Sometimes you have to be active. Or you get fat and wonder "WTF happened to me?"

J.R. Dunn argues at American Thinker:

The same-sex “marriage” vote in Ireland marks the largest victory for the LGBT movement thus far.  It’s quite a feather in the gay boa – an apparent success in yanking one of the most heterosexual cultures on Earth out of the closet.

In truth, the vote was very likely a rebuke to the Catholic Church, which in Ireland, as everywhere else in the industrialized West, hired a lot of gays to act as priests, who exploited numberless teenage boys for sexual purposes, and then did nothing about it.  The Irish Church tried to coast through the crisis, and this is its reward – a fitting one.

We can add the fact the Irish Church did nothing to defend marriage from the current assault.  I know that without even researching it, because the American Church is effectively an extension of the Irish Church, and the American Church has done nothing to protect marriage during the current debate.  A serious, well-organized, and well-funded response to the gay campaign among Catholics simply has not occurred in any meaningful sense.

This is also true of the rest of this country’s institutions, conservatism prominent among them.

We’re told that when the matter came up, establishment conservatives effectively laughed the whole thing off with the line, “Does this mean I can marry my cat?”  Conservatives did not take the matter seriously, and they are now caught with little to say.  Some did worse, such as the odious Robert Gates, whose speech to the Boy Scouts reveals his historical role to be a kind of Jack Ketch who handles the dirty work that liberals don’t want to touch.

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The marriage argument will develop in similar fashion.  The facts stand for themselves and will not be changed.  As time passes and the actual anti-family, anti-religious, and anti-straight agenda of the gays is revealed, it will no longer be taken as a greeting-card issue.  Then the real debate will begin.
All that we need are fighters. 

The rest can go marry their cats.

These types of articles tend to bring out the anti-Catholic non-"progressives", which is an odd part of the conservative wing, but Dunn does bring up decent points throughout his article. Pope Francis is practically a fucking no show. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (what the fuck have they done in the past decade?) tend to be liberal and not orthodox -- they're like the black cloaks US justice aka The Ringwraiths. We have plenty doormat Catholics & Christians saying "Well I don't agree with your lifestyle, and you aren't hurting me so hakuna matata. Love everybody," bullshit. In other words, the Catholic Church led by Pope Francis, the fat bishops of the US and horrid layman soldiers of the faith have done a horrid job saying "Same-sex relationships and 'marriage' is fucked up." Overall the Church and its people have done a better job at standing against abortion. That's it. The Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) seem to be more active in evangelizing their faith than Catholics -- though I say this fresh off of watching youtube vidoes of missionaries talking about their experiences, and seeing a couple of them school kids at basketball.

As much as I think Mike Voris' approach to spreading the gospel as a bit brash, at least he has the guts to go out into public and put some sort of steel backbone in the Catholic faith. Heck, he's more active than smiling, waving and "Let's-be-nice" Pope Francis.

I know that the media actively tries to paint him as an LGBT and feminist apologist, but there are times where defenders of the pope's "media mistranslated his quote" excuse becomes just that - an excuse, an excuse for his lack of directness and clear cut stance on social issues. People said Pope Benedict the XVI looked like a rat; just based on aesthetics Pope Frances is seen as "more likeable" (reminds when the media was concerned a POTUS candidate's "likeability" over his policies, qualifications and personal character). It's obvious Pope Benedict isn't nearly as popular with the public as Pope Francis is yet I feel the Church had a much better leader in Pope Benedict than Pope Francis. Some will say "It's just a different type of leadership, so it's absurd to compare." I disagree. As someone who has lead various organizations I'll be completely honest and say Pope Francis' leadership is like Corey Crawford as a goalie: Lets in "soft" goals, is more mediocre than actually great and a person who looks good because of a better than average defense.

Let's not focus on entertainment, youtube.

But instead shows the company's social leanings. Since a historic decision will be made this month of June on whether same-sex "marriage" will be made law of the land by fiat by Supreme Court justices (it will - there's so much momentum on ss"m" supporters side and enough justices have expressed their support) the insidious Wells Fargo commercial was shown on the site's front page. See below.

All art is propaganda, supposedly. Many in journalism on the left see American Sniper and ads paid by the military as "right wing" propaganda. It's debatable that American Sniper is propaganda; I won't deny that military ads aren't - yet I don't mind military ads because I believe we need a strong military and there are many values that come with the military life. I suppose you can ask "Why not have both?" Why not be in support of "equal rights" (supporters will use this 'equality' card instead of gay 'rights' every now and then just to appeal to the 'universal right') and the military? You can. But there's a higher (mindful) tradition for a strong and proud US military. There is a somewhat pathetic and absolutely vapid appeal to the two women raising a deaf child story. 

What I realize about the commercial is that the deaf girl shown to be adopted is already living an unusual, if not unique, life strictly by the virtue of her handicap. Add on that handicap of being deaf with two guardians of the same sex, but not just any guardians who are of the same sex -- two people attracted and acting on their same-sex attraction. They could not produce a child by their sexual acts since their attempt at consummation is ultimately a dead end. This is a blatant attempt by the creatives at Well Fargo to push the "Love Makes A Family" slogan.

Youtube and Wells Fargo knows very well what's at stake this month. Ireland's decision by popular vote to usher in same-sex "marriage" is the momentum that LGBT activists and supporters dream of. Such a group of people only need enough of the nine in black to vote "yes." They will.

Once that happens speaking against same-sex "marriage" and relationships will be seen as a greater crime/thought crime than racism. To be against such relationships will be considered one of the greatest inhumane things to hold in ones mind in the 21st century. You will be seen in the same light as the KKK and the Nazis. Nathaniel Hawthorne's "A" has evolved into a "B" (for bigot). If you voice dissent you will be named a "bigot" and be shunned in social circles, face sudden job instability and will be pounded by online harassment like no other. There will be professors - when they aren't dealing with students - who will go after you. It's a celebrity's tweet and, if they're in a sam-sex relationship, their 'personal' life verse your. It's a Michale Sam versus you. It's academia, the entertainment world, the media and social "progressives" versus you.

These are the very same groups who snidely mock so-called conformists & uncool people - the pencil pushers, the lowly paid workers, the family with three or more kids - who will say "history is on our side" to "The times are changing, so change with it." They, when it suits them, loathe peer pressure and what society supposedly tells them to do. Now, they are society who want you, the opposer, to fall in line if not to shut up. If you don't? They'll slap on the "B" and until you repent - even then you're still looked at as a loser and asshole - you will have hatred towards you.

With that said, I have a great feeling that a majority of the LGBT activists and supporters never actually put an effort into understand the opposing side. They look at it in a secular angle so religious angles will not satisfy them. Even secular angles against same-sex "marriage" and adoption will be thrown away on a simple basis of nonsense and phobia. It happened to Mark Regerus and his study. Feelings rule, not sound arguments - not philosophy - not an appeal to a greater plain that is above "the feels."

The modernists will deny the decline of society (they see "decline" as in war, good judgment, lack of support of "progressive" ideas). They will deny responsibility and the lost of (higher) standards.

Welcome to 21st fascism. It's the same fascism as of old, but it reaches its peak on social media and in so-called journalism. I mean, how could you not support - at least don't give a hoot - about same-sex "marriage"? It's the enlightened and "right" thing to do.

Promising site. Questionable politics.

Ethika Politka (EP) can be said to be a pro-Catholic/Christian site, and I like the topics discussed. Many of the contributors are young (under 40) and bright. What's a turn-off is its politics that seem to shyly creep to the front. Look here and here. In addition to that, despite the topics being discussed and the educational pedigree that some of its writers hold, is not very deep, if not deep at all. The commentary is borderline shallow.

From the first article (italics my emphasis) -

As academic institutions become more economically driven, Eagleton argued, their emphasis shifts more and more toward STEM fields. Scientific research offers tangible and monetary goods, while research in philosophy or English offers intangible benefits, if it offers benefits at all. Eagleton lays the blame for the humanities’ decline at the feet of capitalism: Education for its own sake stands no chance in a production economy.

The writer does not combat this accusation and with that silence I will take she agrees, at least to a certain extent.

The second (On Paul Ryan's visit to a Cleveland, Ohio community church) -

 This encounter, in turn, has animated him in the project on which he has embarked: a series of visits to inner-city neighborhoods across the country, accompanied by one journalist and one young filmmaker. The journalist has published two articles based on his experiences with and observations of Ryan (do not be deterred by the fact that he works for Buzzfeed: The stories are full of striking quotes and vignettes like the one with which I started this essay), and the filmmaker’s documentary is now available in its entirety on Youtube. These visits were guided by community activist Bob Woodson, who had helped organize the initial meeting in Cleveland and whom Ryan has taken on as a personal mentor.

The links within the second article are from CNN and Buzzfeed. Both left leaning, pro-welfare, "But what about the poor people?" sites. I have read the second Buzzfeed article and I'll say it's well written and deeply interesting (as someone who majored in sociology, with research interests in the urban poor, it immediately pulled me in). But it's horrid journalism because it gives no facts and appeals to the heart without any head (no not that head).  I mean, c'mon -

Because Democrats are spending hours with the poor? I'm not a GOP flag waver, but that stuff just makes my eyes roll in annoyance. This is like saying "[Insert GOP politics] is doing something rather unprecedented for a Republican. He is spending unchoreographed time with actual LGB people," on a fictional article about a supposed "conversion" to supporting gay "marriage" or "rights."

Nonetheless, I think EP is a site that is needed on the traditional Christian side of the internet: It brings up topics that are universal, classic and therefore always relevant, in a "cool" (the good kind) way. The graphic design - its header and banner -  is simple yet telling; the site layout is a bit confusing, though (I'm not sure if "channels" is the best way to divide different 'blogs' under names without any description). The writing is okay and its content leaves much to be desired. The lack of depth in its writing maybe due to the youthfulness of its writers. I'm not entirely sure, but it's a guess. Its heart, for the most part, is trying to point true north.

Ethika Politka - C+

New link added to the list.

The Catholic Gentlemen.

Standards? What are those?

Interesting mindset on dating & sex.

Person A: "If I found out my current significant other had sex with her past boyfriend on the roof of her elementary school I'd be upset."
Person B: "Look, you don't own her. She had a life before she met you, as with literally every person who's in a relationship right now. The world doesn't revolve around you."
Person C: "Yea. Why would you be upset about this? Are you like in middle school?"

Probably my favorite so far, from what I've read on youtube -

I need a drink right now.

An actor joining the military? Get outa here!

But really.

English actor, Michael Enright, age 51, joins Kurdish People’s Protection Units to fight ISIS in Syria.

Even though Enright isn't an established actor, I wonder how that makes all the young actors feel. Probably like metrosexual man childs. How manly. The terrorists are intimidated by such people I heard.

According to the ABC article, "He has no military background and little experience with firearms, according to his biography on the Internet Movie Database, or IMDB." That's a serious handicap for him and for the unit he's attached to.

I remember reading an online article about entertainers, mostly actors, who served in the US military. No millennial was listed. All that were listed were over the age of 50.

There's always this type of comment -

 

Atheists. To be a "free thinker" and a pacifist. What an admiral thing to be, right? There's something not right about a modern atheist's mind - the more I come across these types of posts and comments I'm coming to the conclusion that modern atheism is a mental condition.

Evidence. He charged first. Face reality.

It's a tragedy, but the comments by family members are beyond ridiculous.

“Neither of them would ever attack or hurt anyone,” said cousin Anthony Fischer in an online message to The Washington Post on Sunday. “The cops are covering up evil, and they will be found out.”

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“He would not be one to disrespect them or go after” the troopers, Fischer’s wife, Laura, said Sunday before calling on officials to release dashcam footage of the incident.

Thankfully there was video footage of the incident.

“There is no controversy about this,” Gary J. James, an attorney representing Oklahoma troopers, told The Washington Post in an e-mail. It’s “all on video and audio from both state troopers vehicles.”

The young man was an assistant pastor at an Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) ministry located near Tulsa, Oklahoma.