{"id":4712,"date":"2011-07-21T15:08:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T19:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2011-07-22T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T19:20:33","slug":"news-obama-repeal-doma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/07\/news-obama-repeal-doma.html","title":{"rendered":"NEWS!!! &#8211; Obama: Repeal DOMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4780\"><strong>CHECK OUT POST LOCATED AT: \u00a0http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4780 &#8211; ENTITLED &#8220;In US Senate: \u00a0DOMA Backers, Foes Face Off at Hearing&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary Bauer reports in the &#8220;American Values&#8221; newsletter July 20, 2011: \u00a0<\/strong>Yesterday, July 19, 2011, White House\u00a0Press Secretary Jay Carney\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/print\/103096\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a>\u00a0said that President Obama fully supports &#8220;the legislative repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act,&#8221; and &#8220;is proud to support the Respect for Marriage Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is important to understand exactly what this means. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">The bill Obama just endorsed would for the first time require the federal government to recognize homosexual marriages by extending tax benefits to two men or two women who file joint tax returns<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More importantly, by repealing the Defense of Marriage Act, the bill demonstrates that libertarians and states&#8217; rights activists are fundamentally wrong when it comes to the marriage issue. The militant homosexual rights movement is seeking a national redefinition of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>It is inconceivable that the country would end up with a system where the status of your marriage changes based upon what state you live in. It is not reasonable to assume that two men &#8220;married&#8221; in\u00a0Massachusetts would suddenly become &#8220;unmarried&#8221; if they moved to\u00a0Oklahoma\u00a0or any of the dozens of other states that have adopted marriage protection amendments. Either normal marriage will prevail or we will end up with same-sex &#8220;marriage&#8221; nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>As we have seen time and time again, liberals are intent on forcing their morality on the rest of society. And because of the advances of the militant homosexual rights movement,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/12\/us\/12polygamy.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">polygamists<\/a>\u00a0are now going to court to have their alternative lifestyle recognized.<\/p>\n<p>If the radical left get its way, we will be headed down the road to a culture where marriage will include any grouping of any number of individuals and sexes. In short, marriage will mean nothing and more and more children will grow up with, yes,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-0623-census-marriage-families-20110623,0,3978165.story\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">three mommies.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* * * * *<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in receiving Mr. Bauer\u2019s daily report by e-mail, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ouramericanvalues.org\/eod_request.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SIGN UP FOR GARY BAUER\u2019S &#8220;END OF DAY REPORT&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gary Bauer is President of American Values,\u00a0<\/em>2800 Shirlington Road,\u00a0Suite 950,\u00a0Arlington, VA 22206,\u00a0Phone: 703-671-9700 \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ouramericanvalues.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">VISIT\u00a0<em>AMERICAN VALUES<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also want to refer\u00a0<a id=\"title_permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/10\/26\/obamas-gay-appointees-sma_n_773898.html\">Obama\u2019s Gay Appointees Smash Record<\/a>\u00a0located at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=2623\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=2623<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/th683.photobucket.com\/albums\/vv192\/aivo12_photos\/th_bible_a.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"103\" \/>Watchwoman:<\/strong><\/span> I note the word &#8220;proud&#8221; in what is being quoted as Obama&#8217;s statement (see paragraph 1) \u00a0&#8212; \u00a0This is what God says about the proud. \u00a0The word &#8220;proud&#8221; appears 48 times in the Holy Bible &#8211; KJV. \u00a0The word &#8220;pride&#8221; appears 49 times.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u25ac Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<pre><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">[Job 40:12] Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. <\/span><\/pre>\n<p>[Psalms 40:4] Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.<\/p>\n<p>[Psalms 119:78] Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.<\/p>\n<p>[Psalms 119:85] The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.<\/p>\n<p>[Proverbs 6:17] A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,<\/p>\n<p>[Proverbs 15:25] The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Proverbs 16:5] Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Proverbs 16:19] Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.<\/p>\n<p>[Proverbs 21:4] An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.<\/p>\n<p>[Isaiah 2:12] For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:<\/p>\n<p>[Isaiah 13:11] And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.<\/p>\n<p>[Jeremiah 50:32] And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Malachi 4:1] For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Romans 1:27-32] And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. [28] And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;[29] Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,[30] Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,[31] Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:[32] Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1 Timothy 6:4-5] \u00a0He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, [5] \u00a0Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.<\/p>\n<p>[2 Timothy 3:1-5] \u00a0This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. [2] \u00a0For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, [3] \u00a0Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, [4] \u00a0Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; [5] \u00a0Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.<\/p>\n<p>[James 4:6] \u00a0But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also want to refer\u00a0<a id=\"title_permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/10\/26\/obamas-gay-appointees-sma_n_773898.html\">Obama\u2019s Gay Appointees Smash Record<\/a>\u00a0located at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=2623\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=2623<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHECK OUT POST LOCATED AT: \u00a0http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4780 &#8211; ENTITLED &#8220;In US Senate: \u00a0DOMA Backers, Foes Face Off at Hearing&#8221; Gary Bauer reports in the &#8220;American Values&#8221; newsletter July 20, 2011: \u00a0Yesterday, July 19, 2011, White House\u00a0Press Secretary Jay Carney\u00a0statement\u00a0said that President Obama fully supports &#8220;the legislative repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act,&#8221; and &#8220;is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1361,1344,344,252,701,1502,705,1498,168,1354,1620,1430,35,244,68,450,108,429,1384,806],"tags":[1144,9319,227,1145,1146,1147,1148,1149,1697,1150,1698],"class_list":["post-4712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-christian-bias","category-attacks-from-the-left-on-the-righteous","category-bullying","category-christian","category-democrats","category-godlessness","category-government-2","category-insanity","category-jesus-christ","category-liberals","category-moral-decline","category-news-2","category-obama","category-perversion","category-political-correctness","category-politics","category-religion","category-society","category-traditional-marraige","category-warning","tag-gay-rights","tag-obama","tag-obama-administration","tag-obama-appointees","tag-obama-gay","tag-obama-gay-appointees","tag-obama-gay-officials","tag-obama-officials","tag-obama-supports-pro-homosexual-respect-for-marriage-act","tag-politics-news","tag-repeal-doma"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NEWS!!! 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