I almost never do this, but I felt it was very important to share
a letter with you so that the whole world could understand what really happened
in Ireland as this predominantly Catholic nation voted decisively to redefine
marriage.
What can we
learn from the vote to redefine marriage in Ireland, a traditionally Catholic
country?1) Traditional “Christian” religion cannot stop the juggernaut of gay activism. Only a living, vibrant faith will have the energy and commitment and depth to stand firm.
2) Sex-scandals in the Catholic Church in the 1990’s robbed the Church of its moral authority. How can the Church speak to the society about sexual morality when it has largely disqualified itself? Scandals like this take a long time to get over, and here in America, we have been plagued by Evangelical scandals as well, involving some of our well-known leaders. To the extent we are deemed hypocritical, to that extent we lack moral authority.
3) Ireland was not ready for the massive influx of gay activist funding from America. Sadly, from President Obama down, America has been an aggressive force for normalizing homosexuality, and without American funding and vision, it is doubtful that Ireland would have voted so strongly for such radical change.
What happened in Ireland should be a wake-up call for the Church worldwide.
In response to my post, a woman who supports our ministry and
lives in Ireland wrote to me, concerned that I was implying that believers in
Ireland “hadn’t done enough to get the Gospel out.” (Actually, the reverse was
true: I wanted people to understand the opposition they faced.)
She continued: “Let me tell
you more about what really happened here…”
What she wrote is so important, giving detailed support to what I
had read elsewhere, that I wanted to shout
it from the rooftops for everyone to hear. There was extraordinary pressure
brought against those who stood for marriage in Ireland, and the vote hardly
reflects an unbiased enlightenment.
She wrote:
I am an Irish
citizen who voted and campaigned for a NO vote. For anyone who thinks we were
negligent concerning the Gospel or in any other way, let me tell you some of
what we were up against…
This news is
devastating to the nearly 37.9% of us who voted NO, many of us born again
Christians.
We tried so
hard to prevent it, but were up against every political party and up against
millions of US dollars that were being poured into the yes campaign.
American
billionaire, Chuck Feeney alone contributed over $24 million. Every ‘civil
rights’ group on the block was behind the yes vote.
When NO vote campaign
signs were posted in Dublin and other places, they were vandalized. Public
media is supposed to allow 50:50 coverage for each side of a constitutional
issue. This was blatantly ignored.
The public police
force was drafted in to support the YES vote and to register college students
to vote, and they passed out YES badges to each student as they did so.
And these things are
only part of the story. The pressure was incessant and unbelievable. Even the
ballot paper was biased. We argued that the term ‘marriage equality’ was
biased, but yet that term made it on to the ballot paper.
Meanwhile, Christians
fasted and prayed. We passed out flyers. We used social media to communicate
our concerns. But all this was on a very grass roots level.
Only the Iona
Institute stood up for the No vote. Only three representatives in our entire
Dail (our parliament) stood up for a No vote.
Is there any small
nation on earth that would survive such an onslaught? I’m actually amazed that
the NO vote was as high as 37.9% after what I have seen.
As for the Gospel, can
any of us really do ‘enough’? No matter how much we do, will we not always wish
we could do more? We have God on our side though. I believe He has allowed this
to happen for His reasons. But we will have the ultimate victory.
Sadly, the tried and
true tactics of bullying, intimidation, media bombardment, aggressive activism,
and massive US funding won another victory for the gay revolution.
But this Irish Christian
woman is absolutely right: We will have the ultimate victory (not over gays but
in the Lord), which is one of the main points I make in my newest book, due out
in September, Outlasting the Gay
Revolution: Where Homosexual Activism Is Really Going and How to Turn the Tide.
Right now, though, the
believers in Ireland need our prayers, our encouragement, and our solidarity.
This is part of an all-out war on the gospel.
Source:http://barbwire.com/2015/05/27/you-need-to-know-what-really-happened-in-ireland/
Summary posted on:
http://libertyalliance.com/you-need-to-know-what-really-happened-in-ireland/
Comments
Big money bought the vote. We see it here in the US with
extortion, bribery and intimidation on really bad legislation. It also doesn’t
help that Ireland is influenced by England, the poster child of UN Agenda 21.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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