2010 August Journal

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Summary - Salt Shakers Journal August 2010 

Editorial (full version below)
We have seen the explosion of the pro-abortion movement in this country in recent years but what most Australians are unaware of is the pressure being applied in international forums to enshrine abortion as a 'human right' - obviously for the parent, not the child.

A day is a long time in politics!
This article by Jenny Stokes clearly defines the fact that decisions made by the Rudd government were made by the 'Gang of Four', which included Julia Gillard. She also outlines how the change of leadership took place and profiles Julia Gillard.

Proposed 'burqa ban' in NSW
This article explains the bill introduced by Rev Fred Nile of the Christian Democratic Party and points out that security and the rights of women are the main issue. It will be debated in September.

Attitudes to Abortion
We are encouraged to examine the truth of 'surveys' that promote abortion, as to their authorship and participant base.

Victoria: Discrimination case
The complaint by homosexual youth support group 'WayOut' against the 'Philip Island Adventure Camp', run by the Christian Brethren church, has now gone before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).

"The Barbarians are Coming....Here"
Dr Murray Adamthwaite outlines the fall of the Roman Empire and the parallel with the current situation for Western civilization as "we are witnessing a descent into barbarism" as justice is forsaken and multiculturalism's legacy destroys the fabric of Australian society.                

Around the states and Action
Tasmania - Euthanasia; NSW - Same-sex adoption; SA - Same-sex parenting; SA -   Prostitution; WA - Prostitution; WA - Euthanasia

The BMA and sexual orientation
Keith Tiller informs us that two thirds of doctors attending the British Medical Association's annual meeting approved a motion rejecting conversion therapy treatments because of an undercover report on how Christian therapists operated.

Other groups opposing reparative therapy
Also opposing the therapy aimed at overcoming homosexuality, is a group run by Mel White in USA and a group run by Anthony Venn-Brown in Australia.

Learning Muslim Perspectives
Jenny Stokes explains the background to the sanitised and brainwashing nature of the new 'Learning from One Another: Bringing Muslim perspectives into Australian schools' curriculum material.

Monitoring the issues without burning out!
Jenny Stokes discusses how to discern key issues, use strategies and respond to these issues by using the Action Checklist as a guide.

'This is Oz' campaign - 'inclusive Australia'
Jenny Stokes outlines the campaign run by ACON, a group involved in homosexual health issues, that promotes the acceptance of homosexuality and the rejection of homophobia.

Uniting Network - 'sacred unions'
The Uniting Network group of the Uniting Church openly promotes full acceptance of homosexuality, 'sacred unions' that resemble marriage ceremonies and also ministers who are homosexual.

Update: Halal certification
Jenny Stokes alerts us to the fact that certain companies pay Muslim organisations to certify their food as 'halal', using the excuse that it helps their export industries. These include Nestle and Sanitarium.

'Day of silence' - another form of activism
This homosexual campaign that originated in the USA, promotes the formation of gay/straight alliances in schools.

World News
Europe: Same-sex 'marriage': USA: Religious freedom: Iceland: lesbian PM 'marries': UK Church of England bishop.

Editorial 

We have seen the explosion of the pro- abortion movement in this country in recent years but what most Australians are unaware of is the pressure being applied in international forums to enshrine abortion as a 'human right' - obviously for the parent, not the child.

In a recent article titled Abortion Activists Claim New "Right" to Maternal Health, Susan Yoshihara PhD pointed out that at a recent United Nations (UN)-backed 'Women Deliver' conference in Washington, abortion activists announced the achievement of a new international 'human right' to maternal health just three years after launching a campaign to establish it.

She noted that advocates said the new 'right' requires nations to liberalise abortion laws and create numerous new bureaucracies, procedures and programs.



Around the same time, C-FAM reported that, "The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) launched a new campaign called "A Promise is A Promise," demanding that states [nations] implement policies and programs to achieve the controversial Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target 5b on "universal access to reproductive health by 2015."

According to IPPF, "universal access to reproductive health refers to a full package of services including comprehensive sexuality education, access to contraception, maternity care, emergency obstetric care, and safe abortion services..." [emp added]

Whilst many of the Millennium Development Goals sound good and are supported by many Christians, the vehicle driving them is a hotbed of activists promoting a godless agenda that includes population control, sexual 'rights' including abortion and dictating to sovereign nations what they can and cannot do in a range of areas.

While Christians may support responsible aid programs and appropriate help for poor nations, the groups we support need great scrutiny.

Instead of jumping on to some 'nice sounding' UN proposals in the name of 'good works', we need to evaluate the best way that aid can and should be given.

Christians do not need the 'secular' UN to deliver it. Christians have been effectively distributing aid since they realised it was better to teach a man to fish, than to continually give him the fish.

Dambisa Moyo has clearly told us in her book Dead Aid that the UN model has totally failed. When you add to this international government aid a requirement that abortion be promoted as a 'right', you see just who is in control of it - satan of course.

We should all be extremely dubious about claims to new 'rights', especially when they are discriminatory against other human beings - in this case against the BABY who is completely human from conception and who is killed in every abortion without any say in the matter at all.

How humans can call that a 'human right' beggars belief, but it is so common today for selfishness to trample others' freedoms that we should not be surprised.

The push for homosexual 'rights' in relation to their 'sexuality' and relationships is totally without justification except on the grounds of selfishness.

Christians must become much better at discerning the truth from the emotional rhetoric if we are to continue to be the salt and the light to a world full of darkness.

Yours in Christ Jesus

Peter & Jenny Stokes