Parental rights triumphed over the transgender agenda in the shadow of California’s capital overnight, as the state’s fifth school district adopted a policy requiring teachers to notify parents if their children begin to identify as a member of another sex.
Parents burst into cheers as the Rocklin Unified School District (RUSD) board of trustees adopted the policy by a 4-1 vote Thursday morning around 12:40 a.m. local time. The regulation stipulates that schools must contact parents within three school days if their child requests to use a name, pronouns, or sex-segregated facilities “that do not align with the child’s biological sex.” Trustees also clarified that a student’s gender identity remains confidential to everyone “except the student and their parent(s)….”
The vote came after hundreds of people crowded into a grueling, six-and-a-half-hour meeting that included more than four hours of public comments that ranged from heartrending to hot-headed.
“This policy is violent,” asserted a LGBTQ activist wearing a rainbow cape, a cloth COVID mask, and hoisting a handheld transgender flag. “You are waging war, and we will not take it quietly. … We’ll shame you in public! … Take our kids’ futures, and we’ll take your livelihood!”
“We don’t take threats up here,” replied RUSD Board President Julie Hupp, who favored the policy. “Threatening the board members is not how we work up here.”
“It’s not a threat. It’s a promise!” said the speaker, who identified as Jay Smith, to the cheers of rainbow-flag waving audience members.
More than one speaker wore an LGBTQ cape in the manner of a superhero. Teachers in the school district reportedly passed out rainbow ribbons to oppose notifying parents….
Liberals promised swift political retaliation against RUSD and its four pro-parent trustees. “Hit me up if you want to run for school board next year,” said Jonathan Cook, the executive director of the Sacramento Housing Alliance. (RUSD trustee Michelle Sutherland cast the lone dissenting vote on Wednesday night. Julie Hupp, Tiffany Saathoff, Rachelle Price, and Dereck Counter voted in favor.) One political communications specialist urged LGBT activists to nullify or counter messages that parental notification policies validate parents’ love for their children….
The lopsided passage constitutes an act of defiance on the part of Rocklin, which is located in Placer County — a mere 22 miles outside Sacramento, where the administration of Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has made a full-court press against parental notification policies….
Chino Valley affirmed parental rights by a 4-1 vote in July, followed by Murrieta Valley Unified School District and Temecula Valley Unified School District (both in Riverside County), and Anderson Union High School District in Shasta County.
“5 down, 939 to go,” quipped Christensen.
The Orange Unified School District will vote on a similar policy Thursday evening.
From Washington Stand
Good for Rocklin United. Parents unite!
today’s KCRA news reports this story as “Rocklin approves divisive transgender policy”…..
Parents wanting to know what’s happening with their children is not divisive. What’s divisive is not notifying parents!
Looking at that pic makes me hate gay activists. What they’ve done to the rainbow is deplorable. What they are doing to children and to this country is unforgivable.
So, CCD. Who is Christensen?
These are threats made to a school board. Wonder where Biden’s DOJ is.
Look at the picture. They are not “happy with who they are” and they are so hateful for any who don’t accept their pushing their lifestyle on children. Tolerance for them is a one-way street: you tolerate us but we will not tolerate you.
That’s exactly it: they are all self-loathing, which explains why the suicide rate is so high among them. The misnomer “pride” is an overcompensating attempt to project what they don’t really believe about themselves but wish they could. If they “pride” enough, maybe they will be able to muffle the voice inside that gnaws at them, telling them that something is terribly wrong with them. And maybe, if they can get enough people in society to believe the lies that gay and trans are normal and good, if they get parades and awards and promotions and raises and protections and recognition from government, maybe all that will drown out the feeling deep within that they are unwell. It doesn’t work that way. Gay and trans are not normal, nor are they healthy conditions.
If they were in utero, how would you feel about them?
“Feelings” will often lead to irrational decision.
“I feel like this thing inside me isn’t human. It’s just a fetus.”
“I feel like I want to graffiti that wall.”
“I feel like taking merchandise from this store without paying for it.”
“I feel like punching someone in the nose.”
“I feel like quitting my job.”
“I feel like I am superior because of my ethnicity.”
“I feel like I should give up and die.”
Feelings will often get us into trouble.
You are using the word “feeling” differently, as an impulse.
I was awkwardly pointing out that all these people who he thinks so little of were once the unborn who he would stand up for.
This is excellent. LGBT and transgender material should be prohibited from public schools– inappropriate for minors. I just saw in the news, that California is set to become the first state to recognize transgenders, with “Transgender History Month,” starting in August of 2024. Will this decision affect schoolchildren? Minors should not be involved in such inappropriate LGBT “celebrations.” The “Transgender Month” should be totally eliminated. Instead, how about a “Childhood Illness Awareness Month,” for kids suffering from serious diseases– like cancer, at St. Jude’s Hospital– and similar places?
Not the subject here.
You don’t get it. It is just as important to raise awareness and to to support kids with life threatening illnesses, as it is to have an entire month celebrating transgenders, and mutilating sex change surgerie, that ought to be illegal, especially for minors. LGBT activists are so eager to have an entire “Transgender Month” in August, just like they have “Pride Month” in June, for gays. And nobody wants to “celebrate” kids who have life-threatening illnesses, like cancer, or who are in hospice care– and give them much-deserved love, support and recognition. What a shame.
All that is at issue here is parental notification.
This is more than about parental notification. It’s about the destruction of the family created by Almighty God.
How so?
It is a wakeup call to parents who aren’t paying attention to their kids?
California families pray the Rosary every day. Mother Mary pray for California.
Just remember…LGBT (and straight) people begin realizing their sexual orientation and gender identity while school age. Prohibiting them from talking about themselves is really rather ridiculous. It is like prohibiting straight kids from talking about their dreams of falling in love, getting married, and raising a family.
Yes, look at the picture. It is unhappy parents. Parents unhappy with what is being proposed. They aren’t unhappy with who they are.
Perhaps some kids do realize at an early age that there is something wrong with them psychologically. That’s not a reason to affirm their maladies. And gay and trans certainly are maladies.
The California legislature today passed a bill that would allow judges to remove children from their parents if their parents don’t agree that their biologically male son is a daughter or that their biologically female daughter is a son. If Governor Newsom signs it, it will become a law.
Democrats are attempting to legislate absurdities as truth. If you have a penis, you are not a woman. It’s as simple as that. Democrats think otherwise. They think contrary to the truth and contrary to science. They legislate falsehoods.
Michael Savage was right decades ago: liberalism is a mental disorder.
No, that stuff is certainly not appropriate material for schoolchildren, YFC. LGBTs have serious problems. Kids go to school to learn to read and write– not to discuss romances– that’s silly. And most certainly– school is no place to discuss sexual material. All sexual material, sexual disorders, sex acts, and deviant gay sex acts, should be strictly prohibited for minors. You ought to know that.
So where do kids discuss the subject of romances, in school? In an English class, when reading important novels by famous writers– such as Jane Austen’s famous novel, “Sense and Sensibility,” in which two young British society girls coming of age, experience love, romance and heartbreak– and learn many valuable lessons about life. Or read Shakespeare’s sonnets and plays, such as his tragic play, “Romeo and Juliet.” Kids should go to school to get a good education.
They learn it on the Internet.
No, that stuff is certainly not appropriate material for schoolchildren, YFC. LGBTs have serious problems. Kids go to school to learn to read and write– not to discuss romances– that’s silly. And most certainly– school is no place to discuss sexual material. All sexual material, abnormal sexual disorders, sex acts, and deviant gay sex acts, should be strictly prohibited for minors. You ought to know that. Where do kids discuss romances? In an English class, when reading important novels by famous writers– such as Jane Austen’s famous novel, “Sense and Sensibility,” in which two young British society girls coming of age, experience love, romance and heartbreak– and learn many valuable lessons about life. Or read Shakespeare’s sonnets and plays, such as his tragic play, “Romeo and Juliet.”
Speaking of love– American schoolchildren used to have assigned readings from outstanding literary passages, from the great King James Bible, published in 1611, as part of their school curriculums (curricula?). This Bible has had an enormous impact on written and sopoken English, for centuries. Passages such as the great Epistle on Charity of St. Paul (1 Cor. 13) were assigned to read — and even memorize– in school textbooks. This famous Epistle has been traditionally read at both Protestant and Catholic weddings, for centuries. Children also used to read, and often memorized, the famous story of the Birth of Christ, found in the Gospel of St. Luke, for Nativity plays, at Christmas. Kids also learned of the Four Kinds of Love, found in the Bible: Philia– friendship, Eros– sensual, romantic love, Storge– love of family, and Agape– the highest kind of love, the unconditional Love of God. Many kids could recite the famous quote from John 3:16, and knew that St. John”s Gospel told of God’s Love. We need to again return great Biblical literary passages to American school curriculums. It is an important part of our Judeo-Christian civilization.
What the blazes?
So you notify the parent and the parent takes the kids to get hormone therapy. Or the parent tells the kid to knock it off.
The school policy is not to not allow the kid to transition. It is just to notify the parent.
It’s the gay and trans people in this photo that are unhappy. Parents have the right to be notified about what’s going on with their children.
Restrainer, I am sure that a lot of the concern is “What happens to the kid when you tell?”
Should children be talking about sexual fantasies in classrooms?
Should teachers and guest speakers be discussing sexual fantasies with children?
“Hi boys and girls, my name is Emo and I’m going to tell you what I like doing when I’m alone and nobody is watching…”
If that strikes you as horrible you have good sense!
The “Washington Stand,” from which this article was taken, is the conservative Family Research Council’s outlet for news and commentary from a Biblical worldview. The Family Resesrch Council is based in Washington, D.C., and does outstanding work for traditional (man-woman) Marriage and Family, and Pro Life. They team up with our Church on these important issues. I have always enjoyed their outstanding publications, and daily online material. You can submit your name, address, and email address, to receive their excellent material. They also host excellent radio programs and podcasts.
I do not believe they have ever teamed up with the Catholic Church.
Yes, they do team up with Christian conservative activists (laymen and clerics) of the Catholic Church, including Bill Donohue of the Catholic League, and many other similar, conservative churches, and faith-and-family based organizations, all the time. They vigorously opposed the L.A. Dodgers’ honoring of the filthy Drag Queen Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, vigorously oppose Drag Queens in libraries and schools, are active in all Pro Life events, active in the recent downfall of Roe vs. Wade, active in many more Pro Life and pro-Traditional Marriage and Family events, the March for Life, prayer breakfasts with politicians, conservative faith-and-family political rallies, opposing taxpayer-funded abortions, outlawing abortion pills, helping parents get rid of pornography in schools and libraries, resisting “woke” beliefs and laws everywhere, getting laws passed to outlaw abortion in all the states, getting laws passed to protect girls’ and women’s sports, prohibit LGBT and gender ideology in the schools, prohibit transgender surgeries on minors, and much, much more. The Heritage Foundation, of Washington, D.C., and the American Family Association, of Tupelo, Mississipi, and many similar strong, traditional, conservative faith-and-family based organizations, have likewise teamed up with Catholics and many others, all working towards the same goals.
That is not the same as teaming up with the Catholic Church. I guess you just mis-spoke.
No, you are so wrong! The Catholic League has teamed up with msny fine groups, like the Family Research Council, to work on very important endeavors in our country! You need respect for the many fine Catholic organizations, that do great work for the Church! There are usually a big number of Catholic and Protestant faith-based groups that get together for Pro Life endeavors, like the March for Life, prayer breakfasts, or to fight the Drag Queens in schools and libraries, and fight the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (like they did at Dodger Stadium), and fight the LGBT garbage in the schools, fight legalizing the abortion pill, fight legalizing abortion in the states, etc. Go join in these endeavors, and help! Especially for your kids!
Pointing out that they are not a part of the Church is not disrespectful.
St. Vincent de Paul is not a part of the Church.
Catholic Charities is a part of the Church.
Catholic Relief Services is a part of the Church.
Lay associations are not a part of the Church.
Religious orders are a part of the Church.
St. Vincent de Paul is part of Church– lay groups are very much a part of our Catholic Church and its mission for Christ. Why don’t you both get involved in the St. Vincent de Paul Society, or any other worthy church group? The Catholic Church has much more to it than just the ordained clergy, religious orders, nuns, and lay religious orders. Today, I attended a Mass in which the priest thanked his altar servers, lectors, organist and cantor, altar guild members, etc., that all contribute so much to the Church and to the Mass. Then, the poor priest made me smile– he invited boys to come up and join the altar servers group– the group is all girls, which the priest lamented. Why can’t Catholic men and boys come forward, and get involved? If you are male commenters– get involved. Don’t let Vatican II kill your interest.
In my comment of Sept
9 at 7:42pm, the first sentence should read: “To St. Vincent de Paul and not part of Church — “(etc.)
Catholic people are part of the Church.
The original comment was appropriate and the comment following it was appropriate but then it turned into a silly argument.
I understand that the institutional nature of the Catholic Church can seem very complex.
Follow the money.
If the money you give to an organization (religious communities are an exception) does not go to the Catholic Church, it is not a part of the Church.
Catholic Charities and Catholic Relief Services and other organizations established by dioceses and the USCCB are a part of the Church.
There are other organizations that the church collaborates with. The church also gives grants to organizations.
Go see Bill Donohue’s excellent, award-winning film, “Walt’s Disenchanted Kingdom.” Be sure to watch the entire film, not just the previews. It is available on the Catholic League website, and on Amazon Prime. It may also be available on Youtube. You can order a DVD of it from the Catholic League, too. It tells of the corruption and downfall of the Walt Disney Co. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, is in the film, and you will recognize other famous people, including Vivek Ramaswamy, Dr. Ben Carson, and others.
We gave up on Disney decades ago.
My comment of Sept. 8th at 7:18pm, should be entitled, “Reply to not with Catholic Church.” Bill Donohue, head of the Catholic League, and Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, have teamed up together, many times. You can find them together, on many Youtube videos, discussing important issues they both work on, seeking to eradicate many evils — like the Drag Queen nuns at Dodger Stadium– and many other evils, in our current society.
The Catholic League is not a part of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic League is an American Catholic organization whose stated purpose is to “defend the right of Catholics-lay and clergy alike- to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination.”
It is not a part of the institutional Catholic Church.
To Mary, no matter, and what if: You are all being totally ridiculous! You are being irrational bullies about something lovely and normal! What are your actual emotional problems– with comments about the term, “angelic”– popularly used as a term of. endearment? St. Francis of Assisi was known as “angelic,” called “the seraphic saint.” Do you have a problem with that? The seraphim are a part of the nine choirs of angels, in Heaven. And yes, visionaries have described the beautiful face snd voice of Our Lady as “pure” and “angelic!” Do you have a problem with that? Sounds like all of you who have a big problem with such lovely terms of endearment, have angry, bitter issues with the Roman Catholic Church! Better to stop being childish and.irrational– and state your true issues, in sensible, rational terms!
You are completely, 100% wrong! The Catholic League has done much outstanding work for our Church! We have many outstanding Catholic organizations that have done outstanding work for our Church! You need lots of respect for these excellent Catholic organizations! Why don’t you join one, and help– like the Knights of Columbus, Holy Name Society, Legion of Mary, etc.??
The Catholic League calls itself a Catholic civil rights organization. It is not a part of the Catholic Church.
Knights of Columbus calls itself a Catholic fraternal organization. It is not a part of the Catholic Church.
The Legion of Mary and the Holy Name Society are associations of the faithful.
Can. 215 The Christian faithful are at liberty freely to found and direct associations for purposes of charity or piety or for the promotion of the Christian vocation in the world and to hold meetings for the common pursuit of these purposes.
Can. 216 Since they participate in the mission of the Church, all the Christian faithful have the right to promote or sustain apostolic action even by their own undertakings, according to their own state and condition. Nevertheless, no undertaking is to claim the name Catholic without the consent of competent ecclesiastical authority.
Who decides what is a “competent ecclessiastical authority”?
That means the bishop for a local organization or the Vatican for an international organization.
All of these Catholic organizations are very much a part of the Catholic Church and her mission. Many were started by saints, or Blesseds. Blessed Fr. Michael McGivney started the Knights of Columbus, the St. Vincent de Paul Society was started by Blessed Frederick Ozanam, Blessed John of Vercelli started the Holy Name Society. The pope has honored and acclaimed all of these good Catholic organizations. Go join one of them.
Ok- we will just say that you do not understand.
I do not think that most organizations use the word Catholic and one who did (RealCatholicTV) when it approached its Diocese was refused. It is now Church Militant.,
Two other organizations were told that they could not use the word Catholic but continue to do so, National Catholic Reporter and Catholics for Catholics.
All of the groups I mentioned– Knights of Columbus, Holy Name Society, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Legion of Mary, etc — are all well-established groups in Catholic parishes and dioceses. They are all listed in Catholic directories as Catholic groups of the Church. Priests always recommend that parishioners join one of them. They are recognized for special achievements at Mass. Priests offer special Masses specifically for these groups. One of the fastest-growing Catholic groups is Divine Mercy, devoted to the practice of Divine Mercy, daily saying the Chaplet, observing the holy 3:00 Hour of Mercy, studying the Diary of of St. Faustina, holding the Divine Mercy Novena each year, leading up to Divine Mercy Sunday, established by Pope St. John Paul II. The Catholic Church also has special charity groups, like Catholic Charities or Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and you can volunteer there or apply for a job– whether you or Catholic or not. These are strictly charity groups– not Catholic prayerful or devotional groups to join, to spiritually help needy people, doing religious exercises, and praying for the needy, and helping them physically with their needs, also– like St. Mother Teresa’s nuns, the Missionaries of Charity. These two charity organizations– Catholic Charities and CRS– are not essentially religious, prayerful or devotional in nature, like St. Mother Teresa’s nuns. And they have also been plagued by scandals. You do not have to be Catholic, or be a practicing Catholic, to go help them, or get a job with them. Members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, by contrast, are Catholics who have specific vocations, committed to doing Christ-like love and service, person-to-person. They are similar to St. Mother Teresa’s nuns and lay religious order members. At Mass, we are all also often asked to make a donation, at Second Collections, for endeavors such as the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Peter’s Pence, Collection for Retired Priests, World Mission Sunday, etc. etc. Those are charities for special needs. They are not Catholic religious devotional groups for Catholic parishioners to join, established in parishes.
The second collections are for the Church. For different needs. The Archbishop’s Appeal is for your diocese. The rest are national collections. Some are collected for Rome like Peter’s Pence and World Missions.
Catholic Charities and Catholic Relief Services are part of the Church.
Catholic Charities states the following (also found on their website): “Catholic Charities is an Equal Opportinity Employer, committed to providing employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, legal domicile status, disability, AIDS/HIV status or any other characteristic protected under federal or state law.”
I have not said anything about Holy Name Society and Legion of Mary because I know nothing about them. We do not have either of those where I reside.
If you look in your Catholic Directory for your Diocese, or look in a national Catholic directory– or look in a Catholic Encyclopedia– or look in any related Catholic source– you will find information on all the Catholic groups commonly found in all of our churches– including the very famous Legion of Mary and Holy Name Society. If you are a cradle Catholic, you will probably have at least one or two older family members who belonged to one of these fine Catholic groups.
There are groups of the Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus, Legion of Mary, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and others, at the SF Cathedral, Star of the Sea Church, and many other San Francisco parish churches. You can also find these groups in churches in your Diocese. On Sat. Sept. 30th at 8am, the Legion of Mary will have a Tridentine Latin Low Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral. You can go to this Mass, and find out more about the Legion of Mary.
Reply to: if you live in SF, please ask Father Illo or someone orthodox to help you purify your Catholic faith.
Sorry, I am a lot older than Fr. Illo. We grew up in different eras, but believe the same things, exactly. Neither of us needs to ‘purify our Catholic faith.” If you need to “purify your Catholic faith”– go see a good priest!
Father Illo is a Catholic priest. He does not confuse angels and humans. He does not promote fundamentalist teachings.
Many good Catholics have called Fr. Illo “angelic,” because he seeks to be a holy priest, and does many good things for people. Fr. Illo has invited several good priests, from different religious orders devoted to St. Michael the Archangel, and to the Holy Angels, to give talks, mini-retreats, conferences, and four-day missions, at his church– all very excellent! You can call good people who do good things, whatever you want. I am sure you have had special terms for your wife, if a man– or for your mother. And special terms for any special person, who has done very good things for you.
Would you call the Virgin Mary angelic?
No Catholic would.
No matter how many people speak error, it does not make it truth.
what if it’s the pope?
It is not the Pope.
If it is a sincere question, sometimes the Vatican has to clear up something a Pope says.
Popes can make mistakes but not on faith or morals. The Holy Spirit prevents that.
“what if it’s the pope?”…ask “the competent ecclesiastical authority”
What are your actual problems– with comments about the term, “angelic”– popularly used as a term of. endearment? St. Francis of Assisi was known as “angelic,” called “the seraphic saint.” Do you have a problem with that? The seraphim are a part of the nine choirs of angels, in Heaven. And yes, visionaries have described the beautiful face snd voice of Our Lady as “pure” and “angelic.” Do you have a problem with that? Sounds like all of you who have a big problem with such lovely terms of endearment, have angry, bitter issues with the Roman Catholic Church. Better state your true issues, in sensible, rational terms.
There was a lot of complaining about St. Pope John Paul II. Some did not believe that he was right about abortion, homosexuality, birth control, women priests, SSPX was a problem, some theologians thought he was wrong about other things.
The people opposed to the pope are the ones in error.
The Pope is not in error.
The Catholic Church does not pay what Bill Donahue makes as the head of the Catholic League.
You need to read news stories carefully– the current media is loaded with anti-Catholic bigotry.
Bill Donohue is soon to retire.
They offered him an extra amount of money, but this is all a part of his retirement package. You can email or call Donohue, and his Catholic League staff– or himself– will reply to you. I once sent the Catholic League some horrific local news stories, of sacrilegious, blasphemous deeds committed by the filthy Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Thank goodness, they told me, that plans were already underway, to defend our Church regarding these horrible incidents. Bill Donohue is a very outspoken, bold warrior for Christ– like Mother Angelica, and like the newly-famous nun, Mother Miriam, who recently took her Final Vows, with Bishop Strickland, in Tyler, Texas. Bill Donohue and Mother Miriam are both New Yorkers– and Mother Miriam was born a NY Jew– very bold, outspoken and truthful. All three were blessed with honesty, integrity, and excellent boldness for Christ– truthful, self-sacrificing, loyal warriors for Him.
If you happen to be kind of timid– please get over it, and learn to appreciate the goodness of these fine, selfless, angelic, mature warriors for Jesus Christ. Bishop Strickland, likewise, is a fine, bold, honest, fearless, self-sacrificing, angelic, mature warrior for Jesus Christ.
I saw Bishop Strickland’s tweet about the papal nuncio today.
Nobody is that stupid.
He is not an angelic warrior for Jesus Christ.
My mom’s rule of thumb: If you know their name, they are in it for themselves.
Yes, we have some outstanding angelic warriors for Christ today, among our prelates. Bishop Strickland is one of them. Don’t mess with angelic warriors who are like St. Michael the Archangel. They are very, very strong, in Christ, and protect against all Evil. Christ is Truth– do not mess with Him, either. Always respect Our Lord. To walk in the Light of Christ takes tremendous strength, commitment, honesty, and truth.
Humans are not angels. We are Catholic, not New Age.
Read correctly– I said, that we have many angelic warriors for Christ, today. An angelic warrior is a human being who is very courageous, heroic, loves Christ, and stands firmly for Him– even to martyrdom. The entire Ulma family, in Poland, beatified Sept.10th, were all angelic warriors for Christ. You need lots of respect for our great, courageous, selfless, angelic warriors for Christ. And why don’t you think about becoming one? That is our true Christian calling, for Christ.
I have never heard any Catholic call anyone an angelic warrior. It is not Catholic.
The term “angelic” is used for people who do good things, all the time. St. Michael the Archangel is called an “Angelic Warrior.” He is a mighty warrior for God, battling sin and Satan. The “St. Michael Prayer” is very powerful. You even find it on greeting cards, honoring people for their birthday. Lots of good men tell their wives or mothers, “Oh, thanks so much for all you’ve done for me. You’re an angel.” Heroic people who have rescued those in danger of death, are called “angels of mercy.” There was a very popular, beloved TV show, called “Touched by an Angel,” starring the Irish Catholic actress, Roma Downey, who played the role of Monica, the Angel. St. Thomas Aquinas is called “The Angelic Doctor.” The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, is called the “Angelicum.” It is very famous. Why don’t you pick out a heroic, angelic person, who has done something truly wonderful for you, and praise and reward them?
I bet you would enjoy seeing the Blue Angels fly!
Dear absurdities. People who study psychological maladies are called psychologists. Psychologists, speaking through their professional and licensing bodies, don’t think that LGBT kids have maladies.
And speaking of suicidal tendencies among LGBT kids…it is kids who are rejected by their peers and the adults in their lives that have suicidal tendencies. lGBT kids who grow up in supportive environments don’t tend to want to die by suicide.
These are facts people. Look them up if you don’t believe me. And please don’t quote organizations that were founded only to harass LGBT kids.
I’m sorry that some people can’t handle reality and resort to suicide. That demands charity from the rest of us, but doesn’t change reality, and trying to pretend reality is unreal is likely to have bad consequences.
The psychos once thought that religion was a neurosis, lobotomies a legitimate form of therapy and that kids complaining of sexual abuse were mostly fantasizing. The psychos advised an earlier generation of bishops to “treat” priests accused of said abuse rather than turn them over to the law. We’re still paying for that “professionalism”.
Male and female He created them. If they psychos think otherwise, let ’em argue with God.
Psychologists who don’t consider gay and trans to be maladies are unfit to practice psychology. That’s my view, and I’m sticking to it. The professionals are wrong in this case. Why weren’t there so many suicides among kids in centuries before, when LGBT was suppressed and frowned upon? If gay or trans were inborn, innate, you’d think that in the Victorian era there would have been greater rates of suicide among gay and trans back then. But no, the rate is greater now. It’s greater now because kids are being brainwashed to believe they are gay or trans, and it causes great psychological turmoil in them. Before kids were encouraged to become gay or trans, societies didn’t have this problem.
I’m sorry that you let so-called “professionals” do your thinking for you. I, on the other hand, think for myself. 😉🤨🙄😛
Then your thoughts are only as good as your information and your ability to reason.
And also, if you can divorce your thoughts from your emotions and your desires. and whatever else might cause your thoughts to be less than accurate.
Your criticisms also apply to professionals. The fact that some people consider them professionals doesn’t mean they’re right.
Yes.
These are not criticisms.
Used to be taught in Catholicism-not to trust yourself, especially your emotions.
Yes, it’s called “thinking for yourself” not “feeling for yourself”. The fact that gay isn’t normal nor good isn’t a matter of feelings; it’s a matter of biological and scientific fact that can be known with certainty through reason.
The professionals who claim otherwise are dead wrong.
Totally agree. The “professionals” told us that wearing masks would be effective in preventing transmission of Covid. That was incorrect. The “professionals’ also told us that getting vaccinated would help prevent transmission of Covid. That was also incorrect.
So we have clear proof that “professionals” either don’t know what they’re talking about or they’re lying to the public in service of leftist ideology.
It’s the same with the professional opinion about LGBT being “normal”. They either don’t really know or they are lying out of a prior commitment to serving left-wing ideology.
Leftists/Democrats are so committed to their Marxist ideology that they will lie and say what they don’t really know if it advances their liberal causes.
That’s why the press isn’t objective anymore: they just “report” what will favor Democrats or they report in such a way (omitting facts, skewing the interpretation) to favor Democrats. It’s done all the time in crime reporting in order to conceal the identity of perpetrators of crimes if those perpetrators belong to a protected class. It’s done almost without exception when reporting on politicians, where Democrats are favored and Republicans excoriated.
Don’t listen to “professionals” if their opinions conflict with common sense and generational cultural wisdom.
The “Washington Stand,” from which this news article is taken, is the news and commentary outlet, from a Biblical worldview, of the Washington, D.C.-based Family Resesrch Council. Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, has often teamed up with Bill Donohue, of the Catholic League, to defend Christianity against the evils of the Death Culture, in our society. Be sure to see Bill Donohue’s outstanding, award-winning film, “Walt’s Disenchanted Kingdom,” which features some notable people, including Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Ciuncil, fighting Death Culture evils, including the evils currently destroying the Walt Disney Company. You can watch this entire film on the Catholic League website, Amazon Prime, and possibly on YouTube. You can also buy a DVD of this film. It is outstanding, and well worth watching. The Family Research Council fights the Death Culture on all the same issues as our Catholic Church– Pro Life, anti-Planned Parenthood, anti-abortion pills, Traditional Marriage (one man, one woman), anti-pornography, anti-child porography, anti-LGBT and gender theory– especially in our schools, anti-transgender transitions and surgeries/mutilations for minors, anti-Drag Queens, anti- pornography for kids in schools and libraries, parents’ rights for their own children, anti-Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, etc. etc.
How I wish you wouldn’t use so many commas.
Even the most negative, judgmental, ignorant, crabby old “Archie Bunkers” couldn’t care less about commas, periods, colons, semi-colons, exclamation points, and all other punctuation. Nonsense! Who cares about commas? Just write– do it your own way! And so what?
Instead of watching and reading things that get you upset about the world, there are many better things to do.
Spiritual reading: the Bible, the Catechism, the writings of the Saints, Diary of St. Faustina Tan books and Sophia Press are good suppliers. Daughters of Saint Paul.
Have you read Humility of Heart, Abandonment to divine Providence, Imitation of Mary, So many really good spiritual books.
Online you can find the writings of the Doctors of the Church.
Pray the Liturgy of the Hours and the Rosary. Add a litany or chaplet.
I think you are in your mid-80s so you may not be able to get out to help the poor but there are people looking to help the homeless in any way they can.
Jesus is in the poor.
If you really just live right, all these cultural issues will be helped by God.
You should be well-informed, for yourself, your spouse and children– and for your whole family. That is a responsibility. If there is a priest or prelate (like Theodore McCarrick) accused or convicted of pedophilia nearby, or if LGBT-promoter Fr. James Martin, S.J. is giving a talk at the church — keep your kids safe from him. You do not have to become emotionally upset– don’t become a “basket case” over it. Just use your brain– view things intellectually, instead. Don’t take your kids to Disneyland, where they have the LGBT events and Pride parades, etc. — and don’t allow your kids to watch sexually deviant LGBT-themed Disney cartoons. And don’t allow pornography and LGBT materials in your family home, or in your children’s school– fight against it, along with all the other good parents. Fight against drag queens at the children’s library. Pray your Rosary like a warrior for Christ, against Satan and all evil. It’s a big responsibility– and just plain common sense. All parents, in all eras, have to do this, in one way or another. In wartime, moms and wives will pray for their sons and husbands to be safe, in military duties. But no one needs to be an emotional “basket case.”
those decidedly unattractive
pride ladies in the picture:
you just cannot do business
with the likes of them – no way
the government, gulag school system:
let it burn