DISTURBING STUFF

I’ve been going to comment on the changes being made from the new guy in the whitehouse myself but this says it pretty well. A lot of people were enamored—conservatives included with this man—but I could not see past his policies and his record. Well, conservatives—here it comes to bite us all in the behind. America is about to change forever. This isn’t the CHANGE you were thinking though, when you cast your vote was it. By the way—this is all true stuff. I have gone to the whitehouse website myself and looked all of it up. It’s all part of the President's agenda and announcements. You can see it for yourself. www.whitehouse.gov The information below is provided by the AMERICAN CENTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE—but it came from the horses mouth. Buckle your seatbelts and hold on everyone! Here we go.
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If there was any doubt about how aggressively the new President would move to implement his agenda on social and family issues, it vanished on the first full day of his Administration. At 12:01 p.m. Tuesday, literally the instant the transition was official, President Obama's official White House website was updated to reflect new policies favoring abortion and opposing the traditional definition of marriage. The scope of expected changes on these issues looks to be sweeping. A few of the more troubling potential changes to be enacted in the early stages of this Administration are as follows (and can be found on www.whitehouse.gov) :


Life Issues

- Freedom of Choice Act – This legislation would codify Roe v. Wade, and solidify as a fundamental right the ability to use abortion to end a baby's life. This action would have far-reaching ramifications, including:

a. Repeal of informed-consent laws that ensure a woman has full access to information about the abortion procedure she is undergoing.
b. Repeal of parental notification laws that ensure parents are informed when their child requests an abortion.
c. Repeal of the ban on Partial Birth Abortion, a procedure used to partially deliver a baby before killing it.
d. Repeal of laws that protect children who survive abortions. The repeal of these laws will do nothing short of expressly permitting the killing of children who are viable and surviving outside the womb.


- Taxpayer Funding of Abortions – Current policy, known as the Mexico City Policy, stipulates that international non-governmental organizations (NGO's) that receive U.S. Funding must refrain from directly performing abortions. President Obama is expected to immediately reverse this policy, which would have the effect of putting U.S. Taxpayers in the business of supporting abortions.

- Taxpayer Funding of Coercive Abortion – Possibly even more appalling than repeal of the Mexico City Policy is the looming change in how the Kemp-Kaston language will be handled. This language allows the President to withhold funding from foreign entities that participate in coercive abortion. If, as expected, President Obama decides not to implement this authority, the U.S. Taxpayer will begin supporting groups like the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which supports the coercive abortion program used to enforce China's one-child policy.

- Increased Taxpayer Funding for Planned Parenthood – Planned Parenthood has requested an increase in Title X family planning funding from $300 million to $700 million. A majority of these funds are directed to Planned Parenthood and used for abortions.

- Taxpayer Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research – Current policy prohibits taxpayer funding for research that requires the destruction of human embryos. There is significant reason to believe that President Obama may reverse this policy despite the fact that overwhelming evidence suggests that there is no scientific advantage to using these embryonic stem cells over the non-controversial adult stem cells.


Family/Social Issues

- Repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) – This legislation allows States to define the institution of marriage. If DOMA is repealed, it is going to be significantly more difficult for States to avoid being forced to honor same-sex marriages performed in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

- Hate Crime Legislation – The President is calling for legislation that would provide additional prosecution for crimes deemed to be motivated by hate. This is a dangerous precedent that creates multiple classes of people. Violent crimes should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, regardless of the victim. To suggest that one murder is motivated by hate while another is not does not pass intellectual or constitutional muster. This type of legislation also opens the door to the type of thought and speech-based crimes that we are currently fighting internationally at the United Nations and around the world.


Terrorism Issues

- Guantanamo Bay Detention Center - President Obama has already halted the military tribunals that had been taking place at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. All indications are that the President will begin the process of closing that facility, and moving these detainees to locations within the United States for prosecution. I have significant concerns with bringing these dangerous individuals suspected of terrorism onto our shores. It has the potential to compromise our security and further bog down our judicial system.