A San Francisco assessor has called for the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco to hand over $15 million in taxes because of an internal restructuring of the archdiocese, a move that some are describing as "retaliation" for the Church's opposition to Proposition 8....Many are decrying the move as retaliation for the church's support of California's same-sex "marriage" ban, as pro-homosexual "marriage" San Francisco residents and politicians have made no secret of their ire at the Catholic Church and other religious groups for supporting Proposition 8.
"This is fishy at the least and evil at the most," Randy Thomasson of California's Campaign for Children and Families told LifeSiteNews.com. "Phil Ting is doing to the Catholic Church what has not been done in other venues, taking away the Church's tax-exempt status in regards to property."
Thomasson said that Ting, "who went head to head with the Catholic church over marriage between a man and a woman ... is aiming his rifles ... right at the Catholic Church, and this is something that a higher court should be more just in its analysis."
The call to tax the Catholic and Mormon churches, which helped propel Prop 8 fundraising and campaigning, became a mantra of same-sex "marriage" supporters ever since the amendment passed in November.
CitizenLink/Focus On The Family's posted an article reviewing a Lifetime Channel movie, entitled: Lifetime Movie Casts Christians in Ugly Role; Family advocates are concerned the film on homosexuality tells only half of the story, leaving out the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. From the article:
The Lifetime Channel is airing a controversial new movie this weekend in which conservative Christian parents shoulder the blame after their gay-identified son commits suicide. "Prayers for Bobby," based on a true story from the 1970s, stars Sigourney Weaver.Family advocates are concerned the film tells only half of the story, leaving out the redemptive power of Jesus Christ.
The article quotes Terri Brown, a mother that's been praying for 17 years that her son would find freedom from the homosexual identity:
I can understand a mother's despair, especially a Christian mother's despair. Because we know what the Bible says about homosexuality.My heart goes out to people that struggle with homosexuality. They did not ask for that struggle. What do we do with our sin nature? We take it to the Lord and let Him renew our minds and hearts.
Again, from the article:
Jeff Johnston, gender analyst at Focus on the Family, said the movie's message runs contrary to God's....No matter where the movie lands, Johnston said, people can and do change their sexual orientation -- he's living proof.
I'm always a little skeptical of folk who have a personal set of experiences, and then try to globalize the experience to everyone else -- such as Focus On The Family putting Jeff Johnston putting himself up as the "living proof" that one can, by effort and God's help, change one's sexual orientation. Even allowing that it's true for Johnston, it doesn't mean it's true for every other lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person.
This all sounds like "you homosexuals can change your sexual orientation with God's help." But, you have to look at the rest of the FOTF message, and look at how they spent millions for the Yes On Prop 8 campaign, and then laying off employees for lack of cash in December of last year.
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