4-9-18, Matt Barber, SACRAMENTO, CA — The California LGBT Caucus recently introduced a bill that would ban counselors from providing counseling and adults from receiving counsel regarding unwanted same-sex attraction, behavior or gender confusion. AB 2943 would prevent so-called “conversion therapy,” known as Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE), and add it to the list of fraudulent schemes under the states’ Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA). California has already prohibited SOCE (SB1172) involving minors, even with parental consent. AB 2943 has been assigned to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. 

AB 2943 prohibits:

1. advertising sexual orientation change efforts
2. offering to engage in sexual orientation change efforts
3. engaging in sexual orientation change efforts
4. every individual, whether a pastor, clergy, or licensed therapist, from advertising, offering to engage in, or engaging in sexual orientation change efforts
5. any person to sell books, counseling services, or anything else that directs people to trust in Jesus Christ to help them overcome unwanted same-sex attraction or gender confusion [the Holy Bible?]

This bill will cause harm by preventing counselors from providing counseling and adults from receiving beneficial counsel they desire. AB2943 is ideologically driven and lacks scientific justification. Many people have benefited from receiving counsel for unwanted same-sex attractions, behaviors, or gender confusion.

If AB 2943 is approved, victims of sexual abuse can no longer get counseling if they develop (as often happens) unwanted urges to engage in same-sex behavior or become gender confused. More here

​California Bill AB 2943 Would Censor Counseling
"California AB 2943 is a very dangerous bill that will do a lot of damage to people seeking help with unwanted same-sex attractions or gender confusion," 
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See Bill here:
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2943

Steve Green, Hobby Lobby's President said: “We won’t pay for any abortive products. We believe life begins at conception.” Hobby Lobby stores and facilities are open for business every day with the exception of Sunday to allow employees to have more time to spend for worship, rest, and family.

U.S. Supreme Court Decision
On June 30, 2014, the U.S. supreme court ruled 5-4 that Hobby Lobby and other "closely held" stock corporations can choose to be exempt from the law based on religious preferences, based on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act but not on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. More here

​Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby lead in new 'Faith Equality Index ...
Nov 02, 2015, Washington Times · Neither Chick-fil-A or Hobby Lobby had an immediate comment about their rankings in the new index on Monday. But both are well known for standing up for religious freedom and Christian values. Chick-fil-A has long supported traditional marriage, and is expanding despite boycotts by supporters of gay marriage.

Hobby Lobby Ally Invokes the ‘Chick-fil-A’ Defense
https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/72455
Hobby Lobby Ally Invokes the ‘Chick-fil-A’ Defense The 5-4 Supreme Court decision Monday was applauded by a wide swath of conservative politicians and groups.

​The Shocking Rumors About Chick-fil-A are True, America
 
April 17, 2018, Todd Starnes -- In recent days, The New Yorker has made some downright scurrilous accusations about the restaurant, Chick-Fil-A. The magazine warned that the beloved fast food restaurant that specializes in chicken was waging a “guerrilla insurgency” upon Gotham’s [New York] citizenry – plotting to evangelize the city by luring the masses with chicken sandwiches.

The writer Dan Piepenbring lamented, “The brand’s arrival here feels like an infiltration, in no small part because of its pervasive Christian traditionalism. Its headquarters, in Atlanta, are adorned with Bible verses and a statue of Jesus washing a disciple’s feet. Its stores close on Sundays. The restaurant’s corporate purpose still begins with the words ‘to glorify God,’ and that proselytism thrums below the surface of the Fulton Street restaurant, which has the ersatz homespun ambiance of a megachurch. If the restaurant is a megachurch, the Cows are its ultimate evangelists. It’s politics, its décor, and its commercial-evangelical messaging are infected with this suburban piety." [See essay titled, “Chick-fil-A’s Creepy Infiltration of New York City.” ]

Well, America – the time has come for you to know the truth. The New Yorker caught us red-handed. The jig is up. The truth is - that months ago a covert team of specially trained Southern Christians crossed the Mason-Dixon Line along with a herd of grammatically-challenged bovines [cows]. Our mission was to convert the Yankee heathens with gracious Southern hospitality and delicious chicken sandwiches. ​Well, praise the Lord and drink some sweet tea! More here

Son of Samuel Truett Cathy, Dan Cathy, Chick Fil A Chief Operating Officer Statements:

On 6/16/12 Daniel T. Cathy said about Supreme Court Ruling on same sex marriage :

"I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, "We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage". I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about."

On July 2, 2012 Biblical Recorder published an interview with Dan Cathy, who was asked about opposition to his company's "support of the traditional family."

"Well, guilty as charged. We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that. ... We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that. We intend to stay the course. We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles."

Defenders of Chick-fil-A point out that the company donates thousands of pounds of food to New York Common Pantry, and that its expansion creates jobs. [The bigoted article from the New Yorker is here]

Humans Are The Leading Cause Of Wildfires In The U.S. - NPR
2-27-17, More than a dozen major wildfires MOST were started by humans ...​ Fire ecologist Melissa Forder says about 60 percent [other reports say 90% are the cause of human error or arson] of fires in national parks are caused by humans: "intentionally set fires, buildings burning and spreading into the forest, smoking, equipment malfunctions and campfires."

US wildfires leave two dead in Oklahoma
4-18-18, Al Jazeera English · Wildfires have killed two people in western Oklahoma and could spread and ignite more fires in the process. Gusty wind of up to 80 kilometres per hour ... 260,000 acres burned only 10% contained. Smoke moving into Tulsa area...

The Latest: Wildfire destroys 5 homes in southern Colorado
4-18-18, Fox News · DENVER – Several large wildfires, fueled by strong winds that swept through Colorado, continue to burn Wednesday morning. One of the larger fires, the 117 Fire in El Paso and Pueblo counties, has burned 10 structures and prompted the evacuation of nearly 400 homes. The fire was nearly 41,000 acres...

​Gusty winds spread wildfires in Arizona  & New Mexico Plains as storm moves east
4-18-18, ABC News ·Winds are expected to subside today ... Fire alerts in Arizona and New Mexico ... Arizona fire report:
Location: Southeast of Whiteriver
Start date: Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Cause: Human caused/Under investigation
Size: 2,644 acres
More here: ein.az.gov/emergency-information/emergency-bulletin/rattlesnake-fire-receives-air-support

1 Corinthians 2:9; Philippians 1:21, 3:20-21; Revelation 21:4

Japan to lift ban on growing human organs in animals
4-15-18, WorldNetDaily · Japan's expert panel has green-lighted controversial scientific experiments to grow human organs inside the bodies of animals [pigs] as early as fall 2018. Under the auspices of the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry, the panel produced a report concluding it would allow researchers to implant an animal embryo (a fertilized egg) containing human cells into an animal’s womb and have the animal give birth.

One method being considered for growing human organs inside animal bodies involves injecting human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into an animal embryo and then returning the embryo to an animal’s womb to be birthed.

The embryos are genetically modified to prevent specific organs from being created. Japan’s current guidelines prohibit transplanting such an embryo into an animal’s womb. The ministry plans to revise them. More here and here
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4-11-18, Dr Michael Brown -- I have compassion for those who genuinely struggle with their gender identity. It's something I wouldn't wish on anyone, something I do not treat lightly. At the same time, I'm against today's cultural madness where perception becomes reality. 

In the latest example of this madness, the Boston Marathon (among other marathons) announced that men 'who identify as women' can compete with the women. Since everyone runs together, it would simply mean that their times would be compared with the times of the female runners. And since both the male winner and the female winner receive the same prize money ($150,000 in Boston), if a man who identifies as a woman beats the other ladies, he wins! These men are not biological women, and it is not fair for a biological male to compete against a biological female; period.

A 2014 report from the University of Helsinki indicated that, "Identifying genetic associations with X chromosomal genes can be particularly valuable in helping researchers to understand why some characteristics, such as height, strength, etc differ between sexes. 

Because women have two copies of this chromosome
​and men only one.

Recently "Andraya Yearwood, a freshman who was born a male, won the girls 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Connecticut high school Class M state championships. Kate Hall, Senior at Stonington High School won the 2017 girls 100-meter dash Class M state title as a sophomore. However, this year she came in second to the male Yearwood. She was tearful in the aftermath, the Hartford Courant reported Kate saying: "It's frustrating, but that's just the way it is now." More here

4-5-18,  (Natural News) May God bless the Tarsell family, who fought the U.S. government eight long years to validate a medical burden of proof that the Gardasil vaccine killed their 21 yr old daughter, Christina who “died from an arrhythmia induced by an autoimmune response” to Gardasil, an HPV vaccine that she received only days before her death.

The final ruling has been confirmed by the Dept of Health and Human Services:

"Merck’s Gardasil vaccine causes autoimmune problems that cause sudden debilitation and/or death."

If Christina had been gunned down by a madman with an AR-15, then there’d be national headlines and a march on Washington. Since this young woman was “shot” to death by a vaccine, the whole story gets swept under the rug.

Never mind that the Gardasil vaccine is responsible for ending the lives of 271 young women to date, according to over 57,520 adverse event reports obtained from the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System. If 271 young people died in a school shooting, the news coverage would be nonstop in support of gun bans. How about a ban on Gardasil – a real modern day assault weapon? More here and here:

Court ruling confirms Gardasil vaccine kills people… scientific evidence beyond any doubt… so where is the outcry?

California state senator who pushed vaccine mandate now seeks to CRIMINALIZE “fake news” about medicine, politics and government 

Wake Forest Professor Claims Believing in God is 'Immoral and evil" 
4-5-18, At Wake Forest University, North Carolina USA University religion professor Dr. Jarrod Whitaker specializes in South Asian religions at the university and also allegedly asserted that belief in an objective truth “is the most tremendous evil that is responsible for all the great suffering in the world,” reported The Wake Forest Review. Apparently he  thinks it is not just illogical to believe in God, but also immoral, according to a Wednesday report. https://www.westernjournal.com/wake-forest

Which type of natural sugar is superior from a health standpoint? The answer is complicated.
4-3-18, First of all, it’s important to note that natural sugar is still sugar, and everyone should aim to reduce their intake of every type of sugar to minimize their risk of type 2 diabetes, cancer and other illnesses. Quite simply, if you consume too much sugar, your body will pay the price, and it doesn’t matter whether it came from sugarcane, beets, dates, coconuts, cactus or bees. Nevertheless, there will be occasions when you need to use sugar for a recipe, whether it’s a dessert or something savory, and you might wonder which is the best type to use. Here is an assessment of some of the most popular natural sugar list here.

Toxic tattoo ink accumulates in lymph nodes,
causing life-long cancer risk
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9-19-17, Colored tattoos increase the risk of cancer. The pigmented dyes used by most tattoo parlors contain a controversial chemical known as titanium dioxide. This compound is added to tattoo ink to give certain colors. But while the chemical is efficient in exacting the correct shade desired, it is also associated to an assortment of debilitating conditions, not least of which is cancer.

A team from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment observed how titanium dioxide travels through the bloodstream and accumulates in the lymph nodes. This causes them to become swollen and hinders their ability to fight infections.

Lymph nodes are the small, bean-shaped glands found all throughout the body. They are an essential part of the immune system and are directly responsible for attacking and destroying germs that are carried in through the lymph fluid. When one or more nodes swell, the body becomes more susceptible to various diseases.
Tattoo enthusiasts are not the only ones who should worry about a titanium dioxide contamination. Chances are, you’ve been exposed to this compound even if you don’t have a tattoo.

Titanium dioxide is a highly popular additive in many commercial products including sunscreen, various cosmetics, toothpaste, soap, water treatment agents, and some pharmaceuticals. Its primary use is as a pigment but is utilized in a range of applications including: providing opacity and durability in paints and coatings, minimizing brittleness in plastics and rubber, coating paper, and protecting food products from rapid degradation. More here

The Light Phone 2 Is the Ultimate Anti-PhoneThe makers of the Light Phone have returned with a successor that adds a few tools, ... At launch it the Light Phone 2 will cost $400. The Light Phone — a credit card-sized device with the ability to make calls and do nothing else. After shipping about 10,000 devices since its initial Kickstarter campaign, Light has returned with a successor that adds a few necessary features, but still rejects the bloat and feature-creep that has come to define modern communication devices.At launch it the Light Phone 2 will cost $400, but early backers can claim theirs for $250 right now. That’s enough money to buy a modest entry-level smartphone, which may not come with all of the bells and whistles, but will certainly give you the option to do many of the things possible on the latest phones today. [Note: I don't think it'll be successful unless the price goes down. -- Annette]
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3-31-18, Natural News --  Who can deny that 'smartphones' have taken over the world. They’re with you when you wake up, you keep them close by throughout the day, and they are often the last thing you interact with before you go to sleep. This is the reality for millions upon millions of people everywhere around the world. And whether you want to admit it or not, the influence and reach of smartphones in people’s everyday lives have become so much bigger than it ever has before.

There are some who are trying to capitalize on the opportunity to serve a market of minimalist phone users. One effort comes in the form of the Light Phone 2 – it’s a  of a crowd funded effort to move away from the complicated, “heavy” smartphones that are the norm today, allowing the user to access only a handful of essential cellphone features.

The creators of Light Phone2 want to sell it to you in the name of getting away from the problem of relying far too much on a complicated, soul-sucking, and time-draining smartphone. When it was first announced as a new crowdfunding project on Indiegogo.com, it had a fixed goal of only $250,000. But now, it has already raised more than $1.1 million from almost 4,000 individual backers. Clearly, it has garnered a lot of attention and generated plenty of interest from the market at large.It’s an interesting piece of technology, to be sure. But if you think about it, there’s something ironic about solving your problems with tech – in this case, with the overuse of high-powered smartphones – by using, you guessed it, even more tech. And the ticket to go on this unironically minimalist ride is not cheap, either.

To become a backer, or one of the people who funded the Light Phone 2 and allowed it to come to market, the lowest amount that you’d need to pledge is $250. You can even go higher: three people put in $2000 to reserve 10 units for themselves. But the minimum, to get the base model Light Phone 2, however it turns out to be, costs a quarter of a thousand dollars. 

• Russia fire: Kemerovo mall blaze kills 64, many of them ...
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/deadly-fire-in-russian... 3/25/18 -- The official death toll is 64 ... including many children, they were killed after a fire broke out in a theater in a mall as the play area.
  
• Russia mall fire: Many dead after fire exits blocked in ...

The fire alarms were silent and staff reportedly nowhere to be seen, a fire at a shopping mall packed with children and their parents on the first weekend of the school recess killed 64 people in Russia’s Siberia.

• 8 children among 64 killed in Russian mall fire, officials ...
  3-26-18, A fire in a Siberian mall where children and ... 64 people in Russia's Siberia. T
• Trapped in Russian Mall Fire
  The New York Times · Mar 26, 2018 · The fire at a shopping centre in Kemerovo, Siberia. MOSCOW — The theater was packed, and children’s movies were …
• More here

3-19-18, WND.com -- Forget that traditional diamond-encrusted gold band – now millennials are embracing a new trend to show off their engagement: a diamond embedded inside a soon-to-be bride’s finger. Sam Abbas, who owns NYC Ink Studio in the West Village, told New York’s WCBS-TV 2: “We notice a lot of people coming looking for that [finger piercing]. However, the trend comes with health risks. You’re dealing with the blood, so you got to be very, very safe. What we do, we sterilize everything.” Video here ​How the dermal piercings are done here

3-21-18, The Navy has finally denied the application of an atheist, Jason Heap, who sought to become a “secular humanist” chaplain for the service. His application was backed by the Humanist Society, was first rejected by the Navy in 2014, but a Navy chaplain advisory board recently recommended approving it.

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Atheist files lawsuit over Navy's rejection of application for chaplaincy ...
11-6-2014, Jason Heap, atheist applied to become a chaplain in the US Navy - it was rejected. -- Stars n Stripes
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The possibility of an atheist chaplain set off an outcry from both sides of Capitol Hill, and 45 House members and 22 senators sent letters of opposition this month to Navy leaders.

The Navy Chaplain Corps is manned by officers who promote religious and spiritual well-being among sailors and Marines. It represents a variety of religions including Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism.
House lawmakers said the reconsideration of Heap’s application raised concerns that the Navy was trying to expand the Chaplain Corps beyond its intended focus of serving religious sailors by including philosophical beliefs. More here

Scientists have discovered a way to destroy cancer tumors using nothing but sound waves 
3-29-17, Natural News) A recent breakthrough in high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy (HIFU) technology has proven its use as an effective cancer treatment.High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy proved to be a highly-effective cancer treatment in various studies and clinical trials. Researchers at the University College Hospital in London examined 625 men with prostate cancer and found that 93 percent of patients who underwent HIFU alone remained cancer-free at five years following the treatment, without requiring surgery or radiotherapy.
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​Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto AND "ROUNDUP" are moving forward

3-19-18, Natural News) After scientific anaysis was heard in court, hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto for personal injury and wrongful death are moving forward. Pending the judge's decision, the evidence detailing Roundup’s carcinogenicity; the glyphosate toxicity could be allowed at the trial. The first trial is set for June 18, 2018, in the Superior Court for the County of San Francisco.
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Mediterranean diet helps prevent cancer, nutrition science study finds 

3-18-18, (Natural News) Everyone may have heard, at some point, a friendly suggestion to “eat your vegetables.” ... The Mediterranean Diet’s ability to help prevent cancer stems from the natural anti-cancer phytonutrients found in the food components of the diet. Unfortunately, currently there still are some scientifically illiterate or self-deluded doctors and health practitioners who believe there’s no such thing as an anti-cancer nutrient in natural foods. This is the scientific equivalent of believing in the Flat Earth theory and evolution! Every informed nutritionist, doctor and scientist knows that many natural foods contain potent anti-cancer compounds. ​Researchers concluded that the Mediterranean diet, characterized by food rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, cereals, and fish, lowers the incidence and the development of cancer; thus, reducing the number of deaths associated with the illness.

National Geographic: No, Scott Kelly's Year in Space Didn't Mutate His DNA - Scores of stories reporting that Kelly’s DNA is substantially different now are missing some basic facts ...
 3-15-18, Seven percent of Kelly’s DNA is not mutated after his year in space, which makes sense if you keep in mind that humans and chimps have genetic sequences that differ by less than 2 percent, and individual humans—even completely unrelated strangers—differ by about 0.1 percent.
Here’s how this works. Genetic sequences are like strings of letters arranged just so, and they are in charge of producing proteins. Mutate the wrong letter, or sequence of letters, and it can be mildly annoying, like our favorite ducking autocorrect, or it can be extremely bad news, like the mutations that allow tumors to proliferate. Most mutations, however, go unnoticed (the one that confer superpowers are a different story).
Expression levels, on the other hand, reflect whether genes are turned on or turned off. Within each of us, most of our cells are otherwise genetically identical, but their genes are expressed at different levels. It’s those patterns of expression that produce hearts, brains, eyeballs, and other things, kind of like using the same set of ingredients to cook up vastly different dishes. More here​

​The truth about astronaut Scott Kelly’s viral ‘space genes’
3-16-18, Washington Post -- [A]rticles claiming that the mission activated Kelly's “space genes,” that 7 percent of his genes didn't return to normal post-spaceflight, and that he and Mark are no longer identical twins..... these stories are biologically impossible. If 7 percent of Kelly's genome was altered, he would be about as different from a human as a rhesus monkey. ... Your genome dwells inside the nuclei of your cells. Think of it as an instruction manual: It is the complete set of DNA that describes the form and function of every aspect of your being, with each gene pertaining to a particular task life requires. 
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Incorrect report from New York Post here

​Professor notes men are taller than women on average
3-14-18, Hotair --  At James Damore's [Engineer who was fired from Google] mere mention of a simple anatomical fact (men are on average taller than women) a group of SJW's [Seattle University] got up and stormed out, apparently damaging the sound system on ... There are some cuts in the video but she is clearly agitated and says at one point, “Even the women in there have been brainwashed..."

​James Damore has sued Google. His infamous memo on women in the workplace
Aug 8, 2017 - James Damore, the man fired by Google last year after he wrote a memo arguing that there may be biological reasons whywomen are ... But then he continues: “Women generally … have astronger interest in people rather than things, relative to men”; and that this may “in part explain why women relatively ...

Genes of Creation Explain Men are Usually Taller​​
Sep 11, 2001 - ABC Science -- According to a new study by the University of Melbourne ... 4 cm [1.57 inches] of men's height is due to the combination of just two genes:

1. chromosome 15
2. Y chromosome

Dr Justine Ellis, who authored the study with colleagues Professor Stephen Harrap and Dr Margaret Stebbing from the Dept of Physiology at the University of Melbourne said, these genes may also help explain why most men are taller than women. The genes operate independently, but have an additive effect. More here

​3-12-18, See video of seven yr old Sophia Ceballos and Mom Catalina Robledo tell how the flight attendant wouldn't listen that it was a dog she put in the overhead bin on United Airlines flight 1284. The ten month old, English Bulldog, 'Kokito" suffocated and died in the four hour flight. Horrible horrible! More here

Fox News -- According to a report from the Department of Transportation, United had the highest number of animal deaths and injuries among all U.S. airlines in 2017, with 18 animals killed and 13 injured while flying through the airline’s PetSafe cargo program.

Dog Dies In Overhead Bin On United Flight 1284
Airline Apologized taking full responsibility
"Flight attendant lied said she didn't know it was a dog ..." Sophia

3-12-18, On 4 hour United Flight 1284, from Houston to New York's LaGuardia airport little ten month old English Bulldog, Kokito, suffocated while stashed in overhead bin ...
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Note: I am a dog lover and cannot even imagine the horror this 
family endured because their pet was killed like this! -- Annette