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Dave Agema #fundie #homophobia mlive.com

Michigan Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema continues to defend his decision to share an article warning parents about the "filthy lifestyle" of homosexuals, saying this week that Christians should help people "get out of it."

Agema, who is in Los Angeles representing Michigan at the RNC's annual spring meeting, discussed the controversy Wednesday on Washington Watch, a radio show run by the Family Research Council.

"What I'd like to have the homosexual community know is I don't hate them," he said. "As a matter of fact when Jesus caught a woman in the act of adultery when they brought her to him he said, 'I don't condemn you but go and sin no more.' That ought to be the church's goal here. We ought to be saying to these people, 'Hey, we don't agree with your lifestyle and we'll help you get out of it, but we want you to know the facts of what's going to happen to you if you stay in this lifestyle.'"

The former state representative from West Michigan entered the national debate on gay marriage two weeks ago by sharing an article on Facebook titled "Everyone Should Know These Statistics on Homosexuality," which began with a warning to parents that their children could be "indoctrinated" at public schools.

Agema repeated that claim on Wednesday, saying that school kids are already being conditioned to accept homosexuality and that "the next thing that will occur is your kids will come home and say, 'I think this is a good thing and I think I want to be one.'"

The article also described various health problems associated with "the lifestyle," citing sources from 1978 to 1994, including a non-practicing chiropractor with ties to white supremacist and anti-Semitic groups. Agema has since updated the "traditional marriage" section of his personal website with links to additional sources, including the Family Research Council.

"If you really love someone, if you really were concerned about someone, if you saw your friend for example dying of alcoholism would you just stand quietly by and watch it happen?" Agema said on the radio program. "Or would you speak up and say hey I want to help you. That's what we should be doing."

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Agema, whose position gives him a voice in the development of party policy, has stressed the need for the GOP to maintain conservative principles. The MIRS subscription newsletter reports that an RNC panel this week unanimously approved an Agema resolution highlighting the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties, including the position that marriage is between one man and one woman.

Alan Keyes #fundie mlive.com

Abortion, same-sex marriage and separation of church and state are not fundamental rights, Keyes said. If God does not recognize them, they do not exist.

“The Declaration of Independence was the first action of the people of the United States,” Keyes said. “The first thing they did was to acknowledge God as the law giver.”

Keyes said God created an authority that must be respected.

“The premise of the existence of our country as a political entity—the premise of all rights and justices is that there is a God, he created nature and in that creation he exercised an authority that we must respect,” he said.

That statement received a loud applause by those in attendance.

Keyes said while abortion, same-sex marriage and separation of church and state are not basic human rights there are leaders who are trying to “fabricate” rights.

“People who sit on the U.S. Supreme Court take it among themselves to argue that somehow there should be separation of church and state,” he said. “Nothing in the Constitution requires separation, nor could it because we cannot separate the country from its finding premise without destroying it.”

When arguing what a fundamental right actually is, Keyes gave an offbeat example of a young child who had a habit of “picking in their nostrils and “eating what came out.”

As the child grew up they noticed others were disgusted and did not want to be near him. As an adult the individual argued if others have the right to eat what they want, the individual should be recognized as having the same right.

“How many think that is a fundamental right?” he asked the audience.

No one raised their hand.

“Nobody in their right mind would suggest it was,” Keyes said. “What makes something a fundamental right that actually trumps the Constitution of the United States? It can’t just be because you feel like it, or want to do it. It can’t just be that you feel badly about what you do because of the opinions of others, these are not arguments of rights...rights come from God.”

MARSXIV #racist mlive.com

(On obituary for man responsible for ending segregation in city's public schools)

Another of the minor league architects of our society's mutual destruction and dysfunction.

"I don’t happen to believe in a segregated society here or in Africa.”

And WHO is,or was, He- to leave us with such a diabolical legacy of a multicultural nightmare ,that we must suffer with today;may his name rest in infamy.

ceemill1 #fundie mlive.com

Here we go again. First: Make same sex marriage the law of the state. Second: Outlaw hetrosexual marriage. Third: Punish hetrosexual sex with burning at the stake. This would even things between those who believe in freedom and those who believe in myths and superstition. Result would be: Substantial reduction in population. Second: It would nearly eliminate education underfunding. Third: Housing costs would be reduced. Forth: Those countries who do not adopt these policies will destruct and make the US king of the hill again. Defencse rests.

Dena Malda #fundie mlive.com

Letter: Why didn't flight crew mention God?
by Dena Malda | Muskegon
Monday February 16, 2009, 11:37 AM

On the Feb. 8 "60 Minutes" program, we were captivated while viewing the Katie Couric interview of the crew and passengers of Flight 1549.

However, we were struck there was not one mention of God, who directs pilots of planes and secures the safety of passengers.

We have written CBS and asked them for more realistic programming. Help protect our freedoms. Write CBS about this.

TL Adamson #fundie mlive.com

All history revolves around the Bible

First the Bible: Whether people agree with it or not, the fact is, the holy scriptures verify the truth of history the best. This incomparable written record is the most accurate and trusted of all for a reason. It passes any test devised by man or time. No other recorded holy document or book compares. Real history, archaeology, mathematics, and science align themselves continually with it.