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Democrats in Their Own Words

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:31:24 -0700

Barack Hussein Obama is not fit to be the next President of the United States of America.

Democrats vs. Obama

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True Justice: Halting the Push for Gay Marriage

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:37:46 -0700

True Justice: Halting the Push for Gay Marriage

http://stevemanusa.vox.com/library/po...

Great article from a conservative perspective on GAY MARRIAGE.

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True Justice: Halting the Push for Gay Marriage

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:58:08 -0700

An excellent article by Andy Comiskey, Executive Director of Desert Stream Ministries. Andy Comiskey is my brother, and a mature consistent leader of an ex-gay support group and educational ministry.

Here is the article by Andy Comiskey:

As I read of the 2600 same-sex couples wed in San Francisco last weekend, I studied a telling photograph that accompanied the article. In it, two small children looked on in confusion at the gay unions being formalized in front of them; they covered their eyes in shame as Mother locked lips with her new “spouse”, alongside of several other same-sex couples.

I thought of the confusion and shame we all feel as “in your face” gays and lesbians assert their right to justice. Shame, because we are caught between our “let’s not rock the boat and alienate anyone mentality,” and the conviction that gay marriage is not a justice issue at all but a bad idea empowered by strategic, deluded activists.

As Christians seeking to be compassionate, and relevant to the market place, our mouths have nearly been shut. Our sin is not that of the raving fundamentalist; it is the sin of passive, naïve centrism. For this we must repent. For too long we have not exercised our rightful inheritance. As Christians, we hold the keys to what constitutesthe Designer’s vision for humanity, and His repair for the broken image. We must find our voices today. Otherwise we participate in the desecration of God’s image in humanity. I believe that we should not ignore the unjust push for gay marriage. We must broaden our view to consider all who stand to lose if gay marriage becomes normative in our nation.

Consider the rhetoric of “justice” being used to defend gay marriage. Justice for who? Not for the children being subject to the pathos and instability of gay couplings. And not for the greater good of society. Perhaps the gravest injustice is visited upon gays and lesbians themselves. Formalizing gay unions undermines their true selves, andendangers their wellbeing. Here we must understand the Creator’s design for all His creation. To deny the witness of the Designer is to act foolishly and ignorantly at a time when we must assert the truth and its relevance to the law of the land.

I am convinced that every human being possesses the witness of the Creator and His design for creation. No matter what our faith commitment is, we each bear His image. The truth of that image in us may be dim in us but is not lost to us. A wise man writes: “Foundational moral principles are not only right for all, but at some level known to all.” [J. Budziszewski, What We Can’t Not Know (Dallas: Spence, 2003), p.3]

The Apostle Paul asserts this truth in Romans 1:18-20 when he describes how men in their wickedness suppress the plain truth about God and His ways that God made known to them, “so that men are without excuse.” (v.20)Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Creator’s design for gender and sexuality. His image is revealed in male/female relationships, with sex reserved for heterosexual marriage. This applies to all people—to violate this intention is to transgress His ways, and to act unnaturally, inhumanly. Out of the 10 Commandments, Commandments 6 and 9 further defend marriage by forbidding married persons from engaging sexually outside of the heterosexual covenant (“Thou shall not commit adultery”), and even forbidding them from secretly longing to do so (“Thou shall not covet your neighbor’s wife”).

“OUR SIN IS NOT THAT OF THE RAVING FUNDAMENTALIST; IT IS THE SIN OF PASSIVE, NAÏVE CENTRISM. FOR THIS WE MUST REPENT.”

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A History About Memorial Day from David Barton

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:42:54 -0700

I received this email from Wall Builders, David Barton's Ministry and Educational organization. The links below are excellent! Read and enjoy!

This Monday is the official observance of Memorial Day -- a day to honor the more than 1.2 million Americans who gave their lives for our freedoms across two centuries and a dozen wars. In previous generations, sermons were delivered on such important days to provide the added dimension of spiritual significance and Biblical understanding. We thought you might enjoy two Memorial Day sermons from the late-1800s (both were first printed in 1905) along with a short historical background of the day itself.

Please click on the following links to view the sermons.

Memorial Day Sermon: The Invisible Army (also includes a brief history of Memorial Day)
Memorial Day Sermon: Honorable Scars

God bless!
David Barton

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Approval, Affirmation, and Sanctioning of Homosexual Marriage in California

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:40:17 -0700

Gay Marriage

Gay affirming policies and politics are leading to the ruin of marriage as once known between one man and one woman. Marriage is on the fast-track of no longer being sacred. According to a recent Gallup poll, 78% to 88% of American youth ages 16 to 25 embrace the idea of homosexuality as a valid, acceptable alternative lifestyle and that gays should be allowed to marry.

Once gay marriage is accepted in a culture then marriage becomes devalued and diluted to nothing and people just stop marrying. This is true in the European countries that have embraced such cultural policies according to Stanly Kurtz’s article “The End of Marriage in Scandinavia”. (Click here and read another Stanly Kurtz article “Zombie Killers
A.K.A., Queering the Social”).

According to this polling data, I would say that the USA is only 10 – 15 years away from a sweeping gay marriage revolution across this country. This is already occurring in Europe. If there is not a spiritual and moral awakening, marriage will become a bothersome formality for a liberal immoral society. Once marriage is defined to mean anything you desire, it becomes warped and goes to several other bizarre forms. SO…why not have marriages to include polygamy, marrying children, or even your favorite pet? “Ridiculous!” You might say, well time will tell. It would have been ridiculous 50 years ago to propose a future of what actually happened this past week in California. Is it ridiculous that the San Francisco Valued Pious Black Robes trashed traditional marriage? Gays are lining up to marry in California! Oh the time consuming quagmire this will put other states into dealing with gay marriages and divorces. There will certainly be plenty of extra court room time and dollars spent until the newness wears off and gay affirmation has destroyed marriage and marriage becomes nothing.

Sleepy Church

The Church at large has in fact lost its saltiness and influence in this “post-modern any thing that feels good goes” narcissistic generation. Even among heterosexual marriages of evangelicals there is more than a 50% divorce rate. Where is commitment? Where is loyalty and godly character in our society? Haven’t we started the imploding process by embracing all forms of immorality? Where is the Holy Church? Most church-going people laugh and embrace gay characters during their weekly dosage of television entertainment. Acclimation – it really has become acceptable. The Church is not allowed to even use a Biblical word to describe homosexuality as detestable without gasps and shrills from other acclimated politically and culturally relevant Christians. Yes, we have become acclimated to accept it as a normal part.

When marriage is made into a mockery, then the question becomes, “why bother?” The overwhelmingly majority of the same noted peer group in the Gallup poll also believes it is perfectly acceptable to have free sex with anyone at anytime. Will this be the last generation to up hold any form of Judeo-Christian morality? Will there be even more terrorism from radical Islamic Fascists because the USA is indeed become the great Satan of immorality in their minds? The leading country producing the largest amount decadent pornographic material to the rest of the entire earth! The Islamic extremists actually believe their holy book and are out to destroy such infidels. The next 10 to 20 years are going to be very gripping. We owe all this to well organized gay activists, the state of California and to a sleepy Church.

Awake Church!

“This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living. Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires. (Romans 13:11-14 NLT)

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Clarification to Recent Blog Post: Ex-gays Afraid to Come Out...

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:18:47 -0700

First I would like to publicly apologize to Wayne Besen for making the snide remark about him at the end of my post, it was un-Christ-like. My uncalled for remark was: "However Besen’s narcissism will deceptively cause him to wear the quote as a badge of honor." This statement was unnecessary and made out of exasperation. We will never agree and quite frankly I am sad for him. I should not have entered into the same sarcasm I disdain. Sarcastic hateful blogs are just revealing of broken lives.

Wayne emailed me with a demanded for an apology. His demand was based that I was a spokes person for Exodus International. I am not employed by Exodus International, and I was not speaking for Exodus on my blog. This is a distortion. I merely posted my thoughts about something I see going on in our cultural, on my own personal blog.

Wayne communicated that I asserted that the ex-gay watchdog groups were Nazis. This is not the truth either. There is no statement in my blog that attaches gays to Nazis. To the contrary, I was speaking about the political and cultural environment that I believe we are in and pointed to the Silencing Christians documentary. This was not about gay bloggers; actually they don't have that much power. I also mentioned a direct quote from a friend about the next demonic anti-Christ movement; we have seen before in our history akin to pre WWII and the Nazis regime coming into power. However, it certainly was a sensational blog post for Wayne.

The week before I posted my last entry, I had been robbed. Someone came into my office and stole my wallet with $80 cash, a $600 hand-held PC scheduler, and a $4000 laptop. I was in an adjacent office when they brazenly walked in the back door of our offices and stole the items. This leaves anyone feeling a little violated. My home address is unlisted because of what I do in ministry. Yet they were able to get a lot of personal information and they now know where I live. Months prior to this, a gay identified person had been coming to our offices anonymously dropping off packets of information to 're-recruit' me back into the gay community. A long story here, but bottom-line: it is all very disturbing. There ARE people watch and stalking others who make a stand in the community for righteousness, especially when it is politically incorrect and taking a stand against the affirmation of the sin of homosexuality in our culture.

Since the sharing of my testimony at the "Freedom of Speech Rally – Rally for Sally" I have been made more aware of groups like "Ex-gay Watch (XGW)." There is a list of blog roll buddies on their site. The very little I have read is very disturbing to me. It isn't paranoia. It is in fact very saddening.

Ex-gay Watch (XGW) did not like that I used the word, "STALKING" in my recent post. We cannot agree on the definition of stalking. There are several levels of stalking. The word stalking to me represents someone who is in fact watching me, and desiring my demise. I was asked to remove the word stalking; and after the civil communication, I removed it.

There are many groups of gay activists, political groups, and bloggers I am finding out about on the Internet. They are very watchful. It is very disturbing to me; gay activists watching ex-gay ministers and ministries keeping tabs. There are suggestions to follow me and take photos of me and other leaders in comment lines. You have to keep a sense of humor about all this and laugh! An ex-gay watch paparazzi? What's next? Cheese! :-) It does seem a bit creepy and weird. You wanna say, "get a life!"

However, what would we think about a group of bloggers who called themselves the Alcoholic Anonymous Watch? Watching and waiting to see if any AA leader or alcoholic slips up. The bloggers writing and scoffing at the alcoholics for trying to stop being an alcoholic. Snide sarcastic remarks over and over on their blogs; we would weep! Yet, there would be others who would get very angry. I think most people would be sick with grief. Plays, books and long lists of gay bloggers now growing on the internet, scoffing at those who leave homosexuality.

ANOTHER CLARIFICATION:
I must admit, I really regret using the word KLAN. I should have used the word CLUB in my last blog post. This was certainly an error in writing. I apologize for the connection to the Klan. I was not intending to say that the XGW group or Wayne was like the KKK. The idea of the KKK was not in my blog, but the word klan was and I was thinking clan. I am an Irish man! :-) Live and learn, as I am not trying to provoke unnecessarily, and this did. It was an error.

There are many gay activists bloggers specifically watching and talking about ex-gays and ex-gay ministries. There is long list of bloggers (go see their blog roll and then each site has their own blog rolls) being ever so watchful. It is disturbing of the growing number of bloggers who desire the demise of ex-gay ministry. Our ideologies are in total contradiction to one another. It is their constitutional right to have their opinion. I thank God that I can still have my constitutional right to believe the Bible as well. I also have the right to communicate that I FEEL like I am being watch and stalked by unscrupulous people as is evident by the recent activity here at our offices with over $4600 of equipment stolen and with a Tinky-Winky Valentine to boot! (An unidentified person who says they are gay, loves me and wants me to accept myself has been dropping off notes through the back door of our offices. On Valentines Day, I received a Tinky Winky note. Very Creepy!).

I really do find it sad that there are people unwilling to talk about leaving homosexuality because of the hostility that now exists in our culture. These groups are doing a good job at silencing people, but not this voice.

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Ex-Gays Afraid to Come Out for Fear of Persecution!

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:58:10 -0700

Ex-Gays Afraid to Reveal Identity

I personally don't like describing myself as "ex-gay," however; it communicates a quick sound bite of the reality and a direction of many. So while others might be disturbed by the term, "ex-gay" I feel it is a waste of time to wrangle over words that work in concisely communicating. Yes, folks I am “ex-gay” though I do not find my identity in being “ex-gay.” I am also very concerned that there are many great stories of “ex-gays” which are being browbeaten into silence.

I have been made aware of the growing hostility towards ex-gays in the past couple of years in the media, and recently on many blogs. Even the very popular Bill O'Reilly (here’s an article here where Bill wanted to sue an ex-gay minister) continues to communicate snide chuckles on his program at the idea of ex-gays. Fox News is somewhat fair and balanced to Judeo-Christian values, yet they do a better job with conservative political news. I like and watch Fox News, and even watch O’Reilly a lot, because most of the other cable news outlets are very hostile to the idea of Christian values, never-mind the idea of ex-gays. Our culture is completely buying into the hoax of being born gay and has accepted the idea of being gay as normality.

The hostility is really growing to the message of leaving homosexuality behind. It could actually become illegal in the near future to minister the gospel of Jesus Christ in helping people find freedom from of homosexuality. Even well-meaning Christians scoff at the idea, perhaps they should view the documentary: SPEECHLESS - SILENCING the CHRISTIANS. Perhaps we should remember our history of Nazi Germany. We should at least read the recent news from our Canadian neighbors to the north. In Canada it is illegal to speak out that homosexuality is sin. It is now legislatively considered hate speech and prosecutable; a topic worth Googling. Perhaps well-meaning, well-educated yet misinformed Christians wouldn't scoff at this knowledge.

I came across this article yesterday "Ex-Gays Afraid to Come Out for Fear of Persecution" and thought this would be a good post in light of this discussion. Ex-gays are in fact, afraid to make themselves known. I have met with MANY people who are influential in my community and others who have church communities that would make it very difficult to talk about their recovery from homosexuality. Yet there is even a larger and growing threatening group of gay activists who are fueling the fire of fear and oppression in our culture. They wish to silence the freedom of choice when it comes to leaving homosexuality. The idea of leaving homosexuality is very threatening to their gay insecure existence and their political agendas. Wayne Besen, a self-proclaimed activist, is one of these very loud voices, he is cruel and mean-spirited. These groups are receiving too much attention, just like the school yard bully or another picture that comes to mind, it's like the elementary kid throwing himself down on the floor throwing the hissy-fit. I know what I want to do to that kid, but Dr. Spock wouldn’t like it! Yet our culture is deceived by Darwinian-ism and humanistic beliefs. Our society is vacillating from being increasingly afraid of these bullies or being in love with them!

There are growing numbers of political gay groups that are very disturbing to me. They are actual GAY hate groups who wish to silence the voices of ex-gays. These groups are like the brazenly named "Ex-Gay Watch" and their club of bloggers who use hatefully sarcastic words in addressing ex-gays. There are even more radical groups that are extra hateful with their narcissistic sarcasms which reveal vicious vitriol fueled by people like Wayne Besen. I have had my own personal encounters with these groups. These people have actually posted ideas of how to stalk and harm ex-gay ministries and their leaders. They sarcastically mock and hope for the demise of any ex-gay ministry leader. They write books and plays applauding, scoffing and laughing at any relapse of any individual leaving homosexuality. If someone did this with other addicts like alcoholics or other human weaknesses the media would crucify them and then completely dismiss them as cruel hateful people, like Rev. Phelps and his gang; not so for gay activists.

A very successful attorney friend of mine recently told me he felt it was like 1933 in Nazi Germany for Christians and Exodus type ministries in the USA. He seriously joked with me and said, "Stephen it is like 1933 and your last name isn't Black, but Bernstein. Your ministries will be on the front-line of the next demonic wave of an anti-Christ movement in history. It is coming." WOW! It was a sobering moment.

One merely need to lightly read over blogs like the "Ex-GAY WATCH" and/or Wayne Besen's blog and you will know we are living in very dark days. In the news just yesterday, at WorldNetDaily, Wayne Besen is revealed in an article that exposes his tactics and lies. The article by Bob Unruh describes Wayne Besen “as the Fred Phelps of the left.” Pretty scary!

It is sad how many people are afraid of gay activists, liberal blog bullies and the liberal anti-Christ media machine. They are silencing their great stories about overcoming homosexuality.

Yet in closing, we need to have hope, as Charles Dickens said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” and so shall it be right before the great and terrible day of the Lord. He is coming and HE will set things STRAIGHT!

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A Pregnant Man... A short tale...

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:24:08 -0700

Oprah & Pregnant man-woman

by Kenneth L. Ervin, II
from Concerned Women for America – CWA

One bright day, in the state of Confusion, a scruffy-faced man in Divers City felt a little flutter in his belly. As the days went by, the flutters grew stronger until they felt like little kicks.

"I'm pregnant!" the man gushed as he hugged his girlfriend.

"It's a miracle!" the media proclaimed, as they paraded him around the talk show circuit. Some people said it wasn't possible, but the media ignored them.

Suddenly one night, the man sat bolt upright in bed. Shaking his girlfriend awake, he said, "My water broke!" This produced a frenzied search for the suitcases and car keys, and a mad dash to the hospital.

Pregnant man in tow, the girlfriend picked up her cell phone and dialed ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Oprah. By the time they got to the hospital, it was a media circus. Cameras rolling, the flashbulbs flashing, the pregnant man was wheeled into the hospital to deliver his baby.

Several hours later, the weary girlfriend stepped out of the hospital room and announced to the camped-out media, "It's a girl!" Demanding video footage and pictures, the media crowded into the room.

As cameras clicked and videotape rolled, one reporter noticed that the baby was moving its mouth. "Quiet!" he yelled. "The baby's trying to speak!"

The crowd hushed as the precious newborn looked up into the face of her father and said, "Mama!" A horrified silence fell on the room.

Nervously, the man looked down at his daughter and said, "No, child. I'm Dada."

The baby smiled and reached her little hand up to caress the man's scruffy face. Again she said, "Mama!"

A single tear streaked down the man's cheek as, for the first time, a feminine softness crept into his face. "It's true," said the man, as gasps trickled throughout the room. "I am your Mama. How did you know?"

With a twinkle in her eye, the baby said, "Silly Mama. Only girls can have babies!"

And a child shall lead them. ...

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Sally Kern Addressed the Controversy and Her Motivation

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:38:42 -0700

Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern

READ THIS TRANSCRIPT OF THE RADIO INTERVIEW!

Sally Kern addressed the controversy concerning being hateful and bigoted. This interview reveals her desire to be a woman of integrity, uncompromising and yet loving the person.

Sally mentioned if thinking through ahead she would not want to use a statement to alienate anyone, however she not going to be bullied by gay activists into silence regard this grave threat to the United States, our traditional family values and Judeo-Christian beliefs.

This is a very good interview to get clarity. I would also add read "The Untold Story About Sally Kern" as well.

http://www.baptistmessenger.com/story/C61FD95974EED292C3DFD40A6A2600AA#

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The UNTOLD Story about Sally Kern

nobody@vox.com(Stephen) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:48:51 -0700

by Stephen Black and Chris Morrison with First Stone Ministries, Oklahoma City, OK (www.firststone.org)

Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern

The Untold Story of Irony
Washington’s political gay elitists with the Victory Fund edited Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern’s comments from a closed door meeting given in a January speech of this year. They edited down the comments to what they considered the most inflammatory sound bites. Their cunning plan was to upload the edited comments to YouTube in hopes of enraging gay people and their supporters. This plan, they thought, would further the “Victory Fund” gay political cause and bring in funds for their political machine. Over and over they emphasize that Rep. Kern’s speech demonstrated hatred towards gays. What they failed to mention – or include in the sound bites – is the truth, that Rep. Sally Kern said we must love the homosexual. Her message was not about bashing gays. The main stream liberal media outlets seem to be unconcerned about what was been left out, and unmotivated to seek the whole story, responded predictably. They thrive on bad news and smear tactics of conservatives, so they picked up the story immediately and replayed the inflammatory comments. The story was worldwide overnight! Sally Kern was labeled hateful, bigoted, anti-gay, an evil homophobe and so many other names that are so vile, I cannot repeat.

Standing for Freedom of Speech

In her remarks during the January speech, Rep. Kern mentioned the parallel of the gay political movement in the United States – not individual gays. She said the agenda of the gay political movement is, in her opinion, as dangerous as terrorism. While I personally would not have used this parallel, the irony of this story is impossible to ignore. That irony is demonstrated very visibly in the hate emails numbering over 26,000, death threats, and the mean-spirited and orchestrated campaign calling for her resignation. These very tactics are akin to terroristic tactics, therefore point directly back to Sally’s original parallel. Truly this is ironic! This political tactic, directed to silence Rep. Kern, bully her and other conservatives and manipulate the unsuspecting public almost worked. However, what they did not realize was Sally Kern’s courage and steadfastness.

The demographics suggests that the 26,000 emails are a very small representation of how the gay and sympathizing population feels about Rep. Kern. No doubt there are politicians afraid of this very loud well-funded fringe group. Death threats and demands for Sally Kern to resign from office were meant to be a warning to other politicians. “We are listening!” They threaten. Hundreds of YouTube videos were uploaded with incredibly hateful words from those who piously declare, “SAY NO TO HATE.” Their usual demand for everyone, everywhere to have “tolerance” was diluted by their very own actions, which are incredibly hateful and intolerant. Truly this is hypocritical, and very misleading.

Say No To Hate!

The irony of this untold story is indeed very interesting. But is anyone in the media elite willing to talk about it? Perhaps they fear the wrath of the gay community. Late-night comedian Jay Leno suffered just last week when he poked fun at a soap-opera actor who played a gay character. The irony is almost laughable if it were not so alarming to those who love Judeo-Christian values and the traditional family.

Well over 1500 people rallied at the Oklahoma State Capitol to support Sally Kern. They realized that freedom of speech is under fire. Contrast this with the well-organized homosexual political activists who diligently push their manifesto. These activists want the USA to be like our Canadian neighbors. They desire control over free speech, using their banner of tolerance while at the same time labeling Judeo-Christian beliefs hate speech. They wish to silence Christian values by enacting hate speech laws that would make it a violation to state a belief that homosexuality is sin. There seems to be no end to their tactics to redefine American traditional values. Many, like Sally, are standing up now and saying, “enough is enough!” However, will we continue to stand up and lovingly sow truth?

The Untold Story of Ministry and Concern
Does it make sense to you to label someone who actually helps people who struggle with homosexuality as hateful, bigoted, anti-gay and an evil homophobe? The untold part of this story – which I delight to tell you now – is that behind the scenes, Rep. Sally Kern and her husband, Dr. Stephen Kern have supported First Stone Ministries for many years. Dr. Stephen Kern is the senior pastor at Olivet Baptist Church, which actually hosts some of First Stone Ministries’ support groups. The Kern’s have a special place in their hearts for our ministry to those who struggle with same-sex attractions and homosexuality. For several years before all this controversy erupted, they had put action to their love for those who are struggling and for their families. The next part of this untold story is from a current staff member with First Stone Ministries.

The Untold Story of Love and Devotion to Those Who Struggle
It has been an honor to be a friend of the Kern family for several years. I am Chris Morrison, development coordinator with First Stone Ministries. I want you to know that the Kern’s played a healing role in my life. Ten years ago I was battling with how I was to live my life. I would either continuing to seek the Lord in my weakness or just give up and live as a gay man. While in college in a neighboring city, I would drive to Oklahoma City and spend weekends in the Kern’s home; Sally Kern would also take me to the airport so I could fly home for holidays and leave my vehicle in their care.

Chris Morrison

Though I attended a Baptist university, I still carried my brokenness on my sleeve, as I struggled intensely with homosexual feelings. I will never forget the seed that was sown on Thanksgiving weekend in 1997. Sally Kern was taking me to the airport and she gently broached the subject of my homosexual struggle with me. I was surprised and scared of what she was going to say, because I hadn’t told many people about my struggle. It was rare for someone to bring up my struggle before I had ever disclosed it. Her tenderness was overwhelming; she lovingly ministered to me that day. She mercifully let me know that she and her family were praying for me, and that they loved me. That day is precious to me as I felt so loved and accepted. I am grateful to the Lord that Sally had enough courage to plant the seeds of God’s forgiveness, hope and healing.

In 2004 I had the privilege of supporting Sally Kern as she ran for State Representative. I attended her watch party on Election Day and remembered her saying she knew that God was calling her to run for State Representative, but didn’t know all the reasons. That statement resounded in my head as I stood and watch Sally Kern at the Freedom of Speech Rally – “Rally for Sally” on April 2, 2008. I remembered the words from the Bible, “For such a time as this.” Sally Kern, is a representative “for such a time as this.” I am grateful to Sally Kern for her humble stance, as well as her boldness to call the nation to repentance, and to call for Christians to stand for traditional values in our land. I am a man who was nearly enslaved by the lie of being born gay, yet Jesus saved me from that deceived existence. The Kern family played an integral role in my healing from homosexuality, for which I am eternally grateful.

This is the untold story behind the precious Kern family that you will most-likely never hear as a main story in the liberal media.

Stephen Black, December 2007

In Conclusion
We should not be so quick to judge everything we hear in the media as the truth. I was wisely taught by my Irish mother to consider your sources thoroughly, make sure you have both sides of the story, and get all the facts before coming to a conclusion. Unfortunately many people did not with Sally Kern’s story. The propaganda machine of gay elitists fed only a part of the story to the liberal media in a deliberate attempt to stir controversy.

I am grateful that we are having this national dialog. I hope, as a result, more people will really take a look at what is happening morally to this country. A well-funded political gay movement with its warped ideology could completely change our country in just a few short years. Christians need to be informed and active. We need to stop being so apathetic. We cannot be afraid of angry loud voices. If we, as Christians fail to be salt and light, then the darkness will overcome the USA. It could become very dark in just a few short years. We must lovingly and compassionately proclaim the Gospel truth of Jesus Christ and pray for a God-breathed revival in the United States of America.

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