Jim Naugle Takes a Stand

Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle cares about his city. Sadly, homosexual activists don't see it the same way. While he campaigns against his city's rampant homosexual activity in public bathroom stalls and its astounding number of homosexual AIDS cases, gay activists have responded with a call to roll the town hall with toilet paper. They have since settled for sending the mayor "virtual rolls" of toilet paper.

Mayor Naugle also has been working, though unsucessfully as of yet, to remove his public libary's newly-approved homosexual porn section. The fact that a city of this size and prominence is voting for this wicked, mind-killing filth only magnifies the problem. But Mayor Naugle isn't backing down - though he lost that battle, he is still fighting mightily for the God of all goodness and righteousness and truth.

When it comes to sex in public restrooms, asWorldNet Daily's Janet Folger points out, that is still very illegal. So Jim Naugle simply wants Ft. Lauderdale authorities to enforce the law. Imagine that! And as Folger says,

What do you know? The mayor is right. Enforcing the law changes behavior. Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle is right. I not only stand by him. I want to see him run for governor and then for president.

A man in a high political office who sees evil clearly and wants to fight it with the good law, who cares about how such evil affects children and adults at large, who apologizes for not for what he has said rightly but for the fact that he didn't say it soon enough - such a man is hard to find. I praise God for putting men like Jim Naugle in positions of authority. May his work continue to point all kinds of people to the final authoriy to whom all must give an account.

ESPN.com: Sports Page or Liberal Propaganda?

I've been forced to ask this question a couple times in the last few years because of some questionable news coverage. First, it was a story on a homosexual WNBA player that made ESPN.com's front page, and recently it has been another story, this time on a homosexual former NBA player, John Amaechi. ESPN.com has been reporting on Amaechi
nonstop for about a week and a half now, first breaking the story on February 5. Not coincidentally, ESPN is also the publisher for Amaechi's forthcoming book (see the "product details" about a page down).

While it is clear that homosexuality is wrong - Biblically, morally, culturally, and absolutely wrong - the interesting thing about this case is that ESPN is using their sports platform to promote acceptance of deviant sexuality. Simply put, it is not their job. It is not in their job description. It has nothing to do with sports. I like my sports reported, not tainted, thanks.

Obviously, ESPN has quite a lot of cash to make if they hype Amaechi into a media "firestorm." As publishers, they stand to make the most money off of its sales. Not only that, they are deceptive and misleading about it. They do not reveal that they are Amaechi's publishers, and they sneak his name into various unrelated NBA stories. One columnist, Marc Stein, won't stop talking about Amaechi. He apparently enjoys bringing it up in every article he writes.

And they haven't stopped there. ESPN has continued to delight in reactions to Amaechi's announcement. Eliciting statements such as Tim Hardaway's, "I hate gay people," is exactly and unquestionably what ESPN wanted. They have continued to hype up his statements and the subsequent reaction. They want to keep Amaechi in the media as much as possible until the release of his book.

Let me put this simply and clearly: I do not have a personal problem with John Amaechi. Homosexuality is absolutely evil in any context, but this is not a post about homosexuality. This is about how such a lawless practice is portrayed in the media. ESPN is pushing a liberal, relativistic mindset on its readers, and they have a ton of money to make for it.