Supreme Court Ruling on DOMA

"The class to which DOMA directs its restrictions and restraints are those persons who are joined in same-sex marriages made lawful by the State. DOMA singles out aclass of persons deemed by a State entitled to recognitionand protection to enhance their own liberty. It imposes adisability on the class by refusing to acknowledge a status the State finds to be dignified and proper. DOMA instructs all federal officials, and indeed all persons withwhom same-sex couples interact, including their own children, that their marriage is less worthy than the marriages of others. The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its mar26
UNITED STATES v. WINDSOR
Opinion of the Court
riage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity.By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others,the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment. This opinion and its holding are confined to those lawfulmarriages.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the SecondCircuit is affirmed.
It is so ordered."

There goes the neighborhood.

Spiritual Warning Zone:

http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/jim-daly/bono-in-the-spotlight.html

The article above extols Bono of U2. It is from a Christian ministry.

"Good Fight Ministries" released a short DVD a couple of years ago that showed footage from U2 concerts and clips from interviews with Bono and the band members.

It is quite clear that two opposing viewpoints are emerging---one that he is a committed Christian, one that he is a Satan worshiper.

You can't be both.

I encourage you to get that DVD and decide for yourself about Bono.

http://www.goodfight.org/store/resources_video_tsc.html

The sheep are separating from the goats, dear ones.

I want to be a sheep, and I wouldn't compromise my eternity for anything that I knew about. Ignorance is bliss, but it can also lead to eternal destruction.

**Because the DVD is $25 I know that some of you will hesitate. If you care about your loved ones, you will consider the cost.

Be informed.  I was hoodwinked by the whole U2 thing for years. My friend in college thought they were  the most wonderful thing that ever happened to Christianity. Though my support for U2 cooled over the years, this GF DVD opened my eyes to the deception of Satan worked through Bono. I've been lending it to friends ever since I got it, so they can have their eyes opened to what Bono has been promoting ---in plain view---- for several years.

Don't be hoodwinked.

The Wheat From the Tares

Corgi Summer

http://www.flickr.com/photos/warriorforge/9120841812/lightbox/


Click on the link to see my son leading the pack at his officer's training school. He's in Washington, at Fort Lewis McChord.

I miss him.

With everything going on it's a wonder that I have time to miss him.

Cherie is back from camp. She had a wonderful time. What a start to summer for her with VBS the week before, then Bible camp next. Today she is home, quietly creating some stamp designs and drawing.

You see, the stamps are out because my future daughter-in-law came with her mother to create some darling wedding invitations last evening.

Don't be offended if you are not invited. This is a close family-only ceremony, and at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It's in the yard, rain or shine. Guests are asked to bring umbrellas.

Of course it might be a beautiful late summer evening. Maybe.

I plan to post pictures.

Oh, why were they here with the invitation making? A huge storm just swept through the area. Power is out for almost 90,000 people! My son's fiancee's home was without power, and probably they will not have it until Wednesday.

But the wedding goes on, and we are excited.

That same storm drove our dear friends, who had been visiting last week, back to our home, also due to power outages in their own town in South Dakota. A tree barely missed falling on their property.

They called about 3 hours out and asked if they could return. (Of course!) A large Dairy Queen cake was with them when they arrived later that evening. Margaret left for work from an empty house and came home at 10:30 pm to a house bursting with our friends---and neighbors, who stopped by, eating ice cream cake!

Corgi summer.

The pond is FULL of little black-------tadpoles???  There will be a plague of whatever creature they grow into. The goldfish are uninterested in eating them. They swim with the big guys. I think they are kind of cute, so black and round, with little tails. I think there are a million of them. We've talked about feeding them to avoid mass death.

I think nature will just have to take its course.

Speaking of things taking its course--two ticks have made my life more painful. I'm treating for Lyme's disease, but I still have aching joints. There are few things I hate more than ticks.

For refreshment last evening I made a lovely  new recipe. Very easy:

I got it from the "Joy of Rhubarb" cookbook.

Lola's Rhubarb Cake:

4 cups fresh rhubarb, cut up. 1 cup sugar. 1 small package of strawberry jello. 1 white cake mix---prepared as directed ( I used two whole eggs instead of 3 egg whites). Layer the ingredients as listed, bake at 350º in a big iron skillet (or 9 X 13) until done (toothpick clean), about 30 to 45 minutes.

Delish. With ice cream.

A few more pictures from my weekend away: (All photos, Dave Zdon)


   Gorgeous, huh??? :)

Minnesota is beautiful.

Corgi summer.

Yes, my dogs missed me. They were so happy to see me they didn't leave my side for 3 days.

This week is catch-up week. (As if that ever happens!)

Blessings.

The morphing of evangelicalism

The morphing of evangelicalism

Sent from a Friend...

THE OLD PATHS

I wish the old paths were before us instead of behind us

 

THE OLD PATHS

I liked the old paths, when

Moms were at home.

Dads were at work.

Brothers went into the army.

And sisters got married before having children!

Crime did not pay;

Hard work did;

And people knew the difference.

Moms could cook;

Dads would work;

Children would behave.

Husbands were loving;

Wives were supportive;

And children were polite.

Women wore the jewelry;

And Men wore the pants.

Women looked like ladies;

Men looked like gentlemen;

And children looked decent.

People loved the truth,

And hated a lie.

They came to church to get IN,

Not to get OUT!

Hymns sounded Godly;

Sermons sounded helpful;

Rejoicing sounded normal;

And crying sounded sincere.

Cursing was wicked;

Drugs were for illness.

The flag was honored;

America was beautiful;

And God was welcome!

We read the Bible in public;

Prayed in school;

And preached from house to house.

To be called an American was worth dying for;

To be called an American was worth living for;

To be called a traitor was a shame!

I still like the old paths the best!

' PASS IT ON!

Fairy Dance Jig, Very Cute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xppqs-QhnUw

You Must Watch This--Louisiana senator now a Republican

http://therightscoop.com/make-it-viral-black-louisiana-senator-explains-why-he-became-a-republican/