racist, deist, and secularist. Anyone reading this post who holds these opinions of Jefferson MUST read this book to learn how thoroughly they have been duped by those seeking to destroy the reputation of this great man. I will entertain any treatise of equivalent scholarship which purports to support these clearly false accusations.

WHEN will we wake UP?

4/16/2012

Someone sent this to me in a email and I found it too good to pass up. The amazing thing is that the president's supporters have chosen to ignore all of this as they clamor for his reelection. They can't/don't defend his actions but they plan on voting for him again anyway. WPM

Looking back thru the past 4 years, many "Whens" pop up. Read them all to better understand where we going as a country.
WHEN - he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan, Muramar Kaddafi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - his voting record in the Illinois Senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he refused to wear a flag lapel pin and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he surrounded himself in the White House with advisors who were pro-gun control, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he said he favors sex education in kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco - a man of questionable character and who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home - people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he started appointing White House Czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist /Communists, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he stood before the Nation and told us that his intentions were to "fundamentally transform this Nation" into something else, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he appointed cabinet members and several advisers who were tax cheats and socialists, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he appointed a Science Czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he appointed Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar who believes in "Explicit Consent," harvesting human organs without family consent and allowing animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual and organizer of a group called Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network as Safe School Czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he appointed Mark Lloyd as Diversity Czar who believes in curtailing free speech, taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth, who supports Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - Valerie Jarrett, an avowed Socialist, was selected as Obama's Senior White House Advisor, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director, said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he appointed Carol Browner, a well known socialist as Global Warming Czar working on Cap and Trade as the nation's largest tax, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as Green Energy Czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for Health and Human Services Secretary could not be confirmed because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - as President of the United States , he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , people said it didn't matter..
WHEN - he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - his actions concerning the Middle East seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel , our long time ally, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States , people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops early-on when the Field Commanders said they were necessary to win, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions, and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc., people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he claimed he was a Christian during the election and tapes were later made public that showed Obama speaking to a Muslim group and 'stating' that he was raised a Muslim, was educated as a Muslim, and is still a Muslim, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn't matter.
WHEN - he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State , people woke up--- but it was too late. Add these up one by one and you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that Barrack Hussein Obama is determined to turn America into a Marxist-Socialist society. All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this do an Internet search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I will write that paragraph.
Will it read as above or will it be a more happy ending for most of America ?
Don't just belittle the opposition. Search for the truth. We all need to pull together or watch the demise of a free democratic society. Pray for Americans to seek the truth and take action for it will keep us FREE. Our biggest enemy is not China , Russia , North Korea or Iran . Our biggest enemy is a contingent of politicians in Washington, DC . The government will not help, so we need to do it ourselves.
Question....will you delete this, or pass it on to others who don't know about Obama's actions and plans for the USA , so that they may know how to vote in November, 2012 and the ensuing years?
It's your decision. I believe it does matter. How about you?
WHEN - November 2012 comes, it will matter who you vote for!

Constitutional Awareness

4/14/2012

The more I study the Constitution and the documents surrounding its writing and ratification, the more I am convinced that we have allowed liberals to move us away from founding principles. We are like the frog in the bucket, swimming around while the temperature is raised just one degree every few minutes. He never becomes aware of his danger until it is too late! I hope and pray that it is not too late for America.

Conservatives, Tea Party members, those who love this country MUST regain control and make an unprecedented effort to measure every federal government program against the yardstick of the Constitution. Then we must bite the bullet and abolish those programs that are clearly not federal responsibilities.

Consequences

3/21/2012

When did we break the link between actions and natural consequences? My 4th and 5th grade science and reading teachers always seemed to have trouble getting their students to predict effects when given a cause or identifying possible causes when given effects or outcomes. The biggest problem, to me, seemed to be that the children had not experienced this for themselves. Too many times in their young lives had this natural learning experience been perverted through the interference of some well meaning adult. This happened at home, in public, at school and was often observed in the lives of 'role models' such as sports and entertainment figures. As a result children, and some adults, began to doubt the 'cause and effect' relationship in their lives.

This has been going on for some time, perhaps more than 20 years. In any event we now have a parental generation that seeks to totally insulate their kids from logical consequences in the name of protecting them. Case in point. Recently, at a home basketball game four Mexia starters decided it would be fun to break out several windows on the visiting team's bus, so they did. Their punishment? They had to sit out ONE GAME! Why, pressure from the coaches, school board, and even the administration because this team was highly ranked statewide and was expected to contend for a state championship. Another opportunity lost to demonstrate cause and effect.

There is another area involving cause and effect confronting many schools in Texas, including ours. There is no real penalty or consequence when a school or a district fails to perform academically. There are districts that have been UNACCEPTABLE academically for years while they continue to excell on the athletic fields and courts. This is wrong!

Any school's first responsibility is to prepare students academically to take their places as informed, educated citizens of our republic. Educational institutions must concentrate on the successful accomplishment of that function BEFORE seeking excellence in extra-curricular activities.

I would strongly propose that when any school falls to a rating of ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE it be barred from UIL athletic competition until that rating has been overcome. No football, no basketball, no band, no twirling, etc. until academics have been improved!

Too harsh? Inactions as well as actions have or should have consequences!

Texas MUST Assert 10th Amendment Right

3/16/2012

The Obama administration has recently declared Texas' Voter ID law invalid in spite of the fact that it was modeled on existing laws in other states. The administration used a 14th Amendment argument in so doing. It is time for Texas to apply the 10th Amendment and remind the federal government that it is federal power that is limited by the Constitution, not state power. In the meantime, I urge my state leaders to proceed with the application of the Voter ID Law in the upcoming primary and general elections. This sets up yet another Constitutional confrontation with the feds.

Nullification, in United States constitutional history, is a legal theory that a State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. The theory of nullification never has been legally upheld. Rather, the courts repeatedly have rejected nullification, finding that the states do not have the power to nullify federal laws. (Source Wikipedia)

Clearly, based on precedent, Texas cannot prevail through application of the nullification procedure. But we can certainly muddy the field and buy time by using it. I feel quite sure that any legal battle resulting would find Texas joined by multiple states based on their existing statutes which are sure to be challenged if Texas' statue is struck down.

CLEARLY, any attempt to prevent states from using positive identification from potential voters is an attempt to promote if not facilitate VOTER FRAUD! We have seen how intent the left is on preventing voter fraud in the 2008 ACORN debacle! The left PROMOTES voter fraud under the guise of enfranchising the disenfranchised. In fact, they are accepting votes from people who have NO RIGHT TO VOTE at all!

Pardon me while I throw up!
I'm still waiting for someone to defend these clowns- no one has answered my challenge!

How Low Can You Go?

3/15/2012

There is an article floating around this morning showing the Stars & Stripes with NO STARS! Instead, in the blue field where the stars should be, we see the image of Barack Hussein Obama!

OK, before you liberals/progressives/socialists jump all over me, the President did not authorize it, or even know about it. It was done at a Democrat headquarters in Florida.

I'm commenting on the mindset that even conceives such a thing! This had to be planned for some time in order for it to be designed and printed. Someone had to approve the project and allocate funds for it. (We know Dems don't spend their own money for stuff like this!) Some business had to print it. It is highly unlikely that only one was made. The conclusion is that a group of people had to have been involved over some time for this desecration to ever have been produced.

Wake up, wake up, wake up America! This nation cannot survive another term under this man.

Expensive Free Stuff

3/14/2012

To the Editor of the Mexia News,

"Breakfast comes to MISD classrooms" trumpeted the front page article. "78-79 percent of MISD students are eligible for free or reduced lunches." The word 'free' was used four times in the article. While the program may not cost the students or their parents it is certainly NOT FREE.

This program COSTS 90 instructional hours (30 minutes/day times 5 days/week times 36 weeks/year) at a time when MISD is struggling to maintain an acceptable academic standing. This program COSTS teachers the hassle of serving, monitoring, and cleaning up after the breakfast. MISD has ample experience with serving breakfast in the classroom. It was done for four years at the Mexia Middle School (current administration building) and no one was sorry to see the program go away.

Another COST is that more students will be late for school as parents realize that nothing academic happens between 8:00 and 8:30 except breakfast. So why worry about getting kids to school on time?

The only upside is that everyone gets a FREE breakfast but over 50% of MISD students arrive at school on the bus and the bus schedules allow them time to eat breakfast after they arrive. This program rewards irresponsible student behavior as well as irresponsible parent behavior and it reduces Academic Learning Time. MISD can't afford to lose a minute much less 90 hours! This program punishes teachers by reducing them to lunchroom monitors while taking away precious time from what they are trained and paid to do, teach!

Run the buses earlier, serve the cafeteria breakfast right up until 7:55, but don't take away the one commodity that cannot be replaced, 90 hours of learning.

Bill Matthews

Former Principal

Mexia ISD

1st Amendment Assault-Part 2

3/13/2012

There is growing evidence that the Obama administration is using the powers of the Internal Revenue Service to intimidate and in some cases silence opposition in the form of the Tea Party. The Tea Party is a very loose coalition of like-minded folks who are tired of uncontrolled spending, uncontrolled growth of government, and the uncontrolled erosion of the Constitution. Most Tea Party organizations are city, neighborhood, or county groups seeking to support candidates who share their values. Since these organizations are small and not nationally affiliated, they are almost always led by volunteers and have only enough money to buy cookies and kool-aide for the next meeting.

Enter the IRS. When these organizations seek tax exempt status they are subjected to intense scrutiny and held to a much stricter standard than similar organizations without a conservative political agenda, case in point- Media Matters. Not only is Media Matters tax exempt, it receives funding from the federal government to carry out its far left agenda.

Just like the bullying of the ACLU, the IRS has become the bully arm of this administration. For those of you on the left who support these actions, be careful, while I would be just as indignant if the IRS or the ACLU went after left wing organizations, I am not in power and I cannot guarantee the scruples of those who might seek to continue destroying this country by destroying the loyal opposition at some future date.

Have a Great Day!

Bill Matthews

I am a 72 year old retired Army officer and retired educational administrator. I am a conservative who usually votes Republican. I am a member of the Tea Party. I am a staunch student of and advocate for the Constitution. I am an active Christian saved by grace.

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