83 A Blunt, Politically Incorrect Talk about Abolishing Arts & Humanities Funding

There were public suggestions that Trump would push for abolition of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Naturally many left-of-center artists and writers went into hysterics, saying this was a case of art being suppressed. Brittany and Bobby have a different take. The NEA and NEH are so corrupt and closed off, it might be better for America and for art if the ties to government were severed. For reference:

https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/Spring_2016_Artistic_Discipline_Grant_List_FINAL_FINAL3.pdf

https://pen.org/press-release/trump-administration-plans-abolish-national-endowments-arts-humanities-will-usher-new-dark-ages-america/

http://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Shot-Over-the-Bow-/238949


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A great conversation with Larry Pratt on academic freedom!

This was a great talk between two generations of academic exiles:

http://podcast.gcnlive.com/gunOwnersNews/011417.mp3

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82 Pediatrician speaks out: Childhood is not the time/place for gender politics or LGBT

Michelle Cretella has been the president of the American College of Pediatricians for four years. She speaks frankly and in depth about the threat to children posed by LGBT politics, especially the move to normalize homosexuality and transsexualism among kids.

For more reading:

Press release for updated GD statement:
https://www.acpeds.org/normalizing-gender-dysphoria-is-dangerous-and-unethical

Updated Position Statement that expands beyond Gender Ideology Harms & JAPS article:
https://www.acpeds.org/the-college-speaks/position-statements/gender-dysphoria-in-children

A Medical Response to Obama's School Edict written by ACPEDS - endorsed by AAPS, CMA & CMDA thereby representing over 30,000 health professionals:
https://www.acpeds.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/9.5.16-A-Medical-Response-to-Obamas-guidance-to-schools-4.pdf

Gender Identity page containing the above and some other resources:
http://www.acpeds.org/the-college-speaks/position-statements/sexuality-issues/gender-identity-issues-in-children-and-adolescents

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81 part 4 -- Can Christians Trust their Leaders? (The Eastern Orthodox)

Stella Morabito

In the 4th part of Cogwatch 81 on LGBT activism and the faith traditions, the conversations turns briefly to the Eastern Orthodox church, which is not currently on many people's radars but which is likely to become increasingly targeted by LGBT activists because of Putin, the Middle East, and the Orthodox Church's current status as a large Christian religion that has not yet caved to LGBT demands at all. For more reading:

http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles2/SOBASamesexUnions.php?/articles2/SOBASamesexUnions.shtml

http://assemblyofbishops.org/news/2015/response-of-assembly-of-bishops-to-obergefell-v.-hodges

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/12/14/the-power-and-limits-of-the-russian-orthodox-church/#5f7db2583c3a

https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-orthodox-church-concerned-by-far-eastern-court-decision-to-destroy-40-bibles-56672

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81 part 3: Orthodox Jews face many of the same questions as do Christians about leadership

Brittany Klein

In part 3 of this 4-part podcast, the CogWatch talks about the difficult challenges faced by Orthodox Jews given the multiple assaults on their faith under eight years of Obama: not only the LGBT agenda undermining it from within, but also the Boycott-Divest-Sanction movement which is mysteriously tied to the LGBT movement. For more reading:

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/05/queer_theory_and_bds_the_odd_couple.html

During this podcast we reference several screen shots that were sent to Robert Oscar Lopez from worried Orthodox Jews who found evidence of a concerted movement to plant gay liberals into Yeshivas and other Jewish institutions with the goal of forcing such institutions to relax the Torah's rules against homosexuality. Here are some of these screen shots:

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81 pt. 2: Can Christians Trust their Leaders? Part 2 (Baptists)

Thomas Littleton 

In Part 2 of the 4 part series (all Podcast 81), Thomas Littleton of the Southern Baptist Convention explains some of the tensions and rifts that emerged during the Obama "occupation" of the churches, and the CogWatch Team (Brittany Klein, Robert Oscar Lopez, Stella Morabito, Joseph Sciambra, and Thomas Littleton) brainstorm ways of coping with the aftermath of 8 years of persecution. For more reading:

http://townhall.com/columnists/bethanyblankley/2016/12/17/enough-is-enough-already-n2260753

http://barbwire.com/author/thomaslittleton/

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/why-russell-moore-matters/

http://thefederalist.com/2016/12/22/christians-need-leaders-like-russell-moore/

http://www.christianpost.com/news/russell-moore-religious-right-become-people-they-warned-against-first-things-erasmus-171094/

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81 -- Can Christians Trust their Leaders? Part 1 (Catholics)

In Part 1 of this series discussing Christians' coping with the aftermath of the Obama Era's "occupation" of Christianity, the CogWatch faith team hears from Joseph Sciambra, who has been following the intrusion of the LGBT agenda into Catholic communities. Joseph blogs at www.josephsciambra.com.

Part 2 will deal with the Southern Baptists.
Part 3 will deal with the Orthodox Jews.
Part 4 will deal with the Eastern Orthodox churches.

Stay tuned for the four-part series--you will not want to miss these! For more reading on Catholicism:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/world/pope-christmas-speech-blasts-vatican-resistance-reform/bQSuCPGa7dW6PxerxsM78N/

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/climate-of-fear-in-the-vatican-is-very-real

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2016/rome-stopped-new-un-lgbt-czar

www.josephsciambra.com

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