"New York Churches Under Assault By Gay Bullies'-A Connecticut Retrospective" By Reverend Barbara Sexton 'Dear Ones Healing Ministry'

 

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 Dear Readers:

     Oh...it starts off 'innocuously' enough, but the motive of GAY BULLIES is painfully obvious for those of us who have been assaulted by them and their devious supporters.

     So, without much 'ado' here is what's behind the attack of radical gay bullies on churches and other conservative houses of worship, which I pray will be of some consolation to my church-fellows in New York currently struggling with gay rights and gay marriage, specifically.

     Points to understand:

1)  The gay bullies responsible for the 'uprisings' in houses of worship are typically not regular parishioners or visitors, and do not generally present themselves as genuine persons of faith.  Unlike our LGBT loved ones, these gay bullies wish to usurp houses of worship solely for their political and social gain.

2)  LGBT persons of faith are likely to attend UCC (United Church of Christ), and Unitarian churches, Disciples of Christ , Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) and other 'liberal wings' of traditional churches.  Catholic churches are particular targets of gay bullies due to the church's pedophilia 'history'.  Gay marriages are already performed in many churches and in secular settings in certain states.  But gay bullies are NOT satisfied with this and wish to infiltrate ALL Catholic and conservative Protestant churches for their own personal punitive reasons.

3)  Gay bullies are 'one issue voters' and 'one issue church attendees'.  They are most likely to volunteer (if at all) for such things as hospitality, food and beverage preparation and event handling, so they can bring more of their 'fellows' into the church.

4)  When gay bullies infiltrate a church, it is important to determine who their 'inside contacts' are.  No gay bully can make a furtive or spectacular 'entry' without being enabled by at least a couple of church members who are either gay themselves or have a family member or two who is gay.  These church members will invariably end up on the O & A (Open and Affirming) Committee or at least be vitally interested in what's going on with that committee.

5)  Once the issue of 'gay marriage' is brought up in a church, it will be decided that a 'discussion of homosexuality' FIRST will be useful.  Many hours will be devoted to assuring one and all that, like Christ, 'all are welcome'.  Gay bullies bank on the good-will and compassion of clergy and Christians to do their deeds.

6)  Should anyone be honest and express any anti-gay sentiment, the gay bullies will shout the person down and label him/her as a 'homophobe', utilizing the typical tactics of bullies everywhere.

7)  Gay bullies will polarize a church overnight, thus distracting it from all the other work at hand.  Be prepared for this.

8)  Where gay bullies gain a foothold in churches, 'false good behavior' prevails in those who do not wish to be 'unliked' or called a 'homophobe'.    Free speech will be stifled.  The whole 'gay marriage discussion' will go underground...just like the gay bullies prefer it to be.

9)  As gay rights are discussed more and more, the subject of gay marriage will come up.  Many persons have strong feelings about gay marriage.  And many are 'okay' with a civil ceremony as opposed to a 'religious ceremony'.  But make no mistake:  gay bullies will settle for no less than full religious ceremonies in the sanctuary with a Priest or Minister or Rabbi celebrating.  Gay marriage proponents in NEW YORK call those who have strong anti-gay marriage sentiments (and who as clergy may not wish to perform gay marriages, as is their right) as using 'sad, filthy tactics'.  "Filthy?" Really?  How about I'll keep my religion out of your 'uterus' (or in your case, Alvin, your 'prostate')...if you'll keep your self-righteous gay bullying out of my 'faith life'.  Deal?
"If this is the case, then it is a sad, filthy tactic which proves that in spite of all of their prayers and talk of upholding God's will, those who oppose marriage equality don't have any suitable arguments to defend their cause and therefore have to exploit the righteous indignation of those oppressed by their lies."
http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/

10) Gay bullies and their supporters will insist that just because a church votes to become 'open and affirming' (of LGBT individuals), it does NOT necessarily follow that the church will be performing gay marriages.  THIS IS A LIE.  Once a church 'goes' 'O & A', gay marriage invariably follows poste haste. 

11)  Anyone in the church community standing in the way of gay bullies will be confronted with any number of accusations whether true or false, including: claims of violations of civil rights, claims of pedophilia (especially in churches with histories of such), claims of sexual abuse and misbehavior (in the case of Protestant churches where infidelity and illicit affairs are more predominant than pedophilia) and the like.  Be aware of this and learn how to protect against 'false accusations'.  And if false accusations are made, FOLLOW THROUGH & PROSECUTE!

TOP TEN ANTI-GAY POLITICIANS CAUGHT BEING GAY

http://www.ranker.com/list/top-10-anti-gay-activists-caught-being-gay/joanne

(Hint for all GAY BULLIES:  Another's 'downfall' does NOT serve as justification for your own shortcomings.  If you KNOW what it's like to be 'stripped of your rights', why do you seek to strip another of their rights to either perform or not perform gay marriages, each according to their conscience?)

12) Gay bullies will challenge their detractors as being 'bad Christians' for not accepting them and all they demand.  They disrespect and discount the Bible and mock long-held Christian beliefs.  One of the favorite ploys of gay bullies is to make absurd comparisons of Biblical passages, such as, "Well, if you're going to believe that homosexuality is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord, then you can't have sex with your wife when she's menstruating."  Very quickly, discussion with gay bullies in church gets 'weird'.  Be prepared for this. 
http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/2010/10/phony-christians-shedding-crocodile.html

13) Gay bullies get their way by 'intimidation' when they can.  Once they are established in the church, they will tell their opponents, "If you don't like it, then leave."  Then they will deny saying such a thing.  Sadly, many DO leave a church which is overrun by gay bullies.

14) Gay bullies do NOT represent all gays.  Most decent gays, like most decent non-gays (Christians and otherwise) can 'live and let live'.  Of course, I may be wrong here, but I like to look for the best in people...which is why I've been so successfully 'suckered' over the course of my life, I suppose.  Gay bullies only care about what they can get and not a few of them had 'bad experiences' as children at the hands of 'clergy', so to them it's all about that most un-Christian of  concepts, 'payback'.  Oddly, gay bullies most strongly align these days with Muslims (who also feel sidelined, although most Muslims are not very open-minded about homosexuality).  Gay bullies will also align themselves with 'Black Liberation Theology' proponents.  This, also, is a curiosity, since the traditional 'Black church' is fairly straight and conservative.
"BLACK, GAY & MAD AS HELL" (no kidding!)
http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/2008/05/black-gay-and-mad-as-hell-i-was-reading.html

15) The liberal gay community has a lot of resources for gay bullies to use to further their cause.  Outside groups will be brought into your church.  Protests may be staged.  Money may be 'brought in' with the contingency that gay marriages be performed with all the trimmings.

16) The Pastor must provide moral guidance when the church is under attack by gay bullies.  If that Pastor has any secrets of their OWN in their closets, or out, they must disclose and deal with it immediately.  Gay bullies are great at 'blackmailing'.  Any clergy person or church leader who is at risk of being 'blackmailed' should excuse him/herself from any further interaction in positions of authority with gay bullies.  Good churches should always police themselves as believers are admonished to in Scripture.

17) Gay bullies are persistent.  They say they want your 'approval', but really what they want is 'to be able to have their big church wedding just like everyone else'.  There is nothing particularly noble about this, in fact, though only God knows for certain what is in anyone's heart.

18) Gay non-bullies are often uncomfortable by the bully-tactics of their activist brothers and sisters, which is not to say that they don't secretly or openly approve of such tactics.  Still, churches need to be aware that closeted gay members may fear being 'outted' by gay bullies and thus may fall away from the church. 
"The Case For Outting Closeted Politicians"
 http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/06/14/kruger_outing/index.html
This 'falling away' may be misinterpreted as strong disapproval of the gay bullies, thus causing great anguish for non-radical LGBT persons when they feel like they have lost their church home.

http://youtu.be/x_FDl1XX7js

SAN FRANCISCO...CONNECTICUT....AND NOW NEW YORK!

19) It's all about power, sex, money and more sex.  Gay bullies know this and it serves the church well to know this and react to it with a 'clean heart'.  A favorite tactic is disrespectful disruption of church services:
Gay activists terrorize Boston church

 http://www.nmatv.com/video/2209/Gay-activists-terrorize-Boston-church

20) The subject of children is a touchy one.  Many gay bullies have no authority over their tongues as they debate 'open and affirming/gay rights/gay marriage' issues in church.  Parents must be prepared to protect their children from inappropriate speech and actions.  And they must be prepared to 'explain' what gay bullies are all about in ways that are age-appropriate for the individual child.

21) Gay bullies (and other LBGT persons) in church are often found to be involved in 'youth activities'.  Gay bullies in particular are keen to 'help' young people 'determine whether or not' a child is gay.  I cannot stress strongly enough how imperative it is to be vigilant whenever a radical gay bully seeks close contact with church children.  Make sure chaperone's are present.  Do background checks!  Those who are abused sometimes grow up to be gay bullies who abuse children themselves.  In this day and age where anything goes, gay bullies must not be trusted even in a so-called 'church setting'.  Gay bullies have issues and have some 'out there' justifications!:

(Hint for all GAY BULLIES:  Another's 'downfall' does NOT serve as justification for your own shortcomings.  If you KNOW what it's like to be 'stripped of your rights', how DARE YOU attempt to STRIP OTHERS OF THEIRS? (In this case, the right to REFUSE to perform gay marriages!)

22) Gay bullies and their silent but ardent supporters are coming to a church near you.  All they care about is gay rights and gay marriage and they will 'damn' anyone who disagrees with them and/or gets in their way.  They take advantage of Christian hospitality and Christian kindness, knowing full well that in order for Christians to 'live the Gospel' we must love the sinner along with the saint.  And we must know that we cannot always tell the difference between the sinner and the saint either!  Scripture tells us very clearly that 'even the elect will be deceived' meaning that even churchmen and women will make bad choices and have bad discernment.  We are told that in these days, sexual mores will be lax and libertine lifestyles will be common even in religious settings, so that none of us should be surprised.

23) There is one last 'trick' that gay bullies have which they 'pull in church' in order to further their own selfish gay rights and gay marriage ends.  They will start to speak of Jesus as being gay.  They will speak of the disciples as being gay.  They will speak of Jesus and the disciples having gay sex together and they will speak like this in front of all...including the children they are 'trying to help through their wonder years'.  I am not aware that there are any Biblical passages that affirm that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is gay, but I am certain that the liberal left gay bullies have a plethora of evidence.  It's amazing how even non-Judeo-Christian gay bullies are quick to pull out a Bible verse they don't believe in if it is useful to make their point!  Prepare yourself for such talk.  There are no limits when it comes to gay bullies justifying a lifestyle they feel they must justify.  They will impugn Mother Mary and the other Mary and all the women in the Bible.  They will even go so far-as they have in the O & A gay-friendly, gay-marriage performing churches I am familiar with here in CT-as to call God the Father...'Mother'.

24) I've told you these things so that you are prepared when gay bullies attack your church in New York.  Be strong in Christ and testify to the truth.  Do not forget to be kind to strangers, but use the wisdom and discernment God gave you to determine what gay bully troublemakers are really all about.  Most of all, pray for those, both straight and LGBT, who are NOT like gay bullies, but who simply wish to live their lives in peace and in the Love of God.  No evildoers will prevail in the end. But in the meantime, true Christians must be strong so that when gay bullies who are interested only in the things of the world assault them and their houses of worship, they will be prepared.

25) It is claimed that legally, no Priest, Minister, Rabbi or other clergy person can be compelled to perform a gay marriage against their wills, nor force a church or synagogue or social center to service a gay event they are not comfortable with.  However, gay bullies are already seeing to it that such 'exemptions' be deemed 'unconstitutional' on the grounds that the rights of gay people will be violated.  

     As it stands, church leaders and their congregations will be the ones with no rights whatsoever should they oppose gay marriage.

     Please keep the New York religious community in prayer with me at this time.  I have a 'soft place in my heart' for conservative New Yorkers in the religious community, as I was one of the few 'moderate-conservatives' (now fully conservative!) in liberal Connecticut for many years.
     The truth was so expertly concealed from me that I want to warn others of this.
     I want to warn those involved in church politics in New York that they will be lied to.  False promises will be made to them.  And when all else fails, bully tactics are sure to follow in their wake from those with no consciences or regard for the law.
    The old adage is: 'give them an inch and they'll take a yard'.  
     The 2011 version of this is: 'give them an inch and they'll try to sue you for violating their 'civil rights' if you don't perform their gay marriages in your churches to their specifications no matter WHAT, if any their 'religious preferences' may be and HOW DARE YOU ASK ANYWAY?
     I will never alter my perception of marriage as it is given in the Bible and as it is in my heart as God speaks to me: Marriage is a union of men and women for good so that people don't 'stray' (I know, I know...but remember that we are all but dear sinners) wherein those who are intended to bear children do so and those who are so destined adopt.
     I no longer care if gays get married or not as long as they don't 'get into my face with it'.
     I don't care if they have a civil or church ceremony, as long as they don't tell me I must sanction gay nuptials in my church sanctuary'.  That will not happen.
     Others are responsible for what THEY do, as I am responsible for what I do!
     A church sanctuary is a holy place in God's house, no matter that my Progressive lib friends consider it to be nothing more than a 'really neat site to have a wedding and to take pictures with the cool stained glass windows'.
     Of course, my gay friends, God will know what's really in your hearts and what socio-political points you just had to make at your gay wedding.  Rev. Barb is happy to leave it at that.
     But there are LOTS of pretty places to have your ceremonies and take your photos.  Are you sure you really care about our 'churches' or are you just trying to make some kind of 'statement'?
     To all gay bullies: I want you to consider that there are those of us who dedicate our church sanctuaries for holy activities such as worship, communion, baptism, funerals/memorial services, weddings, confirmations and other life-affirming transitions and celebrations.
     Do you realize how disrespectful and hurtful you are to insist that you get your way when there are so many other options available to you?
     I don't expect the 'worst' of gay rights advocates to understand what I am saying here, especially those who don't have a faith life.  The greatest thing I can do for them...is to pray for them and wish them well.
     However, I DO expect gay rights advocates to RESPECT MY RIGHT to feel and say as I do as an American citizen who has a right to freely practice my religion.
     Neither do I  expect GAY BULLIES to understand that my refusal to perform gay marriages is anything other than a PERSONAL CHOICE...and one to which I am entitled, at that.   
     And strangely enough, I am grateful to the LGBT community in Connecticut, New York and surrounding area and especially to those few of you whom I call 'gay bullies':
     You have made me more aware.
     You have blessed me and you have freed me. 
     You have solidified my work and my faith and I am grateful for all that you have done.
     Now I only wish that we could 'work together' in true honesty, without the games and subterfuge.
     Reverend Barbara Sexton

"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

"Do You Know These St. Patrick's Day Facts?" By Reverend Barbara Sexton 'Dear Ones Healing Ministry'

DO YOU KNOW?

St. Patrick 'used' the three-leaf SHAMROCK* to demonstrate the relationship of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit?...

"Three In One"

Also, 'Erin Go Braugh' means 'Ireland Forever'

With Love For You On This St. Patrick's Day

Reverend Barbara Sexton

"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

www.DearOnesHealingMinisty.blogspot.com

*The Shamrock has three leaves as opposed to the 'lucky' four leaf clover!

"I Love Ireland-A St. Patrick's Day Greeting" From Reverend Barbara Sexton 'Dear Ones Healing Ministry'

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There's no getting away from it!  I love Ireland and the Irish people, here, there and everywhere.

And I even married one!

With Love in Christ

Rev. Barbara Sexton

'Irish By Marriage'

http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/

"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

"Looking Unto Jesus, The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith" By Reverend Barbara Sexton 'Dear Ones Healing Ministry'

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^"1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, ² looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."                          Hebrews 12:1-2   (NKJV)

LINK: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2012&version=NKJV

God Bless You-Believers and Seekers, alike

Reverend Barbara Sexton

www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

"Read HERE Time's Square Bomber & CT Resident Faisal Shahzad's Court Transcript" By Reverend Barbara Sexton

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Dear Ones:
     Here is the full transcript of the testimony of FAISAL SHAHZAD, the 'Time's Square Bomber' from the good old 'NEW YORK POST': http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/local/manhattan/read_the_faisal_shahzad_transcript_zDoUXlGEMoqZMwzsIRrlkM#
     CAN YOU HEAR HIM NOW????  

Faisal SHAHZAD "The Times Square Bomber"

     SHAHZAD is of particular interest to us in the New England area since he lived and worked in CONNECTICUT.
God Bless & Keep You,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

"GLOBAL PRAYER REQUEST For 'Kathy Wild West's Of Radio Fame-Mom JUDY SMITH" By Reverend Barbara Sexton "The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

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Dear Ones:
     We have a major PRAYER REQUEST today from my friend and church sister Kathy A. West (aka Kathy 'Wild' West) of I-95 radio fame. She needs to know for certain that God is with us, hears us and loves us so. Please join me in this 'mass prayer' for Kathy's Mom Judy Smith. I will keep you up to date on future news as Kathy and her Mom desire.
     Kathy writes: "Ok, let's see the power of FB.....please pray for my Mom. That she would experience the breadth and length and height and depth of God's love that surpasses knowledge (Ephesians 3:18). Her chemo is done and now we need God's provision and grace. Please add her (Judy Smith in Florida) to your prayers."LINK: See Facebook
AMEN!
We can do MUCH better than FB, Kathy and Judy, for we have GOD and we will pray for your Mom unceasingly as if she were our own...especially those of us who have lost parents and partners to cancer...GLOBALLY!
With Love in Christ
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com
Read More About Kathy 'Wild' West of RADIO FAME here:

"Prayer Of THANKS For The CHILEAN MINERS, For Their FAMILIES & Their Long-Term HEALING" By Reverend Barbara Sexton

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Dear Ones:

     Please pray with me right now in THANKS to the LORD for sparing the Chilean miners recently rescued from their entrapment:
Dear Lord--
How quickly we come to you in our distress,
And how ready we are to run to you in our times of need. 
We remember here and now to thank you for being there and for answering us as always you do.
When we triumph through your Grace, we can be quick to forget...though in our hearts, we know that we need to remember you at all times.
Please accept our grateful thanks today, right here, right now, as we realize these things.
We say 'thank you dear Father' from all of us for saving our brothers-the Chilean miners.
We are ever-grateful--
And we pray these things in our individual traditions united in our love for You,
Which for those of us who are Christian is--
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
AMEN.

'Live Prayer For Chilean Crew's Test Capule & Rescue of Trapped Miners' By Reverend Barbara Sexton

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MAY ALL ANGELS ATTEND THEE, DEAR CHILEAN MINERS!

Please join me in prayer for the Chilean miners trapped and their imminent rescue. Let us pray for them:
Dear Heavenly Father--
Please release our brothers from their torturous situation.
Please show us your Mercy as these miners are extracted.
We depend upon thee, O Lord.
We call on thee, O Lord.
Do not forsake these miners as you do not forsake us, for we love you so much.
We pray these things in the individual traditions of our lives, united in our love for You.
We look to thee for our Hope and for our Salvation
AMEN.
With Love in Christ,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

'It's Perfectly Natural To Be WAITING FOR SUPERMAN' By Reverend Barbara Sexton "The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKTfaro96dg 
Dear Ones:
     It's not often that I will use the word 'honest' with anything 'progressive-lib Dem', but here I am.  Here film maker  Davis Guggenheim (known for his "An Inconvenient Truth") gets it right.  FINALLY, what I have been saying about the 'dumbing down' of our kids through our school systems for a l-o-n-g---t-i-m-e is DOCUMENTED in a most poignant and heartbreaking way.

"It's the age old debate. How do we keep our kids in school and keep them motivated when it's hard enough to get them to class?. Once there, as the film points out, they've got a 50-50 chance that their teacher will actually be a decent teacher. According to Guggenheim, the system is so broken, bad teachers are allowed to stay, even if it's been proven they are performing poorly in the classroom. Everybody knows who they are, but there's nothing administrators can do. The film points to union contracts and tenure, saying they often give teachers a solid spot in the classroom. Good or bad." LINK: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lu-parker/superman-reminded-me_b_739105.html
     Yes, it's rough stuff, but healing must begin with a purging and cleansing of all PUTRID MATTER before healthy 'tissue' growth can occur and flourish and replace the bad. This movie may well be a part of that process for our school systems, on a national as well as on a local level.
     But we'll just have to wait and see if anyone is actually MOTIVATED TO ACTION.
     Inertia seems to 'rule the day' when it comes to BIG AND INTIMIDATING ALBATROSSES such as TEACHERS and other UNIONS.
     The bottom-line is that people are SCARED of the UNIONS and are scared of making WAVES with UNIONS.
     It's sad, really. During my poor childhood years, Pop was always a blue-collar champion of employee working conditions as an independent safety engineer.
     I keep in me to this day his horror stories of avoidable foundry accidents, amputation injuries, machinery malfunctions, etc to the point that I didn't want to eat a hot dog or lick an envelope ever again and that was the least of it!
     Over and over, my blue-collar Dad emphasized how 'the UNIONS' were there to 'protect the guys'. Unfortunately, I also overheard him discussing the INTIMIDATION against company bosses and their properties. After one-too-many 'spiking' stories, I began to have nightmares that my own father would be hurt, himself by getting mixed up in a scuffle.
     He wasn't, because he was roundly well-liked, but what did I know? Dad fought his heart out for what he believed in--and as his first 'son', I was taught to do so also.
     UNIONS CAN DO SO MUCH GOOD, PEOPLE!  USE THE POWER YOU HAVE TO DO SO NOW.  BE BRAVE AND TAKE ACTION AND HAVE THE COURAGE OF YOUR CONVICTIONS, ALL OF YOU...AND ESPECIALLY YOU TEACHERS' UNIONS MEMBERS!
      I suppose the timing couldn't be any better for this film 'WAITING FOR SUPERMAN' to be achieving the notoriety it has. 
     Speaking of Unions and 'intimidation', even here in Stamford, CT, controversy has arisen over the use of a book "It's Perfectly Normal" in the Stamford school system.  You can read about this graphic sex book which found it's way into the reading bins of TEN YEAR OLDS here:
http://dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/2010/09/stamford-schools-use-sex-book-for.html
     I'd love nothing better than to be able to officially inform all Stamford parents and other taxpayers that "It's Perfectly Normal" has not and will not reach the hands of any students too young to be able to handle such a graphic sex book.  But, alas, no one has been forthcoming, so all I can ask is, "Parents, do you know what's in your child's reading bin?"
     It has been brought to my attention that any CONCERNED PARENTS, TEACHERS and other TAXPAYERS can attend a Community Forum on Sept 30, 2010 at Westover Magnet School at 7:00 pm with their questions/comments. 

     The Stamford School System and I go way back--32 years, to be exact, and all I can say is 'Thank God for (the old) SACRED HEART'!
     I may not be one to 'wait for Superman'...but I wouldn't mind waiting on some fierce LEADER-TYPE noble educators to 'smarten up' and start organizing for their students instead of for their selves.
     'Organizations' never do any good--it's the brave and selfless souls in them who do it and and, boy, do we need some now.
God Bless You,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/
email: BarbaraKSexton@aol.com
or comment below and keep it honest. 

'Breaking News On Terrorist Plot To Kill Pope' By Reverend Barbara Sexton "The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

Pope Benedict XVI

Dear Ones:
     So much for the 'religious tolerance' some Muslims and their confederates are calling for in areas of the free world, including in the U.S.A. and today in London.
     It seems to me that this assassination plot against an important Christian leader is not very Interfaith', is it? 
     I CALL UPON ALL MUSLIMS IN CT TO CONDEMN THIS ATROCIOUS PLAN.  AND I CALL UPON THOSE SUPPORTING ANY 'INTERFAITH EFFORTS' TO LIKEWISE CONDEMN THIS HEINOUS PLOT.
     Can you hear me: Reverend Cari Jackson, Reverend Katie Heichler, Rabbi Josh Hammerman, Reverend Ron Sala, Reverend Mark Lingle and so forth and so on? LET'S HEAR FROM YOU IN SOME PUBLIC VEHICLE OR OTHER!
     The very word 'assassin', itself, has an interesting etymology:
"The word assassin is derived from the word Hashshashin (Arabic: حشّاشين, also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin or Assassins) [2] and share its etymological roots with hashish (pronounced /hæˈʃiːʃ/ or /ˈhæʃiːʃ/) (from Arabic: حشيش ḥashīsh),[3] referred to the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia under the instruction of Hassan aṣ-Ṣabbaḥ during the Middle Ages. They were active in the fort of Alamut in Iran from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries. This group killed members of the elites of Arab Abbasid, Seljuq and crusaders élite for political and religious reasons.[4] They were feared among the crusaders, the Arabs and the Knights Templar for their power and tactics.
READ THE REST HERE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination 
As for myself, I ask you to join me in praying for the protection and safe-keeping of our brother-in-Christ, Pope Benedict XVI.  May he go forth and give his testimony in freedom and safety.
God Bless Us All,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/
(NOTE: APPARENTLY A SIXTH SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED AT THIS TIME)
U.K.: Those arrested in plot to kill Pope are "Algerian street cleaners"

LINK: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/09/uk-five-algerian-street-cleaners-arrested-over-plot-against-pope.html

Unfortunately, it was almost entirely predictable that something like this would turn up during the Pope's visit. It is also not unlike a report from a few weeks ago in which jihadists posing as rail workers were to be pre-positioned to wreak havoc during the 2012 Olympics. What remains to be seen, of course, is any affiliation these five may have with larger jihadist groups -- in this case, particularly Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.



More on this story. "Five Street Cleaners Held Over 'Pope Plot'," by John di Paolo for Sky News, September 17:


Five street cleaners have been arrested over a potential threat to the Pope, Sky News sources say.

Armed counter-terror officers swooped on the central London agency to which they were registered in the early hours of the morning.


The suspects, who are aged 26, 27, 36, 40 and 50, are being held and questioned under the Terrorism Act 2000.


The firm where the arrests were made is now being searched, as well as homes in north and east London.


Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said he understood the men were Algerian nationals employed by the agency to work for Westminster City Council.


He said they were due to clean streets around the House of Commons, where the Pope is due to speak, prompting police to launch the operation to arrest them.


Brunt said: "I was at a briefing last week around the whole issue of the Pope's security and the point was made then that there was no known threat or intelligence to suggest a plot against the Pope.


"What the police are dealing with today is something that has cropped up in the last 24 hours."


Dr Leith Penny, Westminster City Council's director for city management, said: "The UK's security is obviously of critical importance and can never be taken for granted and so our congratulations must go to the police authorities for their swift action today.


"While police investigations are ongoing and no charges have been brought, we can confirm that the people at the centre of the investigation work for one of our contractors, Veolia Environmental Services, who employ 650 on-street staff to keep Westminster's streets clean and free from rubbish.


"Veolia and Westminster City Council work closely with the relevant authorities to constantly ensure that all the people working on their behalf are subject to right to work checks as prescribed by the Home Office to assess their eligibility to work in the country.


"We are confident that these checks are robust and we will continue to work with the police and other authorities during this investigation."

READ THE REST HERE: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/09/uk-five-algerian-street-cleaners-arrested-over-plot-against-pope.html 

'NYC Cordoba Mosque Built On Taqiyya?' By Reverend Barbara Sexton www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com

The First Congregational Church of Stamford (part of the Obama/Wright Church, the UCC)

Walton Place, Stamford

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Women pray as an interfaith community gathers at the First Congregational Church on Walton Place for Iftar, an evening meal when Muslims break the Ramadan fast, Thursday, September 2, 2010. The interfaith group joined the Muslims in fasting for the day and then gathered at sunset to break the fast by first eating a date and then praying before their meal. Photo: Keelin Daly / Stamford Advocate
UPDATE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/12/samuel-l-jackson-obama-vote-black_n_1271797.html
Dear Ones:
     Amidst the 'debate' over the building of a Ground Zero Mosque in NYC, I have to point out that the Muslim population in the USA has a 'PUBLICITY PROBLEM' of GARGANTUAN PROPORTIONS. 
     Heaven knows Catholics, Christians, Jews, Mormons, Hindus, Scientologists, Christian Scientists, The Salvation Army, Buddhists, pagans, Wiccans and others have had their own PESKY PUBLICITY PROBLEMS.  They did what they needed to do: they addressed things openly and in good faith, generally allowing the 'better angels' of American citizens to prove just how much we value the concept of 'freedom of religion'.
     But Islam as it is practiced in the United States today has a real problem.  They really DO need a good 'PUBLIC RELATIONS PERSON' to help clean up their image, tune-up their 'SENSITIVITY meter' and--while they're at it--start addressing some of the apparent 'STICKING POINTS' based on the Quran, upon which the very lives of the mosque builders are based.
     This is logical, isn't it? 
      Hasn't the Catholic church 'dealt with' it's pedophilia problems? 
     Haven't the progressive-lib Dem Protestants dealt with their obsessive lobbying for all things LGBT in the face of more traditional hetero-oriented marriage-minded people? 
      Haven't the Jews in America had to address the 'perception that they run certain industries' and what to do with Palestine? 
     Why, yes, they have.  Even the Hare Krishnas had to deal with airport and bells and flowers issues in years past...AND THEY DID IT!
     This brings us back to Muslims in America and their p.r. problem.  There is scant 'reaching out' BY THEM and unusually scant OPEN DEBATE by non-Muslims.  Why this is so is central to the current Muslim p.r. problem itself, that is: Islam is a religion that INTIMIDATES it's detractors. 

http://www.leatherneck.com/dougkidd/index.html

     It seems like Islam is the only religion in the modern world--and even in America--where people who ordinarily have opinions on everything simply CLAM UP. 
     Maybe they have that 'cartoonist' in mind.  Maybe they are afraid of terrorists. 
     When Bibles, American flags and effigies of American officials are burned here and overseas, it's 'OKAY'.  But why is it that when it comes to Muslim affairs, everyone either CLAMS UP or gives Muslims a hardy thumbs-up? 
      I'm not saying that I condone the burning of the Quran any more than I would advocate the burning of ANY sacred texts, as it is just 'disrespectful'.  Also, the 'PRAGMATIC CHRISTIAN AMERICAN' in me allows me the SELF-CONTROL to not go 'ballistic' each and every time something 'I like' is disrespected.  I consider the source, pray on it and give it to God.
     But in tune with the neo-pro-Muslim movement in America today by well-intentioned and somewhat misguided Americans, all of a sudden a Quran-burning-scenario reaches the level of a national security breach. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/08/national/main6846316.shtml
     YES those idiots overseas will be inflamed and we should know better than to feed their flames of hate with our own flames.  So Reverend Terry Jones, if you are reading this, PLEASE 86 your scheduled 9/11 Quran Burning!  In a world of hurt and pain, you will only be adding to it and to the detriment of our people overseas, to boot.  

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     A religion of intimidation is anathema to all things American.  Whether it's Quran/American Flag/Effigy burning or jamming a NYC Ground Zero Mosque down our throats, there is no excuse for 'bullying in the name of religion'.
     As for American Muslims (I'm assuming all the players here are not illegal aliens or anything, of course) if you REALLY want to FOSTER UNDERSTANDING, you should REACH OUT to your non-Muslim brothers and sisters in a non-threatening way.

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      Muslims in America should APPEAL to Americans if they wish to assimilate here, not the other way around.  They need to soundly  CONDEMN radical, anti-American Muslims in a way that is unequivocal.  They need to be sensitive to our hurts and needs pertaining to Sept 11 and acknowledge our loss and they need to console us.
     I'm not the dullest bulb in the pack, but to this day I have seen very little of the above coming from the Muslim community here.  What I HAVE seen and heard is a list of what WE, as non-Muslim Americans MUST DO in order to accommodate THEM.
     One needn't be a theologian to realize that something is very wrong here.
     At the very least, Muslims in America need to answer questions about their activities in a truthful, verifiable way, just as other religions have.  You'd think this would be a priority of Imam's everywhere and especially with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, but it isn't.
     Most of all, remember that 'Freedom of Religion' means ALL religions in America, and not just Islam.  And don't forget that American's have every right in the world to be atheists and agnostics, as well.  Live and let live and all that, our  'dear American Muslim friends'. 
       Perhaps the NYC Ground Zero Cordoba could even take the lead from the Obama Presidential Campaign and launch a 'SMEARS' site to debunk all the MISINFORMATION they say is out there.  I'd sure like to see a 'non-Muslim-friendly' place like that to ILLUMINATE those of us who may be MISINTERPRETING or MISSING something.
     I'd like to see a site where MISCONCEPTIONS of these mosque builders are addressed, one of which is the Islamic practice of TAQIYA or TAQIYYA, which throws a 'monkey-wrench' into discussions even with the best of intentions.
     Plainly put, the Quran allows for lying under certain situations, it is said.  I'm sorry, but I just do not know any other way to 'define' what I have learned about TAQIYYA. 
     Coming from a faith perspective which so reviles any and all things related to 'lying' (indeed, Satan, himself, is called a 'liar and the father of all lies', "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."  John 8:44 (NIV)
     In a quest for clarity, I present you with two opposing 'views' of Taqiyya: Wikipedia's version and then an Muslim 'apologist's' version.  If you really want the full-flavor of this debate, you might even want to just 'google' snopes+taqiyya.  Here's a LINK:  http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=snopes%2Btaqiyya&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=snopes%2Btaqiyya&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=a863cfd0acf68c3
     YOU can decide for yourself just WHAT TO BELIEVE or NOT BELIEVE as far as the testimony and deportment of those who espouse what Islam is or is not or may be. 
     YOU can decide whether the Imam who is building the NYC Ground Zero Mosque is being fully truthful.  
     YOU can decide whether certain so-called 'Pro-Muslim Interfaith Outreach' efforts are the real deal, or if one or all parties are abusing the spiritual 'generosity' of America citizens for their own personal gains.
     I treasure the fact that God has set such very high standards for His CHRISTIAN SAINTS.  Indeed, the BEST and BRAVEST have been martyred for refusing to BEAR FALSE WITNESS.  It doesn't make for an easy life, necessarily, such 'TRUTHFULNESS'...but it sure does provide one with a good night's sleep in this shaky world today.

     In a swarmy, snarky sea of humankind, where LYING IS AS NATURAL AS BREATHING for so many, I must believe that there are some Christians and Jews who are truth-tellers.  EVERYONE can't be liars...can they?  I pray for those who at least, DO try the best they can to honor truth.  I try to be so myself and I teach others to live that way also--just don't confuse my kindness for stupidity, thank you very much.
     I pray that the Muslims who are at the center of so much discord, strife and argument in the United States of America today are like-minded.  I've already written that they've dropped off the radar in Southwestern CT after September 11, 2001.  
http://dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/2010/08/fcc-stamford-goes-pro-muslim-by.html
http://dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/2010/08/shariah-law-preached-from-stamford.html
     How telling that nine years later they are now suddenly REAPPEARING and causing CONTROVERSY all over the place.  For a religion supposedly so very interested in 'PEACE', I find it very curious that all they have wrought so far is discord.
     We're not about to get a handle on things any time soon, except to realize that 'majority American public opinion' doesn't mean anything to those determined to build the Ground Zero Mosque.  
     Scripture tells us--those of us who are Christian and Jewish, anyway--that 'even the elect will be deceived' in this time in history, "24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. 25See, I have told you ahead of time." Mt 24:24-25 (NIV)
     I am not suggesting that NYC's Mayor Blumberg is one of the Jewish 'elect', except in the sense that he has been a pretty sharp Mayor for the city. 
     But perhaps the Scripture verse above is yet applicable to him as far as his 'to-date' strident, adamant and unrelenting advocacy of the NYC Ground Zero Mosque and all things pertaining to it.  I like to be able to 'make allowances' for people I like and 'trust' whenever they fly in the face of what the bulk of the populace is so solidly AGAINST (in this case that darnfangled Ground Zero Mosque, again).     Clearly we will have to be patient as events play out.  Until such time as we 'non-Muslim Americans' can finally discern the real truth,  here are two 'takes' on a very, VERY serious subject.  That subject is the Quran's apparent permission to be less than truthful in dealing with the non-Muslim world, especially: 

FIRST: WIKIPEDIA (everyone believes them, don't they?)
Taqiya is the Islamic practice of precautionary dissimulation whereby believers may conceal their Muslim faith when under threat, persecution or compulsion.[1] The term taqiyya (تقیه) (pronounced as tagiyeh by speakers of Iranian Persian; alternate spelling taqiya) is derived from the Arabic triliteral root waw-qaf-ya, denoting "piety, devotion, uprightness, and godliness",[2].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiyya
Origin of the Practice



The practice of concealing one’s faith in dangerous circumstances originates in the Qur’an itself, which deems blameless those who disguise their beliefs in such cases [3]. The practice of taqiyya in difficult circumstances is considered legitimate by Muslims of various persuasions. Sunni and Shi’i commentators alike observe that Q 16:106 in particular refers to the case of ‘Ammar b. Yasir, who was forced to renounce his beliefs under physical duress and torture.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiyya
Twelver Shi’a



Ayatollah Sistani describes the concept of taqiyya as follows:


1) Taqiyya is done for reasons of safety. For example, a person may fear that he might be killed or harmed if he does not observe taqiyya. In this case, taqiyya is obligatory.


2) Reconciliatory taqiyya. The purpose of this type of taqiyya is to reconcile with the other side or to soften their hearts. This kind of taqiyya is permissible but not obligatory.


3) Sometimes, taqiyya may cause a more important obligation to be lost or missed; if so it is forbidden. For example, when I know that silence would cause oppression and infidelity to spread and will make people go astray, in such a situation it is not permissible to be silent and to dissimulate.


4) Sometimes, taqiyya may lead to the death of an innocent person; if so, it is not permissible. It is therefore haram (forbidden) to kill a human being to save your own life.[citation needed
READ THE REST HERE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiyya


And then we have an Islamic view: By Sheila Musaji
http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_taqiyya_libel_against_muslims/0014285

The Taqiyya Libel Against Muslims - updated 5/30/2010 Taqiyya actually refers to a controversial minority doctrine or dispensation that allows for an individual to conceal their faith when under threat, persecution or compulsion. Even those who believe that taqiyyah is possible under such circumstances place severe limits on the possibility and see it as an option that represents “the lesser of two evils”. The possibility of using taqiyya even in a situation where you are endangered is not accepted by all scholars or schools of law.  

As Hussein Ibish has pointed out in a very worthwhile article “It is becoming increasingly common in American political commentary as Islamophobic rhetoric has developed as a genre of the “paranoid style” of American politics, to hear or read that Islam encourages Muslims to lie to nonbelievers, and that therefore no one of Muslim heritage should be believed, particularly when they adopt moderate or constructive stances. This is, of course, immediately familiar to anyone with a familiarity with Western anti-Semitism, which has always held that Jews are religiously authorized to lie to, steal from or even kill Christians and other non-Jews. Like most forms of contemporary American Islamophobic rhetoric, this calumny about generalized and religiously sanctioned systematic dishonesty has been transferred wholesale from Jews to Muslims. The idea that the doctrine of “taqiyya” constitutes a carte blanche for all Muslims to lie to all non-Muslims is at the heart of this slander.”

READ THE REST HERE: http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_taqiyya_libel_against_muslims/0014285
     You must draw your OWN conclusions about all this, dear readers. 

Fr. Fleger & Minister Farrakhan--talk about a 'P.R. Problem'

As for myself, a 22+ year member of the United Church of Christ--the Obama/Wright church--I always DID have my doubts about 'just how former as a Muslim' Reverend Jeremiah Wright really is.  And Reverend Wright's apparent AFFINITY for the NATION OF ISLAM http://www.noi.org/ , Minister Louis Farrakhan   and Col. Kaddafi  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_al-Gaddafi  fuels my doubting. 
     I'm no Islamic scholar, but I always did believe from what I have learned that 'once a Muslim, always a Muslim'.  It is my understanding that anyone who attempts to divest themselves of their Muslim heritage is considered to be 'apostate'.

Reverend Jeremiah Wright, UCC:  Is He or Isn't He?

     How did Rev. Jeremiah Wright get away with it???
     I also wonder about President Obama.  I wonder who or what gave this fellow--clearly born of and  raised by a couple of  Muslim 'dad's'--how he got away with throwing off HIS Islamic mantle.
     Well, maybe I just don't get things because I am but a lowly woman.  No one like me is worth listening to anyway--a 'truth' I suspect any NYC Ground Zero Mosque Imam or Stamford Sharia lawyer would surely agree with.
     I gave it my best and now you can decide.
In the Truth of Christ,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
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"ACQUITTING THE GUILTY & CONDEMNING THE INNOCENT"

PROVERBS 17:15--No matter which version of the Bible you read...the message is the same!
"Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent--the Lord detests them both."

(New International Version)
"He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD."

(King James Version)
"One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD."

(New Revised Standard Version)
"He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD." 

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