by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/21/2012

Martinsburg, WV – Just when you think you’ve seen and heard it all, you get a glimpse of a video exposing the depravity of Planned Parenthood. This is not an organization that does “good” things and is just getting a bad rap from people like me. This is a deeply corrupt organization that seeks to spread a message of casual sex, abortion on demand and homosexuality to our kids. As a parent I cannot tell you how disturbed I am by this organization and the perverse ideology they spread.

The video, “Hooking Kids on Sex” is no exception as it exposes the agenda of Planned Parenthood. The American Life League (ALL), which produced the video, wants to warn parents of the dangers their kids will be exposed to through associating with Planned Parenthood. All says;

“Any parent that sees the video of Planned Parenthood’s material for school children will be horrified. Planned Parenthood’s business model is aimed at making money from people who are engaged in sexual activity. The earlier Planned Parenthood can get girls having sex, the more money they make. Many of these children will become the women who will have abortions, which made up 51% of Planned Parenthood’s clinic revenue in 2010.”

ALL encourages parents to speak openly and honestly about sex with their kids because, if they don’t, someone will. And most likely that someone will be Planned Parenthood or a PP affiliate, a fact that could be disastrous to anyone with even a strand of moral fiber. All commented;

“Planned Parenthood wants kids to choose them for their sexual education over their own parents. They want to be the trusted friend and advocate for kids of all ages. They know that a conversation about sex with a stranger or browsing a Planned Parenthood website about teen sex is easier than talking with their parents. The abortion giant has no problem using tax dollars to exploit that fear and make money off those kids.”

Watch the video below. But be warned that it contains graphic images not suitable for young viewers. (If the video doesn’t appear please refresh your browser)

By Tom Stark, 2/18/12

Parkersburg, WV - Planned Parenthood (PP) has gone fishing, but it’s not where they should be doing such things.  They are fishing for future customers and the pond they are fishing in is the one that holds our children for much of each week day.  Yes, our public schools are helping with their search and the bait they are using is pure, raw, unfettered, and sometimes unnatural sex.  Yes, they are using sex as bait to indoctrinate our children into the world of unrestricted sexual behavior.

If you really want to know just how devious and committed PP is in distributing such information without any moral foundation, just visit their propaganda site here.

In order to explain what is happening, though, some specific terms may be used that might make some of you uncomfortable, but as parents, you need to know just what Planned Parenthood is being paid to do with your tax dollars. Nothing is left to the child’s imagination here.  Their literature lays out everything from masturbation through sexual intercourse to same-sex activities and sodomy, complete with pictures, cartoon characters made to look like sex organs.

This video and article shows you some of the actual printed material that is used in this process of setting children up for potential problems with pregnancies and STD’s before they reach their junior prom or even earlier.  They are starting them off young and claiming the whole time that this is good, solid, scientific information that every child should know and understand before they face these problems without the benefit of knowing what they are doing or how to do it.

Again here, the video is quite graphic but it an absolute necessity to understand if you have children or grandchildren attending public schools in the United States.  There is no such thing as a “safe school” anymore.  There will never be such a thing again unless funding of this program through PP is ended and prohibited in the future.  What drives me a little batty is that while distributing this kind of information they claim to be supporting abstinence as well. From their website:

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Unless you just crawled out of your spider hole, the last two or so weeks of news watching/reading have been wall-to-wall coverage of the Federal HHS’s decision to force most churches and religious employers to fund contraceptives, many of which may be classified as, “abortion-inducing drugs.”

Well, that’s not just happening at the Federal level.  The abortion industry is trying to force that upon us in West Virginia too.

It started last year as the abortion industry suddenly sounded the alarm that West Virgina’s teen pregnancy rate had dramatically increased in a year in which 49 other states went down.  If true, that’s bad, but something about that data stinks to me given the fact that for over a decade the teen pregnancy rate in WV decreased, but, in one year, it is said to have increased by 17%.  That’s hard to swallow as gospel.  Though, it may well be true and we ought to address it by both strengthening marriages and increasing abstinence education.

However, the way that the abortion industry wants to address this rise in teen maternity is by requiring health insurance providers to cover contraceptives and extend maternity benefits to teen mothers-to-be.  So, this has been billed as a way to reduce teen pregnancy in West Virginia.

Well, somehow, the abortion industry seems to have fallen asleep at the switch.  When the bill came up in this legislative session, it defined contraceptives as that which would, “prevent maternity” and the industry’s public discussions seemed a lot more focused on their concern for teen childbearing, rather than teen pregnancy.  A curious and cold switching of nouns, if you ask me.

This all came to a head last week when S.B. 194 came up for a hearing in the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee.  The bill was voted down.  And the Charleston Gazette took notice.

Along with a couple of pot-shots.  Here’s how the Gazette editorial board portrayed it on Monday:

S.B. 194 seemed on track to pass. Neither the Catholic Church nor West Virginians for Life opposed it. But it was rejected 6-5 Thursday by conservatives in the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee. One source said gay-hating fundamentalist lobbyist Jeremy Dys roused opposition.

Zing!

I’m not sure whether I should be flattered or frustrated.  On the one hand, when others couldn’t or wouldn’t, we did lead the effort to kill S.B. 194 in its current form; on the other hand, if their triple-adjective description of me is true, I’m worried.  But, it is not true and they don’t know the whole story.  With apologies to the late-Paul Harvey, here’s the “rrrrrrest of the story . . . “

Yesterday, S.B. 194 came up before the same committee that, just a week prior, had killed it.  This time it passed.  What made the difference?  Well, that depends on who you ask.  The abortion industry finally settled on the rubric of this being a victory for the reduction of teen pregnancy:

“The bill is alive,” Margaret Chapman Pomponio of reproductive rights group WV Free said Thursday of the committee’s reconsideration of the bill. “A lot of West Virginians want this bill. We need this bill to address the state’s high teen pregnancy rate.”

According to one of the primary sponsors, it was just a big misunderstanding:

In its earlier version, the bill used the phase, “to prevent maternity.” The bill’s lead sponsor, Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, said he believes that confused the debate on the issue last week.

But, Phil Kabler aptly gets it right when he explains in his story this morning:

The committee also added an amendment that would exclude coverage for emergency contraceptive pills, commonly known as “morning-after pills.”

The amendment states that covered contraceptives do not include, “drugs or devices that may cause the demise of a zygote or embryo at any time after its fertilization by the combination of sperm and egg.”

That’s right.  That is precisely why it passed.  But why is this significant?  There are at least three reasons . . .

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Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, Jr.

In this final part of my interview with Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Jr., we learn the Governor’s position when it comes to the important topics of religious liberty, abortion, and the definition of marriage.

Frankly, I cannot recall a time when another sitting governor in West Virginia has been asked (let alone answered) as many questions on these important topics.  I urge you to listen carefully to this portion of the interview and hear what Governor Tomblin has to say.  It may be that you will be surprised to learn he holds a position closer to you than you thought.  Or, perhaps, you will discover that what you thought Governor Tomblin was for may not be what he actually professes here.

Finally, listen through to the end for some additional commentary from yours truly and be sure to download the ETI@Home – our companion resource to help you get the discussion going at home.

To listen to Part 2 of my interview with Governor Tomblin, go to FamilyPolicyWV.com or click on the media player below:

by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/13/2012

Martinsburg, WV – Have you ever met one of those Apple-only people that believe every electronic device they own must be made by Apple or its junk? So they have an iMac (or two), an iPhone 4S that they bought three hours after it was released after standing in line for 42 hours at Best Buy, an iPod, all newly released version of the iPad; and they’re just waiting for an iCar and iHouse to complete the set. Sure, we all know those people.

I have to confess that I don’t have any of that. Wait, I do have a 5 year old iPod I picked up at a used electronics store. But other than that, I don’t have any of that stuff. My computer is a Toshiba, the other is a HP, I don’t own a tablet, and my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S. This brings me to the point of this post – which I am sure you were really starting to wonder about.

It seems that Android’s version of “Siri” which was released recently – called “Iris” – is making waves for more than simply adding fuel to the Andoird/Apple battle over who rules the tech world. (By the way, did anyone catch the irony in the name “Iris,” it would be hard to miss.)

Iris, the artificially intelligent voice assistant of the Android platform seems to be pro-life, pro-Bible and pro-creation; among other things. We all remember when Siri made waves for refusing to direct someone to the nearest abortion clinic, and now Iris is joining the controversy by quoting the Bible and defending life.

A recent post by The Blaze explains what  happens when you ask Iris about abortion:

“When you ask Iris ‘is abortion wrong?’ the Android app will answer: Yes, abortion is wrong. The Lord has said, ‘You shall not murder,’ (Exodus 20:13). The life that is growing within the mother is a child, a baby. The Bible looks at the life in the womb as a child. Thanks!

You can hear Iris answer this question in the video below, or click here. (If you can’t see the video please refresh your browser.)

by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/13/2012

Is this what Obama thinks of our religious convictions and liberties?

Martinsburg, WV – Over the last several days we have been trying to make sure you are well informed on the current battle in Washington, D.C. over the religious freedoms and convictions of millions of Americans. I’m talking about the insurance mandate of the Obama administration demanding every employer, including religious employers, offer contraception, sterilization, and abortifacients to employees. This mandate clearly violates the religious convictions and conscience protections afforded to citizens by the 1^st amendment.

In about a week’s time Obama went from refusing to compromise on this issue to honor the Constitutional rights of citizens to deciding – most likely in order to gain favor with voters – that a compromise was in order. (If I had his poll numbers and dreadful popularity numbers I would be desperate to gain favor with people as well.)

The problem with the “compromise” is that it’s not really a comprise that solves the problem. As I wrote in an earlier blog, according to Lifenews.com;

“The revised Obama mandate will make religious groups contract with insurers to offer birth control and the potentially abortion-causing drugs to women at no cost. The revised mandate will have religious employers refer women to their insurance company for coverage that still violates their moral and religious beliefs. Under this plan, every insurance company will be obligated to provide coverage at no cost.”

As anyone with a high school education in business and economics knows there is nothing free in this world, the cost must be accounted for somewhere. So while the Obama administration is assuming we are all stupid enough to believe this is a compromise, we clearly understand that this will only raise premiums on everyone in order to offset the cost of these services. In other words, this “compromise” continues to violate the religious convictions and 1^st amendment rights of anyone opposed to offering – or subsidizing – these services in insurance plans.

I’m not the only one that understands this is not a “compromise” we can accept and this is not a fight we can afford to lose. This could be, if unchallenged, just the first step in eliminating the freedoms and liberties we hold sacred. Below is a wide variety of articles from around the country on this issue and the reactions of many of our nation’s top pro-life and pro-family leaders to the so-called “compromise.”

I highly encourage you to take a few moments and scan these articles. They will solidify the urgency of this issue for you and equip you to speak truth in your conversations with others.

“Focus’ Jim Daly Reserving Final Judgment on Obama Contraception Announcement” – Daley made clear that he, and many others are still unsure of how safe our religious convictions and conscience protections truly are. Daley said: “As an unapologetically, unswervingly pro-life organization, we disagree strongly with the Obama administration that free access to drugs that can cause abortions makes women or society healthier or safer. Today’s announcement seems to be an acknowledgement by the White House that it went too far in disregarding the deeply held values, and constitutionally protected conscience rights, of religious organizations and individuals. Still, we are not convinced this tweak to the proposed policy, when analyzed at a level deeper than simple sound bites, truly addresses the religious-liberty concerns that have been raised.”

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by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/14/2012

Is Rick Warren going to jail?

Martinsburg, WV – Remember way back, what seems like forever ago, when “pro-life” Democrat Congressman Bart Stupak made an 11^th hour deal with President Obama regarding Obamacare that secured Stupak’s vote and helped the unpopular socialistic bill pass? Stupak became the Benedict Arnold of the pro-life community and decided to retire rather than face a near impossible re-election campaign after his traitorous actions against the unborn. Stupak claimed Obamacare contained “conscience protections” for pro-life people, groups, organizations and businesses so he was confident in supporting Obama’s bill.

As I have previously written, conscience protections are under attack and in no way safe from the Obama administration’s desire to impose its will on everyone. And now it seems everyone from Rick Warren to Bart Stupak is realizing just how endangered our Constitutional rights are under the Obama administration.

If you haven’t seen the news lately you might be shocked to learn that President Obama has mandated that every employer offer health insurance to employees that include contraception, birth control, and abortion inducing drugs. This of course violates the pro-life conscience of many conservative and religious employers. Lifenews.com explains what is causing the massive backlash:

“The Obama Administration issued a statement re-iterating the ‘contraceptive mandate’ requiring all insurance providers cover the full range of FDA-approved drugs and devices would remain intact. This mandate, issued in August, includes drugs that work after conception to destroy life rather than prevent it. The statement included a postponement of one year for religious groups that do not already carry contraceptives and additionally would not be exempted under last year’s narrow definition of ‘religious employer.’”

The fact is, by demanding that any employer offer insurance with items like contraception, sterilization, abortion inducing drugs etc., they are being asked to violate their religious beliefs and their conscience. This is something our government has never demanded or asked of U.S. citizens, ever. And now the Obama administration is trying to force these employers to violate their religious convictions and consciences by offering such insurance; it’s an unprecedented attack on religious liberty and freedom.

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by Nathan A. Cherry, 02/09/2012

Martinsburg, WV – I’m not sure where to begin with this video; do I begin with the video portraying abstinence advocates as smarmy little bullies, perhaps portraying pro-lifers as zombies, or simply the idea that “eliminating” anyone that opposes pro-abortion ideology by any means necessary is acceptable. Truly this is both disturbing and outrageous all at the same time.

In this Planned Parenthood video from 2005 we are introduced to a “super-hero” for the pro-abortion movement. Her mission is evidently to remove any and all obstacles to Planned Parenthood’s agenda. So the first thing to go is a strangely dressed abstinence advocate. I guess anyone that believes abstinence is the only safe and sure way to avoid unwanted pregnancy and STD’s is an enemy worthy of, according to the video, being drowned in a garbage can full of water.

The next “obstacle” for our hero is a crowd of peaceful protestors outside an abortion clinic. The hero makes mention that according to the Constitution these people have a right to protest peacefully and voice their opposition. But then she decides they need eliminated as well. So she pulls out a “condom gun,” shoots them all with latex and they promptly explode. And our hero seems quite happy with the result. The lesson is that anyone opposing abortion is worthy of violence and bodily harm, including death!?

If you think this is outrageous just watch the rest of the video, if you can. Though it no longer appears on any Planned Parenthood website, the fact that it was created and did appear for any length of time is the problem. The mentality of a group that would produce such a video and allow it to be seen is scary. Does Planned Parenthood really advocate for violence against anyone that opposes them or abortion? Will Planned Parenthood condone killing protestors? (They advocate for killing innocent children so it’s not really a stretch to think they would.)

Take a look at the video. You just might come to the same conclusion I did long ago about Planned Parenthood; they are first and foremost about money and abortion. And they will do anything to anyone that stands in their way.

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by Tom Stark, 02/08/2012

Parkersburg, WV – In a recent blog by Sarah Kliff for the Washington Post Wonkblog statistics are cited that make 2011 “The year of abortion restrictions!”  But does this necessarily identify an aberration or is the idea of restricting abortions finally beginning – after over 40 years – to take hold in the collective mind of America?  On the surface it may appear unclear.

If we delve into the statistics a bit, we can see that there is at least some correlation between the political party in power nationally, and the number of restrictions on abortions that are enacted.  There are lower numbers when the more liberal powers prevail, and as the pendulum swings to give the conservative view sway in the government, more efforts are made to impose restrictions.

In the chart accompanying the Kliff article one can see that the see-sawing of the legislative enactments, however, remained within a narrow range until 2011 when the increase was several times as high as the prior year.  I believe this is largely due to both a shift in approach as well as a quantum leap in the 2010 legislative elections – both state and federal.  Throughout America, signals that the liberal-progressive pendulum had struck the stop and were bouncing off a resolute constituency that has had enough was clear.

So, could this monumental shift in the trend line be caused by greater awareness?  Are the efforts to convey the anti-abortion message finally getting through?  Or is this a short-term political phenomenon?   Perhaps, none of the above so much as that approach I mentioned.  The approach to restrictive legislation has differed in the past year or so.

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