Is Easter Being Replaced With The ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’?
(LifeSiteNews) — Two observances — Easter and the recently contrived “International Transgender Day of Visibility” — fall on Sunday, March 31 this year, causing some to wonder “Is Easter being replaced with the ‘Transgender Day of Visibility?’”
It’s a valid question. For more than a few, it certainly will.
Others might dismiss this as nothing more than a coincidence. That would be a mistake.
On the last day of this month, we will witness a clash of religions as a demonic, cultish secular religion dares to intrude on the greatest feast day in Christendom, using a lie to distract the attention of lost souls from the most significant truth known to man: the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Depravity on the rise, starving humanity of the truth of the Gospel
This collision of religions appears to be a climactic Romans 1 moment. St. Paul explained:
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools… They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator… they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind.
Do not underestimate the will and force of Satan to supplant Christianity with this perverse woke religion through which he seeks to eclipse truth. His aim is to starve humanity of the truth of the Gospel.
This is, perhaps, a pivotal moment in the history of the United States, one that reveals the determination of many social influencers — including national and local governments — to reject reality and embrace delusion in the name of totalitarian power under the dominion of Satan.
This attack on the truth of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is nothing new, although this current effort is more brazen and far less subtle than previous demonic forays. Go online and check out all the March 31 “holidays” with which Easter will be shared this year. It is just one of many, with no particular importance assigned to it. It’s given no more weight than “International Taco Day” or “National Bunsen Burner Day.”
Even NBC’s Today Show has Easter wedged between “Crayola Crayon Day” and “Eiffel Tower Day.”
For many, Easter means colored hard boiled eggs and bunny rabbits, hardly life-changing truths.
Secular society has long been happy to treat Easter as nothing special, disparaging it by assigning it as just one of many PR-created observances.
But International Transgender Day of Visibility is different from all these others, because it’s a holy day for a societal movement that is increasingly revealing itself to be a religion, a cult that is trapping more and more souls who disfigure their bodies to display their allegiance to the cult.
If Ba’al and Moloch failed to inspire parents to sacrifice their kids to evil via abortion, at least now those demon generals can drive parents to offer their children up in a different way, handing them over to the high priests of Big Pharma and Big Medicine who willingly carve, mutilate, and chemically disfigure their bodies. In a way, this can be seen as a demonic ridicule of the wounds Christ endured during His scourging.
Government is ‘intentionally trying to offend Christians on the holiest of days’
As if to prove the point that secular governments want to replace the truth about the Resurrection of Christ with the cult of transgenderism, Fairfax County, Virginia — a wealthy close-in suburb of Washington, D.C. — proclaimed March 31 as “Transgender Day of Visibility” while offering no such declaration concerning Easter.
The county’s Board of Supervisors voted 9-0 in favor of the proclamation.
“By voting to make Easter this year Transgender Visibility Day, they are intentionally trying to offend Christians on the holiest of days by forcing gender ideology down their throats,” Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, a Virginia mom and the Fairfax chapter leader of the Independent Women’s Network, told Fox News.
William E. Wolfe, executive director at the Center for Baptist Leadership, describedthe county’s move as “the new state-enforced religion.”
The new state-enforced religion pic.twitter.com/QCZMzIvgPe
— William Wolfe ?? (@William_E_Wolfe) March 26, 2024
Yet the Fairfax Board of Supervisors is only doing what President Joe Biden did a year ago when he declared, “(I), by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2023, as Transgender Day of Visibility.”
What an amazing contortion of our founders’ original intent when they authored the U.S. Constitution!
A coup against reality
We are witnessing a coup against reality — against science and nature, and, above all, spiritual truth — as liberal elites seek to establish and enforce a false construction of reality, an ideological pseudo-reality to replace observable, knowable truth.
‘Karma is a B**Ch’ – Austrian Left Mocks Victims of Moscow Terrorist Attack
One member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party caused outrage in the country by posting on social media a message that openly mocks the victims of the Moscow terrorist attack, which claimed 140 lives.
“Karma is a bitch,” an employee of the party commented on the terrorist attack.
Austria’s conservative Freedom Party (FPÖ) condemned the post, and the SPÖ swiftly reacted by saying that “we had a very serious discussion with the employee and the post has since been deleted.”
As it turned out, the social democrat co-worker was also a follower of the BDS Austria movement, a movement supporting the boycott of Israel, which was unanimously condemned and declared anti-Semitic by all parties of the Austrian National Council in 2019.
Austrian Freedom Party politician Leo Kohlbauer reacted on X to the post: “This employee is not only mocking the victims of Islamists, but with all his anti-Semitic and LGBTIQ Instagram pages, he obviously represents the completely confused worldview of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), between the rainbow and Islamism.”
Dieser SPÖ-Mann verhöhnt nicht nur die Opfer der Islamisten, mit allen seinen gefolgten antisemitischen und LGBTIQ-Instagram-Seiten steht er offensichtlich für das völlig wirre Weltbild der Babler-SPÖ, zwischen Regenbogen und Islamismus.https://t.co/cPy5nfUXlD
— Leo Kohlbauer (@LeoKohlbauer) March 26, 2024
Most European countries have condemned the terror attack in Moscow, including NATO and the United States, despite the war in Ukraine.
Some right-wing parties have pointed out that the threat of Islamic terrorism in Europe remains acute and that the Moscow attacks should serve as a warning that Europe should heed.
“It’s a terrorist attack, and every time we have a terrorist attack, it’s something we must condemn, we must condemn very strongly. Although (Russia) is provoking a war in a different country like Ukraine, it’s a warning for all of us, in terms of Islamic fundamentalism and Islamic extremism. I hope we open our eyes to that problem, and we strongly condemn what happened in Russia,” said André Ventura, leader of Portugal’s Chega party, during a meeting of conservative European parties in Rome earlier this week.
Russia Begins Crackdown on LGBT Propaganda After Landmark Court Ruling
MOSCOW (LifeSiteNews) — The Russian government is taking steps to crack down on LGBT propaganda, which the country banned in 2023.
On Friday, March 22, government agency Rosfinmonitoring added what it called the “LGBT social movement and its structural units” to its list of extremist and terrorist organizations.
The Rosfinmonitoring has the ability to freeze bank accounts and censor the spread of information it deems to be a threat to national security. Al Qaeda, Jehovah’s Witnesses, U.S. journalists, and Meta, which owns Facebook, are among those on the agency’s list, which includes more than 14,000 persons and entities.
Last November, Russia’s Supreme Court designated the “international LGBT movement” an “extremist organization.” The decision was handed down following a lawsuit filed by the country’s Ministry of Justice.
Unlike most Western nations, Russia has steadfastly resisted pressure to succumb to woke ideology. In 2013, a bill banning homosexual propaganda directed at minors was signed into law. In 2022, that measure was strengthened and expanded upon to prohibit LGBT messaging to Russians of all ages. Voters similarly supported a referendum in 2020 that recognized marriage as between one man and one woman.
Pro-LGBT activist group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported that in January and February of this year there have already been several cases involving the violation of the Court’s ruling. The persons who have been charged in those cases displayed the rainbow “pride” flag, which is now a forbidden symbol.
HRW states that “under Russian criminal law, a person found guilty of displaying extremist group symbols faces up to 15 days in detention for the first offense and up to four years in prison for a repeat offense. Participating in or financing an extremist organization is punishable by up to 12 years in prison.”
Russian president Vladimir Putin has repeatedly chastised Western countries for adopting pro-homosexual policies. In a speech last September in Moscow, he said the West is promoting “sheer Satanism” for, among other things, allowing homosexuals to adopt children and for permitting “sex-change” operations, which are illegal in Russia. At the World Youth Festival in Russia this month, he remarked that everyone is equal because they are born to a “mother and father… it is always a male and a female parent.”
Putin, 71, made international headlines when he sat down with former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson in February. The two discussed the Ukraine conflict as well as Putin’s religious beliefs. He won reelection as president two weeks ago after securing 88% of the vote. He will remain in office another six years until 2030. He has alternated between the role of prime minister and president of Russia since 1999.
Pentagon Offers to Fund ‘Peacekeeping Force’ in Gaza – Politico
The US has offered funding to partners in the Middle East for a peacekeeping force in Gaza, which would police the Palestinian enclave after the hostilities with Israel are over, Politico reported on Thursday.
Gaza has been left devastated after five months of Israeli bombardment and siege, and according to aid groups is on the brink of famine. West Jerusalem is seeking to obliterate Palestinian armed group Hamas, which staged an incursion from the enclave into southern Israel in October, killing around 1,200 people and capturing scores of hostages. Over 32,600 people have been killed in Gaza since, according to Palestinian health officials.
While it remains unclear when the fighting in Gaza will end, the US has been engaging regional partners to discuss how the situation might look the “day after” the war. Washington has offered to pay for a “peacekeeping force” that would not include US soldiers and could be led by Palestinians, four official sources, including two from the Pentagon, told Politico.
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Arab nations want a clear commitment to a Palestinian state as part of the resolution, the outlet noted. It added that Israel is “reluctant to have these conversations” until it defeats Hamas – a goal that skeptics say may be impossible to achieve. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed not to allow the creation of a Palestinian state.
“Israel is the long pole in the tent,” an anonymous military official told Politico. “It would be one thing if the [US] administration and the Israeli government were aligned on the way ahead, but that is just not the case.”
The rift between Washington and the Jewish state has become increasingly evident. Earlier this week, the US allowed a resolution urging for an immediate ceasefire to pass at the UN Security Council. Washington abstained in the vote, unlike during numerous previous attempts, when it vetoed proposed documents with the same wording.
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Earlier in March, US Senate leader Chuck Schumer said in the chamber that Netanyahu “has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel.” The remark was rebuked by Israel and the Republican Congressional leadership, although President Joe Biden said his key ally had delivered “a good speech.”
Surge in Long-Term Sickness in UK Coincides With Rollout of COVID Shots
The number of people on long-term sick leave in the United Kingdom (U.K.) has risen by 700,000 since the spring of 2021, coinciding with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, according to healthcare commentator John Campbell, Ph.D.
Campbell highlighted the trend in a March 21 video, which focused on an exchange in the Houses of Parliament between members of Parliament Andrew Bridgen, who raised the issue, and Mel Stride, who dismissed Bridgen’s concerns.
During the exchange, Bridgen said the number of long-term sick individuals in the U.K. had risen from 2.1 million pre-pandemic to 2.8 million.
“The huge increase started in spring 2021, at the same time as the rollout of the experimental emergency use vaccines,” Bridgen said. “Or does the minister have an alternative explanation?”
The long term sick has risen by over 700,000 people since the spring of 2021, this coincides with the rollout of the experimental Covid 19 vaccine.
When will the UK Parliament and Government wake up?! My question at DWP Questions in the Chamber today ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/zlCpVOcXBj— Andrew Bridgen MP (@ABridgen) March 18, 2024
Stride, the U.K.’s secretary of state for Work and Pensions, questioned the accuracy of Bridgen’s statement, suggesting that the upward trajectory in long-term sickness numbers predated the vaccination rollout and was related to “mental health issues, muscle and skeletal issues.”
“I certainly do not subscribe to the view that vaccination is in any way unsafe,” Stride said.
Campbell expressed disbelief at how senior politicians could still claim that COVID-19 vaccines are safe. He criticized the “doubling down” on this stance, saying he “can’t imagine what’s going to happen” when the truth about the level of adverse reactions is finally revealed.
‘Hard to fathom’ anything except vaccines behind increase in long-term illness
Campbell presented data from the U.K. Health Advisory and Recovery Team (HART) to support Bridgen’s claims.
HART is comprised of U.K. “doctors, scientists, economists, psychologists and other academic experts” who came together over shared concerns about pandemic policies.
HART’s graphs, based on the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics data, showed a dramatic increase in the number of people economically inactive due to long-term sickness, starting in February to April 2021 for women and April to June 2021 for men.
Source: Combined graphs from HART based on U.K. Office for National Statistics data.
According to HART, “The timing doesn’t fit long covid,” and is “coincidental with the rollout of the covid vaccines to the working aged population. Other changes in public health that may have caused this rise are hard to fathom.”
Campbell acknowledged that mental health issues and musculoskeletal injuries are common causes of long-term sickness. However, he admitted the timing of the increase suggests a potential correlation with the vaccine rollout.
The HART document also referenced similar findings in U.S. disability trends.
‘Fair to say we have an epidemic of heart failure’
Campbell criticized a decision by the U.K.’s Office for Health Improvements and Disparities (OHID) to stop reporting causes of death in the country for 2024.
He also noted that the Office for National Statistics changed the way it monitors excess deaths, which dramatically reduced the apparent excess deaths throughout 2023 but “made no difference at all … to the amount of people that died and the grieving relatives,” Campbell said.
He noted, however, that under the new system, it “doesn’t look as bad on the government now, presumably.”
Campbell questioned the government’s lack of transparency and the reasons behind not wanting to monitor why people are dying.
He presented data from the OHID showing excess mortality in England across various age groups. The data revealed increased deaths in the 0-24 age group starting in 2021 and continuing through 2022 and 2023, with the vast majority of these deaths in the latter two years being unrelated to COVID-19.
Similar patterns of excess deaths were observed in the 25-49, 50-64, 65-74, 75-84 and 85+ age groups. Campbell expressed frustration at the lack of more detailed age group data, such as separate categories for ages 0-12 and 12-24.
Campbell presented data showing changes in the causes of death in England since 2021. The data revealed notable increases in deaths from ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and heart failure.
“I think it’s fair to say we have an epidemic of heart failure,” he said.
In contrast, deaths from other respiratory diseases decreased, which Campbell found “rather hard to explain.”
While deaths from Alzheimer’s disease were slightly down — likely due to the increased overall mortality — deaths from cirrhosis of the liver showed a “huge increase,” he said.
“It’s a scarred, fibrosed liver with fibrous scar tissue in it, and it’s the end result of any chronic inflammatory disease.”
‘Enough to make you suspicious’
Campbell expressed frustration with the government’s handling of the excess deaths and long-term sickness data.
“From this official government site [OHID], this time next year, we’re not going to know any more than we know at the end of December 2023,” Campbell said.
He also criticized Stride’s response to Bridgen’s questions in Parliament. “Ministers still completely denying there’s any problem, and … getting it wrong, or at least giving very incomplete answers, and it’s enough to make you suspicious.”
Campbell said the evidence presented in the video suggests there are “questions to be answered” and wondered, “How long can the government go on denying this problem?”
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