The Boston Globe and 2 local papers didn't give him a chance. He didn't win a single county in Massachussetts 4 days earlier. Did Cruz really win EVERY county in Maine?
The head of the Ted Cruz campaign has said Heidi is Ted's closest adviser. The FEC violations involve her current employer. No personal attacks, just a necessary professional evaluation of Heidi Cruz's role in the Cruz Crew.
As a self-described "constitutional expert" Canadian born Cruz could do us all a great service to stop illegal immigration by simply answer 4 teeny weeny questions...
Reagan was attacked by the Establishment, but people LIKED him. Cruz on the other hand is despised by mild mannered Huckabee and "sealed lips" George W. There is a reason. Here is an (almost) complete compendium of Cruz lies.
There is a lie being told that "Natural Born Citizen" is not defined anywhere in the Constitution. That's True. What's Not True is that it is NOT settled by the Supreme Court. (It has)
In honor of @pmbasse, a descendant of one of the original 300 Texas settlers, I want to tell you WHY I LOVE TEXAS. As they say, I wasn't born here but I got here as soon as I could. And for me that was 3 times.
When you see who REALLY is running Ted's campaign, you realize how "inside" this pretend outsider is. The top CIA, Goldman Sachs executives are LITERALLY running his campaign.
The most rewarding and frustrating experience on Twitter has to be the concept of Follow Friday. I have a solution. See where PolitiJim gets his news, and twinteraction from.
BREAKING (6-26-12 8:30p ET) – From Aaron Klein: Saleha Mahmood Abedin, the mother of Hillary Clinton’s chief of staff, reportedly served in the women’s division of the Muslim Brotherhood alongside the wife of Egypt’s new president, the Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi. (Much more including al-Qaida links to Hillary at WND.com)
Jihad and Death brought to you by Hillary Clinton and your friends in the State Department. Isn’t Democracy wonderful?
Forget for a moment that Barack and Hillary were first in line to push Mubarak over the cliff or under the bus. (Choose your own Muslim metaphor). Forget for a moment that Obama and Hillary attended Chelsea’s wedding at the estate of George Soros, who was directly tied to money falsely orchestrating the whole “Arab Spring” movement. (More on that below.)
Just fast forward to when Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration (much less the mainstream media) told us that there was “no chance” of the Muslim Brotherhood taking over and that the Arab Spring was like watching live re-enactments at Lexington and Concord?
“The Muslim Brotherhood is banned in Egypt,” they told us. No need to worry. Besides, they changed their policy on outlawing Christians or women to be President. Therefore, one of the very first things that happened was OUR US Government, “reaching out” to those wascally wittle wabbits formerly known as “terrorists.” Hillary said:
"It is in the interests of the United States to engage with all parties that are peaceful and committed to nonviolence. We welcome therefore dialogue with those Muslim Brotherhood members who wish to talk with us."
Right. The religion that actually has a doctrine devoted to deceiving their enemy by telling them anything they want to hear – can now be trusted because they changed their more “extreme” policies. However, everyone still knew the Bro’hood had STILL not renounced the implementation of ISLAMIC WAR. And they had SPECIFICALLY announced the continued goal of establishing a Caliphate in Egypt every place they could – it wasn’t even secret.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded to such worry on Fox News Sunday where she professed that the United States “want to see an orderly transition so that no one fills a void” of political power. “We don’t want to see some takeover that would lead not to democracy but to oppression,” she added.
I’m sure all of those “new Middle Eastern feminists” that MS. Magazine just swooned over will love explaining to
We should have been tipped off when Barack Hussein Obama himself started mentioning the word “Change” about what He desired for Egypt.
What’s needed right now are concrete steps that advance the rights of the Egyptian people: a meaningful dialogue between the government and its citizens and a path of political change that leads to a future of greater freedom and greater opportunity and justice for the Egyptian people.
Pardon me Mr. putative President, where in the Koran (you know, that book you studied in Indonesia that mandates submission of those who won’t submit to Allah), or, where in the “path of Jihad an death” is all this freedom and opportunity and justice coming from? Especially for Christians, Jews and Hindus who now are the targets of Koran “enforcement” against them?
Since Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton legitimized the Muslim Brotherhood and radical Islam since “reaching out” to them, over 5 countries have become hardened Islamic governments (on the way to becoming Islamic states) and at least 7 more are potentially able to topple that way. They certainly are no longer “in check” as they once were under Egypt’s Mubarak.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Mr. Marxist in Chief. The radical Islamic groups and their victims now clearly understand the United States will not only interfere with an Iranian like coup, but will help to put pressure on governments that try to resist it.
Is it a coincidence, Mr. Obama, that all of these countries have fallen to Islamic rule since you became President?
Don’t say you weren’t warned. This blog ran the OUTCRY from an Egyptian liberal that Radical Islam had infiltrated the White House. I hate to quote myself (no I don’t) but:
EVERY Middle Eastern country that either produces oil or governs an oil trade route is under attack by the Arab Spring forces. Worse, thus far, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen are now adopting Sharia law, and Jordan, Morocco, and Syria are embattled against radical Islamic forces. All since Obama was elected. Think of the odds of 15 Middle Eastern countries who have held radical Islamists at bay for decades, suddenly all come under attack WITH the support of the United States government and implement Sharia law in the matter of months. Meanwhile, the President of the “free” world, bows to a Saudi Arabian monarch that presides of the most holy city in all of Islam, and spurns every country truly seeking traditional democracy. If Ronald Reagan was the biggest liberator of freedom around the world, Barack Obama is by far the biggest enslaver of nations for Islamic rule.
EVER WONDER WHY NO OTHER COUNTRIES IN ASIA, MIDDLE AFRICA OR RUSSIA HAVEN’T HAD SIMILAR “ARAB SPRINGS” WHERE LARGE MUSLIM POPULATIONS EXIST?
Suddenly that “bowing to a Saudi King” thing may have something to do with Barack paying back his college loan financed by the Saudi billionaire.
Aaron Klein reported that not only did Obama assist Mubarak’s downfall after Egypt denied the right of Bill Ayers and Obama fundraiser Jodi Evans (head of CodePink) to start an Egyptian demonstration – but that George Soros has been funding the Muslim Brotherhood and "revolution” organizations for years:
George Soros is one of 8 board members on a group that has a BUSINESS of creating revolution. And his group DIRECTLY was enlisted to start the uprising in Tunsia, Algeria, Egpyt and more. Our friends at GulagBound document just 5 of the insurrections orchestrated by Soros. They also have further documentation of what Aaron Klein alludes to in Soros’s direct Egyptian uprising.
Here is the “business” that was carefully orchestrated to overthrow these governments to help radical Islamists. IT SHOULDN’T BE SURPRISING THAT THE AFL/CIO IS ALSO TIED THIS.
Despite the opening of dialogue with the United States, it remains to be seen how Washington will square the Brotherhood's historic rejection of the 1979 Camp David peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.
In an interview with PBS FRONTLINE and GlobalPost, Brotherhood leader Essam El-Erian, a likely candidate for parliament, said, "Israel has never lived up to the treaty. We will recognize the treaty when Israel lives up to the treaty."
When asked the question about the Brotherhood's stance toward Israel, El-Erian abruptly ended the interview. FRONTLINE and PBS worked together on a segment titled "The Brothers" which aired Feb. 22.
Meanwhile the mainstream media just yawns. Republicans get ready to elect someone who definitely has a strong stance on Israel, but is also the quintessential “which way is the wind blowing” RINO. He certainly shows no crusading spirit to take us back to our original Constitutional bearings like Palin, Paul and Gingrich did.
Although these complicit actions of this administration might not technically qualify for “treason” since it can’t easily be proven to directly undermine the United States, it certainly is an inducement to go after Barack, Hillary and company on Fast and Furious for that very charge.
You now cannot “undo” the establishment of the radical Islamists across the world. But there is still one method left to undue much of the damage here that would undo every policy, every Executive Order, every appointment and every piece of legislation signed by Barack Hussein Obama. It is to find that he was NEVER constitutionally eligible to be President, and negate every action he has taken.
Yep. You heard it right. After being pessimistically distant from any good expectations out of ‘da Bears - much less happy about who they ARE as people – I am now rooting for Brandon Marshall the way I did Tim Tebow last season.
Unlike some fans who only root for winners regardless of how immoral, crude or unlikeable their sports heroes are – I’m ain’t one of ‘em. Having a likeable or loveable player isn’t MORE important to me than winning, but, it is a requirement for my affection. For instance, I could never root for Mike Tyson as long as he derided common decency no matter how dominant he was in the ring.
I officially entered NFL fan free agency last year when my Bears couldn’t even lose without blaming everyone else on the team or looking like spoiled brats. Cutler DID begin to show some sportsmanship and leadership toward year’s end but – as noted in this video – I wasn’t the only one to find him as one of the 5 most annoying players in the NFL. Thank God for Devin Hester. Tom Waddle dissing Pastor Joel Osteen and the supposedly Christian Coach Lovie Smith making overtly racist campaign commercials for our infanticide loving President made me feel like I was married to Janet Napolitiano. Yup. Sick to my stomach. I may still love my Chicago Bears – but I didn’t like them or the company I was keeping in rooting for them.
The apologists on both national and local TV played the same old liberal violin with regards to Matt Forte’s contract blaming “the man” (who happens to be a woman) without ever acknowledging that Forte himself turned down an extremely lucrative contract to play last season without a net. The Bears are a business, and like Chris Harris during the walkout, they somehow felt that the NFL teams owed them the right over business decisions without those players taking any fiscal risk and responsibility themselves. Call it – Occupy NFL. Finally, my favorite Chicago media scribe that I have bipolar opinion on – the love/hate David Haugh – said what I have been saying since LAST year. Forte’ is a petulant prim Madonna. Hardly worth looking forward to no matter how many games he play without getting inevitably injured as he is since arriving.
I’ve written about the terribly dishonest and non-objective reporting of the Chicago sports media at times (and more than once), but Jared Hopkins of the Chicago Tribune has written an amazing piece on former Denver Bronco and Jay Cutler teammate Brandon Marshall that may be some of the best sports writing I’ve ever read. Only one small angle at the end rubbed me wrong, and my addressing that observation by Mr. Hopkins, is the ONLY thing I could possibly add to this well told story.
Hopkins interviewed Marshall’s homeys in his old hood of Pittsburgh which prompted a call from Brandon himself:
"You want to understand me? Come and stay with me."
The Chicago Tribune reporter landed a plumb opportunity by actually living with Marshall and his wife for 3 days so that he could better “understand” him.
Hopkins points out that Marshall is the best receiver the Bears have ever had, even before he plays a single down in a slightly different shade of Burnt Orange and Navy from those hanging in his closet from Denver. And despite Bear’s history from Tank Johnson to drug runner Sam Hurd, Marshall could also compete as the worst off field head case. Hopkins contrasts it in two paragraphs showing two extremes:
The numbers suggest Marshall is already the best wide receiver the Bears have ever had. Since the team was founded in 1919, only one player has caught 100 passes in a season. Marshall did that three years in a row from 2007 to 2009 — an accomplishment matched by only four other players in NFL history.
But since the Broncos drafted him in the fourth round in 2006, Marshall has become known for more than his stats: Arrests for domestic violence and drunken driving. Arguments with coaches. Acknowledging he suffers from a mental illness.
So how does extreme (but hip) Jesus freak, PolitiJim dare to put Bad Boy Brandon in the saintly Tebow sphere of fan worship? The same reason that the Apostles Peter and Paul means more to me than the Apostle John who was the “good son.” Like the vast majority of Americans, I am only too aware of my shortcomings. I have no illusion that after I made 5 years old, I have never been on the Catholic Church’s short list of priestly prospects. The “perfect people” who never make mistakes are not only annoying to me, they keep reminding of me what I can never be. When I “backslid” as a young Christian, many in the church pretty much said, “Well, God will forgive you but He can no longer use you the way he could have.” It was clear. I could NEVER be Tim Tebow.
Nor could the Marshall-man. At 3 years old, Brandon Marshall saw his Dad coldcock his mom in the front seat of their car, stop, go around to the other side and do it again. He saw hate, violence and who knows what other form of trauma and abuse before he was five years old. He ended up repeating what he saw and was taught. Slum survival, hood hustling or street smarts, he did what would not get him killed and bring him even a momentary shred of happiness. And yet despite excelling physically and professionally into the NFL – he wasn’t happy, fulfilled or even enjoying his amazing accomplishments.
But he also met Jesus. And for the first time in his life, even while he struggles with his “flesh” (as they say in religious circles), he is showing his family how to receive the grace of God and enjoy life. I can relate to this guy much more than Tim Tebow, despite being a white, Christian conservative who lives in the former Rebel territories.
As I’ve gotten older and actually READ the Good Book for myself, I found out that the “sin once and you’re done” theology was that not true. Former Christian murderer Paul and the lying, God-denier Peter, prove that those Christians still trying to make people be “Perfect” are theologically ignorant and unhelpful to REAL life. Don’t believe me? Then let’s do a little test.
Name a brand of Christianity (Methodist, etc) that is dead set against drinking. Go on, I’ll give you a second…. Most of you likely said “Southern Baptists” and you’d be correct. Yet, Southern Baptists have the highest reported incident of alcoholism among all denominations. Why? The prodigals like me can tell you – the more you tell someone what they can and can’t do, the more likely they are to fail.
I’ll never forget going to TGIFridays after a church softball game with a Dallas Baptist church I had just joined and ordering a pitcher of Miller for the table. (I was politely asked not only to do that again, but uninvited me from leading the bible study the next week.) Their reaction did nothing to make me like them, much less want to be a judgmental teetoatling Baptist. I personally never had a problem with drinking (I did it quite well thank you), but I was a male slut and a terrible liar.
For a long time even AFTER I was a Christian, I had to admit, I didn’t even want to be a Timmy Tebow type because it seemed like you were giving up all the fun of life to go sit in a church with old ladies and drink bad Hi-C all Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday. When God began to do miracles in my life, I suddenly found out three things:
There weren’t nearly as many killjoy rules as I thought, (drinking itself wasn’t a sin),
The “rules,” like not being a drunkard were actually beneficial physically, emotionally and relationally, and,
Because of all the cool stuff God was doing with, through and in me, I ended up WANTING to do good things for Him.
I wonder if I can sue the Christian church that got me saved for false advertising or malpractice? I guess I could, but Lord knows I too have passed on bad advice to too many others to face that Karma.
Don’t get me wrong. I love Tim Tebow and wish I had matured enough when I was younger to never get messed up with all the bad stuff I did. But once you screw up – Tebow offers me very little hope except a reminder of what I fell short of.
Tell me, which is more heroic to you? An athletically gifted runner who wins every race by a mile, or the scrapper who has one last chance, falls behind and miraculously comes from behind to win the only Olympic gold he or she ever will see? Give me the 1980 Olympic Hockey team over the perennial Championship Russian National team any day. Give me 5’ 6” Rudy Ruettiger (RUDY) over Albert Haynesworth; and Seabiscuit over Secretariat every time.
We certainly want our kids to idolize Tim Tebow over O.J. Simpson. But for those of us for whom it is too late to qualify for the Mother Theresa Lifetime Acheivement award, Josh Hamilton and Brandon Marshall show us that our future can succeed no matter how bad our past.
Brandon Marshall and his wife (the same one who was charged with attempted murder on him following his stabbing over a year ago) now go to church and even couples counseling.
"Me and my wife, we were doomed from the beginning because of the relationship I got out of," he says, a reference to Watley. "I wasn't vulnerable to her." During my visit, the couple's time together is tranquil. They lounge in his theater room, watching television. They stroll along the docks after dinner, arms interlocked.
The (stabbing) incident in 2011 came two months after they devoted their lives to Christianity at an elaborate retreat for pro athletes. Two photos in the kitchen chronicle the process. Now Marshall says grace before meals, listens to gospel music.
"I didn't read my Bible every day like I do now; pray every night, every morning, throughout the day; go to church every day — because I was in the world, just like a ton of people out in the world, chasing worldly things instead of godly things," he says one day while driving. "You get caught up in all of this" — he waves out to the cars on the highway from his Mercedes — "which is nothing. That's what consumes you. That's your god. Money becomes your god. Girls become your god. Cars become your god. Houses become your god. Clothes become your god. You start caring about what other people say about you.
"It doesn't matter. There's only one person who can judge you. There's only one person that you have to answer to, and that's God. None of these people — not you, no media, not ESPN, no coaches, no Roger Goodell. I don't have to answer to them."
He says he never thought about why his parents weren't churchgoers in Pittsburgh. He pauses. "You go into some of these areas, man, at-risk areas, poverty-stricken areas, and there's not a lot of God there," he said. "On Sunday people are watching football instead of being in church."
And this is where I have a minor issue with the writer Mr. Hopkins. He closes his Pulitzer worthy piece this way:
At times he has created order in his life, keeping his family and his past — the chaos that produced him — behind a boundary. He wants to be seen as living in the moment — a family man, a follower of Christ, someone who gives back to the community, a man in transition. But he cannot seem to escape trouble.
He goes on to cite an allegation by a 24 year old woman that Marshall slugged her in the face. Scribe Hopkins then makes an observation that Brandon’s famous BEAST moniker was on his dress shirt cuffs in church and Marshall commented that “we are trying to phase that out.”
The reader can reach no other impression that Marshall is STILL grappling with his demons and could blow at any time. It makes for a very dramatic and foreboding effect – surely aimed to excite his literary agent.
But it’s not the truth.
He wasn’t alone hanging out with thugs as the whole “nightclub” story would seem. He wasn’t trying to pick up chicks. Marshall’s own wife was hit with a bottle as they were leaving the New York Nightclub. Hopkins conveniently left that part out. In fact, if you read Marshall’s estimation you get an entirely different vibe:
Prior to the incident, Marshall said he often rationalized his attendance at nightclubs as "what you're supposed to do to enjoy life."
"Before this situation, I thought, hey, I'm still young. I want to enjoy life," Marshall said. "We have no kids yet. So let's enjoy each other. This is my wife's and my conversation prior to this incident.
It's, 'Hey, let's enjoy each other before we have children. We're finally on the right page. So before we bring children into this world, let's enjoy each other. So when the children come, we can focus on them.' "
"After this, I turned to my wife, and this is spiritually. I even talked to God, and I'm saying, 'What are you trying to tell me here?' " Marshall said. "In every situation, we learn something. We contribute to every situation. But we also learn from every situation. And in that, my wife turned to me and said, 'Maybe it's time for us to stop walking in slippery places.' "
Traded from the Miami Dolphins to the Bears in March, Marshall also described what he considers somewhat of a "tug of war" between professional athletes and their desire "to enjoy life."
"What I would say in a worldly answer is there will be a tug of war between, you know what, there's fame, there's money. This is what you're supposed to do to enjoy life, you know?" Marshall said. "That's kind of the environment, so to speak, that NFL athletes or professional athletes we put ourselves in. That's supposed to be the lifestyle."
Marshall said he and his wife weren't actually partaking in some of the elements of "the lifestyle" when the incident occurred at the nightclub.
"In this incident, it wasn't a party," Marshall said. "It wasn't something that was we're out clubbing or drinking or things like that."
And despite the very prejudicial disclaimer the reporter added, that:
Charges are not expected; no charge of violence against Marshall has ever stuck in court.
He doesn’t come right out and admit that an investigation WAS PERFORMED by the NYPD and that they announced they would not press charges. Nor have any witnesses come forward to corroborate the story of the 24 year old chick who waited over a day to report the incident. I guess that gold is not just dug in Denver, huh?
And I get it. Christians are easy targets of hypocrisy. How can you preach goodness, peace and love and 2 months later attempt to kill your husband with a knife. Or be involved in a nightclub incident?
It’s not like we haven’t had examples from Swaggert to Haggard to prove that those that preach holiness don’t always practice it. And there certainly are many people who intentionally use the “Christian” label for PR.
But is the implication then, that since no one can tell truth all the time, we shouldn’t teach it? Would you rather someone give up on TRYING to do good because they weren’t perfect at it yet?
This type of coverage comes from ignorance of the “born again” experience. Was King David any less of true God-lover because he slept with a married woman and murdered her husband? Of course not. When you accept God as not just the One who will save you from troubles but also as the Boss of your life, only your SPIRIT becomes perfect with Jesus. Your mind, will and emotions have to be trained and disciplined. And God is ALWAYS willing to forgive, whether you still have to take care of the mess you made here on planet Earth.
I know this because I accepted Jesus in my teens to bail me out of all kinds of problems I was in. When, in 24 hours, all my problems were still there, I went off and stole a car to take matters into my own hands. I was so used to relying on my street wits – that when God didn’t show up when I wanted Him too, my fear doing nothing overcome my very new and tender belief that God really was WITH me and would direct me.
Brandon Marshall and his wife’s attempt to LEARN from mistakes of their past, and to let God change them, is FAR more inspiring to me than a Pastor’s kid who was brainwashed from birth to live by the Good Book.
I don’t mean to disparage Tim Tebow, or to diminish his temptations and trials about which we don’t know. The truth is that Tim Tebow himself admits he’s had advantages AND that he’s not perfect. The truth is that it is easy to sit back and judge people like Brandon Marshall because their sin is either more visible or more graphic than ours. The truth is that Jared S. Hopkins himself, if all he did was pad his expense account or cheat on his taxes, is no less guilty of Marshall’s “sin” in God’s eyes or the other taxpayers he screwed over. Just as it is with every person on the planet. In fact, if you THINK you are perfect – and have done no wrong – that is a lie and a sin too. It’s called Pride. (The bad kind.)
It’s not that there are “troubled” people and “good” people. The Bible couldn’t be more clear that EVEN BILLY GRAHAM’S BEST work, was like old, soiled Maxi-pads. (That is LITERALLY what the original Hebrew scripture translates into.)
Those of us that know God (it ain’t exclusive – you can too), know that the only righteousness that exists is a FREE GIFT that comes by trusting, leaning on and believing in the Messiah. Once you come under His authority – God sees you as if you are as perfect as Jesus – no matter what you do. And you find yourself no longer alone, and no longer guilty. You start to stop doing destructive things not because you HAVE to – but because you WANT to.
For the other 99% of humans that are trying to overcome the temptations of everyday life – Brandon Marshall is a stud. He is the guy I am rooting for. He might not just may resurrect my beloved Bears, but has already resurrected his own life.
This is the guy I long to see miracles from - not just on the field, but off.
Let me say this clearly: If you think it is ok to vote for someone who is not Constitutionally eligible for office – just because it is politically advantageous – you’re not a conservative. So quit calling yourself one.
I’ve gotten some strange responses from my post on why I will not vote for Marco Rubio as Vice President should Mitt Romney select him.
Many of these responses enforce an alarming anti-intellectual approach to issues surrounding the “Natural Born Citizen” issue, and I feel at times I’m dealing with liberals who are inconvenienced by cold hard facts that infringe on their fallacious feelings. It saddens me and pisses me off all at the same time. Besides the comments in that post that make no sense (and show that there are conservatives who have no integrity,) I have gotten private emails/direct tweets like this:
PolitiJim, you are wrong about the "two american citizen parent" rule and the courts have held so, most recently in GA. Please review & retract.
This is supposedly a conservative. Supposedly someone who believes in the Constitution and rule of law.
It is first of all amazing that people don’t argue FACTS when trying to argue their case. I’ve laid out a pretty clear case of documented analysis from both the Founders and the Supreme Court rulings on the matter with links to much more detailed analysis. But I see that is not enough.
The canard that the “courts have held so,” denies three things. First is the notion that courts get it right (ie, Roe v. Wade and Kimberlin). Secondly, while there ARE opposing legal opinions (almost entirely liberal), one must have a huge set of gonads to think Judicial Watch would take this on if it weren’t a clear argument. However using the conclusions of others is also only “information cascade” or “confirmation bias” at work. It shouldn’t be a hard and fast foundation to base any firm opinion on as a conservative, and it gets us into a damn good bit of trouble. “Well, Rush says so” or “George Will says so” is what gets us into these messes. To a lesser extent than Drudge or Coulter, these voices have turned out to have huge lapses of their own intellectual integrity (remember Will calling Gingrich a “Marxist”?) or clear bias. I am not saying they are evil or we shouldn’t listen to them or read their latest opinion. I am saying that on issues where there are strongly held beliefs, at least conservatives – if not Americans – had better quit being lazy and do the homework themselves.
The last bit of “information cascade” evidence – that this isn’t “settled” by the Georgia court - is that 94 Georgia legislatures still believe it is an issue and have sponsored a bill requiring candidates to prove their eligibility. There ARE numerous brilliant conservative legal minds still putting their reputation, time and money in this battle – suggesting it is far from settled and NOT some “conspiracy theory.” Conservatives who want to claim as much might as well be 9/11 Truthers.
Which brings us to the third denial. The facts at hand. The original finding by Georgia Judge Malihi is ridiculous. The Liberty Legal Foundation puts it this way:
By now many of you have probably heard that the Georgia court ruled that Obama is a natural born citizen. (Link to opinion) More importantly it ruled that any person born on U.S. soil is a natural born citizen. According to the Georgia court, a woman from any country can visit the U.S. for one day, give birth, take the baby back to any country to be raised under any culture, and that baby can return as an adult, live here for 14 years and run for President. The end result of this ruling is outrageous. It runs contrary to common sense as well as to established law. So, what happened in Georgia? The court determined that a clear definition of natural born citizen from Supreme Court precedent was overturned by dicta in another Supreme Court case. Precedent is any statement by the court that is pivotal to reaching the court’s ruling. Dicta is the opposite of precedent. Dicta is a statement by the court about matters that are not pivotal to reaching its ruling. Dicta is persuasive, but it cannot overturn precedent.
In other words, the Georgia court violated a basic rule of legal interpretation by ruling as it did. But wait, there’s more! The Georgia court also violated rules of Constitutional interpretation that have been around since the earliest Supreme Court. Our first Chief Justice explained that no part of the Constitution should be interpreted in a way that leaves any other part of the Constitution without independent meaning. By ruling that anyone born on U.S. soil can run for President the Georgia court concluded that the 14th Amendment was intended to alter article II of the Constitution. Such an interpretation is 180 degrees in opposite to Chief Justice Marshall’s explanation of how to interpret the Constitution.
But WAIT, there’s more! In order to reach this conclusion the Georgia court ALSO had to disregard yet another part of the holding from the Minor v. Happersett Supreme Court ruling. Even if you ignore the rules of Constitutional construction and the rule that dicta can’t overturn precedent, even if you agree with the Georgia court that the definition of natural born citizen in the Minor decision was dicta, you still can’t reach the Georgia court’s ruling. You see, the Minor Court ALSO explicitly ruled that the 14th Amendment didn’t create any new privileges and immunities. So, if a person couldn’t run for President before the 14th Amendment, they couldn’t run for President after the 14th Amendment. This means that the Minor Court explicitly ruled that the 14th amendment didn’t alter the definition of natural born citizen under article II of the Constitution. Yet the Georgia court ignored this Supreme Court ruling as well.
The Georgia court was aware of all of these arguments because these arguments were made at the January 26 hearing and they were included in our written brief after the hearing. Yet the Georgia court’s ruling only addresses one of these three arguments and poorly at that.
The one point of good news from this ruling is that we have FINALLY gotten a court to rule on the merits of our argument.
And exhaustive scholarly analysis of these problems can be found here.
This case is headed to the Supreme Court, as will the Judicial Watch case in Florida and California, regardless of the upcoming ruling. If you care to watch the progression of arguments on the Georgia case you can bookmark it here.
It is sheer ignorance for anyone to take a lower court ruling as “proof” of any issue. Do you know how many times courts upheld slavery as “constitutional” including the famous Dred Scott decision? Where there are humans there is error. And even those less than 100 years from the crafting of our Constitution were unwilling to read the overwhelming documentation that controverted a pro-slavery position by our Founders. (It was more or less obscured to get the Southern ratification, leaving each side to interpret whether “all men” included slaves or not.) Should abolitionists have given up their fight simply because some ignorant judges – even Supreme ones – ignored history, science and law? When THEY KNEW that “negroes” were fully human and “men,” should they suspend their evidence because even the Supreme Court held otherwise? Of course not.
All of us have made the error of jumping to conclusion without facts. This blog has tried to go WHEREVER the facts took us, whether it fit our preconceived ideas or biases. (I was ready to endorse Santorum until I actually STUDIED his record of obscene lobbying influence, habitual lying and betrayal of the very pro-life and pro-conservative causes his campaign and supporters were trying to pass off as fact. I also publicly disagreed with Newt Gingrich where I felt he was in error without trying to gloss over his problems.)
I’ll never forget the Ben Howe admitted his ignorance and dismissal of Palin’s valiant record in Alaska or of her conservative policy “gravitas.” After watching the UNDEFEDATED and doing more research, he chided ALL conservatives who didn’t get the facts themselves and let this woman fight the overwhelming tsunami of smear launched at her not just by liberals – but by Romney and the GOP Establishment. He is one of my new conservative journalistic heroes for letting facts dictate his opinion regardless of how others perceive it.
Here are the facts with the Iranian born, Clinton appointee, Georgia Administrative Judge Michael Malihi’s Barack Obama eligibility decision:
Georgia election law O.C.G.A. 21-2-5(a) demands that every candidate meet constitutional requirements and Barack Obama did not present a single piece of evidence to support his eligibility – not even the forged birth certificate.
Malihi originally told the plaintiff's attorney that he would make a normal “summary judgment” against Obama when neither Obama or his lawyers didn’t show. (A court can ONLY rule on the evidence presented against it. Just like traffic court or any other court, a judge can ONLY rule on the evidence set before it – NOT on the real facts of the case that are not presented.)
In the entire course of American judicial history, a judge has never found FOR a defendant who did not show up for court.
He cited an Indiana case that never had a Federal ruling - Arkeny [sic] v. Daniels - and has no binding authority on a Federal issue. (States do not have the power to naturalize citizens.)
The defense never even used the case of Arkeny – meaning that the judge brought evidence into his court OUTSIDE of what was presented – a clear case of judicial misconduct.
Ankeny ITSELF does not even discuss what the Founders’ and Framers” original intent was in including the “natural born” Citizen clause in the Constitution, nor does it IN ITSELF provide any historical or legal support in it’s finding.
Ankeny mistakenly concluded that Wong Kim Ark ruled Wong Kim Ark to be a “natural born Citizen” rather than a “citizen of the United States.” Wong Kim Ark did no such thing.
There were multiple other problems with the invalid Indiana case that has no bearing on Federal or Constitutional law and can be read here.
He ignored ACTUAL US Supreme Court rulings and the early naturalization statutes passed by our early Congresses that included members who actually WROTE and passed the Constitution. Not only did he not bother to mention them in his opinion, he never explained how or why they did not apply despite being presented by the plaintiffs in the hearing. (The U.S. Supreme Court in Minor v. Happersett (1875) already had told us that there was no doubt as to who could be a “natural born Citizen.”)
Judge Malihi finds that Obama “became a citizen at birth and is a natural born citizen,” despite zero evidence presented to him, nor any explanation of how both (or either) are justified by evidence.
It is worth noting that we STILL can not find even a complete bio on this judge despite the fact he has been one since 1995. Much like Obama – the guy seems to have appeared out of vapor. It is ridiculous to think he was a “plant” preparing for the remote possibility Obama would run for President all the way back to 1995, especially since he openly was ready to issue a summary judgment against him. But there are a number of other inexplicable and illegal actions by Judge Michael Malihi. Liberty Legal Foundation now reveals:
Malihi’s Georgia Court refuses to forward LLF’s Motion for Contempt against Obama to the Georgia Superior Court despite state law providing the Court no such discretion.
The Superior Court refused to respond to LLF’s letters on the matter, or demand the Malihi court forward the Motion.
The Superior Court Clerk initially refused to file LLF’s Appeal of Malihi’s ruling, relenting only after 48 solid hours of legal and procedural “education” on the part of Irion.
The Superior Court Clerk refused to file LLF’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction because a $1 filing fee had not been included. After HAND DELIVERY of $1, the Clerk then SAT ON the Motion for 10 days, finally claiming the $1 fee had been hand delivered to the “wrong staffer.” The Motion had to be completely re-filed. The Court itself refused to admonish the clerk.
Obama filed a Motion to Dismiss LLF’s Appeal of the Malihi ruling and the Motion was FILED IMMEDIATELY by the Superior Court Clerk. Obviously no problem in the Clerk’s office with Mr. Obama’s paper work.
THREE DAYS after Obama’s Motion to Dismiss was filed, the Court informed Attorney Van Irion that he had LESS THAN 1 DAY to file an Opposition to that Motion; thoroughly improper behavior on the part of the Court.
Late that SAME DAY, the Chief Judge of the Superior Court denied Irion’s motion to be admitted as a visiting attorney (Irion practices in Tennessee) in spite of his impeccable reputation and the fact that his Georgia sponsor is a member of the Georgia State Legislature who has practiced before the Court! The Court had deliberately held up this particular decision for 2 weeks, effectively preventing LLF from filing the Opposition the Court had RULED only 6 hours earlier that LLF must file on that day! All of this represents unheard of behavior on the part of a court.
Finally, just 90 minutes after plaintiff David Weldon personally filed the Opposition–as the Court had prevented Irion and LLF from doing so–the Chief Judge issued a 3 page Opinion granting Obama’s Motion to Dismiss the LLF Appeal!
Incredibly, neither Judge Malihi nor the Secretary of State sent the Weldon v Obama case record to the Superior Court for review until AFTER the Court had ruled in Obama’s favor! That means the Chief Judge agreed to Obama’s Motion to Dismiss an Appeal of a case the Judge NEVER READ!! This is the extent to which judicial corruption has replaced judicial review in the State of Georgia.
There is some credible circumstantial evidence of a quid pro quo by the State of Georgia and the Obama Administration. Only two days after the Secretary of State decided to enforce the criminally corrupt findings of the Malihi court, Georgia received an $8.3 Billion loan for two nuclear plants over the scathing dissent of the Nuclear Commissions Chairman. THIS IS THE FIRST LICENSE GRANTED TO ANY STATE SINCE THE THREE MILE ISLAND DISASTER in 1978. Furthermore, all of Obama’s environmental buddies objected (many of the same who objected to the Keystone pipeline), and it came directly after the Japan nuclear meltdown. Hardly fitting with the way the Obama Administration has dealt with all other issues of energy and the environment. But again, just as circumstantial as Obama giving money to a Soros-owned oil company to drill outside of the US why shutting down the Gulf offshore oil industry.
The real issue here again is whether conservatives will start investigating their positions based on more than popular conservative opinion – and if they will ENFORCE integrity of the rule of law.
“The Founding Fathers understood that when dishonorable people begin to take high office, the system of government they set into motion would begin to fail. Unfortunately America’s judicial system is proving this principle.”
If conservatives cave to expedience by letting Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal or (possibly) Rick Santorum, float by on this – they are actively participating in the destruction of the US Constitution and this country. Whether that fits their preconceived bias or desires for who they want in office or not.
In answer to my conservative friend, I’ll retract my determination to write in Palin over any non-Natural Born US Citizen like Rubio or Jindal when you pry it out of my cold dead hands in a Chicago cemetery.
UPDATE 4:25 pm 6-24-12
More embarrassment to those who call themselves conservatives. Here was the response to my very lengthy, detailed and documented argument as to why the Georgia Malihi judgment wasn’t definitive:
Jim, I have neither the time not the inclination to get into a lengthy debate about this with you when you've obviously set your opinion
Just like a liberal, instead of being willing to argue the MERITS and FACTS of the issue, they feign offense and run home without defending their position. Not ONE substantive insight was offered. WTH?
It is embarrassment and it has appeared in some form or other from people like Eric Erickson at RedState who never did retract his slander of Jamie Radtke, to Michelle Malkin who refused to correct her proven false accusations against Newt Gingrich.
Just as the “GOP” brand the Contract With America was tarnished with excessive spending (favorable approvals dropping from 60% to low 30%), we can’t let the “conservative” brand be diminished by not debating SPECIFICS on our arguments.
In this case, either “Natural Born Citizen” means a child born on American soil to 2 US citizen parents or not. There isn’t a “gray” area of opinion. Unless you want to become Bill Clinton and argue with the definition of “is” is.
No surprise our own army has disingenuous moral relativists . Lord give me strength to bear with them rather than just wanting to take ‘em out and shoot ‘em (as they say metaphorically in Texas.)
I will not vote for Marco Rubio as Vice President if Mitt Romney selects him to run on his ticket. He is NOT constitutionally eligible to be President or Vice President, and I would be a damn hypocrite in holding my ire and giving him my vote after working as hard as possible to educate people on Barack Obama’s ineligibility.
Call me a Birther, call me a Tea Party hick, call me an “extremist” or racist, I could give a flying forgery. I just don’t care anymore. I’m not going to be like one of those liberals who complain about the rich not paying more taxes and not voluntarily putting their money where their mouth is. And conservatives have constantly compromised on principle to the point where most Americans don’t think there is much difference in the spending habits of either party.
If you consider yourself a conservative – let me advise you that you can’t buy back your integrity when it’s convenient. The video of the Middle School kids cursing the elderly lady on the bus in New York would never have happened if we, as a society, doled out a little more public shame and disgust rather than pretending we just “don’t judge.” Conservatism is, and should be, demonstrating character, even when it’s not convenient just as the people who bought us liberty did with their blood. You can’t change Hollywood or the media by yourself, but you damn sure can give an example to your kids, friends and cohorts. You can finally quit pretending you believe in the Constitution and actually do it at the voting booth.
I’ve written extensively how Heritage Foundation, Free Congress Foundation and Moral Majority founder Paul Weyrich threatened to lead a revolt against the GOP in 2008 if McCain selected Mitt Romney as Vice President. I’m certain Paul wasn’t just turning but on “puree” in his grave upon learning that Mitt Romney is now the GOP nominee. Weyrich saw how unprincipled and deceptive Romney would be just to get power although I’m sure he’d buy the “worst of two evils” argument for November. But I’m not going to be silent about stopping Rubio, Jindal (and possibly Santorum) from further desecrating our Constitution and rule of law.
The one time I have a chance to USE the authority George, Thomas, Samuel and others gave me to override the stupidity, blindness or subversion of others is on November 5th, 2012. And although I can’t give any opportunity for the putative Pennsylvania Avenue pretender to remain in power any longer by withholding a Romney vote – I can at least uphold the constitution of the United States. And I want you to do so too.
For the record I’ve generally liked Rubio but always felt his “conservatism,” while genuine, didn’t go to the bone. Some were shocked that he endorsed Human Events 2006 Top 10 RINO over Gingrich or Santorum, but I wasn’t so shocked. The mere fact he has NOT acknowledged that he is ineligible to be President or Vice President proves that he is not a Constitutionally correct conservative, much less worthy of our trust for carrying on the conservative mantle.
If you’re so convinced you need a Latino, then go with Susana Martinez or my Hispanic Hero - @SooperMexican. But for God’s sake let’s don’t let the GOP tarnish constitutional lawfulness as they did fiscal conservatism.
The patriot hero Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch just argued this issue in Florida in the case of Obama’s eligibility. Judicial Watch has taken on the FDA, DOJ, EPA, Big Pharma, White House (both Bush and Obama) and even the issue of domestic terrorist surveillance and is one of the longest patriotic conservative activists on our side. This was the group that uncovered the leaking of classified documents to Hollywood filmmakers for the Obama Infomercial masquerading as a major film release to coincide with the 2012 election. Named as one of the 10 most effective organizations by The Hill newspaper and the nations largest government watchdog group, Judicial Watch has filed 75 lawsuits and 850 FOIA requests against Obama administration alone. What I’m trying to say here, is that no one on the right has ever confused Larry Klayman with Alex Jones.
For anyone who is willing to follow the facts (and the Constitution) – and not their own personal bias or agenda – the evidence concerning Natural Born Citizen is indisputable:
John Jay’s letters to Washington explaining why the President needed to be a soil born US citizen to two US citizen parents;
Jefferson, Adams, Monroe, Hamilton and many others all acknowledging Vatel’s Law of Nations as a chief guidebook for the writing of our Constitution that clearly defines Natural Born Citizen as I described.
The Federalist papers (No. 68) written by Hamilton confirm the same exact definition.
There are at least 3 Congressional acts that were passed after the Constitution was adopted that give us insight into what the Framers of the Constitution meant by “natural born Citizen.” The 1790 First Congress, which included twenty members who had been delegates to the Constitutional Convention eight of whom were members of the Committee of Eleven that drafted the “natural born Citizen” clause, passed the Naturalization Act of 1790 (1 Stat.103,104) which provided that “And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond the sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens.” George Washington would have vetoed this bill had he disagreed with it. Or a similar one in the following Congress.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the matter as to what is a “natural born Citizen” was in Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. (21 Wall.) 162 (1875) (decided after the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted in 1868 and holding that "all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners").
(A more scholarly overview of these and other facts on Mario Apuzzo’s site.)
The Left has tried exhaustively to confuse and denounce these conclusions. They usually do it just like Obama’s lawyers tried to in the Judicial Watch Florida hearing where they simply leave out portions of a finding that are inconvenient. You can watch that hearing here – it is thrilling to see Obama lawyers caught trying to deceive a judge:
“So, PolitiJim why hasn’t any court already upheld this in all the cases brought against Obama’s eligibility so far?”
Good question. Why did a judge find Aaron Walker guilty against harassing terrorist Brett Kimberlin just by reporting Kimberlin’s previous crimes and thus completely ignoring the First Amendment of our Constitution? Because, not only are there terrible lawyers, there are idiot judges and corrupt judges. We learned that the judge in Georgia was actually close friends of Obama’s attorney. In San Diego, we saw a judge seemingly ready to find against Obama, but strangely changed his tune immediately following a visit from a paralegal from Obama’s law firm. MOST of those eligibility cases were NOT brought on Article 2 (Natural Born Citizen) grounds, but on trying to introduced the forged birth certificate. Not only did we have some really inept legal power, most courts claimed that the plaintiff did not have standing. NONE actually argued the salient points of Article 2 or Minor v. Happersett precedent. One tried to argue an Indiana state law (which has no parentage to explain of Federal law or the Constitution of the United States) and another tried to confuse “a US Citizen” with a “Natural Born Citizen” in the Wong Kim Ark case.
In fact, until Klayman came along, only the New Jersey court case with Mario Apuzzo was brought with some level of competence and without the hysterics and circus acts present in many others. And Florida has the luxury of having a statute that allows ANY citizen to challenge the eligibility of any candidate on a Florida ballot. But – if truth and the Constitution always won out in court – we wouldn’t have allowed 50 million babies to be killed since 1973. That is more than the ENTIRE population of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas and Kentucky combined.
You don’t like what the Framers did in disallowing great conservatives like Jindal and Rubio from having an opportunity to lead this nation? Fine. Then FOLLOW THE FRIGGIN’ LAW and CONSTITUTION and change it the way you are SUPPOSED to. With an Amendment.
If you know this and still vote for him, you are no better than the common crook who shoplifts because he can just ignore the law “this time.” Or the playa who doesn’t want the responsibility of a “baby daddy” and decides it’s cheaper to take his victim to the free clinic.
Just keepin’ it real, homey.
Freedom ain’t free and every decision you make to subvert the Constitution, makes it easier to do the next time when your conscience is weakened.
“PolitiJim! What if we lose the election because of the Hispanic vote?!!”
What if Russia’s, Mexico’s or China’s Barack Obama 2 is raised as a REAL Manchurian candidate and is able to discipline themselves for the next two, three or four election cycles to look harmless, and does WORSE than what Obama has done? It was OPENLY discussed in 1782 and was perpetrated on us since Bill Ayres was planning it 20 years ago. It’s no longer hypothetical. Did you really think it was possible for someone to get elected without ever showing their grade school, high school, college, grad school, state senate, social security and passport records? We don’t even know who paid for this guys school tuition and he’s had $100 Million in donors that we can’t even track.
I suspect one of the reasons that so many of the founders reiterated that our form of Constitutional Republicanism would ONLY work with “moral” and “religious” people is because that they knew, people with no moral standard could take advantage of the freedoms and trusts in the system. The rules for leaving your car unlocked are much different at church or a big city parking parking garage. Cloward and Piven devoted their lives to seeking out these “weak points” and exploiting them to crash that very system. Benjamin Franklin responded to someone asking him what kind of government the framers came up with for our new country. Franklin famously responded:
A Republic. If you can keep it.
As we know, most of society is more interested in Kim Kardashian’s latest tweet or boyfriend twit rather than volunteering to watch over the power they give their local school board or city council. Civic duty now reflects of mostly corrupt relativists who see it for their own power or potential payday. We’ve been come a culture of entertainment rather than effort, indulgence rather than integrity, and recreation rather than responsibility.
The Framers clearly knew that it would be difficult to stop the worst nature of men, and with admitted Divine help, attempted to design healthy conflicts so no person or group could have enough power to depart from the Constitutional Republican tenants and rights laid out in our very simple founding documents. However, as we’ve seen from Mr. Obama, someone who does not appreciate Judeo/Christian values or the individualistic freedoms of our heritage can not only wantonly ignore the law, but can INTENTIONALLY create crimes that can be covered up within his own sphere of the Executive Branch. If Holder IS found in contempt by the House, it is Obama’s own donor flakey who gets the case deciding whether to prosecute him or not.
And don’t forget that at any time, Barack Obama can grant a pardon to ANYONE for ANY REASON without ANY repercussion. Just like Mr. Holder arrange for terrorist and criminal donor pardons for Clinton.
Michelle Malkin is right that every GOP Senator that agreed to confirm Eric Holder despite his clear past crimes, bears some responsibility for every abuse of power perpetrated by Messrs Holder and Obama. Even the Washington Post warned against Holder’s nomination and it was unheeded by Republicans who didn’t want to appear “racists” rather than merely being responsible with the power we loaned them.
And although many on the left want to redefine “Americanism” to be freedom without responsibility or welfare without obligation – the Framers knew that the Constitution itself prohibited such and thus focused on how to create a system of approvals that would survive momentary swings of popular opinion or mistakes. The fact that ONLY the President and Vice President have these exceptions, underlies their concern of how quickly the position could become a tyrannical one.
And the most likely saboteur would not be someone who was raised to appreciate those American freedoms after living in tyranny – but someone who was intent to weaken them. Someone who didn’t consider themselves or their families “American.”
I’ve already decided to sedate myself heavily with sangria and hold my nose in voting for the amoral Mitt just to stop more Obamanation. But thank God the Founders intended a SEPERATE vote for the person who would step in to lead the country should the President be incapacitated or die.
If Romney or the RINO establishment attempt to push a non-Natural Born Citizen, I’m writing in Sarah Palin.
And you know – even if he nominates a true Natural Born Citizen like Jeb Bush, it still might not be a bad idea for us not to automatically buy in to any RINO Romney wants to extend in power beyond his potential of eight years.
UPDATE: 6-24-2012
I’ve gotten some strange responses from this post, enforcing an anti-intellectual view of issues surrounding the “Natural Born Citizen” issue. It saddens and pisses me off all at the same time. Besides the comments below that make no sense (and show that there are conservatives who have no integrity) I have gotten private emails/direct tweets that are suggesting this issue has already been decided by the courts. They are the Obama Administration's and the GOP Establishment’s Useful Idiots. I address it here.
Quikie Post: This is absolutely hilarious. Here a few of the comparisons:
Nazarene Jesus: First immaculate conception birth
Chicago Jesus: First birth to occur in two places at the same time- Kenya and Hawaii
Nazarene Jesus: Mary was pregnant before marrying Joseph
Chicago Jesus: Stanley was pregnant before marrying Barack Sr.
Nazarene Jesus: Right-hand man Peter was always putting his foot in his mouth
Chicago Jesus: Joe Biden.... Nuff said.
Nazarene Jesus: Battles spiritual evil
Chicago Jesus: Personally responsible for - Saving the American sea captain from Somali pirates, inventing the computer viruses that have plagued Iran, and the assassination of Osama Bin Laden
Nazarene Jesus: Never had a girlfriend
Chicago Jesus: Had a "compressed" girlfriend
Nazarene Jesus: Had history books written about him
Chicago Jesus: Had himself written into history books (actually, official White House website presidential biographies, but close enough)
Nazarene Jesus: Multiplied the loaves and fishes
Chicago Jesus: Increased the national debt by $5 trillion
PolitiJim note: Many conservatives, especially Christians, attempt to argue the gay marriage debate in theological terms which have no credibility or standing with our opponents. It's like a Muslim demanding we submit to Sharia because the Qua-ran dictates it. We don't even engage the argument because we reject the Qua-ran's authority. True, the Declaration reaffirms our rights under the authority of God, but there is no Amendment that declares all Americans abide by the teaching of the Bible. However, since homosexuals only make up 3% of our population and self declared "liberals" make up about 20%, there are many minds that may be appealed to by reason. I know medical doctors who have shown that homosexuality is statistically one of the highest groups for sickness and disease - but because of the gay media mafia, they pulled that part of their study knowing the entire study would never be published. These are facts many who support gay marriage should know to make up their minds with ALL of the facts.
Donna has a great summation of two fact based articles about the statistical risk to children of same sex married couples below. I want to reiterate that an abusive, philandering heterosexual is not healthy for children either. I have had many gay friends over the years and some were kinder and more loving than many of my heterosexual friends. I also hate Christians who have a different measure of condemnation for homosexuality than fornication, unbelief or cheating on your taxes. ALL these things "miss the mark" of a perfect God and it is why Jesus commanded us to "be ye therefore perfect." But it is a historical fact that every society that has embraced homosexuality as "normal" has disintegrated within a few generations. And it is a fact that screaming at people to "obey" God's law only creates more sinners. The Bible says that hearts are changed by the Spirit of God and God's kindness.
I don't why we Americans let the government have authority over the marriage institution which should be under the church. But it is also inevitable once the argument is made for for gay marriage, polygamists will be next in line citing the same deprivation of "love" and happiness as a civil right. After all, if the basis of including same sex couples is not an immutable law of God (or nature) but popular opinion, what is to prohibit an even further degrading of our popular opinion to include other perversions. (Yes, I said perversion.) But we should no more be silent on the truth about gay marriage than the enslavement of women to the degradation of Islam or the historical loss of freedoms under communism.
6.11.12
For busy readers, let me summarize two pieces of research presented in The Washington Timesyesterday.
First piece of research: Mr. Regnerus, a sociology professor in Social Science Research at the University of Texas [certainly not considered to be a conservative university], conducted “gold standard” research in which he used a data set of nearly 3,000 randomly selected American young adultsraised by gay parents vs. those raised by mother-father parents. He looked at the young adults’ lives and compared them on 40 measures of social, emotional, and relationship outcomes.
Conclusion: When Regnerus compared young adults reared by mother-father families, the young adults reared by lesbian mothers had negative outcomes in 24 of 40 categories. Those reared bygay fathers had negative outcomes in 19 categories.
Regnerus concluded from his “gold standard” study, “Children appear most apt to succeed well as adults when they spend their entire childhood with their married mother and father, and especially when the parents remain married to the present day.”
Second piece of research:
The American Psychological Association frequently states, “Not a single study has found children of lesbian or gay parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents.”
However, Loren Marks, an associate professor at the School of Human Ecology at Louisiana State University, looked at 59 studies that supposedly support the APA’s assertion but found that the studies lacked “high-quality data” and “leaves the most significant questions [about gay parenting] unaddressed and unanswered.”
The APA “studies” relied upon what is called “snowball samples” in which the gay parents chosen to study were recruited in the same places as their gay friends and colleagues instead of using 3,000 randomly chosen samples as did Mr. Regnerus in his UT “gold standard” study.
The APA’s studies also depended upon wealthy, white, well-educated lesbian mothers and did not look at children’s common outcomes such as “their education, employment and risks for poverty, criminality, early childbearing, substance abuse and suicide.”
In other words, Regnerus set up 40 scientifically chosen measures of social, emotional, and relationship outcomes and used these to compare systematically how sets of (1) young adults reared by two lesbian mothers and (2) young adults reared by two gay fathers compared with (3) young adults reared in mother-father homes.
The next time that the APA throws around its false assertions based upon their sloppy research, we can hold up Mr. Regnerus’ “gold standard” research and its conclusion: Children who are reared in a home where the married mother-father remain married for a lifetime tend to experience much more positive outcomes as young adults than those who are reared by gay parents.
