ALA’s annual propaganda exercise "Banned Books Week"

American Library Association’s annual propaganda exercise @BannedBooksWeek is here. Their list of 2022’s top supposedly “banned” books is revealing. All 13 are sexually explicit. 

ALA tries to dismiss challenges: the books are only “claimed to be sexually explicit.” Put explicit porn in front of these people and they pretend to see Winnie the Pooh. 

Seven books on the list also have an “LGBTQIA+” focus (so any objection is discriminatory!). Some include sexual abuse, rape, incest, profanity, or drug use. 

Nothing to see here!

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10
1. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
2. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
3. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
4. Flamer by Mike Curato
5. (tie) Looking for Alaska by John Green
5. (tie) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
7. Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
9. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
10. (tie) A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
10. (tie) Crank by Ellen Hopkins
10. (tie) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
10. (tie) This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson

See reliable info on these books at http://booklooks.org/.

LGBTQ Holy Days in US Schools 2023-2024 - Calendar & Info

   

Thanks to Mission: America for posting these dates & background info. More detail at https://www.missionamerica.com/article/school-corruption-propaganda-calendar/

Bisexual Awareness Week, Sept. 16- 23, 2023. https://glaad.org/biweek

Banned Books Week, Oct. 1-7, 2023. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned

LGBTQ History Month, October 2023. https://lgbthistorymonth.com

“Coming Out” Day, Oct. 11, 2023. https://www.glsen.org/event/national-coming-out-day

International Pronouns Day, Oct. 18, 2023. https://www.glsen.org/activity/international-pronouns-day

Spirit Day, Oct.19, 2023. https://glaad.org/?s=spirit+day

Solidarity Week (formerly Ally Week), Nov. 6–10, 2023. https://www.glsen.org/programs/solidarity-week

Transgender Awareness Week, Nov. 13-19, 2023. https://glaad.org/transweek

Transgender Day of Remembrance, Nov. 20, 2023. https://glaad.org/tdor

No Name-Calling Week, Jan. 15-19, 2024. https://www.glsen.org/no-name-calling-week

National Day of Reading: A Celebration of Stories Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Youth, Feb. 2024 [Feb. 16 or TBD] https://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/promo/welcoming-schools

Transgender Day of Visibility, Mar. 31, 2024. https://glaad.org/tdov

Day of Silence, Apr. 12, 2024. https://www.glsen.org/dayofsilence

International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, May 17, 2024. https://may17.org

Harvey Milk Day, May 22, 2024. https://gsanetwork.org/resources/harvey-milk-day

   LGBTQ Pride Month, June 2024.
   https://www.glsen.org/activity/lgbtq-pride-month-guide-  educators

New Mass. law to recognize "gender X" in addition to M & F on state IDs

More “gender” insanity in Massachusetts. C.J. Doyle, Exec. Director of the Catholic Action League of Mass., explains:

Re: Senate Bill 2429, An Act Relative to Gender Identity on Massachusetts Identification.
This proposed law, if enacted, would have four effects. 
    A third gender designation -- X, in addition to M and F -- would be allowed on all public documents issued by the Registry of Motor Vehicles which identify Massachusetts residents. These documents would include driver's licenses, learner's permits, state identification cards and liquor purchase identification cards.
    On their application to the Registry for such a document, a person would be permitted to choose their gender designation, regardless of their biological sex. This choice could include gender X.
    Secondly, any person over eighteen years of age, or in the case of a minor, their parent or guardian, would be permitted, retroactively, to alter their birth certificate to designate their sex as X, or to some other, yet unspecified, designation.
    Thirdly, a person will be permitted, retroactively, to amend their certificate of marriage, altering both their name and their gender designation, which could include gender X, or some other potential gender designation.
    Finally, all state agencies which minister to young people -- including the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Families and Children and the Department of Mental Health -- will be required to disseminate to the charges in their care information on changing their sex and gender designations and to establish protocols to assist them in this process.
    S.2429 was passed to be engrossed by the Massachusetts Senate on July 27th. The vote was unanimous, 39-0, with all 36 Democrats and all three Republicans voting in the affirmative… The measure will now be taken up by the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

[C.J. Doyle comments:]
"This bill will require the Commonwealth to affirm and give legal sanction to the ideologically driven delusion that gender is a subjective social construct, which can be altered arbitrarily and capriciously, rather than what it actually is, which is an objective and immutable biological reality.
    "It will make government a party to this delusion. It will confuse and falsify public records, and compel government employees, in some cases, against their consciences, to participate in this falsification.
    "It will result in discrimination in public employment against those who hold a traditional understanding of reality, and will make the investigation of offenders more difficult for law enforcement.
    "Section 4 of the bill will essentially empower government bureaucrats who administer programs for youth to proselytize the minors in their care for so-called gender transitioning.
    “It is an insane and malign proposal, and it ought to be rejected." 

Note: The Registry of Motor Vehicles, under Republican Governor Charlie Baker, has permitted the use of the Gender X designation since November of 2019. This was a decision of the Registrar, taken in collaboration with the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. What S.2429 does is give a policy position the force of law, converting an executive order into a statute.

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And so, we return to the ultimate question: What is “gender”? No one can answer (except with a circular definition). And yet it is already embedded in the laws across the US. Now Congress is poised to pass the “Equality Act” which would force the entire country to bow to gender insanity.

Pure evil: Equality Act 2023 (HR15)

It’s back! The LGBTQ “Equality Act” (HR 15): This dangerous proposal was reintroduced in Congress on June 21, 2023. Text here.

We are in big trouble because this evil bill is very likely to pass. The leftist media (ex. The Hill)  portray it as protection for minorities, while it’s actually an attack on the rights of the majority of citizens. It would criminalize anyone who challenges public LGBTQ “rights.”

The terms sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender, queer, nonbinary, gender, and the acronym LGBTQ used in the bill are purposely left undefined. Liberty Counsel explains that “Q” is especially concerning:

“Already, 212 House Democrats have co-sponsored a bill designed to force churches and every person to accept and promote abortion and the radical perversions encompassed by the “Q” paraphilias of LGBT & Q. These would become federally protected if the newly reintroduced “Equality Act” passes…. The "Q" in LGBTQ includes about 550 sexually deviant “paraphilias” — including pedophilia — that will become protected classes under this bill!
    “ … LGBTQ Nation wrote, ‘ … the Q in LGBTQ can also signify other sexual orientations and genders not covered by the acronym's preceding letters. If you're gender-neutral, non-binary, agender, genderfluid, pansexual, asexual, solosexual or something else not covered by LGBT, the Q has got you covered! ’…This extensive legislation will elevate privileges for LGBTQ conduct above religious freedom in every cultural arena in America — including churches and religious colleges…. This bill will revoke the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act’s protections and push both the LGBTQ and abortion agendas into our homes, our schools, and yes, even our churches….” [Source: LC.org email alerts]

The powerful sexual-radical advocacy organization Human Rights Campaign (HRC) states:

“The nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found that nationally, support for a bill like the Equality Act topped 70 percent, which includes a majority of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. The bill has been endorsed by more than 650 organizations, including civil rights, education, health care, and faith-based organizations. In addition, there is strong business support for non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people. The legislation has been endorsed by the Business Coalition for the Equality Act, a group of more than 530 major companies with operations in all 50 states … More than 60 business associations including the National Association of Manufacturers, National Restaurant Association, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce have [endorsed] the Equality Act.”

Here's HRC’s list of over 540 major US corporations that support the Equality Act (no date). Page 1 below:

Retired Graduate of Boston Children's Hospital School of Nursing Appalled at Harms Inflicted by "Gender" Clinic

 Dear [Reader],  

I write you with respect for your beliefs and body of work.  

I am a 1964 graduate RN of the (now closed) Boston Children’s Hospital School of Nursing. I used to be so proud to say that.  

I am appalled and alarmed about the Gender-Affirming Care program and its potential for harm to CHILDREN. I have written to the Director of Nursing with no response about my concerns. 

FIRST, DO NO HARM. Where did that go?  The ultimate best care of children. Where did that go?

Here are the reasons CHILDREN are not ready to make these life altering decisions:

1. Development of the brain’s frontal lobes, key components of the neural activity circuitry underlying ”executive functions” such as reasoning, motor function, problem solving, judgement, social and sexual behavior, working memory, capacity to plan and impulse control are among the last areas of the brain to mature.  Our frontal lobes may not be fully developed until our 30s.

2. Puberty [must be protected], when a CHILD grows into sexual maturity and experiences endocrine and psychological changes.

3. Reaction to stressors – for a CHILD in a healthy environment this is done with the loving help of Mom, Dad, trusted caregiver.  Later on in life the adult has the ability to handle these pressures by herself or himself judging when additional help or information is needed.

A CHILD needs a CHILDHOOD.  That child needs to be allowed to grow up into full adulthood.  As noted in the few points of science above, maturity should be allowed so that each person can make his or her informed decisions in all phases of life.                                   

Please bring this to light.  

God bless the CHILDREN.

Respectfully,
Nifty Chagaris
79-year-old mother and grandmother in Tucson, AZ

Resisting "PRIDE"

 

          Now on Twitter ...

#Pride in #Sodomy? It is the basis of #gaymarriage. But it is still a crime in Massachusetts. So how is gay marriage legal? https://t.co/nNe4IoviDP:
Mass. General Laws, Ch. 272, Sec. 34: Crime against nature
Section 34. Whoever commits the abominable and detestable crime against…

— ALContra (@AmyContrada) June 3, 2023

 

It's PRIDE month. Remember:
Love is Love.
But #Sodomy is Sodomy.

[Photo: (c) MassResistance 2007] pic.twitter.com/sCJyqPXbKf

— ALContra (@AmyContrada) June 3, 2023

MANY major corporations are funders of LGBTQ+ madness; not just Target or Kohl's

_{MANY major corporations – not just Target and Kohl’s – are funders of the LGBTQ+ assault on children, including promotion of “trans” identification and support for medical institutions offering "gender-affirming" treatments.}

_{Below are links showing corporate funders of the most influential sexual-radical advocacy groups.  Pro-family conservatives have long tried to warn the sane members of the public about this looming threat to society. Was anyone listening?}

_{So – How to defeat this behemoth? Corporate shareholders need to re-engage to cleanse these companies of “woke” policies. Revisit (i.e. overturn) anti-discrimination laws and court rulings protecting (thereby promoting) LGBTQ+ identification: Overturn Obergefell (SCOTUS 2015) and Bostock (SCOTUS 2020). States should nullify the illegitimate federal gay marriage legislation (“Respect for Marriage Act” 2022).}

_{GLSEN https://www.glsen.org/take-action/corporate-partners}

_{Human Rights Campaign https://www.hrc.org/about/corporate-partners
(See especially HRC’s Corporate Equality Index for companies complying with the org’s demands: https://www.hrc.org/resources/corporate-equality-index)}

_{National LGBTQ Task Force https://www.thetaskforce.org/?s=corporate+partners}

_{GLAAD https://www.glaad.org/support/partners}  

_{The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/corporate-partners/}

_{PFLAG https://pflag.org/philanthropic-partners/}

Gender Spectrum: Telling Adolescents They Are "Gender Dysphoric" If They Worry about Normal Body Changes

Is an adolescent’s normal anxiety related to his or her physical changes during puberty evidence of “gender dysphoria” requiring medical intervention? Apparently so, according to the widely cited advocacy organization Gender Spectrum. Here are questions G.S. recommends that a healthcare professional ask the young “patient” open-ended questions in order to “establish trust” -- and pull the teen into further counseling and procedures:

Establishing Trust with Youth Seeking Gender Affirmative Medical Care https://www.genderspectrum.org/articles/medical-establishing-trust [no date]

... Use open-ended questions to establish rapport.

Getting Started
Begin by asking about your patient’s interests and strengths
  *What do you like at school?
  *What do you like to do during your free time?
  *What is something that you feel like you’re really good at?

Transition to more personal questions about gender identity
  *Tell me about your gender history
  *When did you start thinking about this?
  *Has [sic] your feelings about your gender changed over time?
  *How does your gender feel in terms of your body, or in terms of changes to your body?

Gauging Gender Dysphoria
Seek to identify the patient’s current sense of living in their own body
  *Are you having any sad feelings about your gender? Can you describe them?
  *Are you feeling anxious? In what ways?
  *Are there experiences at home or at school related to gender that are making you feel unsupported or depressed?

Are there specific parts of your body that are causing these feeling?: [sic]
  *Breast development?
  *Menstrual cycle?
  *Erections?
  *Hair growth?

Establishing Goals
Clarify the patient’s goals related to their gender expression
  *In the best-case scenario, how could I support you?
What are you looking for?
  *Social transition?
  *Non-pharmacological changes?
  *Medications?
  *Body changes?

Mass. Law Protects Boston Children's Hospital "Gender" Clinic Doctors from Prosecution for Medical Malpractice

How do the gender clinic experts at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) get away with inflicting harm? Their staff is protected by a 2022 Mass. law which criminalizes anyone from out of state who’d dare to bring a lawsuit for medical malpractice. That would be considered “abusive litigation” because (in Mass.) there is a “constitutional right” to “gender-affirming healthcare.” If a detransitioner (like Chloe Cole) harmed by BCH MDs tried to get justice in Mass., she would be the offender and civil action could be taken against her. This law is crying out for a challenge!

In-state transition regretters who were harmed could not sue the BCH staff because that would be anti-transgender discrimination! The BCH gender surgery webpage notes that their practices are protected by the 2016 Mass. law banning discrimination on the basis of gender identity in public accommodations.

All this permitted abuse is based on the gender myth. “Gender” is never defined in the law – except circularly, i.e., “gender is gender.” MGL Ch 4, Sec 7, 59th. Nor does BCH ever clearly define or describe what condition they’re treating in children – except to note little boys sometimes play with dolls or say “I want to be a mommy.” (See my May 2023 report on BCH gender clinic.)

Warning to other states: Block any attempt to pass a transgender rights law. This is where it would lead.

Too bad MassResistance’s 2008 warning about what our state’s pending trans rights bill would bring was roundly ignored.

FINDING BAD BOOKS in Schools and Libraries - RESOURCES

Obscene - Pornographic - Inappropriate

(updated 7/23/2023) 

Some MassResistance.org reports here.

To check the catalog at your local school:
https://destinydiscover.com 

Resources for summaries, key section quotes with page locations, cover image, etc.:

Book Looks: http://booklooks.org

Rated Books: https://www.ratedbooks.org

Other resources:

Pocatello, Idaho MassResistance parent group:
300 inappropriate books (in all sections of Marshall Library)

Make Schools Safe Again (Texas)
https://makeschoolssafeagain.com/library-books

Texans Wake Up
https://www.texanswakeup.com/shop

Massachusetts Family Institute
https://www.mafamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Parent-Advisory-Book-List.pdf

Parent Advocates of Treasure Valley
https://pa-wa.com/obscene-school-books

Pavement Education Project (PEP), North Carolina
https://www.pavementeducationproject.com/thebooks

Utah’s list of 448 books [2021]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DfZ9tnTsR82iR1K0VMIZOojJTmgvPpvy7sdRDWTnkhA/edit

Mary in the Library
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075804370170
[posts updates; links to BookLooks summaries]

LaVerna in the Library (Utah)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/353057099906284

No Left Turn in Education
https://www.ratedbooks.org/nlte
     & short list of good books,
https://www.ratedbooks.org/nltegoodbooks

Dan Kleinman, Safe Libraries
https://safelibraries.blogspot.com

Deborah DeGroff, Between the Covers: What's Inside Children's Books?
https://www.whatsinsidechildrensbooks.com/

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Scholastic Publishing (not to be trusted): The Teacher Store
https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/search-results.html?text=gender
& https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/search-results.html?text=lgbt

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LGBT GROUPS - RECOMMENDATIONS:

American Library Assoc. (ALA), Rainbow Book List
https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/

Other ALA recommended lists: 
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/literacy/inclusive-booklists

GLSEN, https://www.glsen.org/activity/national-student-council-book-recommendations 

Stonewall Book Awards
https://www.ala.org/rt/rrt/award/stonewall/honored

Lambda Literary, LGBTQ Books for Children, Teens, and Young Adults
https://lambdaliterary.org/lgbtq-writers-in-schools/lgbtq-writers-in-schools-books 

SOGI 123 Inclusive Books for K-12 Schools (British Columbia, Canada)

Human Rights Campaign/Welcoming Schools (elementary level), https://welcomingschools.org/resources/lesson-plans-gender-identity-transgender-non-binary

 

Boston Children's Hospital's Leading Role in Pediatric ‘Gender Medicine’; New report names names, preserves videos, describes procedures

See the full report HERE.
https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/23b/BCH-gender-clinic-horrors/report/BosChildrensHosp-GenderClinic.pdf 

This clinic must be shut down. The hospital Trustees need to hear from people. Here's the list: https://www.childrenshospital.org/about-us/our-leadership/board-trustees

I first noted "gender" clinic founder, Dr. Norman Spack, on this blog in several posts starting in 2005 through 2007. I discussed the clinic's ghoulish experimentation with puberty blocking drugs in 2007 on the MassResistance radio show (on WTTT) when the BCH "gender" clinic had just opened. In 2008, Brian Camenker of MassResistance appeared on Megyn Kelly's show on Fox News. In 2011, we tried to wake people up again. Apparently, no one wanted to deal with this ugly topic then. Finally, after almost two decades of child abuse, the general public is waking up. 

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Boston Children’s Hospital gender clinic opens in 2007
“Gender-affirming” treatments have no scientific basis
Social transitioning: BCH guide on names, pronouns; warns against parents; tucking & binding
Puberty blocking drugs
Cross-sex hormones
Eligibility for surgery at BCH
Mutilating surgeries performed at BCH
Mastectomies, aka “Chest reconstruction”
Male chest surgeries, aka “Breast Augmentation”
Male bottom surgery – Vaginoplasty (construction of pseudo-vagina, clitoris & labia)
Female bottom surgery - Metoidioplasty (construction of pseudo mini-penis & testicles)
Female bottom surgery - Phalloplasty (construction of pseudo penis and testicles)
“Gender-affirming” Hysterectomy & Vaginectomy
Facial Harmonization
Transgender Reproductive Health Service
BCH Center for Gender Surgery’s “Research and Innovation”
Bonus Videos: Drs. Carswell, Spack, and Diamond
BCH Gender Clinic Staff, Admin, Trustees – Contact info
WPATH - World Professional Association for Transgender Health
Reliable sources

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See also: https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen4/23b/BCH-gender-clinic-horrors/index.html

New acronym! TGNCNBI

Equality New York has to make sure all the bases are covered. 

In a recent email opposing the NY bill that would ban males from women sports, the organization decided that LGBTQIA2S+ was not inclusive enough. The growing variations of "trans" were not accounted for.

So the headline introduced TGNCNBI:

New York Leaders Condemn Republican Sponsors for Introducing Anti-Trans Bill & Call for Continued Support for the TGNCNBI Community

We, the undersigned, are leaders, organizations, and elected officials that advocate for Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, Non-binary, and Intersex (TGNCNBI) individuals and their rights. We are appalled at the recent introduction of an anti-transgender bill here in New York State, led by Republicans. The following bill S6259 (Borrello)/A6124 (Goodell) requires that women’s sports for students in grades seven through twelve only include those who were assigned female at birth. Now our community is disheartened that Republicans have made a direct attack on our Transgender & Non-binary youth...

The email footer uses the boring old LGBTQIA2S+.

Somerville, MA -- 1st in US to give polygamists legal non-discrimination protections

In April 2004, Article 8 Alliance held a demonstration on the State House steps denouncing the Supreme Judicial Court's anti-constitutional Goodridge gay marriage ruling (Nov. 2003) and calling for removal of the four rogue justices. One of our protesters held a sign reading "Polygamy Is Next"

Protester on left holds sign: Polygamy Is Next  [Amy Contrada photo]

Our prediction was correct. It's just taking a few decades to get there. We will probably see a case before the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court soon and it will rule, once again, that LOVE IS LOVE and there's no reason to limit marriage to only two people.

Since I no longer live in Massachusetts, I don't keep track of this sort of insanity. A Boston area friend alerted me to the latest slide down the pervy slope in Somerville. From the local rag, Patch: 

Somerville Passes Polyamorous Non-Discrimination Ordinances The historic move makes Somerville the first city in the United States to extend explicit legal protections to polyamorous families. (March 24, 2023)

Somerville must be so proud! First in the nation! ... except for certain areas out west where this sort of thing is quite open (though illegal).

Not surprisingly, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group at Harvard Law School helped draft the language adopted by the City Council.  (Now you know one thing the + stands for...) One of the City Councilors identifies as "polyamorous". From the report:

Somerville City Council made history Friday with the passing of non-discrimination ordinances to protect polyamorous families and relationships, city officials announced in a news release.

The ordinances make Somerville the first city in the country to extend legal protections to polyamorous and non-nuclear families and relationships.

The ordinances were introduced by City Councilor At-Large Willie Burnely and Councilor JT Scott to prohibit employers, law enforcement, and others from discriminating against someone based on their family or relationship structure.

“As a polyamorous person, I'm grateful to live in a city that embraces rather than punishes people based on their family or relationship structure,” said Councilor Willie Burnley Jr in the news release.

My friend commented: "Previously, Somerville and Cambridge gave benefits to city employees in poly relationships. Somerville used to be nearly all blue collar and not Woke years ago. But it caught the Cambridge disease and is probably sicker than Cambridge now.  And that's saying a LOT. (Cambridge is full of hi-tech companies from which it gets loads of tax revenue, yet believes in socialism.) Other nearby Woke cities: Arlington, Brookline, Newton, Boston ... The disease is spreading."

CORRUPT BARGAINS website & order form

See more info on my new book, CORRUPT BARGAINS, at its new website here.

Order your copy here or here.

New book on gay marriage in Massachusetts

My new book will be available soon! 

Corrupt Bargains
How Gay Marriage Began in Massachusetts

by Amy L. Contrada

The book is a unique, 500-page documentary history of the constitutional crisis surrounding the implementation of gay marriage in Massachusetts, 2001-2007.

In 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to formally recognize same-sex marriage. In a 4-3 ruling, the state’s Supreme Judicial Court declared that the Massachusetts Constitution (written by John Adams) protected same-sex marriage as an inviolable right. This absurdity went unchallenged by the political elite who cared nothing for the constitution’s clear separation of powers. While the state’s marriage law was never changed, the executive branch (under Governor Mitt Romney) illegally implemented same-sex marriage – blindly accepting the court as the ultimate authority, despite widespread calls to reject its ruling.

CORRUPT BARGAINS is a unique history of how same-sex marriage began in Massachusetts. It is the only documentary account of the corrupt maneuvering of politicians and pro-LGBT special interest groups during this constitutional crisis (2001-2007). Massachusetts developed the template for the deceptive political strategies that would dupe the conservative establishment and citizenry across the country. The tactics behind the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell ruling on same-sex marriage (2015) were crafted in Massachusetts.

The successful LGBT strategy was to ignore questions of morality and public health, invent “rights,” demand “fairness” and “equality,” and flood the zone with emotional propaganda. The achievement of same-sex marriage cleared the way for the next big goal of the sexual radicals: transgender rights.

CORRUPT BARGAINS is a case study of how corrupt government officials circumvent constitutional governance. The book provides a front-row view of these precedent-setting events. It has rescued rare sources from the memory hole, with up-to-date links in the 900 endnotes.