For those Americans who think they are being so magnanimous, so open-minded, so non-judgmental by supporting same-sex marriage, what they are really supporting is the promotion of terribly unhealthy sexual activities.
I hate to be the one to have to tell the sad but realistic truth (Why aren’t physicians telling the public this?), but anal and oral STD’s (sexually transmitted diseases) along with many bowel and throat diseases accompany the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) lifestyle.
The Centers for Disease Control has tracked STD’s for many years, and the percentages of STD’s for MSM (men having sex with men) has fluctuated very little. The reason for this is because of the physical body which has a rich blood supply in the anal area very close to the surface of the skin. When unnatural objects are inserted there, ruptures of the blood vessels occur; and the STD’s are able to make their way right into the person’s bloodstream.
Not only does anal sex increase a person’s chances of contracting STD’s but the person’s anal sphincter functions are damaged for life, making normal bowel movements difficult.
FACT CHECK
10.23.11 – Centers for Disease Control – http://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/for-your-health.htm -- “...among men who have sex with men (MSM), there are higher rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), tobacco and drug use, and depression compared to other men.”
10.20.11 – Centers for Disease Control – http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/transgender/index.htm?source=govdelivery – “Transgender communities in the United States (US) are among the groups at highest risk for HIV infection…Findings from a meta-analysis of 29 published studies showed that 27.7% of transgender women tested positive for HIV infection…”
“From 2005-2008…Most (74%) diagnoses of HIV infection in adults and adolescents were in males. Among males diagnosed with HIV infection from 2005-2008, 70% were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact. The percentage of diagnosed HIV infections attributed to male-to-male sexual contact was even larger (85%) among males aged 13 to 24 years…” -- http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/slides/msm/index.htm
The CDC’s seven steps for effective condom use require almost ideal medical conditions, and most people (particularly teens) in the midst of a sexual high are not going to take the time to go through those seven steps (4.4.11-- http://www.cdc.gov/condomeffectiveness/brief.html )
If condoms were going to stop the spread of STD’s and protect women from unwanted pregnancies, why are there so many “condom babies” being delivered every day?
Also, the cancers and STD’s of the throat have increased exponentially as oral sexual activities have increased (both heterosexual and homosexual).
The truth is that STD’s and LGBT diseases are “equal opportunity providers.” It doesn’t make any difference who the person is, how rich or how poor that person is, what race or ethnicity the person is, or to what political party the person belongs. STD’s treat all persons the same!
Our bodies were made by the Creator in a very definite way, and activities that break the natural order of bodily functions are sure to disrupt the normalcy of those functions.
Before Americans pride themselves about being so open-minded toward same-sex marriage, they need to ask themselves, “Are we doing the healthy and caring thing to try to encourage more LGBT, sexually perverse activities that are sure to increase people’s chances of contracting STD’s, shorten their lives, cause painful throat and bowel disorders, and perhaps cause early death?”
As a grassroots volunteer, I would like to correct some of the misinformation concerning the Common Core curricula as published in the Birmingham News by Editor Joey Kennedy in his column on Sunday, March 17. Since I'm not a paid lobbyist or elected politician, I was surprised at the scorn and attention I drew from Mr. Kennedy. Common Core is one of the major issues facing this State, and I believe the people of Alabama deserve to know the truth.
Common Core does not prepare students well for college. Many education experts document this, including one of the creators of Common Core, Dr. Jason Zimba, whom Mr. Kennedy would like as a fellow liberal. Dr. Zimba states that Common Core defines "college readiness" as preparation for a two-year community college, not a four-year college.
The states did not develop Common Core standards. Common Core was written by Achieve, Inc. under the auspices of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers. Both are trade associations, and members have no legislative authority to represent states. Both received millions of dollars to support and "shield" the writing of the Common Core standards from Congress, the public, and the press. While Mr. Kennedy may approve of national standards, I would hope as a newspaper man that he would disapprove of the lack of transparency.
Alabama cannot retain its education sovereignty under Common Core. Unlike past education reforms, parents, teachers, boards of education and/or legislators cannot change the standards for any reason since they are copyright by an entity outside Alabama. Nor can states fully control curriculum, assessments, tests, and all the rest, since these must be aligned 100% with Common Core. Yet Mr. Kennedy takes the word of "state Superintendent Tommy Bice" who "assured lawmakers the state Board of Education would retain sovereignty over state education standards" without questioning or checking this false claim. Nor did he question the unauthorized diversion of $50 million from the Alabama Reading and Math Initiatives, the most successful academic innovations in Alabama history, to pay for Common Core instead. Every legislator we've shown the documentation has admitted that he was unaware of this diversion and that it was not authorized by the Legislature. Do we have a state Board of Education that's out of control and feels it can run roughshod over the Legislature? Wouldn't this scandal be more worthy of ink than a personal attack against a grassroots volunteer?
At the end of his editorial, Mr. Kennedy comments, perhaps sarcastically, that despite the vote by a Senate committee on the repeal of Common Core, that "Zeanah and friends" will "keep making noise – because that's what they do." That is the public process and thank goodness, many of us are still willing to get involved, despite the risks of being personally attacked, and to speak out to protect our children -- because that's what we do.
We ask that the Alabama Legislature to "dare defend our rights" and exercise their duty under the Alabama Constitution as our last line of defense to protect our children from nationalized education, dictated by entities outside of Alabama – because that's what they are supposed to do.
Elois Zeanah, President, Alabama Federation of Republican Women
Here is a flyer to distribute re: Common Core to churches and friends and family in Alabama. Information is useful for anyone that want to study common core.
Video of Georgia Press Conference as to why they are pulling out. Common Core was not pilot-tested. You can really say Georgia and Kentucky were the places it was pilot tested and it failed their students. They were some of the first states to implement it and the fruits are rather ugly. This is what happens when there is no criteria to the standards as the interview with a city school superintendent in Alabama clearly indicates.
Former Tx. State Sup. of Ed. Robert Scott Testimony on video of Common Core not pilot-tested and not yet written yet he was asked to sign on to Common Core Standards.
Alabama education wasn't working so get Common Core (cost no matter-untested no matter etc)
Too Many Information Are Coming Out To Leave One To A Definite Conclusion That Silence Or Ignorance Is Destructive. In Matthew 18:6--Jesus said:
"These little ones believe in me. It would be best for the person who causes one of them to lose faith to be drowned in the sea with a large stone hung around his neck." Matthew 18:6
Wake Up Christians in America--"unbridled"power in our leaders is now setting the stage for more of the above. For years they have been inching towards a Nationalization of what is going to be taught our children. They have perfected the process under your nose in the guise of College and Career Ready Standards called Common Core. These takes away the power from parents to have local controls and input over what their children will be taught as now the standards of what is being taught are copyrighted and are not from your state. States can make no changes --they can add up to only 15 per cent (which children will not be tested on and probably will not be taught--as most teachers teach to the test).
Study these links and be shocked at what the "let's pass so we can find out what's in it" way of the Obama Administration has ordered for your children. Even Schools Superintendent do not know (see link).
If you choose to look the other way saying this won't happen--wake up and study about what Florida Atlantic University students were asked to do about Jesus name and only one took a stand.
What is happening to this German homeschool family-impacts families here as individual rights of families to raise their children against the state is at stake.
The news of "allah is god" curriculum that went through an online management system in Tx (CSCOPE) is heading to common core states but worse-- parents in common core states won't have the ability to do anything about it.
Please pray and ask your church to start a prayer chain and give this info to friends and family-go to www.cityonahill.tv and make copies. Thank you.
Matthew 5:13
You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men.
This morning (03-19-13) on a local talk radio program the Dothan City Schools Superintendent of Education, Tim Wilder, was being interviewed. He had previously and publicly stated his complete support for Common Core Standards in Alabama. I called in and praised his leadership, the accomplishments in our local schools, and the achievements our state recently announced about our increased graduation rates and higher test scores brought about through the hard work of the Alabama Board of Education, Alabama educators and students. My questions to him were: 1. Where have the Common Core Standards been tested 2. What were the results of the testing 3. Where are the test results published for parents, grandparents, teachers and citizens to analyze for determining the effectiveness of the Common Core Standards 4. Who specifically in Alabama wrote the the Common Core Standards for Alabama children. Superintendent of Education for the Dothan City Schools Tim Wilders answered: 1. I don't know 2. I don't know 3. I don't know 4. I don't know.
He declared that the reason Alabama adopted CCS was that "we" (never identifying who "we" are) had been told that Alabama education wasn't working - that improvement was not taking place. "We" were sold Common Core (never revealing who did the "selling"). He also said that Alabama was one of 45 states that adopted the Common Core Standards,has invested a lot of money into textbooks, teacher training, etc., and that Alabama's CCS have absolutely nothing to do with the Obama Administration.
I couldn't help thinking back to the Education Policy Committee Hearing last week in Mtgy. when we were told by an un-named legislator that legislators listen to and heed Superintendents of Education much more than their own constituents. We certainly saw evidence of that when the superintendents were given about three times the amount of time to speak over those who opposed Common Core.
Based on Tim Wilders lack of knowledge about Common Core which he supports whole heartedly, is it possible that our state adopted this controversial plan (copyrighted) from the federal government without the slightest empirical evidence that the plan has been tried, tested, and successful, thus supporting all their hopes, promises and claims? Would Alabama really conduct a costly experiment on our children without any proof that it's good for them in every way?
A Very Concerned Grandmother,
Barbara
(Please note the higher graduation rates were for work done before Common Core.)
Page 10 of Fordham Institute's Finding--Alabama Standards compared to Common Core was marked as "Too Close To Call" in both English and Math
THOMAS B. FORDHAM INSTITUTE • THE STATE OF STATE STANDARDS—AND THE COMMON CORE—IN 2010 (July 2010) Executive Summary Table 1: State English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards Compared to the Common Core Jurisdiction English Language Arts Math Alabama Too Close to Call Too Close to Call
----It does seem like they jumped the gun to put us under the Common Core Standards that were "untested" in spite of the fact that we really didn't need to change. After all --the change to Common Core is going to run us approx. $282 million. Why?
We hope and expect this Legislature to do the right thing and cut off something which was founded on sand before everyone sinks. Common Core Standards is not worth having. It is not worth losing the rights of parents to have input over their children's education.
Standards of What Will Be Taught Your Child No Longer Has Parental Input--Get Informed
This is about how teaching standards--called the Common Core - is being promoted in states such as Alabama. There is now a battle to get rid of Common Core as more states are finding the truth that these take away parental input and are untested. Remember how parents could go to local school boards to effect change--no more. Because Common Core is copyrighted many states are shackled with it and can only add 15% (which will not be tested). On top of that states have added the shackles of NO Child Left Behind waiver ( and Common Core Standards is part of the requirement to get the waiver). States like Vermont are saying no to the NCLB waiver which is proving to be more troublesome.
The truth must come out for states and parents in order to again--truly have input over what will be taught their children. Educators promoting the common core standards have failed to realize (or are they ignoring it?) the first point most voters/parents know--that education will never get better when you take away parental input and accountability to "we the people".
This is a Q&A session of how standards are pushed and touted in Alabama.
Here are some of the Pros and Cons and Myths and Facts to the Common Core Standards.
Proponents of Common Core says they are rigorous, tested, internationally benchmarked but contrary to that --states are finding they are a "dumbing down" .
Race To The Top Applications which were the federal incentive for states to sign on to these standards (for federal grants) were given out in Nov '09 yet the applications were signed by states such as Alabama within in two months--Jan '10. The final drafts of the standards were not written til March '10 and its publication was not 'til June '10. Standards normally take a year to be studied before adoption according to Alabama State Superintendent yet we signed on to these before they were even written--(see video of testimony from Tx Super Robert Scott on it and why he said no). Is it any wonder that many parents believe their State Boards did not do their job? And they also tout that these standards were tested and internationally benchmarked-- and all because-- they say so! These are the talking points or mantras you will hear over and over--tested, internationally benchmarked, rigorous as if saying it will make it so.
State Sup Tommy Bice calls it Alabama's --yet these standards are copyrighted and cannot be changed. States can only add 15% but that 15% will not be tested.
States with Common Core Standards are committed to Common Core Assessments. Even ACT who Alabama is choosing will be aligned to Common Core.
Many are concerned about "Data Mining" where information from your student will be part of a database--use and availabilty to who?
But in Alabama there will also be additional information gathered: "Another component of ACT’s K-12 tests, called Engage, examines “academic behaviors.” These ask students to report whether they can manage their feelings, work well with others, and finish what they have started, for example. Teachers also rate students on these same qualities (here’s ACT’s teacher guide to rating students this way), such as “being willing to experience new things” and “listen to others’ points of view.” It’s currently for grades 6-9, but ACT is working to apply it to younger grades, too, Weeks said". The big$$ jumpstart came from Bill Gates and all sorts of entities he has been able to influence or get to invest in this new goldmine (Common Core) for computer information,hardware and software along with the textbooks, e-books,testing, data gathering and training that will be required all under the guise of improving education.
But most troubling are the people who are planning and influencing what will be taught your children and your input will not matter other than maybe choosing which of their chosen "list of aligned textbooks" to use. People such as terrorist Bill Ayers. Ayers was a keynote speaker at conference sponsored by the Renaissance Group in Oct 2009 along with Secretary of Education Duncan and U.S. Under Secretary of Education, Martha Kanter. At this three-day conference, Mr. Nevin Brown of Achieve, Inc., made a presentation on the “Common Core State Standards” Initiative. Hence, Ayers was a major speaker at a conference that was involved in developing Common Core Standards (friends do matter).
Bill Ayers also close friend Linda Darling Hammond who share his philosophy on education is who is in charge of Common Core specifications as well as the controversial CSCOPE which Texas parents exposed as teaching the "allah is god curriculum". Other teachings include--"those who died at WTC on 9/11 died in hands of freedom fighters" and that "Boston Tea Party was a terrorist act."
Important--must read excerpts:
Both Ayers and Darling-Hammond were leaders in the small schools movement. She has published in a collection edited by Ayers. Both have been advocates of ending funding disparities between urban and suburban schools, ending standardized testing, and attacking “white privilege.” She has been a board member of CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), a group housed at the University of Illinois at Chicago, that provides studies of, and services for, Emotional Intelligence in schools—but really emotional manipulation aimed at making students global citizens.
Both also failed to improve schools or test scores. Ayers’ Annenberg Challenge failed miserably. The school created by Darling-Hammond, Stanford New Schools, which targeted low-income Hispanic and black students, had the distinction of making California’s list of the lowest-achieving five percent. Much of the reason may be her “five-dimensional grading rubric” of personal responsibility, social responsibility, communication skills, application of knowledge, and critical and creative thinking.
In the August 2009 Harvard Educational Review, Darling-Hammond gave a preview of new standards as she argued for “deep understanding” and advancing beyond “the narrow views of the last eight years” by “developing creativity, critical thinking skills, and the capacity to innovate.” New assessments would use “multiple measures of learning and performance.” These would presumably emulate “high-achieving nations” that emphasize “essay questions and open-ended responses as well as research and scientific investigations, complex real-world problems, and extensive use of technology.”
In an April 28, 2010, Education Week article, “Developing an Internationally Comparable Balanced Assessment System,” Darling-Hammond claimed that the new assessment system is “designed to go beyond recall of facts and show students’ abilities to evaluate evidence, problem solve and understand context.” Bill Ayers, throughout his writings, likens the testing for “facts” to a factory or prison system, and agrees with Darling-Hammond’s emphasis on criteria like “student growth along multiple dimensions.” Such buzzwords thinly disguise an agenda of replacing the objective measurement of knowledge and skills with teachers’ subjective appraisals of students’ attitudes and behavior.
You must study, pray and then act. Apathy and lack of knowledge will not be excused when the minds of America's children lead to a darker America.
"But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea." Matthew 18:6
All including homeschools and private schools will have to be aligned to Common Core unless you the parents and your churches do something uncommon --share the truth and make a stand. Start by contacting your legislators to repeal Common Core for it is a wolf in sheep's clothing and will dumb down the children. States can and should do better but truth must be shared for legislators to realize the dire situation and they must do their job for such a time as this. Let them know "WE the people" do matter and our children matter very much!
Hear the Press Conference of Tommy Bice Alabama's Superintendent of Education and his guarantees of local control over what he calls as Alabama's Common Core Standards which are different from Georgia's Common Core Standards. His guarantees were apparently good enough as the Senate Education Committee had two very staunch defenders of Common Core in Republican Senators Pittman and Holtzclaw along with the Democrats and the SB190 to repeal Common Core was killed in committee. Find out for yourself if they were right after all it's just going to affect generations of Alabamians.
In Part 2 you will hear this at the end--hope the confidence placed by our legislature in not acting today will be well founded otherwise our children will have to pay with the world formed by the lesson plans through Common Core...Excerpt from Bice speech:
"I can state with absolute confidence as State Superintendent that Alabama maintains total authority over our academic standards under the watchful eye of our State Board of Education. Local schools systems maintain control over development of curriculum, adoption of textbooks and other instructional materials. Teachers maintain control over lesson plans and students day to day activities and we do not collect nor disseminate personal information on individual students other than what teachers and principals need on a daily basis to make sure that they are meeting the needs of students."
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 12:28AM