A California Catholic Daily exclusive by John Reynolds:
The Department of Life, Liberty and Justice, a ministry of the San Bernardino diocese under Bishop Gerald Barnes, has announced a controversial free event — a conference focusing on “Being Salt and Life of the Earth,” on Wednesday, September 28.
The featured speaker is Brian Levin, who teaches criminal justice at Cal State San Bernardino and is director of the university’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism. Levin will speak on “Emerging Trends in Hate & Extremism.”
Levin was formerly associated with the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center of Morris Dees. The FBI found that the Southern Poverty Law Center was so extreme that it was dropped from the FBI’s list of agencies used as a resource.
Levin filed a friend of the court brief supporting James Obergefell in his successful bid for the legalization of homosexual “marriage” by the U.S. Supreme Court (Obergefell v. Hodges). As an advocate for “gay marriage,” Levin labels any references against gay marriage as “hate speech.”
In 2008 Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, currently president of the lobbying arm of the state’s bishops – the California Catholic Conference – told a national meeting of gay-friendly Catholics: “Sexual relations between people of the same sex can be alluring for homosexuals, but it deviates from the true meaning of the act and distracts them from the true nature of love to which God has called us all. For this reason, it is sinful.”
Bishop Soto also urged Catholics to support Proposition 8, a ballot measure to protect marriage as a sacred covenant between only a man and a woman.
A diocesan website promoting the September 28 event states: “The conference will cover a variety of topics in the breakout workshops such as issues related to social and economic justice, immigration, racism and discrimination, re-entry program, sentencing laws/death penalty, end of life issues, human trafficking, care of the environment and climatic changes, and more.”
Even though the meeting is sponsored by a Catholic diocesan ministry supposedly addressing “Life, Liberty and Justice,” the conference does not mention discussion of essential human rights issues such as the killing of unborn babies, the marketing of human body parts by Planned Parenthood, or the widespread opposition to Catholic morality in regard to human sexuality.
See the website for the Life, Dignity, and Justice Conference.
Hat do you bet No Mention of MISANDRY (Hatred of Men & Boys, Masculinity & Normal Heterosexuality) – as promoted by ‘Trans-Fellow’ Shannon Minter or Trans-Queen T. Sparks – to name just two prominent ones.
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A straight former employee at the San Francisco Human Rights Commission has filed a reverse sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit against the city.
When Willis complained to (HRC Executive Director Theresa Sparks **Male Drag Queen masquerading as a Womyn**) about “rampant timecard fraud” at the agency, she agreed to investigate, but “consistent with her long-standing bias…
Former HRC staffer Larry Brinkin, who was arrested last month on child pornography charges, is mentioned briefly in the suit. The filing says Willis had met twice with Brinkin, the department’s previous manager…
When Willis complained to Sparks about “rampant timecard fraud” at the agency, she agreed to investigate, but “consistent with her long-standing bias against heterosexual males, and African American heterosexual males in particular,”
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once you’ve become a pillar of salt with nostalia for sodom and gomorra, all that’s left is to take your ‘being salt’ orientation.
nostalia?
You can’t even make sense of your own sentences.
thanks for noticing the typo, anon. ‘nostalgia’. but i noticed gomorrah was missing an ‘ h ‘ and let it go anyway. didn’t mean to sting anyone with the salt
and then there is gomorra. Is that an STD?
It is reference to Matthew 5:13-17, not Genesis 19:26
anon,, that’s the irony of the genesis 19:26 reference. you can’t be salt and light if you participate in the ethics of sodom and gomorrah .
Hate speech is in the eye of the beholder. Proclaiming the word of God is never hate speech. It is love speech. They are taking this so far that there are some that would label the Holy Bible hate speech. The word of God is the truth and we are not to be intimidated or silenced by those that can not accept God’s truth. God’s truth is eternal because God’s love is eternal. This great and loving and merciful God loves us so much that he gave his only begotten son Jesus Christ our True Lord and Saviour to be crucified for the forgiveness of our sins and our eternal salvation. Be not afraid and proclaim the word of God from the rooftops. God is love!
And if a priest of that diocese complained,how long till he is made chaplain of Antarctica?
No doubt Levin is either a Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton supporter—and a GOP Hater.
Lots of HATE out there!!!!!
ISIS hates Christians and Jews. The Left, including the ACLU, SPLC, NOW, and PP (Planned Parenthood) all hate the Catholic Faith and Catholic moral teaching. Brian Levin is no doubt full of true hate.
Will Bishop Barnes or Ned Doelsjio disclose exactly how much money they are paying Levin o lecture us on his version of HATE?
As a priest, I am disgusted that this false ministry is leading Catholics astray.
If Bishop Gerald Barnes fails to cancel this, it is but yet another scandal..
Brian Levin’s favorite tv news show is MSNBC-TV, the most leftist, liberal, progressive station out there! Levin tweeted a big thank you to MSNBC:
” Brian Levin @proflevin · Jul 16
7/15 Intvw. TY all the phenomenal producers & bookers @MSNBC who have made this possible for me over last 20 yrs.”
What will the modern Catholic Church condone next?
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“What’s good for the goose (FrankenPope schmoozing with pro-abort Jeffrey Sachs on climate change) is good for the gander (San Bernardino Bishop Barnes).”
I suggest writing to Pope Francis to ask for the creation of a new Diocese in the State of California, let’s say Rattlesnake Gultch. Mc Elroy can be the Bishop and Barnes can be the Auxillary. This way we will be rid of both of these men who are pandering to the men and women with same sex attraction, instead of trying to help save their immortal souls by promoting Courage and Encourage in their respective Dioceses. Unfortunately this Salt and Light Conference sounds to me like a big waste of money. I am afraid that if anyone tried to complain to Pope Francis he would be in full support of the conference as the smell of sheep, or the stench should be very strong. God Save Your People! Akita coming to pass right before our eyes…
If Bishop Barnes is informed about this, he WILL cancel the ministry and their meeting with Levin. Has anyone contacted Bishop Barnes? He may not even know about this, so give him a call and give him a chance to cancel.
Will, may I espectively ask that you be the one who calls or otherwise contacts Bishop Barnes to tell him all about the upcoming Salt and Light Conference in his Diocese. Then, will you please report back to us via this forum with the results of your efforts to inform the Bishop. Thank you.
I have been friends Brian Levin since we were in elementary school. I am also Catholic. I have never heard him or read of him ever uttering a mean spirited thought to anyone. He is vehemently against hate in all its forms. And yet he never stoops to insult or offensive speech – even when he speaks about terrorists, bigots or other hate mongers.
He is one of the most honorable, considerate and brave people you will ever meet.
If you really mean the garbage you just spewed about Mr. Levin and His Hate Pogrom against the Church – Sign Your Real Name, and take responsibility for your remarks like an Honest Individual.
I suspect that if you did identify yourself and your affiliations, your remarks would be seen as a whole lot less ‘honorable’ than the Truth, and a whole lot more like Gaystapo Propaganda.
We need his help then, friend, because this website and most of the internet is full of verbal abuse and then, of course, reactive abuse. So ask him how he handles it. I know “When they go low, we go high.” But I am looking for something to help cope with it mentally and emotionally.
Anon. — There’s a pretty easy and straightforward solution to your mental and emotional angst: stop coming to this site.
Why, so you can be free to spew garbage under the pretense that it harms no one?
I found this site originally by googling gay and catholic. It comes up pretty high on the list. So if I were a gay adolescent, struggling with my faith and my sexuality, I would go to this site for support. Instead, what we regularly see here is often blatant homophobia cloaked in pseudo-orthodoxy.
It is not just this site. This site is remarkable because it is supposed to be catholic and verbal abuse is a sin. But it is all over, even in families. It is part of the devil’s plan to destroy the family and the Church. Traditionally, one offered it up in union with the bullying and mockery and other verbal abuse that our Lord suffered during his His life and His trial and His Crucifixion. It falls under Matthew 5:21-26.
Some people say that having self-confidence is the key to surviving it well. But a lot of people kill themselves or kill others due to it. It is a serious problem in the world, not just on this site.
Yes, quit exposing yourself to it is a good answer, if you can.
What if it is a parent, a family member, a co-worker? or a fellow student?
Witness Ted Cruz who refused to endorse the Republican nominee because of the verbal abuse of his family members.
I found my answer in St. John of the Cross and in Father Faber. Turn your mind to God and hope in Him, empty your mind of the abuse.
Also, kindness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. So pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on your abuser and yourself.
‘Anonymous’ (Paid?) Trolls go low and stay there, which is why they never let their identity of affiliation (or Paymaster) appear in their shameful mau mauing posts.
Honesty is only a virtue to those not on the Alinskyite Payroll, otherwise it just gets in the way of trashing Catholic Websites.
If you want to cope – Try the Truth – and Stand Behind It Openly – for a change.
verbal abuse
It is now Thursday. Does anyone know if Bishop Barnes was ever contacted and told about this planned program? If so, what was his response? Also, did this shameful program actually take place?
I will never share my real name here. You are one bunch of rude Catholics.
Prof Levin would never speak in the way some of the people who post here do. Really, as a Catholic, some of you should be ashamed of your hurtful rhetoric.
I wish someone would call Bishop Barns to alert him so that he may attend this worthwhile event.