A Black Man Preaching the “White Gospel?” – An Interview with Dr. James Earls, Part 2

This week our program features an interview I conducted I few years back with Dr. James Earls.  Listen in to a fascinating testimony from a self-confessed former radical in the civil rights movement.  This week, hear how the grace of grace of God saved a man from a life of anger and brought him into the gospel ministry.  Yet, the story does not stop there.  How would “white” fundamentalism accept a black preacher planting black churches?  This is the second installment of a two-part interview.

Broadcast – Understanding Our Times

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Time – Saturday, Octber 11, at 6:00 pm EST/5:00pm CST

Length – 30 Minutes   

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Its Show Time…

Yes, finally, we have gotten our show time settled!  We will air the Understanding Our Times Internet radio broadcast each Saturday evening at 5:00pm (CST).  I would prefer something a little later, but I think this is the best time slot that is available to me.  If this time does not work for you, remember you can always download each program in its entirety immediately after the broadcast has concluded.  Thank you for your understanding.

MFI Comments on CT Marriage Ruling‏

Another e-mail I received, this time from the Massachusetts Family Institute.

For immediate release
October 10, 2008
Contact:  Lisa Barstow (617) 480-1719 | lisa@barstowcom.com

One More Court Thwarts the Will of the PeopleCT Supreme Court: Third to Approve Same-Sex Marriage

 

Woburn, MA – With its ruling today, the Connecticut Supreme Court, by the slimmest of margins, voted to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Not satisfied with the decision by the state legislature to provide Civil Union rights to same-sex couples, four unelected judges have found a right to marry in their state constitution that was never visible before.

“It has become a predictable pattern:  disregard the voice of the people and charge headway into redefining an institution that a clear majority of Americans, including both parties’ presidential nominees, want protected as the union of a man and a woman,” said Kris Mineau, President Massachusetts Family Institute.

Massachusetts Family Institute led an effort to put a question on the ballot in Massachusetts asking the voters to decide on the definition of marriage.  The state legislature voted against allowing that question to go to the people.

“It’s tragic that our democracy has been made irrelevant simply because some judges cannot be impartial and overcome their own ideological preferences,” Mineau added.

My thoughts:

Ok, this is part of the problem.  Mr. Mineau, I appreciate your stance for Biblical marriage, but you clearly do not understand how our government works.  We do NOT live in a democracy, as you claim.  We live in a constitutional republic.  Second, we have more than just two parties!  There are more voices out there than just the Republican and Democrat!  Quite frankly, those two voices are just lighter shades of the other.  Sure, they are slightly different – but boy, do they sure blend together well in harmonious pitch!  Now, more than ever, do we need to hear from more just the same old groups.  I am proud to be a member of the Constitution Party.

Again, part of what has led us into this mess is massive misunderstanding of how government is supposed to work.  America, it is time to wake up before it is too late!

Connecticut Judges Rule in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage

I just recieved this e-mail from the Christian Law Association.  Sad news, but not surprising. 

In a surprising vote earlier today, Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in favor of allowing same-sex marriage, making it the third state to allow this union, following Massachusetts and California.

Eight same-sex couples had filed suit after being denied the right to marry under the current law. A divided state supreme court overturned the appellate court decision, claiming that the 2005 civil union laws passed in Connecticut did not warrant the same protections or status that traditional marriage offered.
 
Although a state-wide vote could overrule this decision, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell is not confident it would work. “I do not believe their voice reflects the majority of the people of Connecticut. However, I am also firmly convinced that attempts to reverse this decision — either legislatively or by amending the state Constitution — will not meet with success.”
The court offered these three major reasons for its decision, which are large jumps in logic from the U.S. Constitution:
 
         1.  The state was discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
         2.  Sexual orientation is a quasi-classification which deserves heightened judicial scrutiny.
         3.  The state did not provide sufficient justification to deny same-sex couples this right.
 
According to Attorney David Gibbs Jr., “These kinds of judicial decisions attack the very foundation of traditional marriage. Gay marriage is a social experiment that has never been tried in the history of the world.”

Because this decision was based on Connecticut’s state constitution, this ruling cannot be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

My thoughts:

When I left Massachusetts the first time, they approved homosexual marriage.  And now since I left Connecticut they too have approved homosexual marriage.  I may never leave Wisconsin now so I can make sure this trend does not continue…

But on a serious note, once again we see activist courts gone wild.  When will we ever wake up and realize COURTS DO NOT MAKE LAW!!  My first day teaching American Government this year, I told my high school students that while some may consider this subject boring, our country needs them to understand these principles.  Decisions like this get by the American public because we allow the courts to legislate from the bench.  Our ignorance is their licence.    Decisions such as this is price we pay for apathy.