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New Christian MP Jonathan Young Upsets Homosexual Lobby

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Viewpoint: By Barbara Faithfull

On 17th October 2008, prior to the November 8th 2008 General Elections, homosexual Labour list M.P. and highly qualified lawyer Charles Chauvel wrote an angry rant on GayNZ.co.nz. His target : the National candidate for New Plymouth Jonathan Young, 50, who on the night won by the very slim majority of 314 votes [beating sitting Labour MP Harry Dynhoven]. By November 21st, with the counting of special votes completed, Young was confirmed as the successful M.P., but with a razor thin majority of only 100 votes (Stuff.co.nz).

For eighteen years prior to 2008 Young was Senior Minister of the CityChurch Waitakere, West Auckland, but this year moved back to his Taranaki birthplace. He is one of nine children of the late Venn Young, a former National cabinet minister who, in the 1970’s, championed homosexual law change.

Young is being targeted for doing the unforgivable : expressing the politically incorrect view that homosexuality is a choice and is not normal! The Taranaki Daily News of October 11th had quoted Young thus:-

“One of my associates was an ex-lesbian. She discovered through her own journey and talking to others that a lot of things happened to her in her childhood that affected her deeply and caused her to become homosexual. One of the things I do strongly object to in terms of the people who have made this choice is the presentation of it as a normal alternative.”

As already mentioned, such rare frankness on this issue predictably has drawn frenzied and illogical responses from some quarters according to GayNZ.com on 14th October :-

One Lesley Belcham : “I strongly object to mythmongers like Jonathan Young. What is normal? Is being left handed normal? Is orange hair normal? Yes, they are!” etc….

Charles Chauvel : “There was once a liberal tradition in the National Party. Jonathan Young helps show how withered and lifeless it has become. So does John Key’s failure to immediately repudiate Jonathan Young’s views. Shame on him!”

Craig Young (presumably no relation to Jonathan) a long-standing and quite fanatical member of the homosexual lobby, and obsessed with labelling “the enemy” as “fundamentalists”. Also on GayNZ.com on 17th October last he poured forth in an item headed “Jonathan Young and Teen Challenge : A deeper Probe” There he notes that Jonathan Young is a former leader of Teen Challenge, “ a fundamentalist youth and alcohol treatment facility in his former role as minister at City Church Waitakere. He is attracting controversy for his claims that lesbians and gay men can be cured.” So begins his wild and simplistic 2-page rant which can be seen on GayNZ.com.

Several afterthoughts.

1.In the November 15th 2008 N.Z.Herald letters to the editor is one recounting a noticeably pro-homosexual attitude expressed by our incoming National Prime Minister John Key a year ago at the Auckland “Big Gay Out” event held annually at Point Chevalier. Matthew Moran of Herne Bay happily points out that “I shook hands with John Key. Interesting too were the words he spoke in support of the gay community and of gay adoption” etc.

Clearly there is a dire need for new Prime Minister John Key to be educated about the decades-old, covert plan by the international homosexual movement to pursue its anti-God, anti-social agenda, as set out in the 1972 Gay Rights Platform.

2. In crying “Shame!” (as above) Charles Chauvel hypocritically seems bent upon claiming the moral high ground, even as he colludes in all the shifty and culturally subversive goings-on known benignly as “gay rights, “safety in schools” etc.

3. I believe that Jonathan Young needs all the support and encouragement he can get in these difficult PC times as he courageously treads the risky path of non-conformity with the PC brigade.

Barbara Faithfull,

North Shore City

No trial in Christian right to smack case

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By SALLY KIDSON – The Nelson Mail | Friday, 14 November 2008

The trial of a former Nelson man fighting for what he says is his right as a Christian to hit his son will not go ahead, after the Crown decided to offer no evidence in the case.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4761240a11.html

Rowan James Flynn, 53, was scheduled to stand trial on five charges of assaulting his 12-year-old son, when he was aged 11, and one charge of assaulting a female.

Mr Flynn, who now lives in Christchurch, also faced two charges of leaving a child under 14 without reasonable supervision.

The father of four told the Nelson Mail last year he had been charged after his son called the police.

He had hit his son about five times on the bottom with a wooden spoon after he was disobedient, and said it was a “tiny issue” that blew up. He said he also “clipped” his son around the face about a week after the incident with the wooden spoon. He told the Nelson Mail he believed his actions were justified by the Bible.

Nelson District Court Judge Tony Zohrab discharged Mr Flynn on Thursday after the Crown offered no evidence on the assault charges. The two charges of leaving a child under 14 without reasonable supervision were withdrawn Thursday morning. Crown prosecutor Janine Bonifant said the Crown had decided not to offer any evidence in the case, which was different from saying it did not believe the alleged offences had taken place.

Nelson Bays police area commander Inspector Brian McGurk said the dismissal of the charges had nothing to do with the merits of the case, the quality of evidence or the amendment to Section 59 defence.

“This was a clear case where the interests of the child had to take precedence, and the defendant in the Nelson case is well aware of those reasons, which are behind the Crown’s decision not to offer any evidence,” Mr McGurk said. “I am absolutely confident that the actions of my officers investigating the allegations against the father were thoroughly professional and the decision to prosecute was correct and was in the public interest.”

Mr Flynn told the Nelson Mail he hadn’t been told why the case wasn’t being heard, but he had been looking forward to going to trial.

Mr Flynn said he thought the case had been dropped because the Crown was worried it would be exposed for “what they had done, because the whole lot was lies”.

“This is consistent with all other polls done throughout the year, including research commissioned by Family First – that there is an 80 per cent opposition to the anti-smacking law because most people know that smacking for the purpose of correction is not child abuse.”3

– with NZPA

New Green MP Kevin Hague likely to promote anti-family policies says Director of Family Life International – NZ

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November 10, 2008 by Brendan Malone Director Family Life International – NZ

[Family Life International – a Catholic pro-life organisation – was registered as a charity with the Charities Commission on 28 April 2008 (Reg. No. CC23462)].

Well we have a new government, but while all the attention has been focusing on John Key and the National party, the latest member of the Green party to make it into parliament has received very little attention.

His name is Kevin Hague, and he will be a concern for those of us who care about marriage and family issues in NZ.

Firstly, he is the former head of the NZ AIDS Foundation – a gay lobby group [and registered charity] that has been responsible for some of the most immoral and obscene “safe” sex campaigns in NZ (one recent campaign even involved a website which gave tips on “cruising” – the practice of meeting strangers in public places for anonymous homosexual sex).

Secondly, in a recent interview with GAYNZ.com he stated that he considers the following issues a priority for his time in parliament…

1. Gay adoption
2. Full gay marriage
3. “Resourcing” for gay youth groups
4. Removing the right of NZ schools to say no to gay activist groups like Rainbow Youth

Remember the Greens already have Metiria Turei back again – the Green MP who has a bill to legalise gay adoption in NZ, and who lists “anarchist activism” as one of the aspects of her life experience over the last 20 years.

Make no mistake about it, Hague is an MP who is almost certainly going to be of concern to those of us who care about marriage and family issues in this country.

http://familylifenz.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/new-green-mp-likely-to-promote-very-worrying-policies/

Kapiti bares its defiance on nudity

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Dominion Post 5 November 2008

Overwhelming opposition to nudity on Kapiti Coast beaches has sparked a flood of submissions on the district council’s draft beach bylaw. Bernie Goedhart, Kapiti Coast District Council’s group manager, said the council had received 369 written submissions. Those included about 900 signatures on three petitions, most of which opposed nudity on the district’s beaches. About 22 submissions out of 200 sorted by staff related to horses, motorbikes and fires on beaches, while the remainder were related to nudity. One petition – with 13 signatures – supported nudity.

The matter sparked fierce debate after councillors decided not to include any reference to naked sunbathers in its draft bylaw. “The councillors agreed that the bylaw was not the way to control nudity on local beaches – if nudists’ behaviour was deemed offensive it would be dealt with by police,” Mr Goedhart said. “Trying to address the concerns of the community will prove a challenge for councillors.”
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4750127a11.html

TV programmes featuring sexual promiscuity and sexualised content have corrupting influence on teenagers and children.

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Yesterday researchers at the Rand Institute organisation in Chicago had the results of their three-year study on the TV viewing habits of teenagers published in the November issue of Pediatrics. It is the first study to establish a link between teenage exposure to TV programmes featuring sexual promiscuity and highly sexualised content, with high rates of teenage pregnancy in the United States. It involved 2003 12- to 17-year-old US girls and boys questioned about their TV viewing habits in 2001. Teens were re-interviewed twice, the last time in 2004, and asked about pregnancy. Among girls, 58 became pregnant during the follow-up, and among boys, 33 said they had got a girl pregnant. It also showed a link between the exposure of children to violent video games and the adoption by these viewers of aggressive behaviour.

Today the NZ Herald reproduces an Associated Press story on these findings:

Sex in the City – and among teens

4:00AM Tuesday November 04, 2008

Television shows such as Sex and the City have been linked to increased pregnancy in teenagers.

CHICAGO – Ground-breaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behaviour compared with those who have tamer viewing tastes.

The study is the first to link those viewing habits with teen pregnancy, said lead author Anita Chandra, a Rand behavioural scientist. Teens who watched the raciest shows were twice as likely to become pregnant over the next three years as those who watched few such programmes.

Shows that highlight only the positive aspects of sexual behaviour without the risks can lead teens to have unprotected sex “before they’re ready to make responsible and informed decisions”, Dr Chandra said.

The study was released yesterday in the November issue of Pediatrics. It involved 2003 12- to 17-year-old US girls and boys questioned about their TV viewing habits in 2001. Teens were re-interviewed twice, the last time in 2004, and asked about pregnancy. Among girls, 58 became pregnant during the follow-up, and among boys, 33 said they had got a girl pregnant.

For more see:

http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10540914&ref=rss