A disturbing story from the Telegraph tells the story of a Christian couple in the U.K. that were denied an adopted child because they had “too idealistic a view of family life and marriage and that this might prejudice a homosexual child.” The author of the story (one of the want-to-be parents) poignantly asks, “Why is it there isn’t the same concern about placing a heterosexual child with a homosexual couple who might not be able to support a heterosexual child?”
Having read the story, I can confidently say that if this couple is “too idealistic” my wife and I might some day find ourselves in danger of having our natural born children taken away from us if we lived in Her Majesties Kingdom. Of course something like this would never happen in the United States of America, right?
John Kilgore took precautions to guard his home against invasion, including the construction of a gate and a sign warning that a security dog lived on the property. As Kilgore and his family unpacked from a vacation, police say a burglar thought he saw an opportunity to circumvent Kilgore’s safegaurds, but apparently overlooked Kilgore’s final line of defense–a loaded firearm. The family left a door unlocked as they brought in luggage, and the burglar hurried inside. Kilgore’s wife stumbled upon the man in a bedroom, ran out screaming and pulled her two sons into another bedroom. Kilgore ran to his family’s aid, shooting the suspect as Mrs. Kilgore dialed 9-1-1. The intruder was listed in critical condition at the hospital.
St. Petersburg Times St. Petersburg, Fla., 11/28/06
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An article in the February 2007 issue of America’s First Freedom cites information from a 10 year study by Dr. Jeanine Baker and Samara McPhedran which sheds light on the abysmal failure of John Howard’s National Firearms Agreement. The finding were published in the British Journal of Criminology.
Following the 1996 mass murder of Port Arthur Australia, John Howard pushed through some of the most stringent gun control laws in the world. The net effect of “removing” firearms from Australia (other than the $500,000,000 price tag)?
“Homicide patterns (firearm and non-firearm) were not influenced by the NFA, the conclusion being that the gun buy-back and restrictive legislative changes had no influence on firearm homicide in Australia.”
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I received the February issue of America’s First Freedom today, and was delighted to find an article by Dave Kopel entitled, Is The Best Defense A Good Book? In the article Kopel uses sound hermeneutics to debunk the myth that Christians must remain painfully pacifist. As with all sound hermeneutics, the key is context, context, context. Kopel uses context to explain why Christians are not bound to a life of sore cheeks.
