California AB 2943 was recently passed by the California assembly, which is aimed at anything designed to help a person with unwanted gender dysphonia or a same-sex attraction, to break free of it. It bans books, conferences, counseling that would advocate Muslim, Jewish, and Christian views on gender and sexual orientation.
The California Assembly approved a bill, 50-18 that tells churches and others with traditional beliefs about gender and sexual orientation that advocating for their views could get them sued or put in jail. AB 2943 declares that “advertising, offering to engage in, or engaging in sexual orientation change efforts with an individual” is illegal under state’s consumer fraud law.
“The State of California has no right to deny its residents the resources to help them find happiness or to shut down counselors, schools, and religious organizations that provide those services,” said Jonathan Keller, in a twitter response to the Assembly vote. “Every person experiencing unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria must be allowed to pursue help in achieving their desired goals and outcomes.”
The implications of this legislation spread far beyond regulating the type of counseling offered by licensed therapists, who are already banned from helping minors with unwanted same-sex attractions. Several legal experts have confirmed that by targeting financial transactions, AB 2943 threatens the ability of religious non-profits, churches, and pastors from selling resources that help people practice their faith.
This “must-stay-gay” bill (as it has been dubbed) would potentially criminalize even the sale of Bibles because the Bible teaches that homosexuality is wrong and that those who are same-sex attracted must not act out their attraction, as that would be sin.
The text of Assembly Bill actually says that is would be an ‘unlawful business practice’ to engage in ‘a transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer’ that advertise, offer to engage in, or do engage in ‘sexual orientation change efforts with an individual.
In other words, it would be illegal for a bookstore to sell books on how someone with a same-sex attraction can overcome the temptation. It would make the sale or transaction illegal and punishable by law.
Can you imagine the implications of this? California is actually trying to force Christians to give up their freedom of speech, even when someone wants to change his gay orientation to a straight orientation. There is no personal freedom there.
This extraordinarily radical bill will make California the first state, perhaps even the first governing body in the world to adopt this form of legislation.
And note carefully the vote in the Assembly: 50 to 18 in favor of the bill. This is the most egregious bill ever, so far. Yet, this was predicted in the Bible. When Jesus said, Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot… Even thus shall it be in the day when the son of man shall be revealed.
Here’s another question to consider. Once they ban books, how long will it be before they burn them? And then how long will it be before they jail or ultimately burn the people who write, publish and sell them or promote them? Remember, some who live godly lives in the last days will experience the same persecutions of the middle ages. After all, history repeats itself. See the Great Controversy, page 581.
They have already jailed Kim Davis (the county clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses), saying she got what she deserved. She has since been released, but not until she agreed not to interfere with her deputy clerks issuing the licenses.
Some have already likened Christian conservatives to ISIS and the Taliban and Al-Qaeda and the Nazis, holding signs saying that they should be thrown to the lions. Would that have made Daniel cringe? Not in Babylon. But in America, where they are used to freedom of speech, this completely overthrows all common sense. I’m afraid most don’t have the backbone of a Daniel.
The bill now goes to the California Senate.
Same-sex activists are surrounding the California and United States “legal house.” Genesis 19:4 gives us a symbolic reference, “But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter…”
“They mocked Lot as making himself a judge over them, and threatened to deal worse with him than they had purposed toward his guests. They rushed upon him, and would have torn him in pieces had he not been rescued by the angels of God. The heavenly messengers ‘put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.’” Patriarchs and Prophets, page 159.
The men and women who voted in favor of this bill are blind, just like the men of Sodom in the days of Lot.
Comments
DW
Thursday April 26th, 2018 at 08:36 AMSo sad, the Scriptures are correct that in the days of Noah so shall it be prior to the coming of Christ. This may also have a backlash on speaking in churches about the 10 commandments also. For the 10 commandments go against many human principals.
timesandlaws.com
Thursday April 26th, 2018 at 01:08 PM“It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have MADE VOID THY LAW.” Ps. 119:126
“For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.” Deut. 32:28
The Law states:
“THOU SHALT NOT LIE WITH MANKIND, AS WITH WOMANKIND: IT IS ABOMINATION. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.Ye shall therefore KEEP MY STATUTES AND MY JUDGMENTS, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. Therefore shall YE KEEP MINE ORDINANCE, that ye commit not ANY ONE OF THESE ABOMINABLE CUSTOMS, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.” Leviticus: 18: 22- 30
“The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.” Deut. 22:5
This is the law spoken by God. And Moses wrote it in a book for a witness to all generations. When the people make void the law of Moses, these abomination take hold. And His law is forever. “My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.” Psalms 89:34.
“There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.” Deut 23:17
When you do away with the Law of Moses and you say we will only keep the tables of the testimony (the 10 commandments) you do not have a foundation to judge the evil. You are deprived of its instruction.
“In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, God chose him to superintend the repairing of the temple. It was as this work was being done that the book of the law was found. Through some mismanagement it had been lost, and the people had been deprived of its instruction. Brethren, have ANY OF YOU LOST THE BOOK OF THE LAW? Have not many of us lost sight of THE PRECEPTS that are in THE HOLY BOOK? {Ellen White, GCB April 1, 1903, Art. A, par. 5}
“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, WE ESTABLISH THE LAW.” Romans 31:3
Ron Avery
Saturday April 28th, 2018 at 10:51 AMIf this continues free speech and free thoughts are dead. I could say a lot more but any control over this can result in the next generation developing into mostly bisexual group that looses tradional family values.
Laverne
Saturday April 28th, 2018 at 03:04 PM… and the same divine retribution that destroyed Sodom awaits those who oppose the truth. When the bible likened the last days to the days of Noah and Sodom, back in the 80’s I thought we were almost there. However where we are now is beyond anything I could have imagined. The current madness is so illogical and satanic that I can only hope and pray that Jesus is just around the corner, otherwise the future is as black as midnight.
Carlos Santibanez
Sunday April 29th, 2018 at 09:27 PMFact Check.org claimed that its untrue that Bible’s will be banned, do you think fact check.org has some bias ? I don’t think they get what the news has meant that it “paves the way” for bible to be banned
admin
Monday April 30th, 2018 at 11:30 AMNot even the LGBT groups are saying that it will ban the bible. First, that’s why we used a title that did not reflect that. Second, those who are most aggressive against Christians will always deny something that they will do later when the thing has passed. Fact check could have some bias, but even if they don’t, the bill doesn’t ban the Bible on its surface and therefore Fact Check is truthful in that sense. However, down the track, that could certainly change knowing how radical the LGBT groups, legislative assembly and the courts are in California.
Carlos Santibanez
Monday April 30th, 2018 at 06:16 PMCertainly does pave the path toward it, I can see that