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June 22, 2018 Radio Commentary

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Obfuscating the Issue

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, June 22, 2018 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Today’s word is “obfuscation,” which means “to cloud over, obscure, make dark or unclear, muddle, confuse, bewilder.” It would be easier to use a simpler word, but obfuscation is making a mockery of truth by belittling and changing the right way of handling issues.

Case in point is the reporting of S.B. 375 that failed to pass the General Assembly this year, although it would’ve been a “slam-dunk” a few years ago. Actually, S.B. 375 would not have been necessary years ago, because common sense and the Constitution settled such things.

Senator William Ligon introduced S.B. 375 on January 31 st . It passed the Senate 35 – 19 three weeks later, but died in a House committee when the session ended March 29th .

If S.B. 375 had passed, Georgia’s faith-based adoption agencies could have continued placing children with parents of the same faith and out-of-state faith-based adoption agencies could have expanded their services into Georgia. But the failure of the House to pass S.B. 375 may be laid at the feet of opponents who twisted the meaning of the bill, claiming it allowed adoption agencies to reject gay couples, but it, actually, upheld the religious rights of adoption agencies. Continue reading →

June 15, 2018 Radio Commentary

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Choose: Stand or Acquiesce

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, June 15, 2018 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

On May 11th Lambda Legal subpoenaed Family Research Council President Tony Perkins and National Day of Prayer Task Force President Dr. Ronnie Floyd in a lawsuit filed last August against the Trump administration’s transgender military ban. They were targeted for participating in the Evangelical Executive Advisory Board, that was established by President Trump to provide his administration with data and counsel on various Christian concerns and issues.

Liberty Counsel challenged the Perkins subpoena in a May 29th letter explaining that the documents they want include information protected under the First Amendment Freedom of Association, Freedom of Speech, and the right to Petition the Government, stipulating that such demands violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

The subpoenaed items include, “All Documents and Communications from the relevant period between You and President Trump, the Executive Office of the President, the Trump Campaign, Vice President Pence, the Office of the Vice President, or the Department of Defense, concerning military service by transgender people, public policy regarding transgender people, medical treatment for transgender people, and/or transgender people in general.” Continue reading →

June 8, 2018 Radio Commentary

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Cakes, Flowers, and Religious Freedom

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, June 8, 2018 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Life-changing decisions aren’t new to Jack Phillips in Colorado. He’s the man who lost 40 percent of his income because of his religious beliefs. Jack and his wife opened Masterpiece Cakeshop (sic) in 1993, but in 2012 the Colorado Civil Rights Commission decided Jack’s faith and his business were less important than the lifestyle of a couple of his customers.

After Jack refused to decorate a wedding cake for two male customers, his business was boycotted within hours, he was verbally harassed, and his life was threatened. Claiming Jack discriminated against them, the men filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which decided Jack was guilty of illegal discrimination because he would not decorate a cake for a same-sex wedding, although, clearly, his action was based on his faith.

Because of the Commission’s decision, Jack stopped making wedding cakes, lost 40 percent of his business, and let six of his ten employees go. Incidentally, he wouldn’t decorate cakes for Halloween, either. Continue reading →

June 1, 2018 Radio Commentary

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Red light, Yellow Light, Green Light

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, June 1, 2018 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

In this politically correct society, you’d think everyone would bend over backward to keep from offending a majority of the population, but not so! The academic elite have decided college and university students are the only folk who should not be offended. As a matter of fact, that protective mind-set has so thoroughly permeated higher education that administrators comply with the whims of students who demand cancellation of a speaker’s invitation.

If acted upon, those demands become “dis-invitations,” that may materialize in various ways – administrators may issue a formal cancellation, or students may demand cancellation, or a speaker may withdraw due to student rebellion. When speakers DO come, students may persistently disrupt or heckle them during their speech.

While surveying 449 of the 5,300 colleges and universities in the United States, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) reported serious free speech violations in a tenth of the schools. Because the federal government subsidizes public colleges, they are required to uphold the First Amendment rights of the students and faculty, as well as visiting speakers. But, right now, some schools are not doing so well with that. Continue reading →