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I’m Sorry, But Caitlyn Jenner
Is a Man Wearing a Dress
by Minister Michael Brown
 
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 Fourth Circuit Rules Against Second Amendment 
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If you're a firm supporter of Second Amendment rights, then you may want to avoid living in Maryland. On Tuesday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Maryland law banning so-called assault weapons and "high capacity" (read: standard capacity) magazines. The ruling reversed a lower court decision maintaining that the law violates the Second Amendment. The lower court was right.
          In its ruling, the Fourth Circuit Court referenced District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Supreme Court declared weapons that could be classified as "dangerous and unusual" do not fall under the protections of the Second Amendment. In other words, the Supreme Court ruled that fully automatic weapons fall outside the purview of the Second Amendment — or at least these firearms and magazines can be heavily regulated without running afoul of the Constitution. Never mind that the Armed Forces have never issued AR-15s.
          For SCOTUS, the concern was primarily the function, not the form. The justices weighed it based on the type of firing system — semi-auto vs. fully automatic. The Fourth Circuit Courts deliberately conflated this distinction. If it looks like a military grade weapon, then it must be one, seems to have been the "logic" employed by the erudite Fourth Circuit judges. The Maryland law also bans folding stocks, flash suppressors and grenade/flare launchers — items that may make a rifle look menacing but do not make it functionally any more dangerous or unusual. Besides, if semiautomatic rifles are "unusual," then we don't know what constitutes "usual." The AR-15 is the most popular rifle type in America.
          Judge William Traxler wrote in his blistering dissent, "The majority has gone to greater lengths than any other court to eviscerate the constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms." They did this by inventing a new test: whether a weapon is "most useful in military service." We hope this case makes it to the Supreme Court so the justices can finish what they started with Heller — that is, protect the Second Amendment. Until then, Maryland can trample constitutional freedom, and appellate courts will be left to defiantly dismantle Heller one ruling at a time. 
~The Patriot Post
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Liberals Attack SEAL’s Widow,
President Trump Over Tribute
by Derek Hunter
{dailycaller.com} ~ Nearly the whole country was moved by the presence of Carryn Owens, widow of slain Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens, during President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress... Nearly, but not all. Some liberals used the emotional moment to attack both the president and the grieving widow. Tweets attacking the president and Carryn Owens are screen captured below...  http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/28/liberals-attack-ryan-owens-widow-president-trump-over-tribute/
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How Israel Became a
High-Tech Military Superpower
by JANET LEVY
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{familysecuritymatters.org} ~ How did a country smaller than El Salvador with a population of eight million and few natural resources become a military superpower within a few decades?... In The Weapon Wizards: How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower (St. Martin's Press, 2017), authors Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot explain this remarkable phenomenon.  Calling on their experience as Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veterans and seasoned national security analysts, they present an intriguing and engrossing account of Israel's defense capabilities development.  From a country lacking bullets and aircraft, Israel transformed itself into one of the most effective militaries in the world and the sixth-largest arms exporter globally. Today, Western powers, including the U.S., France, the UK, Russia and China, all come to Israel to learn and establish joint ventures. The Jewish State has several characteristics and realities that have contributed to its military prowess and technological leadership, the authors explain.  From inception on, Israel has been surrounded by enemies intent on its destruction... http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/how-israel-became-a-high-tech-military-superpower?f=must_reads
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'Explanatory Memorandum' Detractors Ignore
Evidence About MB in America
by John Rossomando
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{investigativeproject.org} ~ Some supposedly very smart, well-informed people are making ignorant and misleading claims in the debate over designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group... The Trump administration is considering designating the nearly 90-year-old Brotherhood, which seeks a global Islamic state governed by religious law known as shariah. Reasonable people can debate the merits. But a recent Washington Post column by Arjun Singh Sethi, an adjunct Georgetown University law professor, illustrates the way false information is being pushed by some opponents...  http://www.investigativeproject.org/5807/explanatory-memorandum-detractors-ignore-evidence#
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Here Are the Best Pictures of Dems
Reacting to Trump's Address
by Daniel Greenfield
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{frontpagemag.com} ~ I haven't seen this many unhappy Dems since Saddam Hussein was dragged out of his hole. And the 2020 Dem candidate is the one who looks like they swallowed a lemon of failure whole.
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And the King and Queen of the Progressive Misery Prom are...
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Bernie Sanders might be in suspense. Or he might have just forgotten where he is and how he got here. Or he's worried that any moment now they'll bring in the drug sniffing dogs.
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Here's Nancy Pelosi's face caught in a pitched battle between the limits of her unhappiness and the limits of her plastic surgery. Like the Sunni-Shiite war, it's mostly a stalemate between two very ugly sides.
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I’m Sorry, But Caitlyn Jenner
Is a Man Wearing a Dress
by Minister Michael Brown
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{townhall.com} ~ I do not write these words lightly, and there is not an ounce of mockery or, God forbid, hatred in my heart when I say that Caitlyn Jenner is a man wearing a dress. I am simply speaking the plain and obvious truth, as politically incorrect as that truth might be right now. But with transgender issues dominating the news these days, and in light of Tucker Carlson’s epic takedown of Democratic leader Zac Petkanas on national TV last week specifically, discussing gender-related questions, it appears that now is as good a time as ever to state some things clearly.

So then, to avoid all ambiguity: No, you do not get to choose your gender; no, gender is not determined by the level of your personal enlightenment as Petkanas alleged; no, your gender does not change simply because you announce that it has changed; and no, it is not good science to allow people to change their sexual identity on their birth certificates. In fact, there is nothing scientific about that at all.

This being said, I do not minimize for a moment the very real struggle of precious little children who struggle deeply with their gender identity, nor do I deny that many children and adults report that their lives are more stable and fulfilled when they identify as the opposite of their biological sex.

I do not minimize the traumas through which Bruce Jenner or others like him has lived, nor do I claim to be able to relate to those traumas personally.

And I do not make a spiritual judgment about someone who struggles with their gender identity, as if this struggle somehow made them into the vilest of sinners. Why should that be the case?

Again, my goal is not to belittle or disparage, and as loudly and clearly as I can, I proclaim God’s love for all of you who identify as transgender, reminding each one that Jesus died for you just as He died for me and that God has a good and godly purpose for each of your lives.

You are not defective any more than I am defective, and every human being on the planet is broken in some way and in need of a Great Physician.

But because I care enough about the transgender community to speak out, even though I’ll be branded a transphobe and bigot, I’m going to state things with clarity and conviction here, reminding us that the emperor has no clothes as Carlson rightly did on Fox last week. And I’m going to  encourage parents and policy makers, counselors and pastors, educators and activists, along with all those who care about their trans-identified friends and family that: 1) there is no settled science confirming transgender identity; 2) we still know very little about many operations of the brain, including those related to what is now called gender dysphoria (previously known as gender identity disorder, or GID); 3) studies continue to indicate that the vast majority of children who identify as transgender do not do so after puberty (even if many ultimately identify as gay); 4) there must be a better way than our current approach to treating gender dysphoria; 5) it is unfair to impose the struggles of less than 1 percent of the population on the rest of the population, especially on impressionable kids; and 6) gender distinctions should be celebrated and appreciated, rather than branded patriarchal or heterosexist or the like.

And while I’m at, let me say this to CNN’s Chris Cuomo: Sir, it is not intolerant for a father not to want his daughter to see a boy's penis at school. That's called being a good dad.

I address these issues and more on this new video commentary, including some telling clips with Jenner and with Carlson and Pektanas, along with some shocking statements from Cuomo and from California public universities.

Please take a few minutes to watch and share the video (it’s less than 7 minutes), and then do three things: 1) pray for a fresh and real love for those who struggle with their gender identity; 2) reach out to those who identify as transgender and ask them sincerely to tell you their story; and 3) help them find wholeness in the Lord.

And remember: Caitlyn Jenner is no more a woman than Rachel Dolezal is black.

Those are the facts, and nothing more.
 
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