Monthly Archives: July 2013

July 26, 2013 Radio Commentary

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1966: Georgia’s Big Leap down the Slippery Slope

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, July 26, 2013 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Years ago, even before I became a “watchman on the wall” at the State Capitol, anti-traditional bills became law and dramatically interfered with parental authority. Seemingly honorable, honest, family-minded legislators passed laws that changed state culture forever. It was 1966 when senators and representatives in the Georgia General Assembly (most of whom had children and grandchildren) passed the Family Planning Act to provide confidential reproductive services for all ages, regardless of marital status. That meant no child is too young to receive services and no agency will inform the child’s parents.

The 1966 Family Planning Act presents a neutral attitude toward reproductive healthcare, with no mention of morality, parental authority and responsibility, or the law’s impact on the family unit or on family unity. In fact, you might have noticed that any sexually active or pregnant female is now identified in the media as a “woman,” though she might be only ten years old.

In Georgia, county boards of health and health districts, as well as pertinent departments of family and children services, train agency personnel to confidentially counsel and interview minors about reproductive health – healthcare/devices/medication/referrals before/during/after sexual activity. So, without parental knowledge or consent, minors may acquire from those agencies whatever medical services/drugs they want … if it concerns sexual activity. Continue reading →

July 2013 Newsletter

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Georgia’s Marriage Amendment Passed in 2004

“This state shall recognize as marriage only the union of man and woman.  Marriages between persons of the same sex are prohibited in this state.

“No union between persons of the same sex shall be recognized by this state as entitled to the benefits of marriage.  This state shall not give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state or jurisdiction respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other state or jurisdiction.  The courts of this state shall have no jurisdiction to grant a divorce or separate maintenance with respect to any such relationship or otherwise to consider or rule on any of the parties’ respective rights arising as a result of or in connection with such relationship.”

 – Constitution of the State of Georgia, Article I, Section IV

 Six months before the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) passed Congress in September 1996 the Georgia legislature had already passed H.B. 15801 to define marriage as “only the union of man and woman.”  H.B. 1580 became law when Governor Zell Miller signed it April 2, 1996.

Also, H.B. 1580 settled the question of marriage licenses, by (a) prohibiting the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples and (b) prohibiting the recognition of marriage licenses from other states that don’t meet Georgia’s legal definition of marriage.

When judges began declaring other state marriage laws to be unconstitutional and legislators realized state laws needed constitutional protection from judicial activism, by 2004 Georgia legislators introduced two resolutions2 to amend the State Constitution.  One was H.R. 1470 that defined marriage as between “man and woman,” but did not restrict it to one man and one woman and did not address marriage licenses or unions made in other states.

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July 19, 2013 Radio Commentary

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“Coming Out” After Lesson 13

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, July 19, 2013 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. This is the concluding report on the 13-lesson K – 5 curriculum introduced in San Francisco public schools in 2001. The first lesson introduced kindergartners to slang words for males and females that practice homosexuality. Subsequent lessons taught them about other sexual orientations.

Lesson ten about “Freedom to Marry” addresses fair/unfair laws, marriage, the history of legal marriage and a homework survey about marriages of lesbians and gay men. About LGBT marriage, pupils are asked: Where to go from here? Should there be a vote? Should there be a law? Should the court decide?

Lesson 11’s key message is: “It’s fine to be transgendered.” To start that discussion, the teacher tells about Wilson who winds up with two moms, because his father begins living as a woman. Another story, illustrated with a picture, tells of a transgendered man, who was born a woman. After the stories, pupils write journal entries describing what they learn about transgendered people and how that knowledge makes them feel. Using journal entries, the teacher leads discussions about intolerance, peer pressure, diversity and teasing then assigns homework on the subject. Continue reading →

July 12, 2013 Radio Commentary

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What is a Boy/Girl?

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, July 12, 2013 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

In 2001 a K ‑5 curriculum was introduced in San Francisco to counteract home-taught moral values of very young children.  It is a systematic, persistent, progressive training of children to accept alternate lifestyles and emerge as future civil rights activists promoting all sexual preferences.

The first lesson introduces kindergartners to slang terms for male and female homosexuals – terms most children that young have not heard at home or church.  The title of the second lesson is “What is a Boy/Girl?”  You might expect a scientific biology lesson, but not so.  The children are instructed to make a column for boys and a column for girls on a sheet of paper, after which the teacher deems all of them to be “kids,” implying there’s no difference between boys and girls.  Lesson three, about building a family with two mom or two dads, ends with the teacher reading Asha’s Mums and Who’s in a Family?  

Since lesson four is about cross-dressing, the teacher explains that there’s no difference between boys wearing skirts and girls wearing baseball uniforms.  After learning that, the class ends with dress-up time!  In lesson five the teacher reads storybooks, changes mom and dad to “mom and mom” or “dad and dad,” then compares husband-and-wife families to households headed by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender partners.  Note how the terms change from “families with husband and wife” to “households headed by partners.” Continue reading →