January 7, 2016::End of the day round-up

Gordon Klingenschmitt Says Gays Are Driven By A 'Demonic Spirit Of Lust' To Persecute Christians

"They're coming after us," Klingenschmitt warned. "They don't care about the First Amendment. They don't care about the Constitution. They just want power. And this is not about sexuality any more, it's about power and that's a demonic spirit of lust; not just lust for another man, but lust for power over the Christian people who yearn to breathe free":

Court: Christians rejected as foster parents for spanking kids suffered no constitutional violation

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Monday that the substantial burden on couple’s religious beliefs was outweighed by the state’s interest in protecting the emotional and physical well-being of foster children, report the Legal Profession Blog, the Worcester Telegram, the Boston Globe and the State House News Service.

The court ruled against Gregory and Melanie Magazu of Fitchburg, who disclosed they have spanked their two daughters on the buttocks with an open hand in the privacy of their bedrooms. Spanking is only a small part of their parenting style, the Magazus said, and it is used only when necessary.

The Magazus said they were willing to refrain from spanking foster children, and said the foster children would not witness the spankings of their daughters because they were carried out in private. The Department of Children and Families denied the Magazus’ foster application, citing the Magazus’ use and belief in corporal punishment as an appropriate and effective means of discipline for their children.

Father of Bristol’s newborn daughter sues for child support — so Sarah Palin goes bonkers

Besides child support, the lawsuit also demands that Meyer be allowed to list the girl as a dependent on his income tax returns in alternating years. Bristol Palin has earned as much as $262,000 as a public speaker regarding teen pregnancy. Her mother, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), quickly denounced Meyer’s lawsuit as his attempt to “save face.”

“For many months we have been trying to reach out to Dakota Myers, [sic]” the former vice-presidential nominee said in a statement to Entertainment Tonight. “He has wanted nothing to do with either Bristol’s pregnancy or the baby.”

PeTA feeds Oregon terrorist vegan jerky, enabling terrorism for media attention

The publicity stunt was intended to raise awareness asking the ranchers slash terrorists to “raise crops, not cows.”

In reality, the publicity stunt did nothing but offer support to the wannabe freedom fighters and will do nothing to convince these men to adopt a vegan lifestyle.

Perhaps for PeTA’s next stunt, they can deliver vegan tofurkey’s to ISIS.

Saudi Arabia: 'one year since flogging' vigil (Fri 8 Jan) for Raif Badawi as crackdown intensifies

Amnesty International is holding a protest vigil for the jailed blogger and free speech activist Raif Badawi outside the Saudi Arabia Embassy in central London on Friday morning to mark the one-year anniversary of his flogging last year, as a human rights crackdown in the Kingdom continues to intensify.
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Despite an international outcry - including demonstrations around the world and over one million people supporting an Amnesty campaign for the blogger - Mr Badawi, a 31-year-old father-of-three, is still in jail and could still be flogged at any time.

Amnesty activists will take a 250,000-strong petition calling for Mr Badawi to be released to the Saudi embassy, as well as a separate petition for the release of Badawi’s lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, who has also been unfairly jailed in the country’s human rights crackdown.

House Republicans define insanity, vote to repeal Obamacare. Again.

You might remember that the Senate passed this resolution back in December. In order to talk their extremists out of trying to shutdown government again over Planned Parenthood and Obamacare, Republican leadership promised them they get this vote, and that they would really stick it to Obama by making him veto it. They did that under special budgetary rules known as reconciliation which allows a bill to pass with a simple majority vote—Democrats in the Senate couldn't filibuster it. So, here we are.

 NM judge wants to cut sex-offense sentence for cult leader Wayne Bent

Bent, who’s been in prison for nearly seven years, also was convicted of criminal sexual contact and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Bent, also known as Michael Travesser, was the leader of a religious community called the Strong City compound. He was charged with criminal sexual contact with minors based on ceremonies he claimed were cleansing
ceremonies, convicted in a jury trial in Taos in 2008 and sentenced to 10 years.

Bent claims God spoke to him in 2000 and told him he was the messiah.

He was accused of lying in bed with naked 14- and 16-year-old sisters in separate incidents in 2006. He and the girls testified that the incidents were spiritual exercises and that nothing happened sexually.

In October 2012, the New Mexico Supreme Court overturned a state Court of Appeals ruling and reinstated Bent’s convictions, saying that even though his sex crimes indictment was flawed, the remedy could not be a new trial.