Spiritual
Battle
Is Waxing Hot
Psalm
12:8 “The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored
among men.”
The
St. Louis
triple digit heat wave broke, yet the weather was still hot, but
less humid. Despite the hot temperatures an estimated 80,000-100,000
people attended this two day event. Saturday featured a pet parade
and civil ceremonies in sweltering temperatures. Sunday was the big
draw with the annual parade.

Something
was different with this year’s rainbow gala as we entered the
gates. It was not as festive or decked out as in years past. The
crowds seemed to be more subdued. There were more drinking
restrictions and the local police were inspecting bags; metal
detectors were posted at the main entrances.
Also,
there was a recent victory in the
St. Louis
federal courts. Our ministry pioneered this radical movement when we
too filed a lawsuit in federal court against
Granite City
when we were years ago banned from an annual parade, and won! The
Apple of His Eye Ministry was holding court inside the
Tower
Grove
Park
where Pridefest is held and along entrances handing out Christian
literature. VICTORY!
A
feeling of sadness came over us as we viewed the same haggard drag
queens, the same overweight, greasy, leather chapped cowboys, and half
dressed boys on floats marching down
Grand Boulevard
to the entrance of
Tower
Grove
Park
. Floats and creativity were down this year. Maybe due to a lack of
funds or energy? But the numbers of militant teen homosexuals and
children marching with their ho-made signs were up. Our young are
being indoctrinated at an alarming rate.
And
yes it was official, after years of open rebukes to the honorable
Mayor Francis Slay who leads the pride parade, barricades will stay
up so no one can walk out into the parade and confront officials of
this abomination in God’s eyes.

After
the parade of churches such as the Metropolitan Community Church,
Episcopalian Churches, United Churches of Christ, and the Hebrew
Congregation Church and floating gay bars, the deathscorts from
Hope(less) and Planned Barrenhood over in St. Louis trotted by
braless with their “It’s
your choice” signs. A familiar face was handing out “Planned
Parenthood parties for your choice” invites. We held out our
hand and the deathscort, aka Hot Nrs, placed one in our hands, stood
back, and realized who we were. She continued down the route a
little shocked and dismayed. Just our very presence in the crowd was
threatening because of who we stand for and represent.

What
I found interesting was the increased presence of the Catholic
Church, on the sidelines. Is this because of the deafening silence
from priests and bishops on issues such as homosexuality and
abortion? That is not to say the Protestant churches are any better.
There were notably more Black Americans attending and participating
in this Pridefest. The Black American community is slowly being
wiped out and they don’t see it coming. Between violence in the
womb, violence in the streets, and the increase of AIDS and disease
in the Black community, they don’t stand a chance. Their race is
self-destructing. Sad.
One
young woman viewing the parade was irritated by the protestors
screaming and yelling scriptures at Pridefest participants. She
shared with me that she was a Catholic, but believed in a woman’s
choice and was supportive of homosexuals. “Why
would anyone listen to people screaming at them?” she said.
I
felt this was a good opportunity to listen and share the tract:
“I Was Gay,” the Stephen Bennett testimony of how a flaming
homosexual came out of the gay community and found Jesus. “Yeah,
but not all people are ready and I support my friend,” she
said. “God will meet him
where he is at.”
After
the parade ended, we turned to go inside the park where food and
booths are located, and there blocking us was Hot Nrs, aka Auntie
KiKi with a toddler on her hip and a portly male. She began
attacking us, screaming how much we hate homosexuals and denounce
them on our website. “We
don’t hate. If we hated you we’d be across the street with the
lunatics in Christians shirts yelling and screaming at you,”
Mia said. “We love you, we
tell you the truth. You kill babies. Where did you get that live one
on your hip?” we inquired. Auntie Kiki said, “She
is a product of a homosexual relationship.” Poor kid.
“How
would you like it if we stood outside Children’s Hospital and let
them know what you do on weekends? You can’t serve two masters.
You can’t kill babies on weekends and try saving them on
weekdays.” “They already know I work for Planned Parenthood.”
“Oh yeah? They don’t know you work for Hope slaughterhouse in
Granite City
. Then they will not mind our signs advertising your work.

“Kiki,
where’s the tolerance? Where’s the love? You are not judging me
are you? I’ve stood here for over two hours tolerating this
parade. And when I’m done here I’m going inside that park and
tolerating that debacle. Care to join me?” Kiki’s
intolerance and hypocrisy was exposed.
You
see, there is a double standard with God haters. They become their
own gods. Gentle Christian activists are referred to as bigots and
called haters if we publicly oppose their sin in love; not “luv”
which enables and helps them to slowly kill themselves with drugs,
alcohol, depression, and disease, but in God’s love. Truth becomes
hate to those who hate the truth.

It
was nice to silently witness to and pray for the straights and
homosexuals on the sidelines. It was amazing being in the enemies’
camp and being attacked for being a silent witness. If we hated the
homosexuals we would have been screaming condemnation at them, or
ignore them and let them die in their sin.
We
shook the dust and went inside the underbelly. The booths were full
of regular stuff: gay info on churches that embrace this lifestyle
and make homosexuals feel welcome in their sin; aids testing, clubs,
and shirts; and paraphernalia with sexual overtones. Homosexuals
sure do drink a lot of alcohol and spend a lot of time in
nightclubs.
Pastorette
Rebecca Turner, of the
Episcopalian
Church
, was present in her church booth. One of her lesbian henchmen tried
grabbing back literature that she handed to Angela. Mia and Savanah
boxed her out and told her to back off, as we continued our walk
through the bare-chested thronged men and smell of alcohol, and
lesbians on blankets with their menagerie of pets, mostly canines.
They must hate cats.
It
disturbed us to see so many gay transsexuals dressed as women
escorting multiple children in their group. We recently read an
article where statistics showed an increase of sexual assaults on
young children by their homosexual parents. Published in the
peer-reviewed Psychological Reports by Dr. Paul Cameron,
Chairman of the Family Research Institute, the review noted that
gays' children were more frequently exposed to parental molestation
and more apt to adopt homosexual interests and activities.
“What
Exactly do Gays Have to be Proud About?” asked
Vision
America
President Dr.
Rick
Scarborough
in a recent press release. “Perhaps
they should be proud of the fact that, according to the Centers for
Disease Control, in 2005, 71% of all HIV infections were among 'men
who have sex with other men' -- a group that represents at most
2% of the adult population?
“According
to a 1978 study, 36% of male homosexuals reported having up to 1,000
different sex partners over the course of their lives? Barack Obama
is the first president to ask us to celebrate that which the Bible
specifically and unequivocally condemns. Those who engage in
unnatural acts should hang their heads in shame -- so should
the president who asks us to celebrate their sinful lifestyle.”
Just
the thought turned our stomachs of what dangers lie ahead for
children brought into these abnormal settings. Coincidentialy,
abortion mills such as Hope(less) in
Granite City
where sexual crimes against children are covered up, the same
perversions and rapes of innocent children brought into homosexual
families is a “perverted
paradise”. They initiate children into predestined
homosexuality. How it must break God’s heart.
Abortion
and homosexuality go hand in hand. Why? Because they wear the same
glove. They serve the same master: the devil. “All
those who hate Me love death.” Proverbs 8:36 As
long as the Church in America sticks its head in the sand, the
virtuous, moral fabric which our nation’s greatness was built on
will continue to rapidly erode until nothing remains.
Be encouraged ~Angela