The Progression of the Homosexual Agenda in America

President Barack Obama Wednesday extended benefits to same-sex workers of federal employees allowing them to receive long-term care insurance as well as requires supervisors to pay sick leave to those workers whose non-biological children or same-sex partners are sick. It's amazing how far in such a short time the gay rights agenda has advanced in America. There was a time that a homosexual was considered queer and strange. It's only been 40 years since the gay rights movement was said to have begun. Prior to the movement, homosexuals weren't referred to as gays--that term was used for people who were happy.

The gay rights movement is a product of the hippie movement of the 60's. It supposedly had it's beginning in June 1969 when police raided a bar where drag queens hung out. It was known as the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in New York. Since that time, the movement has gained a foothold in our society. In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality on it's list of mental disorders. Wisconsin was one of the first states to bar "discrimination" against homosexuality. Various states have had battles with the gay rights mafia such as St. Paul, Minnesota, Wichita, Kansas, and Miami, Florida. In 1977 former Miss America and Florida Orange Juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant helped form an organization called "Save Our Children" to battle the homosexual ordinance that was passed by the Dade County Commission which would forbid discriminating against hiring teachers that are homosexuals even in Christian schools. She was a member of a large Baptist church with a Christian school. Thankfully that ordinance was overturned.

The person that put the gay rights agenda out in the forefront was none other than former President Bill Clinton when he campaigned in 1992 for the gays to be allowed to serve in the military. He had to strike a compromise with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." He had also appointed the first lesbian into the position of Assistant Secretary for the HUD department, Roberta Achtenberg. The momentum for the homosexual community has grown by leaps and bounds due to Clinton's assistance. Since that time homosexuals have been given the right to adopt, workplace and hate crimes legislation have been passed forbidding "criticism" of homosexuals. Gay marriage came into the forefront in 2003 when the Massachusetts Supreme Court struck down a law which forbade not allowing homosexuals to marry. A number of state referendums were passed in 2004 and 2006 which defined marriage between a man and woman. However some state courts such as Iowa struck down that referendum stating it was discriminatory.

We are living in the last days. I think of the chapter in Romans 1 where it talks about those that have been given over to a reprobate mind. We're living in a country that's being given over to a reprobate mind. I never thought I would live to see the day where we'd be disputing on the definition of marriage. When we will profane something as sacred as the institution of marriage, we're living in the bottom dregs of society.