UPDATE:: Former Boone pastor’s charges cause public concern for child safetyA former Boone pastor who was arrested after allegedly sexually exploiting a teenage girl and "grooming" her for several years has plead guilty to lesser charges, according to court documents.
Former Grace Community Church Pastor Joel Waltz, 50, of Boone who was arrested after he allegedly sexually exploited a teenaged girl has plead guilty to lesser charges, according to court documentation back in 2017.
Waltz who was charged with sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist, a class D felony, on March 13, 2017 was sentenced to 4 years in state prison, but served less than two year’s.
Now that he is less than a year out of prison, he is requesting permission onto school grounds.
Waltz, a registered sex offender, has been allowed access into certain Boone Community School District activates that his children will be involved.
The approval allowing Waltz on school grounds raised public outcry as the community feared for their children’s safety as parents jumped to social media to voice their concerns.
Back during Rachel - the early years, when the MSNBC star was still an unknown quantity, Rand Paul, who was running for the Kentucky senate seat he now holds, appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show. That interview is a prime reasons that Rachel is feared by Republicans and revered by Democrats. Rachel asked Libertarian Paul this question:
"Do you think that a private business has the right to say we don't serve black people?"Candidate Paul hemmed and hawed and declared himself disgusted by racism and did everything but swear and oath to the baby Jesus that he himself would never discriminate, but in the end he said yes; a businessman has every right to serve those he chooses and turn away anyone who displeases him for any reason. Rand said he believed in the market, and that if anyone were foolish enough to turn away Black customers, outrage in the marketplace will soon either force the business to change, or to close it down.
The very scenario Rand Paul described is happening right now in Iowa. Restaurant owners who refused to host gay weddings are being forced to close up shop because people stopped coming. Dick and Betty Odgaard, owners of the Görtz Haus Gallery Restaurant, in Grimes, Iowa, announced this week that they will be closing.
An Iowa newspaper editor fired after publishing his views on homosexuals is claiming he was the victim of religious discrimination by his former employer.Editor who used 'gaystapo' claims religious discrimination
Bob Eschliman, former editor of the Newton Daily News, filed a complaint this week with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office in Milwaukee arguing that he was terminated May 5 because of his religious beliefs. If the dispute isn't resolved to Eschliman's satisfaction, he could sue in federal court to seek financial damages.
In late April, Eschliman, 41, a member of Christian Reformed Church of Newton, wrote a personal blog post criticizing the "Queen James Bible," a website that rewrites the Christian Bible to be friendlier to gays. Eschliman accused "the LGBTQXYZ crowd and the Gaystapo" of trying "to make their sinful nature right with God."
Jim Romenesko, who hosts a widely read online blog about the news media, reported on Eschliman's post and questioned whether Eschliman, in light of his publicly stated views, would be able to fairly cover issues involving gays.
The event included songs, praise and worship. It began at 7:14 a.m. and concluded at 7:14 p.m. Scores of people gathered on the west side of the Capitol as the event began, and more arrived as the day progressed.Hundreds pray at Capitol event
Gov. Terry Branstad, who signed a proclamation in April recognizing the event, and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, both addressed the worshippers.
Branstad noted that portraits of Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln hang in his private office at the Statehouse as they both were engaged in prayer.
"We have a long and proud tradition in America of having leaders who recognize this is a nation that has been truly blessed by God from the very beginning," Branstad said.
“I think the local people certainly ought to fight to preserve this,” he tells OneNewsNow. “This is something that Freedom From Religion Foundation wants to use to intimidate them into silence and make them back down from the funding that they’ve already been granted in this case. But I believe the funding is being used for a neutral purpose, and that is certainly permissible.”And here’s Staver today:
“I’m not a big advocate of Christian organizations receiving government funding because of the fact that strings can be attached to that government funding,” he explains. “And obviously it’s much better if the Christian organizations can receive their funds from private entities.”So he’s all for government funding of religious groups… unless they don’t get the money, in which case, it’s totally fine because no one wanted their money anyway.
