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Sunday, September 18, 2011
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These inside out diamond hoop earrings are the perfect addition to your jewelry box! The round brilliant diamond content is 1/4 carat, and these diamond hoop earrings are approximately the diameter of a penny, 18mm. These diamond hoops are an every day wear size. Order yours from SuperJeweler today!
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
GOOD HEALTH STARTS WITH TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF
IT'S A WONDERFUL THING WHEN WE CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES AN REMAIN HEALTHY FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN; IN ORDER, THAT WE MIGHT ENJOY THE ONES WE LOVE SO MUCH. START TAKING GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF TODAY. YOU'LL BE AROUND FOR THOSE AWESOME DAY'S AHEAD; AS YOU SPEND TIME WITH THOSE YOU LOVE SO MUCH.
Friday, September 9, 2011
SAME SEX MARRIAGES "WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE IS IT SENDING TO OUR CHILDREN?"
State Legislatures and courts have struggled with the issue of same sex relationships for more than ten years now. This timeline covers recent events beginning with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision in November 2003 that held rules and laws barring same sex marriages to be unconstitutional.
November 2003
11/18- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules state constitution guarantees equal marriage rights for same sex couples
January 2004
1/20- State of the Union address: President Bush says we must “defend the sanctity of marriage”
February
2/4- Massachusetts S.J.C. answers question posed by the Senate, whether civil unions would be considered constitutional (no)
2/12- San Francisco, CA - Mayor Gavin Newsome authorizes city officials to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, marries couples himself
2/20- Sandoval County, NM - County Clerk issues licenses, approx. 26 couples marry in front of the courthouse
2/20- New Mexico Attorney General issues opinion that same sex marriage is illegal in NM
2/24- President Bush announces support for federal constitutional amendment
2/27- New Paltz, NY - Mayor Jason West begins performing same sex marriages (no licenses- in NY, city clerks are not authorized to issue marriage licenses)
March
3/1- Ithaca, NY - Mayor Carolyn Peterson begins accepting marriage license applications from same sex couples and forwarding them to the state
3/2- New Paltz, NY Mayor charged with 19 counts of marrying people without a marriage license (a misdemeanor)
3/3- Multnomah County (Portland), OR – County Attorney issues legal opinion that county rules violate state constitution, Chairwoman Diane Linn orders rules changed, marriage licenses granted to same sex couples, couples marry
3/3- New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer issues opinion that same sex marriage is illegal in NY because of “husband and wife” and “bride and groom” language in statute, but that same sex marriages from elsewhere must be recognized
3/5- New York Judge bars New Paltz Mayor from performing same sex marriages for one month, West says he will abide by judge’s decision while “considering legal options”
3/8- Seattle, WA - Mayor Greg Nickels signs an executive order that the city shall recognize same sex marriages among municipal workers and extend all the benefits of heterosexual spouses
3/8- Asbury, NJ - Deputy Mayor James Bruno solemnizes the marriage of two men who applied for a license
3/9- San Jose, CA – City council votes to offer identical benefits to all married city employees, extending better benefits to married same sex employees than were available under the city’s domestic partnership registry
3/9- New Jersey Attorney General warns Asbury city officials that they face prosecution on misdemeanor charges of issuing invalid marriage licenses and marrying people without licenses
3/10- Asbury, NJ city council votes 5-0 to stop issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same sex couples, and to file a lawsuit seeking a court opinion
3/11- California Supreme Court orders immediate halt to San Francisco same sex marriages and agreed to hear a case on the legality of those proceedings in May or June
3/11- Massachusetts’ Legislature votes to amend the state constitution to ban same sex marriage but allow civil unions
3/23- New Mexico judge issues a temporary restraining order to prevent the Sandoval County Clerk from issuing more marriage licenses to same sex couples
3/24- Benton County, OR stops issuing marriage licenses to all couples until the state decides the same sex marriage issue, in order to “treat everyone in the county equally”
3/29- Massachusetts’ Legislature votes a second time to amend the state constitution to ban same sex marriage but allow civil unions
God's plan for sexuality does Matter!
"So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
—Genesis 1:27 (NKJV)
"And the LORD God said, 'It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.' Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.
So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
And Adam said: 'This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.' Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."
—Genesis 2:18-25 (NKJV)
The image of God is both male and female and is reflected in a godly union between male and female where the creative power of God, His life-giving, His self-giving and His moral nature are perfectly expressed. This is only possible in a heterosexual union.
When God created a partner for Adam He created Eve - not another Adam. This means that perfect partnership requires some level of difference as well as a level of similarity so great that Adam could cry out loudly, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh". Sexual intimacy between a man and a woman is the normal method of male/female bonding (emotionally and physically) because it corresponds to the design of our bodies and because it is the normal means by which offspring are created.
If God had intended the human race to be fulfilled through both heterosexual and homosexual marriage, He would have designed our bodies to allow reproduction through both means and made both means of sexual intercourse healthy and natural. Homosexual anal intercourse carries a high risk of disease, this is recognized in Scripture where gay men are said to receive in their bodies the due penalty for their error (Romans 1:27).
[Editor's Note: Various studies indicate that homosexual behavior makes both men and women more vulnerable to disease and decreases lifespan. See: R.S. Hogg, S.A. Strathdee, KJ Craib, MV O'Shaughnessy, JS Montaner and MT Schechter, "Modelling the impact of HIV disease on mortality in gay and bisexual men," International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 26 (Oxford University, 1997), pp. 657-661.
("If the same pattern of mortality were to continue, we estimate that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged 20 years will not reach their 65th birthday") / Executive Summary, "Health Implications Associated with Homosexuality," Medical Institute of Sexual Health (1999) ("Homosexual men are at significantly increased risk for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, anal cancer, gonorrhea and gastrointestinal infections."
"Women who have sex with women are at significantly increased risk of bacterial vaginosis, breast cancer and ovarian cancer than are heterosexual women.") / L.A. Valleroy, D.A. MacKellar, J.M. Daron, et al, "HIV prevalence and associated risks in young men who have sex with men," JAMA, 284 (2000), pp. 198-204.
(Discusses the prevalence of HIV infection and high-risk behaviors in study group of 3,492 young men who have sex with men.) / D. Binson, W.J. Woods, L. Pollack, J. Paul, R. Stall, J.A. Catania, "Differential HIV risk in bathhouses and public cruising areas," American Journal of Public Health, 91 (2001), pp. 1482-1486. (demonstrates that high risk behaviors are still quite common among homosexual men).]
HERE'S WHAT JESUS TAUGHT CONCERNING MARRIAGE!
"And He answered and said to them, 'Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'"
—Matthew 19:4 (NKJV)
"But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.'"
—Mark 10:6 (NKJV)
When Jesus was asked questions about marriage he went straight back to the defining passages in Genesis that say that marriage is between male and female and is meant to be life long. He saw the creation accounts in Genesis as authoritative in His day. And what is authoritative for Jesus is authoritative for Christians also.
While Jesus did not specifically teach on homosexuality, His establishment of the Genesis passages as the fundamental passages on marriage (even more fundamental than the Law) leaves no doubt as to the outcome.
LETS FIND NOT WHAT ELSE THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT
"For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due."
—Romans 1:26-27 (NKJV)
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God."
—1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NKJV)
"Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,"
—1 Timothy 1:9-10 (NKJV)
These three references indicate that homosexual passions and acts are unnatural, shameful, contrary to sound doctrine and deny entrance to the Kingdom of God. This being so they cannot be the basis of a Christian marriage sanctioned by God's Church. The Church exists to save people, not to bless the means of their damnation.
No marriage can be sanctioned by the Church if the very basis of the marriage involves acts that put the couple outside of eternal salvation. No matter what our society may legislate, the law of God is clear - that a marriage is not a godly marriage if it is a same sex union.
Now, I know there are many who'll get really upset because of this blog port; but, still I must agree with what the Word of God has to say concerning this matter of sexual behavior. But, as I send this post, I want to leave you with a thought concerning what some call; right!
Question: Have you ever told a lie even just a small one? what does that make you than? Answer, a lier right? Yes, of cause it does.
Question: Have you ever look at a women or men an lusted after him/her. What does that make you? Answer; you're a dirty low down lusting individual.
Question: Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you? If you asked yes to all of these questions. Then by your own admission you're a dirty low down lier, luster, thief, at heart and if God was to judge you by the starts of His (TEN COMMANDMENTS) where would you go? You if you an I break just one of the (TEN COMMANDMENTS.
The Word of God says; we're guilty of breaking them all. Now, for those of you would know your Bible. Please, feel free post your comments here this blog; in order, that others may be encouraged by the things you post. God bless.
November 2003
11/18- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules state constitution guarantees equal marriage rights for same sex couples
January 2004
1/20- State of the Union address: President Bush says we must “defend the sanctity of marriage”
February
2/4- Massachusetts S.J.C. answers question posed by the Senate, whether civil unions would be considered constitutional (no)
2/12- San Francisco, CA - Mayor Gavin Newsome authorizes city officials to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, marries couples himself
2/20- Sandoval County, NM - County Clerk issues licenses, approx. 26 couples marry in front of the courthouse
2/20- New Mexico Attorney General issues opinion that same sex marriage is illegal in NM
2/24- President Bush announces support for federal constitutional amendment
2/27- New Paltz, NY - Mayor Jason West begins performing same sex marriages (no licenses- in NY, city clerks are not authorized to issue marriage licenses)
March
3/1- Ithaca, NY - Mayor Carolyn Peterson begins accepting marriage license applications from same sex couples and forwarding them to the state
3/2- New Paltz, NY Mayor charged with 19 counts of marrying people without a marriage license (a misdemeanor)
3/3- Multnomah County (Portland), OR – County Attorney issues legal opinion that county rules violate state constitution, Chairwoman Diane Linn orders rules changed, marriage licenses granted to same sex couples, couples marry
3/3- New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer issues opinion that same sex marriage is illegal in NY because of “husband and wife” and “bride and groom” language in statute, but that same sex marriages from elsewhere must be recognized
3/5- New York Judge bars New Paltz Mayor from performing same sex marriages for one month, West says he will abide by judge’s decision while “considering legal options”
3/8- Seattle, WA - Mayor Greg Nickels signs an executive order that the city shall recognize same sex marriages among municipal workers and extend all the benefits of heterosexual spouses
3/8- Asbury, NJ - Deputy Mayor James Bruno solemnizes the marriage of two men who applied for a license
3/9- San Jose, CA – City council votes to offer identical benefits to all married city employees, extending better benefits to married same sex employees than were available under the city’s domestic partnership registry
3/9- New Jersey Attorney General warns Asbury city officials that they face prosecution on misdemeanor charges of issuing invalid marriage licenses and marrying people without licenses
3/10- Asbury, NJ city council votes 5-0 to stop issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same sex couples, and to file a lawsuit seeking a court opinion
3/11- California Supreme Court orders immediate halt to San Francisco same sex marriages and agreed to hear a case on the legality of those proceedings in May or June
3/11- Massachusetts’ Legislature votes to amend the state constitution to ban same sex marriage but allow civil unions
3/23- New Mexico judge issues a temporary restraining order to prevent the Sandoval County Clerk from issuing more marriage licenses to same sex couples
3/24- Benton County, OR stops issuing marriage licenses to all couples until the state decides the same sex marriage issue, in order to “treat everyone in the county equally”
3/29- Massachusetts’ Legislature votes a second time to amend the state constitution to ban same sex marriage but allow civil unions
God's plan for sexuality does Matter!
"So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
—Genesis 1:27 (NKJV)
"And the LORD God said, 'It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.' Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.
So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
And Adam said: 'This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.' Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."
—Genesis 2:18-25 (NKJV)
The image of God is both male and female and is reflected in a godly union between male and female where the creative power of God, His life-giving, His self-giving and His moral nature are perfectly expressed. This is only possible in a heterosexual union.
When God created a partner for Adam He created Eve - not another Adam. This means that perfect partnership requires some level of difference as well as a level of similarity so great that Adam could cry out loudly, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh". Sexual intimacy between a man and a woman is the normal method of male/female bonding (emotionally and physically) because it corresponds to the design of our bodies and because it is the normal means by which offspring are created.
If God had intended the human race to be fulfilled through both heterosexual and homosexual marriage, He would have designed our bodies to allow reproduction through both means and made both means of sexual intercourse healthy and natural. Homosexual anal intercourse carries a high risk of disease, this is recognized in Scripture where gay men are said to receive in their bodies the due penalty for their error (Romans 1:27).
[Editor's Note: Various studies indicate that homosexual behavior makes both men and women more vulnerable to disease and decreases lifespan. See: R.S. Hogg, S.A. Strathdee, KJ Craib, MV O'Shaughnessy, JS Montaner and MT Schechter, "Modelling the impact of HIV disease on mortality in gay and bisexual men," International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 26 (Oxford University, 1997), pp. 657-661.
("If the same pattern of mortality were to continue, we estimate that nearly half of gay and bisexual men currently aged 20 years will not reach their 65th birthday") / Executive Summary, "Health Implications Associated with Homosexuality," Medical Institute of Sexual Health (1999) ("Homosexual men are at significantly increased risk for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, anal cancer, gonorrhea and gastrointestinal infections."
"Women who have sex with women are at significantly increased risk of bacterial vaginosis, breast cancer and ovarian cancer than are heterosexual women.") / L.A. Valleroy, D.A. MacKellar, J.M. Daron, et al, "HIV prevalence and associated risks in young men who have sex with men," JAMA, 284 (2000), pp. 198-204.
(Discusses the prevalence of HIV infection and high-risk behaviors in study group of 3,492 young men who have sex with men.) / D. Binson, W.J. Woods, L. Pollack, J. Paul, R. Stall, J.A. Catania, "Differential HIV risk in bathhouses and public cruising areas," American Journal of Public Health, 91 (2001), pp. 1482-1486. (demonstrates that high risk behaviors are still quite common among homosexual men).]
HERE'S WHAT JESUS TAUGHT CONCERNING MARRIAGE!
"And He answered and said to them, 'Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'"
—Matthew 19:4 (NKJV)
"But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.'"
—Mark 10:6 (NKJV)
When Jesus was asked questions about marriage he went straight back to the defining passages in Genesis that say that marriage is between male and female and is meant to be life long. He saw the creation accounts in Genesis as authoritative in His day. And what is authoritative for Jesus is authoritative for Christians also.
While Jesus did not specifically teach on homosexuality, His establishment of the Genesis passages as the fundamental passages on marriage (even more fundamental than the Law) leaves no doubt as to the outcome.
LETS FIND NOT WHAT ELSE THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT
"For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due."
—Romans 1:26-27 (NKJV)
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God."
—1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NKJV)
"Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,"
—1 Timothy 1:9-10 (NKJV)
These three references indicate that homosexual passions and acts are unnatural, shameful, contrary to sound doctrine and deny entrance to the Kingdom of God. This being so they cannot be the basis of a Christian marriage sanctioned by God's Church. The Church exists to save people, not to bless the means of their damnation.
No marriage can be sanctioned by the Church if the very basis of the marriage involves acts that put the couple outside of eternal salvation. No matter what our society may legislate, the law of God is clear - that a marriage is not a godly marriage if it is a same sex union.
Now, I know there are many who'll get really upset because of this blog port; but, still I must agree with what the Word of God has to say concerning this matter of sexual behavior. But, as I send this post, I want to leave you with a thought concerning what some call; right!
Question: Have you ever told a lie even just a small one? what does that make you than? Answer, a lier right? Yes, of cause it does.
Question: Have you ever look at a women or men an lusted after him/her. What does that make you? Answer; you're a dirty low down lusting individual.
Question: Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you? If you asked yes to all of these questions. Then by your own admission you're a dirty low down lier, luster, thief, at heart and if God was to judge you by the starts of His (TEN COMMANDMENTS) where would you go? You if you an I break just one of the (TEN COMMANDMENTS.
The Word of God says; we're guilty of breaking them all. Now, for those of you would know your Bible. Please, feel free post your comments here this blog; in order, that others may be encouraged by the things you post. God bless.
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