Satmar's Gary Schlesinger Has 4 Homosexual Heroes!

The 4 city council members inside of the boxes are all gay, Alexander Rapaport ?who agrees with this statement? heads Masbia and is the son of homosexual supporter Yosef Rapaport

Air Force Drops "So Help Me God" From Oath Because Of Atheist Terrorists

Air Force Academy

DENVER -- DENVER (AP) — Air Force Academy cadets are no longer required to say "so help me God" at the end of the Honor Oath, school officials said Friday.

The words were made optional after a complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an advocacy group, that they violated the constitutional concept of religious freedom.

Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson said the change was made to respect cadets' freedom of religion.

The oath states, "We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does. Furthermore, I resolve to do my duty and to live honorably, so help me God."

Cadets are required to take the oath once a year, academy spokesman Maj. Brus Vidal said.

Mikey Weinstein, founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, welcomed the change but questioned how it will be applied.

If the person leading the oath includes the words, cadets who choose not to say them might feel vulnerable to criticism, he said.

"What does it mean, 'optional'?" Weinstein said. "The best thing is to eliminate it."

Vidal said the oath is led by the Cadet Wing honor chair, a student, and that person will also have the option to use or not use the words.

Academy officials did not immediately return a follow-up call seeking comment on Weinstein's question.

The West Point equivalent oath does not include the words "so help me God," said Frank DeMaro, a school spokesman. It states, "A cadet will not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do."

Officials at the U.S. Naval Academy did not immediately return a call. "The Honor Concept" on the Naval Academy website includes similar proscriptions against lying, cheating and stealing but includes no religious reference.

The Air Force Academy outside Colorado Springs has about 4,000 cadets. When they graduate, they are commissioned as second lieutenants.
(AP)

Tennessee Senate Unanimously Passes Passes Resolution Declaring August 31, 2013 Traditional Marriage Day

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 134
By Jack Johnson
A RESOLUTION designating August 31, 2013, as “ido4life
Traditional Marriage Day” in Tennessee.
WHEREAS, from time to time, the members of this General Assembly designate certain
days of the year to commemorate certain individuals, groups, organizations, ideas, and ideals;
and
WHEREAS, in Genesis 2:24, matrimony is delineated; it is expressed only between a
man and a wife; and
WHEREAS, the benefits of individuals engaged in said matrimony, known as traditional
marriage, can be experienced in their physical, emotional, and financial well-being, and the
children of traditional marriage also benefit in the same; and
WHEREAS, according to the Institute for American Values, Heritage.org, and Robert
Rector, the benefits of individuals engaged in traditional marriage versus single individuals are
as follows: married men are healthier and earn more than their single counterparts; married
women have lower rates of depression and are more financially secure; and the children of
traditional marriage have fewer emotional issues and experience a drop in the risk of poverty by
eighty-two percent; and
WHEREAS, this body wishes to celebrate traditional marriage within the State of
Tennessee; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONCURRING, that we hereby designate August 31, 2013, as “ido4life Traditional Marriage
Day” in Tennessee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy.

If You Live In One Of These States Call Your Senator To Thank Them, And Tell Them To Hold Strong In The Fight Against Toaivah "Marriage"

The 7 Democratic Senate holdouts on gay "marriage" — and how likely they are to reverse course

The last ten days have seen a cavalcade of Democratic Senators announcing their support of gay "marriage" — with Delaware Sen. Tom Carper the latest to “evolve” on the issue.  (Sen. Mark Kirk became the second Republican to come out in support of gay "marriage" today.)

And yet, there are still seven Democrats in the Senate who have yet to come out (and hopefully will never come out) in support of gay "marriage" despite the momentum both within the chamber and the (gullible) public more broadly in that direction.
Their reasons are some combination of personal beliefs, geography and a large helping of political considerations. As they become a smaller and smaller group, however, the pressures on them from both inside and outside the Senate will grow. (Moveon.org has issued online petitions designed to pressure hold out Senators.) (Therefore we must urge them to hold out and fight for morality)
Let’s examine the seven remaining holdouts — ranked in order from most likely to (cave in, and) announce support for gay "marriage" in the near term to the least likely.

1. Tim Johnson (South Dakota): Johnson’s past unwillingness to back gay "marriage" makes sense given that he represents a culturally conservative state where President Obama won just 40 percent of the vote. But, Johnson’s retirement announcement last week means that he is now free of those sorts of political concerns that others on this list have to deal with.  Of course, his son is mentioned as a possible candidate and Johnson may not want to complicate that bid by making a public statement reversing course on gay "marriage".
2. Bill Nelson (Florida): Of the seven remaining Democratic holdouts on gay "marriage", Nelson represents the state most friendly to his party (and the largest Orthodox Jewish population)  — with President Obama having won it in both the 2008 and 2012 elections.  In the immediate aftermath of Obama’s announcement last May that he was switching to support gay "marriage", Nelson told the Miami Herald: “I believe "marriage" should be left to the states, and Florida voted on same-sex "marriage" in 2008.” (Florida voters approved a ban on same-sex "marriage" with more than 61 percent in 2008.)  With public sentiment changing fast on the issue, however, it could well give Nelson a justification to switch positions.  He would also have a bit of cross-party cover on the issue since Florida GOP Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is one of a handful of Republicans who has said she supports gay "marriage".
3. Heidi Heitkamp (North Dakota): While it’s easy to see either/both Nelson and Johnson switching to support gay "marriage", the next five Senators on this list, beginning with Heitkamp, seem less likely to follow the wave of public opinion soon-ish. That’s due in large part to political considerations as each of the quartet represents a conservative state where a potential Republican opponent could use the gay "marriage" switch as a way to tie the incumbent to President Obama and the national Democratic party.  ”Senator Heitkamp believes this should be decided on a state-by-state basis,” said communications director Whitney Phillips when asked about the Senator’s approach to the issue. (That “leave it up to the states” position is one that is shared by the likes of GOP Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul by the way.)  During her 2012 campaign, Heitkamp called the issue of gay "marriage" a “distraction”, adding: ”I don’t think [President Obama] is going to get a Congress that is going to agree with him and so here we go again talking about things that aren’t about jobs and improving the economy and getting this country moving.” If Heitkamp wants to “evolve” on the issue, now is the time do to it since she won’t have to stand for re-election until 2018.
4. Mary Landrieu (Louisiana): Landrieu’s approach on gay "marriage" is a classic situation of personal beliefs running into political realities. She told the Times Picayune late last month that that her own personal views on gay "marriage" have evolved – there’s that word again — but that she would respect the views of her constituents on the matter. And, nearly eight in ten Louisiana voters supported defining marriage between a man and a woman in 2004. (It’s not clear how much those views have changed — or not — over the past 9 years.)  Landrieu is a top target for Republicans in 2014 — she has never won re-election to the Senate with more than 52 percent — and doesn’t want to give conservatives any more political ammunition against her than they already have. And yet, it’s clear that personally her opposition to gay "marriage" has softened considerably.
5. Joe Donnelly (Indiana): Donnelly is in a very similar situation to Heitkamp — elected in 2012 in a conservative-leaning state and wary of the political fallout of switching sides in the gay "marriage" debate. In the wake of President Obama’s decision in 2012 to come out in support of gay "marriage", Donnelly reiterated that he believed marriage was between a man and a woman. Again, like Heitkamp, if Donnelly wanted to switch on the issue now is the time to do it since he won’t stand for a second term until 2018.
6. Joe Manchin (West Virginia): Manchin, a former governor, is popular enough in this Republican-leaning state (at least at the federal level) that he could weather reversing course on gay "marriage". But, at least at the moment, he seems to have no interest in doing so.  ”Senator Manchin believes that a marriage is a union between one man and one woman,” Manchin spokeswoman Katie Longo told WaPo’s Aaron Blake. “His beliefs are guided by his faith, and he supports the Defense of Marriage Act.”  Manchin seems committed to preserving his status as principled centrist-in-chief of the Senate — taking that role from retired Senator Joe Lieberman — and, given that, he may not be coming out in support of gay "marriage" any time soon.
7. Mark Pryor (Indiana): There’s a whole lot of reasons to think that Pryor will be the last Democratic holdout on supporting gay "marriage". 1. He represents a state in the heart of the Bible Belt. 2. He represents a state that not only passed a ban on same sex "marriage" in 2004 but whose state legislature affirmed the state’s opposition to it last week. 3. Pryor is up for re-election to a third term in 2014 in a state where President Obama won just 37 percent of the vote. 4. Pryor’s office had made clear that he has “a moral belief that marriage is between a man and a woman.” Given all that, it’s hard to see Pryor doing anything on the issue before the end of 2014 — assuming he is still in the Senate.
(washingtonpost)