Category Archives: Gender

February 20, 2015 Radio Commentary

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Gender & School Policies

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, February 20, 2015 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Every session several bills are introduced to give civil rights status for sexual orientation and it’s happening again. The strategy behind those bills is to normalize alternate lifestyles in every aspect of culture. Sexual orientation bills introduced so far this session would change policies in public, private and religious schools, would mandate added penalties for certain crimes and require government employers to alter qualifications for jobs.

In recent years, the term “hate crime” became the foundation for increasing punishment for crimes thought to be motivated by race, color, sex, nationality or religion. Except for religion, all of those classifications are facts of birth. But since the word sex is a fact of male and female biological identity, the term “sexual orientation” began cropping up to stretch human identity beyond biological fact.

“Sexual orientation” became an umbrella term for multiple classifications of sexual behavior that keeps expanding. So, the word “gender” was substituted for the word sex. Most people assume that sex and gender mean the same, but they don’t.   Those of you who have a King James Version of the Bible might have noticed Leviticus 19:19 that reveals the meaning of gender in this statement. “Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind.” With those few words, the Bible defines gender as behavior. Continue reading →

February 15, 2015 Newsletter

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Multi-Pronged LGBTQAI Attack on Morality
Where? Public, Private, Religious Education, Crime & Employment

Sexual offenses and crimes in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) are divided into five categories: Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Sexual Exploitation of Children, Sexual Intercourse, and Sexual Offenses. Within those five categories are at least 45 subdivisions.

Sexual crimes and offenses reflect behaviors found to be harmful to those who participate and to society as a whole. Penalties demanded upon conviction of illicit sexual behavior are intended to deter repeat offenders and prevent dalliance by anyone tempted to experiment. The Code sections under attack are all-inclusive. Title 31 deals with AIDS/HIV; Title 24 concerns DNA; Title 19 confronts child sexual abuse; Title 17, rape; Title 20, student reporting; Title 15, duties of magistrates; and Title 16 extensively covers sexual offenses from fornication to adultery to bestiality to incest to necrophilia to reckless conduct and beyond.

Thus far, a cluster of bills has been introduced in this year’s legislative session to redirect morality in Georgia. Four additional bills would establish and fund services for victims of “sexual servitude,” which includes individuals trafficked for sexual purposes, plus anyone under age 18 who participates voluntarily in prostitution, pornography, lewd massage, et al.

All Schools: H.B. 40, prefiled by Representative Keisha Waites (D) January 9, drastically changes (a) discipline policies for K – 12 students, (b) bullying definitions (c) for all public and private schools, and (d) provides no exemption for religious school doctrines.

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June 28 , 2013 Radio Commentary

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June’s 30-Day Focus

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, June 28, 2013 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. June has been the traditional month for brides, but for years, it has been used to promote alternate lifestyles instead of traditional family life. Several recent presidential executive orders have declared June to be LGBT month and the executive branch, also, declared that foreign aid would go ONLY to countries that openly promote alternate lifestyles. In a stunningly inappropriate speech a year before she resigned, the last secretary of state announced, “It’s okay to be gay!”

Highly influential non-government organizations, including the National Education Association (NEA), have strategized for decades to change U.S. sexual culture from Christian values to humanistic situation ethics. That strategy is meant to pull captive-audience students AWAY from their up-bringing and INTO the acceptance and affirmation of LGBT lifestyles.

Indoctrination programs include the annual day of silence that promotes and affirms alternate lifestyles in schools. The day of silence started 17 years ago in the University of Virginia, but educators soon began pushing it K – 12. As early as 2008, the Gay, Lesbian Straight Education Network claimed 7,500 students observed a day of silence in April. In contrast, Georgia law authorizes only one minute for silent meditation per school day. Continue reading →

Special Edition Newsletter- March 2013

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The Life and Love of Robert Deadwyler

Present with the Lord: March 6, 2013
By Sue Ella Deadwyler

 

 

 

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At my request, fully mounted tires and wheels were added to Robert’s casket. It was unusual, but very appropriate. Robert was one of a kind and I was delighted when the funeral director agreed to make his home-going as mischievous as he was.
I had often said, “Robert, when you get to Heaven and find there are no cars, you’ll ask for a transfer.” He never denied it, so for visiting time his casket was modified with tires and wheels, which were removed before the funeral began. With that, Robert’s brand of fun was added to a sad situation. Everyone enjoyed the levity and declared, “That’s Robert!”

You might have heard Robert say, “I like to have fun and I’m going to have fun,” because he said it so often.  He meant what he said and that’s what he did.  He kidded wherever he was and, if you ever met him, you probably kidded WITH him.  He enjoyed people and people enjoyed him.

He was a southern gentleman who’d rather hug the women than shake their hands.  If we were in a crowd, I’d always find Robert with a group of women.  In fact, he had a unique ministry with the widowed women in one of my Sunday school classes of mature ladies.  Week after week, I had noticed how much those hugs meant to the ladies who, most likely, hadn’t had a hug all week.  So, the hug line on Sunday morning was Robert’s unofficial faithful ministry to wonderful ladies who needed it most!

But, Robert wasn’t born a full-grown lady-hugging Christian man.  He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on March 3 and celebrated his last birthday three days before he died March 6, 2013.  His birth year was his forward gear (he’d like that analogy) that kicked in to bring him onto earth and this month his reverse gear kicked in to transport him into Heaven to meet his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Though that was a great day for Robert, it was the saddest day of my life, which has been irretrievably reversed.

Before all that happened, Robert had a full and meaningful life filled with as much fun as he could manage.  His mom and dad were Ralph Campbell Deadwyler who married Nellie Laura Greene.  Together they produced Robert and his baby sister Gloria Jane, who grew up to become the bride of Bernard Anthony “Bud” Flatley.

Soon Robert was old enough to go to school and always enjoyed telling the story about the little girl who sat in front of him.  You might not realize it in this technological age, but back in “the day,” inkwells on the desk got many a boy in trouble and you guessed it!  With such temptation, it was inevitable that a pigtail found its way into the ink.  It was great fun, until the little girl screeched and the teacher lowered the boom on sweet little Robert.  I think he mentioned something about a dunce cap in a corner.

However, he DID mature enough to be on the yearbook staff in high school, where he joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) and soon became Cadet Major Robert Deadwyler, second in command as Battalion Executive Officer.  For special ceremonies, I was his sponsor, because I was his high school sweetheart.  One of his duties was to train the other cadets to march in cadence.  Just last year, one of those cadets, grown up a bit himself since then, told Robert how good he was as an instructor, but those boys just couldn’t seem to “get it.”  He was awarded a Military Training Certificate for completing the prescribed course of instruction in the Junior Division Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

But, let me back up a bit.  R.O.T.C. was a natural choice for Robert.  As a junior at Roosevelt High School, Robert had enlisted in the Service Company, 122nd Infantry, Georgia National Guard.  At the end of that four-year term, having reached the rank of private first class, he was awarded an honorable discharge; reenlisted for another three years; earned the rank of Sgt. E-5; and was honorably discharged again.  Soon, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve and attained the rank of sergeant first class within a few months.  Subsequent enlistments resulted in three additional honorable discharges.

Robert and I married within months of our high school graduations.  Our two children, Robert Daniel and Ginger Sue were loved and loving.  The children of Dan and Sandra Patrice are our grandchildren – Amanda Cheree, Robert Daniel, Jr. and Chris Bailey.

Robert loved the Lord and his family, but they weren’t his only love.  His natural mechanical engineering talent, that allowed him to drive or fix or modify or repair or improve or invent (if necessary) practically anything, guided him into another love – the automotive field – where he worked briefly with an auto repair shop, drove a gasoline tanker-truck for Texaco, but was soon moved into the Texaco Bulk Plant office in Doraville.  From there, Texaco transferred him to North Carolina to manage the bulk plant in Paw Creek.  Eight years later, upon Robert’s request, Texaco transferred him back to the Atlanta corporate office as an accountant and in that position he took early retirement to avoid a departmental transfer to Texas.

Soon, he and a friend established Auto Parts Mart in Cumming.  Later, Robert became sole owner and changed the name to Robert’s Auto Parts.  Is there any doubt what he sold there?  After selling that business, he worked with other auto parts companies – always becoming a part of management – including Genuine Parts Company (NAPA) in Norcross, from which he retired a second time as assistant manager of the Main Branch.  After several months of retirement, he returned to work part-time at a NAPA store closer to home.  Not only did Robert have a passion for automotive vehicles, he loved the parts that made them work!

As a NASCAR fan, he was thrilled to get a pass from NAPA so he could visit the pit and have up-front-and-personal access to pit crews, drivers and all the intricacies of an Atlanta Speedway Race.

Robert loved showing his classic metallic midnight blue Ford Mustang and, rightly so.  He had restored it to a pristine condition with most of its original parts and pieces.  It (the car), obediently and quickly, earned several trophies at car shows.  He restored his Dad’s 1969 Chevrolet Impala and was thrilled to win a trophy the first time he showed it.  Actually, it won the children’s trophy, because the children selected the Impala as their favorite of the show and that trophy was ’way taller than all the others.  He was so proud!

Last fall, Robert sold his Mustang and bought a gold-metallic magnetic red (a beautiful dark red) 1999 Corvette.  He planned to enter it in the Norcross Car Show this spring.  Incidentally, most metallic paints contain flecks of silver, but Robert’s Corvette has gold metallic, a special tribute for my husband who had a heart of gold!

Appropriately, he will be buried in a midnight blue casket with gold pin stripes (color of the Mustang and his Chevy van) and, for fun-loving, car-loving Robert the casket might have wheels on it.  The funeral director said they’d never had a request like that before, but it would be done.  I can’t wait to see it!  When the Lord created Robert, he made him uniquely gifted, loving and loved.  He will be sorely missed and his leaving has left an un-mendable void in my heart and life!  He was my man and I loved him with all my being!  I trust Robert found his mom and dad and my mom and dad in Heaven right after he was greeted by the Lord Jesus Himself!

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