From Commentary Mag:

Leaving aside the terrible damage the deal does to U.S. security and the stability of the Middle East, the most far-reaching effect of the deal is that from now on Democrats own Iran. From this moment forward, every act of Iranian-sponsored terrorism, every instance of Iranian aggression and adventurism as well as the Islamist regime’s inevitable march to a nuclear weapon can be laid at the feet of a Democratic Party. With a few exceptions, the Democrats fell meekly behind a president determined to prioritize détente with Iran over the alliance with Israel and the need to defend U.S. interests. By smashing the bipartisan consensus that had existed on Iran up until this year, the Democrats have, in effect, become the hostages of the ayatollahs. This is a decision that will haunt them in the years to come.

Indeed.  There is a reason why the Democrats have not been

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27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with “social” religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a “religious crutch.”

First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances

Now we see the promotion of sexual proclivities, now a form of “social religion” and an overt discrimination of religious belief:

It wasn’t so much a choice as it was a demand.Chaplain David Wells was told he could either sign a state-mandated document promising to never tell inmates that homosexuality is “sinful” or else the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice would revoke his credentials.  “We could not sign that paper,” Chaplain Wells told me in a telephone call from his home in Kentucky. “It broke my heart.”The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice revoked his volunteer credentials as an ordained minister– ending 13 years of ministry to underage inmates at the Warren County Regional Juvenile Detention Center.

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Along with doing a quick interview with Senator Ted Cruz, we also did one with Dilson – the college student that wanted to know where Ted Cruz stood on “free” education like what Socialist Bernie Sanders has promised, what Democrat Hillary Clinton has promised, and now, Republican Jeb Bush has promised the same free ride (and went FURTHER with “colleges to pay them back if they don’t graduate” – yeah, that’s Free Market, huh? – shucking the cost, eventually, onto taxpayers):

After the jump is the short “pre-event” and the intro ceremonies for the event.  And yes, I did everything “backwards” because, well, just because.

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“As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking – or lack of thinking.”   —Thomas Sowell

Gun Control. Few of the GOP Presidential Candidates are meaningfully addressing the forward push by progressives to implement gun control. We hear snippets that might cause us to think they are headed in the right direction, but is it enough? I say no. This is Chris Christie’s Gun Control Challenge.

Americans elected a Republican controlled Senate and House, a clear message that the direction of things has run amok. And…they do nothing. No wonder those candidates leading in current polls are of the non-political establishment. This also, is Chris Christie’s Gun Control Challenge.

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Here’s a CBS News photo slideshow of the definitive (and diverse!) faces of climate change:

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/stunning-photos-of-climate-change/3/

Unfortunately, no byline was given for this groundbreaking expose. Now that I think about it, (but this is just my skepticism talking here), maybe CBS News is hoping that most of us rubes won’t even bother to question the author about his stunning climate change photos. Why bother to question it? It’s on a NEWS website and this is “settled science”, right? Furthermore, our Commander in Chief has repeatedly said that climate change is the single largest threat facing our nation. That pronouncement alone should be enough for all Americans to dutifully jump on that solar-powered, responsibly-sourced, 90%- post-consumer-waste, zero-emission, global-climate-change bus.

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In addition to my last post, there is the work by Secular Progressives / SJWs to have all chaplains that actually preach their faith thrown out of the military and replaced, I guess, with only that that preach a social gospel.  You know, a gospel that isn’t based on The Gospel but on Political Correctness of the day (is an OMG! appropriate here?) (emphasis mine):

Following the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling, an activist is calling for the removal of “all homophobic military chaplains” who openly share their biblical views about sexuality, pushing back against claims that gays and lesbians are “sinners” for “choosing” their lifestyle.

Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a group that the monitors perceived violations of the separation of church and state, originally proclaimed in an op-ed published following last month’s gay marriage ruling that chaplains vocally opposed to same-sex nuptials and homosexuality should voluntarily vacate their role, or be terminated by the Department of Defense.

That was said even with the First Amendment AND with this:

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Hot Air | Moral Objection Enough to override Contraceptive Mandate: In a stunning decision, a federal judge permanently barred the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing the contraception mandate under ObamaCare against an employer for moral rather than explicitly religious grounds.

Permanently, until another court reverses it. But the premise is something of a right-back-at-you to those who have been attacking matters of conscience. This judge has given value to objection as a matter of conscience free of any specific religious underpinning.

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Planned Parenthood uses taxpayer dollars to stay open longer hours…

Planned Parenthood cuts its hours…As a result of losing some New Hampshire tax funding, Planned Parenthood has announced fewer hours of operation.

To which I asked,

Why are clinics that “don’t use taxpayer dollars to pay for abortions” making abortions less accessible to women because there are fewer taxpayer dollars?

Planned Parenthood has always claimed that tax dollars are never used for abortion services. But it is now a matter of public record that taxpayer dollars are used to provide access to abortion services.

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   Avoidance. Where is Senator Ayotte? In the past couple years I’ve attended numerous events. The events vary in scope and content. The entire congressional delegation is always invited. I’ve seen Senator Shaheen, Representative Guinta, Representative Kuster. I’ve never seen Senator Ayotte. Who is seen is a nondescript staffer reading monotonously from a sheet of paper. The Staffer apologizes and says, “Regretfully, Senator Ayotte was unable to be here today due to pressing commitments.”

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