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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY AT WHITE HOUSE

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY AT WHITE HOUSE 

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REACHING PUBERTY, GOP’S BALLS JUST DROPPED: REPUBLICANS RELEASE AD SAVAGING "UNHINGED" (INSANE) DEMOCRAT PARTY

Alex Jones presents a new AD released by the GOP that targets the violent, 'unhinged' democrats that are becoming normalized by the mainstream media's support for political intimidation.
GOP’S BALLS JUST DROPPED: 
REPUBLICANS RELEASE AD SAVAGING "UNHINGED" (INSANE) DEMOCRAT PARTY 
BY CHRIS MENAHAN-INFORMATION LIBERATION
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

The GOP released a savage ad on Tuesday showing how the Democrats have become completely “unhinged” radical extremists.






The well produced ad opens with Senator Bernie Sanders saying, “a few years ago, ideas that we talked about were thought to be fringe ideas, radical ideas, extremist ideas — those ideas are now mainstream,” over footage of graffiti that reads “revolution or death” and Kathy Griffin holding President Trump’s severed head.











It goes on to feature the bullying of White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, Johnny Depp talking about assassinating the president, and Madonna talking about blowing up the White House.



The ad, which does not mention any specific GOP candidates, is sharp, shocking, and absolutely what the GOP needs to invigorate their base and bring in rational independents who are sick of the insanity.





This is Trump’s Republican Party now.



















If Jeb or Romney were in the White House right now Karl Rove would be producing ads for the GOP touting illegal immigration as an “act of love” and apologizing for not passing DACA or some other stupid s**t.



They’d blather on about “our values” and tax cuts.



Instead, the whole GOP is becoming uncucked thanks to Trump’s alpha-stylings and waging total war.







The main criticism in the comments is the video isn’t radical enough.



“Should have closed with news footage of the Steve Scalise shooting,” reads the top comment on YouTube from The Next News Network.



Slicing in footage of Trump supporters being attacked would be good too.



I’m assuming they didn’t want to go too hard for the sake of civility. I’m not going to fault them as this is a big deal for the GOP to go this hard. Anyone can make an ad like this and I’m sure Super-Elite PACs are going to go even harder.











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NEW YORK: 28 YEAR OLD SOCIALIST ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ UPSETS 10 TERM REP. JOSEPH CROWLEY IN U.S. CONGRESS

COMMUNIST, CATHOLIC PUPPET OF 
"NO BORDERS" POPE FRANCIS 
DEFEATS INCUMBENT
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ:
"MOREOVER, NOT ONLY IS THIS ABOUT GENDER & RACE, THIS IS ABOUT CLASS"
NEW YORK:
28 YEAR OLD SOCIALIST ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ UPSETS 10 TERM REP. 
JOSEPH CROWLEY 
Michelle Malkin sounds off on the dangers of the newcomer's agenda.
Dem Candidate Who Beat Crowley: 
DHS Operates Border ‘Black Sites’ 

QUOTES FROM WIKIPEDIA: 
She worked as an organizer for Bernie Sanders in his 2016 presidential campaign.
Ocasio-Cortez is a democratic socialist who supports ending the privatization of prisons and enacting gun control policies. Ocasio-Cortez has criticized Israel's foreign policy, calling the killing of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on May 14, 2018, a "massacre". She supports abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and has said that ICE is running "black sites".
Ocasio-Cortez campaigned on a platform of Medicare for all, a federal jobs guarantee, tuition-free public college, and the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A member of Democratic Socialists of America, she was endorsed by MoveOn, Justice Democrats, Brand New Congress, Black Lives Matter, and Democracy for America. Two days before the primary election, she attended a protest at an ICE child detention center in Tornillo, Texas.
While a student at Boston University, she interned in the immigration office of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.
RECENT DEBATE BETWEEN A "PROGRESSIVE" LIBERAL AND A "RADICAL GLOBALIST/SOCIALIST"

Admitted Communist Wins New York Primary, 

Putting America On The Path To Complete Corporate Control

Alex Jones breaks down how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self described socialist, won a primary race in New York, proving that liberal America is headed toward complete communist control.


Socialist Queen of Queens & Bronx Beats 

Democrat Establishment

A socialist millennial community organizer whose sole experience is working in the Bernie Sanders campaign, beat the 4th ranking Democrat in the House. The surprise victor owes it all to Hillary. Here’s why….
NRATV:

Socialists Have A New Millennial Ringleader

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Democrat from New York ousted a career politician and has her sights set on cementing socialism in American politics.
SUPPORTED BY RADICAL MUSLIM LINDA SARSOUR & BERNIE SANDERS

Radical Muslim Linda Sarsour of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is the 

Hope We Have Been Waiting For

https://democracynow.org - Tuesday was a big day for progressive Democrats. In New York, former Bernie Sanders organizer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated Rep. Joe Crowley. In Maryland, former NAACP chair Benjamin Jealous won the Democratic gubernatorial primary. We speak to Linda Sarsour of MPower Change about what the victories mean for the Democratic Party.


Democratic Socialist who upset NY Rep. Joe Crowley falsely claimed Israel committed “massacre” in Gaza

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"THE SHACK" AUTHOR CLAIMS UNSAVED CAN STILL BE RECONCILED TO GOD AFTER DEATH: "I DON'T THINK DEATH IS OUR DAMNATION"~BUT HELL IS, FOR SURE

1 John 5:11-12 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.
Romans 6:23-For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST & REPENT AFTER DEATH? THE BIBLE MAKES NO ALLOWANCE FOR SUCH. THE GRACE OF SALVATION IS A FREE GIFT WHILE WE ARE ALIVE ONLY
"THE SHACK" AUTHOR CLAIMS UNSAVED CAN STILL BE RECONCILED TO GOD AFTER DEATH: "I DON'T THINK DEATH IS OUR DAMNATION"~
BUT HELL IS, FOR SURE
BY HEATHER CLARK

William P. Young, the author of the best-selling novel “The Shack,” which was made into a major motion picture and decried by some as containing blasphemous and false doctrine, outlined in a recent interview that he believes people are still given chances to receive Christ’s sacrifice after death, remarking, “I don’t think the story is over just because you die.” An acquaintance of Young’s, who has long expressed concern about the popular author, says that he is saddened that some are so willing to accept such false teaching from Young.
Eternity News published an article about Young on Wednesday, sharing content of an interview that it conducted with the writer as it discussed his part in the new documentary “The Heart of Man,” as well as his beliefs about what the consequences are in this life and upon death if the prodigal son does not return to the Father.
“You’re putting a ‘[if you] don’t return’ as if death is the final arbiter,” Young replied.
Young, who also published a controversial book last year entitled “Lies We Believe About God,” said that he holds a different view than most, as he believes that when the Scriptures state that “neither death nor life … shall be able to separate us from the love of God,” it means all men, and not just Christians.
“[E]very time the New Testament talks about the issue of judgment, it talks about krisis—the Greek word for judgment—and it’s a crisis. You’re going to enter a crisis, and I don’t think the story is over; I don’t think death is our damnation,” Young claimed.
He stated that while he believes Jesus is both savior and judge, and that men receive the ramifications of their choices, they can still potentially change their mind as God continues to pursue them.
“I think that Jesus is both our salvation and rightful judge, but that judgment is intended for our good, not our harm,” Young said. “So, what does it mean? Well, you get to experience the losses of your choices, and that’s no fun. I mean it’s devastating.”
When asked if he meant only in this life or for eternity, he said that it depends on whether the person continues to hold to their choice after death.
“[The consequences are] potentially for eternity, if you keep holding on to it. But I don’t think the story is over just because you die,” Young stated. “I think there is an ongoing relational confrontation between the One who knows you best and loves you best. Potentially forever and, potentially, you could say ‘no’ forever. How someone could do that I don’t know, but definitely that tension is held in Scripture for sure.”

DeYoung

However, James B. DeYoung, author of “Burning Down the Shack: How the ‘Christian’ Bestseller is Deceiving Millions” and an acquaintance of Young, told Christian News Network that he has long known that Young espoused this belief and tried to warn Christians about it when “The Shack” novel and movie craze were taking place.
“He strongly asserted it first in a paper he delivered in 2004 to a Christian think tank that he and I started in 1997. Then, last year in his non-fiction book, ‘Lies We Believe about God’ (2017) he devoted a whole chapter (#21) to assert that death is not more powerful than God, that God can reach people after death and bring them to Himself,” DeYoung explained. “He rejects [the] evangelical belief that asserts that death is final.”
“Interestingly, most people don’t realize that the corollary to this teaching is the belief that Hell will eventually be emptied—that everyone there, including the devil and fallen angels, will repent. [That] the fires of Hell are corrective and restorative, and all will go out and enter Heaven,” he warned.
DeYoung said that this belief is not supported by Scripture, which teaches that judgment is final and none can cross from Hell into Heaven.
“Hebrews 9:27 [notes] this limited course of events: ‘It is appointed for people once to die, and after this comes judgment.’ Again, in Jesus’ parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16), the major declaration is that the separate location of the wicked and the righteous is unchangeable and fixed,” he outlined.
“Further, Jesus, at the end of his parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25), speaks of ‘eternal torment’ for the wicked, and ‘eternal life’ for the righteous. These words assume clearly that destinies are fixed (since they are ‘eternal’),” DeYoung continued. “Finally, the rest of Jesus’ teaching about the afterlife assumes a fixed destiny; there is not even a hint that a destiny either way can be altered after death.”
DeYoung has written three books to counter Young’s teachings, including the aforementioned “Burning Down the Shack,” as well as “Lies Paul Young Believes About God” and “Exposing Universalism,” which also cites the beliefs of Brian McLaren and Rob Bell.
“For fourteen years I have been asserting that Paul Young advocates universal reconciliation (also known as universal salvation) in all his novels, including ‘Crossroads’ [2010] and ‘Eve’ [2015]) and the movie ‘The Shack.’ My views were generally rejected. Now the ‘genie is out of the bottle,'” he said.
DeYoung further noted that in Young’s “Lies We Believe About God” book, the 28 so-called lies cited include the beliefs that “sin separates people from God,” “you need to get saved,” “God is in control” and “the cross was God’s idea.”
“In light of his non-fiction book, I’m surprised that people are so uninformed regarding his stated beliefs; and I’m saddened that so many find no fault with them—beliefs that the Christian Church has labeled for almost two thousand years as heresy,” he lamented.
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THE SHACK AUTHOR PREACHES UNIVERSALISM 

 (FridayChurch News Notes, June 29, 2018, www.wayoflife.org,fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
William Paul Young, author of the popular and influential novel The Shack, said in a recent interview that those who die without faith in Jesus Christ will have further opportunities for salvation. He says, “Romans itself says that death can’t separate you from the love of God. ... I don’t think death is our damnation. I think that Jesus is both our salvation and rightful judge but that judgment is intended for our good, not our harm” (“The Shack author on God the Father, sexual sin and the afterlife,”EternityNews.com, Australia, Jun. 20, 2018). Young is a false teacher who is saying what many people want to hear. He is one of those “heaps of teachers” described in the prophecy of 2 Timothy 4:3-4 who scratch the ears of those who want a kind of Christianity that allows them to live according to their lusts. William Young abuses and twists Scripture terribly, ignoring context which is the most fundamental rule of interpretation, and taking promises that refer to a believer in Jesus Christ and wrongly applying them to the unbeliever. Jesus Christ Himself left no doubt about the destiny of the unbeliever. “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36). Fundamentally, The Shack is about redefining God. Young has said that the book is for those with “a longing that God is as kind and loving as we wish he was” (interview with Sherman Hu, Dec. 4, 2007). He is referring to the desire on the part of the natural man for a God who loves “unconditionally,” does not require repentance, does not judge sin, and does not make men feel guilty for what they do. The Shack depicts a false god, yet it has been endorsed by Pat Robertson’s 700 Club, CCM artist Michael W. Smith, sports star Tim Tebow, Gayle Erwin of Calvary Chapel, James Ryle of the Vineyard churches, Gloria Gaither (who hosted a reading of The Shack as reported in the New York Times), Mark Lowry (former singer with the Gaithers), Eugene Peterson, author of The Message, Wade Burleson, pastor of Southern Baptist Emmanuel Baptist Church of Enid, Oklahoma, and many others. In October 2017, the Gospel Music Association’s Dove awards selected The Shack movie as the “inspiration film of the year.” William Young was one of the speakers at the February 2009 National Pastor’s Convention in San Diego, sponsored by Zondervan and InterVarsity Fellowship. “Evangelical” Christianity is well on its way to total apostasy. (For more about William Paul Young and The Shack, see “The Shack’s Cool God,” www.wayoflife.org/database/shackscoolgod.html)
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GLOBALIST, SOCIALIST AIR BNB "PROFOUNDLY DISAPPOINTED" IN SUPREME COURT'S FAVORABLE DECISION ON TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN~FAILS TO UNDERSTAND ITS NOT A MATTER OF DISCRIMINATION BUT RATHER NATIONAL SECURITY

Jun.26, 2018 -- Chris Lehane, Airbnb head of global policy and communications, discusses the Supreme Court ruling on the travel ban and how it impacts Airbnb's business. He speaks with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
DON'T LIKE TRUMP'S BORDER WALL EITHER
GLOBALIST, SOCIALIST AIR BNB 
"PROFOUNDLY DISAPPOINTED" 
IN SUPREME COURT'S FAVORABLE DECISION ON TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN~
FAILS TO UNDERSTAND ITS NOT A MATTER OF DISCRIMINATION BUT RATHER 
NATIONAL SECURITY
PUBLIC RELEASE: republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
"The US Supreme Court decided to uphold the travel ban. We are profoundly disappointed by the Court's decision. The travel ban is a policy that goes against our mission and values — to restrict travel based on a person's nationality or religion is wrong. 

And while this news is a setback, we will continue the fight with organizations that are helping those impacted. Airbnb will be matching donations to the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) up to a total of $150,000 through September 30, 2018 to support their work advocating for systemic change and legal pathways for those affected by the travel ban. If you’d like to join us, you can donate here. 

We believe that travel is a transformative and powerful experience and that building bridges between cultures and communities creates a more innovative, collaborative and inspired world. At Airbnb, we are so grateful to our community who will continue to open doors around the world so that together, we can travel forward."

Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk



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SUPREME COURT: MULTIPLE VICTORIES FOR CONSERVATIVES ON PREGNANCY CENTERS, FLORISTS & CAKE SHOPS FORCED TO VIOLATE THEIR CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCES & BELIEFS


President Donald Trump IMPORTANT Press Conference after VICTORY at the Supreme Court 
TRAVEL BAN REMAINS ON COUNTRIES WITH A HISTORY OF TERRORISM

Winning! Supreme Court Gives Trump His Full Immigration Ban!!!

Supreme Court Sides With Calif. Pregnancy Centers Challenging Law Requiring Provision of Info on Govt. Abortion Programs

BY HEATHER CLARK
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that a California law requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to provide information to clients regarding how they can take part in government programs that would allow them to obtain an abortion at little or no cost “likely violates the First Amendment.”
The court ruled that the State of California has ample avenues to disseminate its desired message without having to force pro-life pregnancy centers to essentially advertise for abortion services against their convictions.
“California could inform low-income women about its services ‘without burdening a speaker with unwanted speech,'” wrote Justice Clarence Thomas on behalf of the majority. “Most obviously, it could inform the women itself with a public information campaign. California could even post the information on public property near crisis pregnancy centers.”
“California argues that it has already tried an advertising campaign, and that many women who are eligible for publicly-funded healthcare have not enrolled. But California has identified no evidence to that effect. And regardless, a ‘tepid response’ does not prove that an advertising campaign is not a sufficient alternative,” he said. “… [I]ndividuals might not have enrolled in California’s services because they do not want them, or because California spent insufficient resources on the advertising campaign.”
Thomas said that whatever the case may be, “California cannot co-opt the licensed facilities to deliver its message for it. ‘[T]he First Amendment does not permit the State to sacrifice speech for efficiency.'”
A separate concurring opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy condemned California’s Reproductive FACT Act requirements even more sternly.
“It does appear that viewpoint discrimination is inherent in the design and structure of this Act. This law is a paradigmatic example of the serious threat presented when government seeks to impose its own message in the place of individual speech, thought, and expression,” he wrote.
“For here the State requires primarily pro-life pregnancy centers to promote the State’s own preferred message advertising abortions. This compels individuals to contradict their most deeply held beliefs, beliefs grounded in basic philosophical, ethical, or religious precepts, or all of these,” Kennedy declared.
“… Governments must not be allowed to force persons to express a message contrary to their deepest convictions. Freedom of speech secures freedom of thought and belief. This law imperils those liberties.”
The court sent the case, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, back to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s conclusion.
Read the ruling in full here. In addition to Thomas and Kennedy, Roberts, Alito and Gorsuch sided with the pregnancy centers. Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan comprised the dissent.
As previously reported, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Reproductive FACT Act into law in Oct. 2015, a measure that was dubbed the “bully bill” by pro-life groups in the state. The bill was authored by Democratic Assemblyman David Chiu, who outlined in the measure that he takes issue with pregnancy centers that don’t provide abortion referrals to women.
“The author contends that, unfortunately, there are nearly 200 licensed and unlicensed clinics known as crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) in California whose goal is to interfere with women’s ability to be fully informed and exercise their reproductive rights, and that CPCs pose as full-service women’s health clinics, but aim to discourage and prevent women from seeking abortions,” it read.
The legislation therefore required that licensed pregnancy care centers provide the following message to clients in print, whether posted on the wall or distributed in a flyer: “California has public programs that provide immediate free or low-cost access to comprehensive family planning services (including all FDA-approved methods of contraception), prenatal care, and abortion, for eligible women. To determine whether you qualify, contact the county social services office at (telephone number).”
Violators could be fined $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each infringement afterward.
Unlicensed pregnancy care centers were similarly required to post a notice advising that they have not been licensed by the State to provide medical services. As stated above, there are both licensed and unlicensed pro-life pregnancy centers in California, depending on what services are offered.
According to reports, NARAL Pro-Choice California was a major sponsor of the law, as it contended that pregnancy centers “mislead” mothers in trying to dissuade them from killing their unborn children. Abortion “rights” groups characterize pregnancy centers as “fake clinics,” although they provide free ultrasounds and pregnancy tests, and are often staffed with nurses and ultrasound techs, in addition to other volunteers.
“There has been an explosion of these fake health clinics that mislead women in ways that are very troubling and in some cases dangerous to their health,” claimed Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, to NPR. “If these fake medical centers had on their front doors, ‘We’re pro-life centers. We’re here to help you decide to continue your pregnancy,’ there’s nothing wrong with that, and that’s fine. But what they’re trying to do instead is lure women in on false pretenses.”
NIFLA disagrees that licensed locations cannot be considered clinics, nor do they believe that the facilities are being deceptive as they do not suggest that they perform abortion procedures. See the ruling out of Maryland surrounding Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc.
“Pregnancy centers that provide ultrasound services (and other medical services such as STI testing and treatment) under the supervision and direction of a licensed physician are, in fact, medical clinics and should be acknowledged as such,” NIFLA explained in an article on its website in 2013.
“… In addition to the medical director, they also utilize the services of RNs, physicians assistants, registered diagnostic medical sonographers (RDMS) and other licensed health care providers.”
Several faith-based pregnancy centers filed suit to challenge the Reproductive FACT Act following its passage, including the aforementioned National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, the Pregnancy Care Clinic and the Fallbrook Pregnancy Resource Center. However, both the federal district court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to grant an injunction, finding that the requirement served a significant government interest.
“California has a substantial interest in the health of its citizens, including ensuring that its citizens have access to and adequate information about constitutionally-protected medical services like abortion,” wrote Judge Dorothy Nelson, appointed to the bench by then President Jimmy Carter, for the Ninth Circuit last October. Nelson identifies as an adherent to the Baha’i religion.
“And given that many of the choices facing pregnant women are time sensitive, such as a woman’s right to have an abortion before viability, we find convincing the AG’s argument that because the licensed notice is disseminated directly to patients whenever they enter a clinic, it is an effective means of informing women about publicly-funded pregnancy services,” she said.
The centers then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed in November to hear the case. Numerous amicus briefs were filed in support of the pregnancy centers, including a coalition of 22 states, 41 family policy organizations, 23 legal scholars, and numerous pregnancy centers and pro-life groups nationwide.
“No one should be forced by the government to express a message that violates their convictions, especially on deeply divisive subjects such as abortion,” ADF President Michael Farris, who argued on behalf of NIFLA before the Supreme Court earlier this year, said in a statement on Tuesday. “In this case, the government used its power to force pro-life pregnancy centers to provide free advertising for abortion. The Supreme Court said that the government can’t do that, and that it must respect pro-life beliefs.”
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US Supreme Court Asks Washington Supreme Court to Revisit Florist Judgment in Light of 

Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling

BY HEATHER CLARK
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Washington State Supreme Court to revisit a ruling against a florist who was found guilty of discrimination for providing referrals to a regular customer who wanted her to furnish his same-sex ceremony, directing the court to review the matter in light of the high court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop decision, which found that hostility toward religion unfairly influenced the legal judgment.
The Washington Supreme Court will now need to examine whether or not Barronelle Stutzman of Arlene’s Flowers received a fair trial by the state courts. The U.S. Supreme Court had ruled earlier this month in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that decision-makers must be neutral toward religion in contemplating whether or not a violation of the law was committed, not being prejudiced against it.
“As the record shows, some of the commissioners at the Commission’s formal, public hearings endorsed the view that religious beliefs cannot legitimately be carried into the public sphere or commercial domain, disparaged Phillips’ faith as despicable and characterized it as merely rhetorical, and compared his invocation of his sincerely held religious beliefs to defenses of slavery and the Holocaust,” wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy on behalf of the 7-2 majority on June 4.
“The Commission’s hostility was inconsistent with the First Amendment’s guarantee that our laws be applied in a manner that is neutral toward religion. Phillips was entitled to a neutral decision-maker who would give full and fair consideration to his religious objection as he sought to assert it in all of the circumstances in which this case was presented, considered, and decided,” he said.
The court did not reach, however, whether or not business owners may decline to fulfill orders surrounding same-sex events, but said, “The outcome of cases like this in other circumstances must await further elaboration in the courts, all in the context of recognizing that these disputes must be resolved with tolerance, without undue disrespect to sincere religious beliefs, and without subjecting gay persons to indignities when they seek goods and services in an open market.”
The ruling was therefore characterized as “narrow,” which confused some Americans who thought the outcome was a great victory, being 7-2. “Narrow” referred to the scope of the ruling—that the justices did not provide answers to a number of questions surrounding the matter—but only remarked that hostility toward religion can’t cloud legal decisions, and that the issue would have to play out more in the courts.
As previously reported, the Arlene’s Florist case began in 2012 when Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson leveled Stutzman with a lawsuit as he claimed that she violated the law by not fulfilling an order for a same-sex event.
Stutzman had been approached by one of her faithful customers, Robert Ingersoll, a homosexual, as he wanted her to supply the floral arrangements for his upcoming ceremony with his partner, Curt Freed.
“We had gone to Arlene’s for many years and enjoyed her service. She did a great job for us, so it was just natural for us to go there to have her do our flowers,” Freed told KUOW radio.
Stutzman stated that she politely explained that she would not be able to help in regard to the event, but referred him to three other florists that could be of assistance.
“I just took his hands and said, ‘I’m sorry. I cannot do your wedding because of my relationship with Jesus Christ,’” Stutzman told reporters.
But after Ingersoll decided to post on Facebook about the matter, controversy arose on both sides of the issue—both for and against Stutzman. The florist said that she received a number of threatening and angry comments.
“It blew way out of proportion,” Stutzman explained. “I’ve had hate mail. I’ve had people that want to burn my building. I’ve had people that will never shop here again and [vow to] tell all their friends.”
Weeks later, Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued Stutzman a letter advising that she must accommodate homosexual ceremonies or be subject to a lawsuit and heavy fines. He included with his letter a form that offered Stutzman the opportunity to recant and agree to comply with the law. She refused, and was subsequently met with a discrimination suit.
But the Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) contended that Ferguson’s actions were inappropriate since he never received a complaint, but rather filed on his own volition. It also filed a motion asking that Ferguson and the ACLU—which filed a separate suit—be prohibited from attacking Stutzman on a personal level.
In January 2015, Benton County Superior Court Judge Alex Eckstrom—while throwing out a charge that accused Stutzman of directing her business to violate the state’s anti-discrimination laws—ruled that the florist may be held personally responsible for the incident.
A month later, Eckstrom granted summary judgment to Stutzman’s opponents, agreeing that she had committed an act of discrimination. The court also ordered Stutzman to provide full service to same-sex ceremonies, which includes not only accepting the order, but also delivering to the homosexual celebration, and assisting with the specific arrangements and decoration on-site.
She appealed to the Washington Supreme Court, which unanimously upheld the lower court ruling in February 2017. Stutzman consequently appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“The U.S. Supreme Court has rightfully asked the Washington Supreme Court to reconsider Barronelle’s case in light of the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision,” Kristen Waggoner with ADF remarked in a statement on Monday. “In that ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court denounced government hostility toward the religious beliefs about marriage held by creative professionals like Jack and Barronelle. The state of Washington, acting through its attorney general, has shown similar hostility here.”
“Barronelle, like Jack, serves all customers but declines to create custom art that expresses messages or celebrates events in conflict with her deeply held religious beliefs. The Washington attorney general’s efforts to punish her because he dislikes her beliefs about marriage are as impermissible as Colorado’s attempt to punish Jack,” she said.
Stutzman also reiterated both in a statement and in video form that Ingersoll was her friend, and she has served him many times—including on Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and for birthdays and anniversaries—and would serve him again.
“Rob was my customer and friend for over nine years,” she said. “I knew he was gay, and it was never an issue. I serve everyone. He enjoyed my custom floral designs, and I loved creating them for him. I would gladly serve Rob if he were to come back to my shop today. The attorney general has always ignored that part of my case, choosing to vilify me and my faith instead of respecting my religious beliefs about marriage.”

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STARBUCKS EXPANDS BENEFITS TO COVER ALL TRANSGENDER SURGERIES~CLOSING 150 STORES, BUT ABLE TO PAY FOR PERVERSIONS

CLOSING 150 STORES, BUT ABLE TO PAY FOR PERVERSIONS

STARBUCKS EXPANDS BENEFITS TO COVER ALL TRANSGENDER SURGERIES

Previously only gender reassignment surgery covered

BY ADAN SALAZAR
SEE: https://www.infowars.com/starbucks-expands-benefits-to-cover-all-transgender-surgeries/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Coffee giant Starbucks has announced they will fully fund an employees’ gender transitions, from reassignment surgery to hair transplants and other cosmetic procedures.
On Monday, the company announced a change to its health benefits package which will now cover cosmetic surgeries for transgenders – that is men who feel like becoming women and vice versa.
“Starbucks health insurance plans include not only gender reassignment surgery (which had been covered since 2012), but now also a host of procedures for transgender partners that were previously considered cosmetic, and therefore not covered, such as breast reduction or augmentation surgery, facial feminization, hair transplants and more,” the company wrote in a news release.
Benefits Vice President Ron Crawford said it was “the right thing to do” because transgenders feel the procedures are essential.
“The approach was driven not just by the company’s desire to provide truly inclusive coverage, and by powerful conversations with transgender partners about how those benefits would allow them to truly be who they are,” Crawford said.
Additionally, the company will cover hair grafts and voice therapy, and “there is no lifetime cap for the services.”
News of the new benefits come as the company fights off allegations of racism after two black men were kicked out of one of their stores while waiting for a friend. After the incident, the company shuttered stores nationwide for employees to undergo “racial-bias education.”
Last week Starbucks also announced they are in the process of closing 150 stores in the U.S., a majority of which are located in blue states, due to poor sales.
No word yet on any additional benefits for cisgender employees.
BREAST AUGMENTATIONS/REDUCTIONS, FACIAL FEMINIZATION, HAIR REMOVAL, TRANSPLANTS INCLUDED



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