Greetings, this is Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church with a moment of truth where we challenge you to think through an important issue of life and faith. We have an important one for you today, and that is what are the future consequences for the recent Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the United States of America? Every decision carries within it the seeds of future consequences. We often talk about unintended consequences. Well, the Supreme Court ruled recently in a 5-4 decision to legalize same-sex marriage across the country, striking down particular state statutes, perhaps even initiatives like California had recently. All of these things have been swept away by the grandiose sweeping motions of the decision of our own Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the United States. Now, last week, I put forward to you three reasons why the gay and lesbian marriage initiatives and why the institution of marriage being open now to gay and lesbian marriages, why it is destructive towards society. And I want to expand today on why it is destructive in the future as well, why there are domino-like consequences that we'll obtain. But first, let me briefly review those three reasons why gay and lesbian marriage was destructive towards society. Number one, I gave you a theological reason. This is often heard. There is, for example, a one-man, one-woman relationship in a faithful, monogamous covenant union, and that this is an unbreakable model that God has designed. That's the theological reason. But there are also two other non-theological reasons that I articulated for you, and I urge you to refresh your memories on those. The second one was a demographic reason, and that is, owing to reproductive inertia, homosexual couples, lesbian couples, contribute indirectly to a population death spiral in every society in which they're allowed to flourish. It's not the only reason for a demographic death spiral. Lesbian women have their wombs, but they do not wish to use them for babies. And homosexual men, of course, have the seed, but they do not have the sense to reproduce after their kind. This is what I mean by reproductive inertia. And thirdly, then, there was also a cultural reason against the gay agenda, and that is that gay culture must seize upon breeding heterosexual culture for their next generation of persons to perpetuate that culture. So, by definition, left to themselves, they would die out, but instead they rely upon breeding heterosexual culture for the prey to perpetuate the next generation of gay culture. Of course, yet these reasons fly in the face of what you've been led to believe. You hear, for example, that gay and lesbians deserve to be happy like everybody else. We're only human with regular desires like anybody else, and therefore we should be allowed to exercise those desires freely. And also, you hear something like this, that lesbians and gays have the right to be married, too. The right to be married, which, of course, the Supreme Court has just affirmed resoundingly. Marriage is a right to which the gay community is entitled. You heterosexuals are discriminatory when you deny us our right to be married like straight couples. Well, already we see our future on the horizon, though. I would like to tell you, we can predict this. You don't have to be a prophet to see it coming, because there is another taboo, and it is pedophilia. Another taboo is gearing up to become trendy. Pedophilia is coming out from the dark shadows to be preached from the rooftops. And pedophilia will become the next mainstream in days to come. Oh, impossible, you may say. No one will ever be persuaded that child molestation is normal. Oh, you may also say that sex with children will be mainstream over my dead body, right? Well, let me suggest that there are people out there who may accommodate you one day. There is now a pedophile activist lobby group. It is on the horizon. It is called B4UACT. Its insignia is capital B4U-ACT, B4UACT. And it has been founded by a Dr. John Money, now deceased, of the National Institute for the Study, Prevention, and Treatment of Sexual Trauma. That was his group. It was initially part of Johns Hopkins Sexual Disorders Clinic. Now, Dr. Money and his disciples want to redefine pedophilia as a normal sexual orientation. You may be shocked by all this, but this is on the horizon. This is coming. Meant to be redefined, pedophilia is, as a normal sexual orientation, like heterosexuality, and now what mainstream society considers to be normal regarding lesbians and gays. They have been metaphorically standing in line in the debate over mainstreaming of homosexuality. They've been awaiting their opportunity for acceptance. Now, with a complete collapse of resistance to the normalization of all things homosexual, pedophilia sees its time to move as opportune, headed by B4UACT. Dr. Fred Berlin has succeeded his mentor, Dr. Money, who is now deceased. Dr. Fred Berlin now succeeds his mentor as head of B4UACT. Now, he addressed in 2011 the infamous American Psychiatric Association in August of 2011 with a paper entitled, listen to the title of the paper that he read before them. It is entitled Pedophilia, Minor Attracted Persons, and the DSM, which is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the APA, which lists those things which are considered to be abnormal. He entitles his paper, Pedophilia, Minor Attracted Persons, and the DSM, Issues and Controversies, unquote. Now, in this paper, Dr. Berlin attempted to make a case for redefining pedophilia as normal, as a well-adjusted sexual orientation. And he labeled the persons so oriented as minor attracted persons. This is the euphemism that is now being employed for pedophilias, for pedophiliacs. That is, they are now no longer pedophiles, but minor attracted persons. Now, according to Dr. Berlin and his group, these minor attracted persons are no different from you and me, with the exception that they're sexually attracted to children rather than adults, and should not, therefore, be condemned because we are not attracted to children. According to Dr. Berlin, these relationships between children and minor attracted persons can be so structured that no one is hurt, but that both the child and the adult so drawn to them can profit from the relationship. Dr. Berlin wants all of us, and I quote him, to learn more about attraction to minors and to consider the effects of stereotyping stigma and fear, unquote. According to one observer at the conference, he said that this conference of the APA in 2011, all speakers focused on pedophiles as healthy, normal, and unfairly victimized by stigma and mean words, unquote. Dear listener, this is what's coming. No more mean words about pedophiles. About pedophiles, excuse me. You may be shocked personally and outraged at the very thought of it, but your kids will become accustomed to hearing about it, and their kids will wonder what the problem is, and then their kids will wonder why you are so prejudiced against minor attracted persons. This is what's coming. Dear listener, this trail of benign surrender has been well blazed. It has transformed from a cow path to a super highway now. Dr. Berlin and the pedophile lobby is following the path that has first been blazed by the homosexual lobby in the 1970s. Back then in the 70s, I'm an old gray hair. I remember those days. I was just a young buck when this trail was blazed. The situation is parallel. Not exact, but parallel. The general public resisted in the 70s with disgust any normalization of what was considered to be perverted behavior back then, that is homosexual behavior, but the aggressive homosexual lobby began by enlisting the experts to bludgeon the public with so-called facts and science. And under tremendous pressure from these groups, a small committee of the American Psychiatric Association back in 1973 recommended in a study to lift its designation of homosexuality as a disorder from its diagnostic and statistical manual, which of course is the list, if you will, and the description of and treatment for et cetera, et cetera, sexual disorders, which is the Bible of what is considered abnormal and in need of treatment, the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Well, this study back in 1973 was based at the time on the now long discredited Kinsey Report, which was the sensational and revolutionary study of human sexual behavior in the United States of America. You may remember it, Google it if you don't, but at the time, Kinsey's data asserted that some 10% of American men were thoroughly homosexual and up to 37% of men engaged in some kind of homosexual behavior or experimentation at some time in their lives, though otherwise straight, with that kind of impressive number of behaviors percolating underneath the American psyche, how could anyone call it abnormal? That was the conclusion that the American Psychiatric Association came to. The Kinsey Report was hyped and sensationalized all throughout the 1960s after its release, and it was also cited, I remember these days, oh, I remember them vividly, they were cited solemnly, the Kinsey Report was cited solemnly and authoritatively by everyone from Walter Cronkite, the news media, Playboy magazine hyped it, and it was used as monologue material even by Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show, but later research into Kinsey's methods and data revealed, how often do you hear this, research into Kinsey's methods and data revealed that he regularly inflated stats, he extrapolated unwarranted conclusions from meager testimony, and he also planted leading questions into his surveys. Well, Kinsey's report has since been tossed into the dustbin of science in every quarter but the popular imagination. And the damage has already been done. The horse is already out of the barn back in the 1970s. It did not stop the American Psychiatric Association from using it in 1973 to justify eliminating homosexual behavior as a disorder from its diagnostic and statistical manual. With these heavy guns on its side, the homosexual lobby now had a scientific bludgeon, if you will, from the premier ivory tower of psychiatric science with which to beat back its opponents. And use it they did, bludgeon they did. The study of the American Psychiatric Association was then employed in legislatures and courtrooms, governor's mansions all over the country to lobby for gay rights, eventually for gay marriage. Additionally, the American Psychiatric Association's decision was hyped in college textbooks, high school sex ed, and eventually right down into our primary schools and kindergartens under the guise, of course, of AIDS prevention and the need to prevent bullying and hate panics too. Well, the pedophile lobby has not gone unawares in all of this. They have scoped out the strategy and they're hoping for the same kind of treatment by the American Psychiatric Association. If Dr. Berlin and his cohorts at Before You Act, that's capital B for capital U dash capital A-C-T, before you act. If Dr. Berlin gets his way, they will get the full range of pedophile behaviors, all manner of sex with children, they will get it removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual as disorder in need of treatment and therapy. So then, armed with this authority from a so-called scientific quarter, they then hope to lobby legislatures to remove all age of consent restrictions for pedophile sexual behavior. And they said it couldn't be done. All through the debate over gay rights and marriage, the slippery slope argument that is once you condone one sexual behavior, you begin to slide down the greased incline towards condoning all sexual behaviors. Oh, this slippery slope argument was dismissed, pooh-poohed, as irrelevant, wasn't it? Yet we see as exquisitely relevant this fact materializing before our eyes. So my assertion remains as relevant as ever. Without the absolute moral standard of the Bible, there is absolutely no limit to the corruption of the beauty of human sexuality. And it's coming down the pike, dear listener. Well, how is this done, you might ask? How have we come to this pass? Well, we see the pedophilic freight train coming barreling down the track of history and righteous America seems incapable of derailing it. How is this seemingly unstoppable historical force of sexual degeneration performed? in order to more effectively equip you with the information that you need to struggle against some of the demonic powers at war with America. Let me expose what every Marxist has taught on his red mother's knee. That is, historical change is accomplished by the dialectical method. The dialectical method, don't be put off by that term. The dialectical method, don't be scared away, is more than an ivory tower concept that only intellectuals talk about when they're not debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. The dialectical method is a well-established pattern of human thought and behavior that goes back to the philosopher Plato, but was honed and refined by the early 19th century German philosopher George Hegel. Bear with me, bear with me, because this will all, the light bulb will come on for you and you will understand the behaviors of so many around us if you just stick with me. For Hegel, the history was the key for understanding the progress of man. And throughout history, man progressed in his thought in the following manner. Change begins with an established premise or status quo or thesis. And let us use the historical example of the Roman Catholic Church of the 16th century which exercised monolithic authority over the conscience of the people. This, in Hegel's thought, is the thesis, that is, the monolithic authority over the conscience of the people that the Roman Catholic Church held back in the 16th century when Martin Luther came along. Yes, along comes a man like Martin Luther. This is a well-established fact of history. All historians agree that Luther asserted the authority of the free individual conscience against the monolithic authority of the Roman Catholic Church over the conscience. This is the antithesis. That is, Martin Luther's assertion is the antithesis. That is, the free individual conscience. And for Hegel, the conflict between these two seeming opposites, the authority of the monolithic conscience versus the authority of the individual conscience, this conflict produces in the course of history a new synthesis that is a free conscience within the church. That's the new synthesis. This new synthesis then becomes the thesis for the next antithesis to come along. For Hegel, this is how change looks as it progresses through history. It was a profound insight into how human thought works, and there were those who seized upon it to plan strategies to achieve their goals, and one of these was Karl Marx, author of Das Kapital and the Communist System. In fact, George Hegel influenced Marx's grand view of history in general, and those of his successors like Nikolai Lenin of the Russian Revolution. And of course, for the Marxist, history is a determined process and will inevitably issue in the perfected work paradise after its struggles with the evils of capitalism. But of course, one component of that inevitable historical process is the dialectical method. And we see it at work in America. For example, the thesis, straight America with its heterosexual culture. Then there is the antithesis, gay America with its radical homosexual culture. So you have a thesis and antithesis. The struggle between these two, between straight America and gay America issues in a synthesis, that is a sexually progressive America, with the full legitimacy and acceptance of lesbian and gay lifestyles, including the coveted institution of marriage. This has all transpired before our eyes. Do you see how the dialectical method operates? You have, for example, the thesis back in the 1970s of straight America, for whom homosexuality was a perverted taboo. And then you have the thesis, which is the underground homosexual America, who struggled to be accepted as a legitimate culture. And the struggle here, the conflict that transpired between these two, issued in a synthesis, a new synthesis, which was an American culture in which homosexuality was no longer a perverted taboo, but seen increasingly as a legitimate culture. But it didn't end there, did it? You had during the course of the 80s and 90s this new thesis, which was a straight American culture with a taboo-less gay culture, an increasingly accepted gay culture, but you had also an antithesis at work in the 80s and 90s, that is, homosexuals who are no longer taboo, but who nevertheless suffer by being deprived of their rights and suffer from discrimination in the larger culture. So, the struggle between these two, the thesis and antithesis, issues in a new synthesis, that is a straight American culture in which gays are no longer discriminated against in the workplace or schools or the larger culture. This same thesis and antithesis has been at work over the marriage debate because you had then, in the late 90s and right up until our own day, right up until the recent decision of the Supreme Court, you had an American culture that no longer discriminates in the broader culture against the homosexual, but you had the antithesis of a gay culture that lacks the ultimate crown jewel of legitimacy that is marriage. So, this conflict between the two, issued in a new synthesis, just affirmed by the Supreme Court, that is a shrinking straight culture in which lesbians and gays enjoy full status with straights. So, you see how the dialectical method operates. You have thesis, antithesis, and then synthesis, and the process begins anew with the old synthesis as the new thesis. Now, Marxists and progressives, you better get your head on straight about this because Marxists and progressives have been consciously employing the dialectical method in service to their agenda for over a century now, to the complete ignorance and naive gullibility of most Americans. Incrementally, incrementally, through the dialectical method, they have been gaining ground. This is why every concession that conservatives and traditionists make is never the end, but only the occasion for a new antithesis to be introduced to challenge what is now the status quo. Pretty soon, not only do you have Social Security, for example, back in the 1930s, but as the dialectic method is employed consistently over the decades, you acquire unemployment insurance in addition to Social Security back in the 30s, and food stamps, welfare, Medicare, Medicaid, and the summit of socialism, Obamacare. Dear listener, so basic to Marxism is this notion of conflict, of thesis, antithesis, synthesis, conflict, so basic is this notion in Marxism to the overall triumph of the communist revolution, why do you think they call it a revolution anyway, that even each individual issue, like the gay agenda or the coming pedophile agenda, each individual issue is is in the end only another tool or means towards the ultimate goal of the triumph of the revolution, this principle of conflict. Conservatives are so afraid of conflict, are they not? They just say, oh, let's get this issue out of the way, the homosexual issue, the gay agenda issue, for example, they just say, well, let's get it out of the way, there's too much conflict here, let's just put it out of the way so that we can move on to other things, well, what you're doing is moving on to other things with the progressive in his agenda because he is not afraid of conflict, he will just introduce another thesis and antithesis to the conflict. This principle of conflict gave rise to Lenin's famous saying that is, the issue is never the issue, that is, the issue is always the revolution. The issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution, that is, one issue is only a doorstep to the next in the accomplishment of the revolution. So, do not be naive. Every issue put forward by the modern progressive is never pursued purely on its own merits. It also, more importantly, serves to advance the Marxist revolution. Well, are you aware of one of the goals of the Communist Manifesto, dear listener? One of them, indeed, is to destroy the Western family as it is traditionally constituted. That is why there is such a symbolic relationship between the homosexual agenda and progressives. The homosexual agenda advances the communist agenda to destroy the family. So, dear listener, what do you think the pedophile agenda of Dr. Berlin and his Before You Act lobby group will accomplish towards those ends? It will accomplish the ends, of course, of destroying the family and advancing the agenda of the Communist Manifesto. And as soon as it is practically possible, then, look for progressives to take up the antithesis of pedophilia and minor attracted persons, as pedophiles are called, euphemistically, in order to challenge the status quo thesis of straight culture's taboo on sex with children. This challenge will come along and there will be conflict over it. And conservatives will predictably shrink from conflict and give and give ground on this issue, whereas progressives will embrace the conflict and push and push and push until their agenda is achieved. Dear listener, as horrified as your initial reaction may be to this, as incredible as it may seem to actually materialize, I submit to you that it's precisely the reaction of mainstream straight culture to the homosexual agenda back in 73 when the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from its manual of disorders. But as we have just recounted for you, the gay community and American progressives employed the dialectic method to transform the thinking and behavior of the American public. And it's now happening with pedophilia as well. The same method will be employed to transform your thinking concerning pedophilia, destroying that much more the family that has been the backbone of Western civilization and an obstacle to the Marxist paradise. Therefore, be aware of these things. Wake up, dear listener, if you're not going to be sheep led around by your nose in this merry-go-round of change via the dialectic method. Be prepared for conflict. Be prepared in every arena to contend the coming freight train, if you will, of the pedophilia and the minor attracted person or pedophile who is seeking to be normalized. You must know what you're facing. Be prepared for the extended political and cultural conflict that is ahead of us. Progressives are prepared for it. They cynically use conflict inherent in the dialectical method to achieve their goals. Change that progresses towards the end of Marxist revolution. Wake up, get educated in these things, and pray fervently, dear listener. Be prepared yourself. Arm yourself, both theologically and scriptures, also rationally. Be prepared to make cultural demographic arguments, as I have done for this extended cultural battle ahead. This has been Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church, preparing you for days to come. New Geneva is a local church of the Presbyterian denomination, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Many of you have been listening for some time, and we just urge you to come and visit us, cross our threshold, come and see us. We are meeting for worship on Sunday at 10 a.m. at 101 4th Street on the corner of 4th and Boulevard. It's time to make that commitment to come and see us and visit us, support a church that is not afraid to articulate these things. We are New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church. We meet for holy worship at 10 a.m. at 101 4th Street on the corner of 4th and Boulevard. Call us at 523-0196. 523-0196.