The Tower of Babel

by Tricia Pollok

"As I'm reading the Torah reading today, I am reminded that there is nothing new under the sun. In Genesis 11, man wanted to build a tower to the heavens, believing they were like Him...believing they could create and do anything they desired...
Today, man
1. modifies YHVH's seeds, making them genetically modified organisms (GMO's), desiring to "create" his own way of "life" that in reality leads to death. 
2. believes another (elected) man can change the judgment that is a consequence for disregarding His Instructions (the Torah).
3. decides what the definition of male and female is and adapts marriage to suit their own preferences.
4. plays "God" by determining when life occurs and therefore when it can end.
5. redefines sin to accommodate his own lifestyle; including indulging in entertainment and doing his own pleasures even if it occurs on His Appointed Shabbats and Feasts, and when it interferes with his dietary indulgences and nostalgic traditions of men.
6. decided he can add or take away from what the Messiah came to do, making Him a god in his own image.
7. has forgotten that the adversary can transform into an angel of light, and can give man what he desires to continue his deceptions.
Those who worship "God" on the first day of the week, changing the 4th commandment, and believing the Messiah died to make them free to worship on their day and profane His Days are not worshiping the Elohim of Scripture, but a god of their own making. Those who eat things that have never been defined as food, therefore defiling their temples, are not worshiping the Elohim of Scripture. Those who believe they are worshiping Him on man-made worldly days never commanded in Scripture while ignoring His Appointed Times, are not worshiping the Elohim of Scripture. Those who create their own works while ignoring the Instructions He gave us to live by in His Word/Torah are not worshiping the Elohim of Scripture. Man believes they can worship Him any they please and think they are calling upon His Name, when in reality, they are worshiping a completely different messiah, one of their own making, and in their own image. Spiritually, the Tower of Babel is still being built".

Everyone Has a Story

  

                                                            posted by John Brantley

This evening as I was leaving Best Buy, I noticed this man going through the garbage can outside of the store. As I walked to my car I watched him as he reached in the garbage can and pulled out fast food trash bags and inspected all that was in the thrown away bags. He did this for several minutes. He would find a few fries in one bag and a bite or two of a hamburger in another bag. You can see the hamburger wrapper by his knee where he was placing the food items he'd found.

He never bothered anyone or tried to stop and beg for money as people entered and left the store. After he went through the entire trash can he neatly cleaned up the area and wrapped up the food he found in the dirty hamburger wrapper. My heart literally hurt for him. I am not someone who just hands out money or even helps homeless people because so many are not truly homeless. I don't guess I've ever seen someone actually go through a garbage can to try to find food to eat.

I knew I had to help him. I got out of my car and asked him if I could buy him something to eat. He told me he would appreciate anything I could get him. He was on a bike and I told him if he'd follow me I'd buy him a meal at the fast food place around the block. He followed me and I bought him the biggest meal they had on the menu. The only request he gave me for his order was if I could get him a big glass of sweet tea to go with his meal!
When I brought him his food, he was so thankful. He told me his name was Steve and he'd been homeless ever since his sister died last September. He was trying to get off the streets, but it was so hard. I told him God loved him and I would pray for him. He told me again how much he appreciated the meal.

When I got back in my car, I drove off with such a heaviness in my heart for this man. I drove down the road and felt compelled to go back to help this man. When I came back he had finished his meal and was riding away. I pulled up beside him and asked him if there was any way I could help him. He told me not really. He never asked me for money. I asked him if I could buy him a few meals and put it on a gift card for him. He told me that would be so kind. I drove to McDonalds and bought him some meals and gave him a gift card.

He broke down crying. He told me that he prayed for me today! I wasn't sure what he meant (I was assuming he was praying for me for what I did for him) so I thanked him. He said, "No, you don't understand. I prayed that God would send someone to buy me a hot meal today...and he sent you!" I didn't know what to say...I was speechless! Praying for a hot meal wasn't a prayer I had prayed today! Come to think of it, that's not a prayer I've ever prayed! I always pray over my food, but I've never prayed for a meal...its expected! I've never doubted that I wouldn't be able to eat...Tears began to fill my eyes! Oh my...how blessed am I... Maybe God used me to answer this man's prayer...to let him know that He cares for Him and knows what goes going through! But, maybe God used this man to show me just how blessed I am and what I take for granted...

He said, "You see, I have cancer!" He pulled up his shirt and pointed to a huge mass that was poking out from his stomach. He said said he knew it wouldn't be much longer. I asked him if knew Jesus. He told me that he did. I asked if I could pray for him and he said that I could. We prayed right there on the sidewalk of McDonalds. Tears just poured from his eyes. He told me he knew that he was going to die and that he was ready to die. He was tired of being in pain and he would be better off dead because this was no life - living this way. I stayed and encouraged him for a few minutes trying to fight back my tears. My prayer is that I showed him the love of Jesus today...that something I said gave him a hope.

You see, everybody has a story! I know Steve's story now...all because I felt compelled to help him...he ended up touching me today!

When I left him, I knew I had done what God wanted me to do! God put him in my path today...I know he did! I've never felt such a feeling to help someone as I did today. I was reminded again of how blessed I am! I have a vehicle that gets me from place to place, I have a roof over my head, clean clothes, money to buy a hot meal, running water, electricity, my health, a job, family, and friends! Sometimes God sends situations our way to remind us of how blessed we are! If you've read this far, please remember Steve in your prayers!

Yes, I have been blessed, God's so good to me! Precious are His thoughts of you and me! There's no way I could count them, there's not enough time, so I'll just thank Him for being so kind. God has been good, so good! I have been blessed!

Prayer But No Obedience

It would seem America has been talking about and playing with religion for far too long and A W Tozer saw the solution several years ago.  A W Tozer died over 50 years ago.

“PRAYER BUT NO OBEDIENCE” – A W Tozer

It is my conviction that much, very much, prayer for and talk about revival these days is wasted energy…

Ignoring the confusion of figures, 
I might say that it is hunger that appears to have no object;
it is dreamy wishing that is too weak to produce moral action.

It is fanaticism on a high level for, according to John Wesley,
“a fanatic is one who seeks desired ends
while ignoring the constituted means to reach those ends.”…

It is almost unbelievable how far we will go to avoid obeying God.
We call Jesus “Lord” and beg Him to rejuvenate our souls, 
but we are careful to do not the things He says. 
When faced with a sin, 
a confession or a moral alteration in our life, 
we find it much easier to pray half a night than to obey God.

Source – ‘The Size of the Soul’, pg 18-19.

Lost Sheep

posted on Facebook by Jesus Christ is King

Many Christians, when reading the letters of Paul come into contact with verses like "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law.." (Galatians 3:13a)

The first thought that would come into mind is: "The Law is a curse....God cursed people by giving them the law....and now Jesus got rid of that curse (the law)."

Although anyone who has read the front of the book will know that the "curse" of the law is distinct from the law itself.

In Deuteronomy 28, God gives a list of curses that will fall upon the people if they do not obey his commandments. You will go into slavery, you will have no land, you will suffer in hunger and thirst, your children will be snatched away from you...etc, etc

This is the curse of the law Christ redeemed us from (Israel). The people of Galatia were from the lost sheep of Israel (the Northern Kingdom). The word Galatian itself comes from the hebrew word Galut meaning dispersed/exile. Peter in one of his letters also began with an introduction addressing several cities among them being Galatia, he calls them "To God’s elect, the exiles scattered" (1 Peter 1:1)

Paul's letter is to Israelites who were exiled and were without a covenant.

Why were they exiled?

They were cursed because they did not keep God's commandments...instead they began to worship idols. He warned them many times through his prophets yet they did not stop worshiping the works of their hands.

So he gave Israel (The Northern Kingdom) a letter of divorce (Jeremiah 3:8). This might not seem much at first, but if you've read the Torah before (Genesis-Deuteronomy) then you will know that once a husband divorces his wife...and she marries another....she cannot return to her first.

Once he wrote the letter of divorce to Israel (Jer 3:8), he told her to come back (Jer 4:1-2 and following chapters). Although Israel never repented.

So now they are eternally separated from God. A wife who is divorced from her husband...and has moved on to another, is not allowed to return to her first (It's an abomination - Deuteronomy 24:1-4).

But something strange happens....God says he will create a new covenant (Jer 31:31-34)...He will call the people who he called "Not my people" and then call them again "My people" (Hosea 2:23)...He will reclaim the sheep who have gone astray (Ezekiel 34:16).

That's impossible. Once she is divorced and she moved on...it's forbidden. Will God break his own law to create a new covenant with Israel?

Well according to God's law, the only time a woman can remarry another man is when the husband dies (Deuteronomy 25:5).

So now we see something interesting going on. Yahweh (God) must die in order to remarry Israel. Ah.

They believed this was impossible "...remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world." (Ephesians 2:12)

But now hope has come....Yahweh became a human being, Yeshua of Nazareth. He lived a perfect life according to the law and the prophets. He was put to death, although because he was sin-less ... the grave could not hold him. Death is for those who are in sin.

Now a clearer picture is made where Yeshua says: "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." (Matthew 15:24)

The lost sheep that Yeshua keeps referring to in the gospels is the scattered people of Israel. They are as a sheep without a shepherd (Ezekiel 34:5, Matthew 9:36)

Yeshua says:
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (John 10:11)

And in Ezekiel 34, God identifies himself as the "good shepherd" who will regather the "lost sheep"

Yeshua is accused of hanging out with sinners in Luke 15 (We've all heard this right "Jesus hang out with drunks, sinners, and outcasts"). He goes on to give a rhetorical question: "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?" (Lk 15:4)

The people he's "hanging out with" are the lost sheep of Israel. They were the ones who rebelled against God by worshiping idols. (The Pharisees were from the Southern Kingdom, Jews, Not apart of the Northern Kingdom - Israel). So the Jews didn't love their brothers anymore...they called them dogs, sinners, idol worshipers, etc.

Hence, Jesus also says "I have not come to call the righteous (Jews), but sinners (Lost Sheep) to repentance." (Luke 5:32) when he's criticized for eating and hanging with them.

The whole New Testament is about the Lost sheep of Israel, Another example is: The Parable of the "Good Samaritan" (Luke 10:25-37)

A scribe asks Yeshua "Who is my neighbour?"

He replies with a story where a man from Jericho (a Jew) is beaten, robbed and left for dead. A priest saw him, said nothing, and kept walking. Then a levite, saw him, did nothing nothing and kept walking. Then a Samaritan, who was walking by also saw him...he took pity on the man...came, placed bandages on him, poured oil and wine on his wounds and rented for him to stay in until he gets healed.

Jesus asked the scribe "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

The scribe said "The one who had mercy on him."

Who was the Samaritan? A Samaritan. It comes from a city called "Samaria" which was apart of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. He was from one of the lost tribes of Israel.

They eventually began to be called the the Samaritans, the people of Samaria. One of them was the Samaritan woman who met Jesus at the well. She was an Israelite. She asks Jesus "Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?" (Jn 4:2)

Who is Jacob? He is the forefather of all the tribes of Israel.

What does this parable mean to the Scribe? It means you should Love God, and your neighbour...your neighbour is the scattered sheep who you hate so much because they disobeyed God and were separated from the Kingdom.

How is all of this relevant? It's that none of this is taught in churches, but rather twisted to fit what people like to hear.

I hear people often say "We're redeemed from the curse of the law...." but you're a gentile...you were never under the law in the first place.

To the Ephesians (Israelites) he says: Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth.... (Eph 2:11). When the Israelites were separated from the covenant, they became gentiles (not apart of Israel).

So they were placed under a curse...and they're no longer under a curse. They were gentiles, now they're grafted back into the olive branch.

Gentiles (non Israelites) like Europeans were never under the curse of the law. Yet in America, UK, Europe all you hear is "We're redeemed from the curse of the law".

Concerning the Sheep in the Gospels that the "Shepherd" goes back for once they're "lost"....those are the scattered sheep of Israel. If you read the front of the book, you would see Israel being referred to as lost sheep.

Yet in gentile churches you always hear "I was a lost sheep, that's what Jesus was talking about....but he found me! Woo!"

Concerning the Samaritan....you hear "the samaritan was a random person, the point of the parable is that you never know who is your neighbor and you should just love everyone" (I'm sure alot of people think this...whenever someone does something good, they are always called a 'good samaritan' which actually comes from the bible in reference to the lost sheep of Israel)

Concerning marriage and law, many Pastors will look at the New Testament for advice...Such as Romans 7:

Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
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He starts off by saying "I am speaking to those who know the law" (yet, people who dont know the law try and interpret what he's saying...he's speaking to those who know the law).

The law of marriage has authority over a person as long as they live...by the law of marriage...the wife is bound to her husband forever (no divorce allowed)....but if her husband dies, she is set free from the LAW of Marriage (Deut. 25:5)...If she commits adultery by going with another man (idol worship)....she is called an adulterous (Hosea 1:2)...but if her husband dies (Yahweh who is God)....she may remarry him again! That is Yahweh in the flesh, Yeshua the Messiah!

Most people go to this verse for marriage advice...some people go to it so they can say "Look! We're no longer under law, we're under grace".

The amount of messages/comments we get is overwhelming. We can't respond to everyone. But If you read this post (and checked the verses cited) and it resonates as being truth to your spirit then consider searching it out. You don't have to be right about everything. You might have read a verse before and thought "These guys are wrong, It says this right here" but you need a teacher who knows the Bible in context to help you understand it better.

Choose Wisely

by Tricia Pollok

"We are on the edge of a major paradigm shift that will radically divide Christendom into those who walk as the Messiah did/does and those who turn to apostasy. There will be a VERY clear division with the former being persecuted unto death by the latter.
All around me I find over and over people who know that they are missing something in the church and the Father, by His Spirit, has led them to the Torah and the ancient paths. I fully expect this trend to accelerate, though the ones who truly take the plunge will still remain as only a remnant." (quote by Pete Rambo)
History repeats itself. Looking back into who was responsible for martyring the TRUE believers in Yeshua who walked as He walked throughout time is SHOCKING. These murderers called themselves Christians and believed what Christianity believes today.
I often think of Yeshua's death on the stake...and how it's playing out all over again. Yeshua was the Living Word/Torah and He was executed by those who followed man's traditions and didn't recognize Him for who He was. His taught ones (disciples) were also martyred for His Name and all He was. Today, the same thing is happening. Yeshua (the Living Torah) is being crucified ALL over again by those who follow man's traditions and doctrines in place of Him. They are rejecting Him yet think they love Him. Today, they are murdering (or just standing by, idly watching) the reputations and names of those who follow Him wholeheartedly, and at some point, there will be a betrayal and physical martyrdom of some of these set-apart ones as well.
Christians will have to choose. They will not be allowed to ride the fence. There are only two sides. Many think there are three. He does NOT have two Peoples and two sets of Instructions depending on when you were born. Choose wisely Christianity.
“These words I have spoken to you, so that you do not stumble. They shall put you out of the congregations, but an hour is coming when everyone who kills you shall think he is rendering service to Elohim. And this they shall do to you because they did not know the Father, nor Me. But I have said these words to you, so that when the hour comes you remember that I told them to you. And these words I did not say to you at the beginning, for I was with you." John 16:1-4

How I pray for eyes to be opened to receive TRUTH!!

Alternative Health Practitioner Jef Harvey; Dead

This information did not make mainstream news sources, but it has been confirmed.  Jef Harvey died Monday, August 3, 2015.

I am also not promoting his religious philosophy or that of the author in the link.  The simple fact is, he was healthy, young, and brilliant.  Now he's dead.

http://projectcamelotportal.com/kerrys-blog/2621-jef-harvey-died-today-alternative-health-practitioner

A Biblical Point of View – Homosexuality

                                 Found on Social Media  Gloria Christ

Homosexuality and the Schools
THE PROMOTION OF HOMOSEXUALITY in public schools has become increasingly common. Gay activists and even educators see this as a civil rights issue. Others see it as a safety issue. And these tactics have been successful—who would be against making the public schools a safer environment?
Many of the school and university programs that are used to promote the homosexual agenda spread myths about the homosexual lifestyle. That's why it is important to know the truth about homosexual behavior.
What Are Some of the Myths Being Spread About Homosexuality?
Students hear lots of false information about homosexuality from media and education. Here we will look at four common myths that are often repeated in school programs promoting the gay lifestyle. It is important to know what they are and how to respond to them.
Myth #1: "Homosexuality Is Normal and Healthy."
This is simply not true. Basic biology contradicts this. Males and females were designed to complement each other both physically and psychologically.
Engaging in homosexual behavior is not a healthy activity. Numerous studies show that those students who do engage in homosexual behavior are a much greater risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS; alcoholism and drug abuse; depression; emotionally exhausting relationships; and a shortened lifespan. 
Myth #2: "If You're Attracted to Someone of the Same Sex, Then That Means You're Gay or Lesbian."
Having feelings toward someone of the opposite sex does not necessarily mean you are homosexual. Rather, it may reveal certain unmet needs for love and attention. These should have been met earlier in life but were not. Having emotional feelings toward other people, of both sexes, is also a normal part of adolescent development, a normal part of transitioning emotionally from childhood to adulthood.
Myth #3: "You Were Born Gay, so You Can't Change."
As we will see in the next chapter, there is no scientific evidence that anyone is born gay. This claim has been made so often that most people tend to believe it. But the evidence of science contradicts the first assumption. Christian counseling also contradicts this conclusion. Thousands of people who were once gay have experienced real and significant changes in their attractions and behavior. Change in sexual feelings is possible.
Myth #4: "Embrace Your Homosexuality Because Gay Life Is Cool."
For many homosexuals, the gay lifestyle is not gay (fun). Those in ministry to homosexuals have heard many heartbreaking stories about the dark side of intense and difficult relationships, relational patterns of disillusionment and breakups, and physical and emotional unhealthiness. Countless people say they wish they had never entered the gay community in the first place, but they often find it hard to leave.
How Is the Gay Agenda Advanced in Public Schools?
Since the early 1990s gay activists and various homosexual groups have worked hard to gain greater access to public schools. Usually the focus of their efforts is upon making schools a safer place for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual students—thereby justifying the introduction of materials and speakers on the subject of homosexuality. And the establishment of homosexual clubs on campuses provides a platform for introducing and promoting homosexuality to students.
Two key organizations active in this regard are the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Both have helped prohomosexual speakers, programs, and curricula gain a foothold in schools.
Perhaps the most effective wedge used by gay activists to open the door to the public schools has been concern over student safety. Kevin Jennings, the executive director for GLSEN, explained in a speech how the "safety" issue was a most effective strategy:
In Massachusetts, the effective reframing of this issue was the key to the success of the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. We immediately seized upon the opponent's calling card—safety—and explained how homophobia represents a threat to students' safety by creating a climate where violence, name-calling, health problems, and suicide are common. Titling our report "Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth," we automatically threw our opponents onto the defensive and stole their best line of attack.
This framing short-circuited their arguments and left them back-pedaling from day one. 
The strategy has obviously been successful because no one would want to be against creating a safer environment in public schools. It almost doesn't matter whether the allegations are true.
Once you raise the concern of safety, most administrators, teachers, and parents quickly fall in line and cooperate with gay activists.
There is an irony in all of this. Many of the behaviors that are taught and affirmed in these school programs and clubs are unsafe in terms of public health. For example, Pediatrics (journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics) reported on a Harvard study that found more than 30 risks positively associated with self-reported gay-lesbian bisexual (GLB) orientation. So it is indeed ironic that the idea of "safety" is often used as a means to introduce the teaching and discussion of behaviors that have been proven to be quite unsafe.
A lesson plan in the San Francisco Unified School District for kindergarteners and first graders redefines families in an effort to promote homosexuality. It is called "My Family" and is distributed through the district's Support Services for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth Department. It defines a family as a "unit of two or more persons, related either by birth or by choice, who may or may not live together, who try to meet each other's needs and share common goals and interests." 
Another effective strategy has been the formation of gay clubs on campuses. More than 3000 such clubs have been formed in high schools (and some middle schools) around the nation. They provide a platform for information distribution and even recruitment on public school campuses.
What Are the Goals of GLSEN?
The mission statement of GLSEN is straightforward: "The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression." It is a growing, well-funded homosexual organization that promotes homosexual identity and behavior on campus. It has been very successful in gaining access on campuses by working with such influential groups as the National Education Association.
Anyone who takes the time to read some of the materials recommended by GLSEN will quickly find that it condones sexual themes and information that would be disturbing to most parents. One researcher who has taken the time to review these materials and investigate various school programs came to the following seven conclusions: 
1. GLSEN believes the early sexualization of children can be beneficial. This means that virtually any sexual activity—as well as exposure to graphic sexual images and material—is not just permissible but good for children as part of the process of discovering their sexuality. 
2. "Coming out" (calling oneself or believing oneself to be homosexual) and even beginning homosexual sex practices at a young age is a normal and positive experience for youth that should be encouraged by teachers and parents, according to GLSEN. 
3. Bisexuality, "fluid" sexuality, and sexual experimentation is encouraged by GLSEN as a right for all students. 
4. Meeting other "gay" and "questioning" youth, sometimes without parental knowledge, is a frequent theme in GLSEN materials. At these meetings, minors will come into contact with college-age people and adults who practice homosexuality. 
5. In GLSEN material, the "cool" adults, parents, teachers, and counselors are those who encourage students to embrace homosexuality and cross-dress. They also allow adult-level freedoms and let children associate with questionable teens or adults. 
6. GLSEN resources contain many hostile, one-sided, anti-Christian vignettes and opinions as well as false information about Christianity and the Bible's position on homosexuality. This encourages antagonism against biblical morality and increases the risk that youth will experiment with high-risk behavior. It also increases prejudice against Christians and Jews. 
7. The spirituality presented positively in GLSEN resources is heavily laced with occult themes and nightmarish images. 
Each of these seven conclusions was documented by the researcher with paragraphs and footnotes of examples.
What Are the Goals of PFLAG?
PFLAG is a national organization of parents, families, and friends that "promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons." This organization actively promotes, at the local level, its views of human sexuality in schools, churches, and various youth organizations. Although there is a strong emphasis on rights and tolerance, PFLAG's message about sexuality would disturb most parents. A researcher who has taken the time to review their brochures and other materials came to the following five conclusions: 
1. PFLAG believes in total sexual license for people of all ages. This means that virtually any sexual activity as well as exposure to graphic sexual images and material is not just permissible but good for children as part of the process of discovering their sexuality. 
2. "Coming out" (calling oneself homosexual or cross-dressing) at a very young age, and even beginning homosexual sex practices at an early age, is a desirable goal in the world, according to PFLAG. 
3. Bisexuality, fluid sexuality, and sexual experimentation is encouraged by PFLAG. The group believes it's important for all students to learn about these options. 
4. Meeting with other "gay" and "questioning" youth, usually without parental knowledge, is a frequent theme in PFLAG materials. At these community meetings, 13-year-olds come into contact with college-age youth and adults who practice homosexuality. 
5. PFLAG spreads false information about the Bible, religious faith, and the restoration of heterosexuality through faith. This misinformation closes the door of change for many young people and stirs up anti-Christian and anti-Jewish bias and hostility. 
What Are the Goals of Gay Clubs?
In the mid-1990s, there were a few dozen Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs in U.S. high schools. Today there are 3200 registered clubs. 
A Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) is a student-run club that provides a meeting place for student talk about homosexuality and homosexual behaviors. It is also provides a platform for outside speakers to address various topics and for students to organize a "Pride Week" on campus.
Some GSA clubs might organize a "Teach the Teacher" day, during which faculty are told how they can be more under standing of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or transsexual students. Once a year, many of the students in these clubs also participate in "The Day of Silence." On this day, the students stay silent as a way of acknowledging the silence induced by those who oppose homosexuality.
Administrators and teachers who are approached by students who want to form a gay club should know about what may take place in that club based upon the past behavior of other such clubs. One researcher uncovered the following seven common trends among these gay clubs: 
1. Misinformation favorable to homosexuality is disseminated 
2. The students' "rights" to "be who they are"—i.e., to participate in homosexual behavior—is constantly reinforced 
3. Constant emphasis on what the group believes constitutes harassment or discrimination by other students or teachers 
4. Encouragement toward activism and activist training 
5. Traditional religions that disapprove of homosexuality are regularly trashed 
6. Cross-dressing and even sex-change surgery are said to be defensible activities for teens 
7. Social activities are planned for homosexual teens—and their adult advisors 
What Is the Potential Legal Liability of Homosexual Education?
Is there any legal liability when schools permit and even promote homosexual education on a campus? One group (Citizens for Community Values) believes there is a potential liability. This group has published a manual documenting the potential liability that schools, administrators, and teachers might face. They argue that the "safe school" message of many of these homosexual groups "is nothing more than a deceptive ploy designed to preach safety while actually encouraging sexual behaviors that are quite unsafe." 
Their argument rests on the following assumption: A legal liability (a tort of negligence) exists when school officials grant gay activist groups access to students and those same students subsequently suffer physical or mental harm. A tort of negligence exists when: (1) there is a duty or obligation to protect another from unreasonable risk, (2) there is a failure to observe that duty, (3) there is a causal connection between the failure and the alleged injury, and (4) actual loss or damage has taken place.
Is there potential for physical and mental health risks when homosexual education is promoted within the schools? As we have already noted in the previous chapter, there are studies that indicate that certain risks can and do occur when an individual engages in homosexual behavior. The following is a brief summary of much more information that can be found in the document "The Legal Liability Associated with Homosexual Education in Public Schools." 
Life expectancy—The International Journal of Epidemiology found that gay and bisexual men involved in homosexual behavior cut off years from their lives. One study showed:
In a major Canadian centre, life expectancy at age 20 years for gay and bisexual men is 8 to 20 years less than for all men. 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. Under even the most liberal assumptions, gay and bisexual men in this urban centre are now experiencing a life expectancy similar to that experienced by all men in Canada in the year 1871. 
Sexually transmitted diseases—The danger of various STDs, including HIV infection, has been well documented through many studies. This statement by the Medical Institute for Sexual Health provides a good summary of the various STD risks in homosexual relationships:
Homosexual men are at significantly increased risk of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, anal cancer, gonorrhea and gastrointestinal infections as a result of their sexual practices. Women who have sex with women are at significantly increased risk of bacterial vaginosis, breast cancer and ovarian cancer than are heterosexual women. 
Other health risk behaviors—A study by Harvard University of over 4000 ninth-to twelfth-grade students found that gaylesbian-bisexual "youth report disproportionate risk for a variety of health risk and problem behaviors." The study found that such youth "engage in twice the mean number of risk behaviors as did the overall population." 
Mental health—A study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry found that those who engage in homosexual behavior have a much higher incidence of mental health problems. "The findings support the assumption that people with same-sex sexual behavior are at greater risk for psychiatric disorders." 
Permitting and promoting homosexual activity through on-campus programs and clubs will certainly increase homosexual behavior among students. Administrators, teachers, and parents should reconsider the impact these programs, and the subsequent behavior, will have on the student body.
How Is the Gay Agenda Promoted at Universities?
At a time when college costs have gone through the roof, many wonder if students and their parents are getting their money's worth with some of the rather unusual courses being taught. Some of these courses lend themselves to the promotion of the gay agenda.
For example, an Occidental College course called The Phallus covers a broad study on the relation "between the phallus and the penis, the meaning of the phallus, phallologocentrism, the lesbian phallus, the Jewish phallus, the Latino phallus, and the relation of the phallus and fetishism." Students at the University of Pennsylvania can take a course on adultery novels and read a series of nineteenth-and twentieth-century works about adultery and watch "several adultery films." And students at University of Michigan can study the development of "Native feminist thought" and its "relationship both to Native land-based struggles and non-Native feminist movements."
There are also classes that specifically focus on homosexuality and gay studies. UCLA offers a course called Queer Musicology, which explores how "sexual difference and complex gender identities in music and among musicians have incited productive consternation" during the 1990s. Music under consideration includes works by Schubert and Holly Near, Britten and Cole Porter, and Pussy Tourette.
University of California at Berkeley has a class called Sex Change City: Theorizing History in Genderqueer San Francisco, which explores "implications of U.S. imperialism and colonization for the construction of gender in 19th-century San Francisco's multicultural, multiracial, and multiethnic" community. The course also covers "contemporary transgender, queer, genderqueer, and post-queer cultural production and politics" and "the regulation of gender-variant practices in public space by San Francisco's Anglo-European elites."
University of Colorado-Boulder students can take the course Introduction to Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Literature. It introduces some of the forms, concerns, and genres of contemporary lesbian, bisexual, and gay writing in English. Hollins University's course Lesbian Pulp Fiction examines "a literary genre that critics once deemed 'trash' and moralists commonly found 'scandalous,' but that formed a crucial part in the burgeoning canon of queer literature."
Courses and professors promoting homosexuality and the gay lifestyle can be found on nearly every college campus. What is unfortunate is that these courses displace valuable course material that used to be part of a university education. All of this is taking place at a time when only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment. By contrast, more than half can name at least two family members on The Simpsons.
Even more astounding is the report in The Washington Post that only 31 percent of college grads could read and comprehend complex books. It doesn't appear that the classes on lesbian, bisexual, and gay literature are helping university students become more proficient in reading and comprehension.