and so it begins

Pastor Voddie Baucham in Texas posted this on his blog yesterday (Thursday) & I wanted to share it. We, as Christians, need to be praying for our president & for our country more than ever.

"Whitehouse.gov is a very helpful site for those interested in what’s going on in the Executive branch. The “most transparent administration” in history is now online (though I’d still like to see an official Birth Certificate... but I digress). Since President Obama took over the White House, the site has now been revamped to include his Presidential Agenda. While some hoped President Obama would begin his presidency as a centrist (I have no idea where that fantasy came from), his agenda (see here) reads like a leftist wish list. Our new President wants to do everything from “Zero-to-Five” education (that’s right, the government not only wants to indoctrinate your children, they want to start the moment they are born), to “improv[ing] the energy efficiency of... American homes.” (whatever will we do for ourselves?) However, the area that has my interest piqued is his Civil Rights Agenda.

"While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender] rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans. It's about whether this nation is going to live up to its founding promise of equality by treating all its citizens with dignity and respect." -- Barack Obama, June 1, 2007

While this statement alone could be fodder for several blogs, it is not my intention to parse everything the President does and/or says. I do, however, think his LGBT agenda is an issue of great concern for those of us committed to biblical truth. We need to be aware of what’s ahead. We must be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves. With that in mind, here’s the President’s Civil Rights Agenda (note: this is the second half under the heading, “Support for the LGBT Community.”

Read the rest of Pastor Baucham's post here, where he lists some of the points on President Obama's agenda.