Signs

Remember, their plans for all this may not be going exactly as planned. They certainly love to advertise them well beforehand though.

 

http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=14569

Lavrov calls Patriarch Bartholomew's actions on Ukraine as provocation backed by U.S.
Moscow, October 12, Interfax - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has described the steps by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople toward granting autocephaly to the church in Ukraine as an act of provocation supported by the United States.

"The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is against those provocations that Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople is plotting now with Washington's direct public support," Lavrov said in taking questions from RT France, Paris Match, and Le Figaro.

The Russian Foreign Ministry published fragments of Lavrov's answers on its website.

 

I should start a new thread for the Orthodox Church it is becoming very bad.

http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=14568http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=14568

Russian Orthodox Church proposes convene extraordinary pan-Orthodox council to depose Patriarch Bartholomew, his Synod members
Moscow, October 12, Interfax - A member of the Moscow Patriarchate Synodal Biblical-Theological Commission, Archpriest Andrey Novikov, has reacted to Constantinople's decisions on Ukraine by proposing a number of countermeasures.

"In view of the secession of the former Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Church, the Russian Orthodox Church [should] create dioceses and parishes on Turkish territory, including Istanbul," Father Andrey wrote on his Facebook page on Friday.

A pan-Orthodox council could be held in Moscow to depose Patriarch Bartholomew and members of his Synod, he wrote.

He also suggested severing eucharistic communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople and "anathematizing the heresy of Eastern papism, including the pseudo-doctrine about the right of the Istanbul bishop to cancel and review anathemas and punishments of the [Orthodox] Church's branches," Father Andrey wrote.

The Constantinople Patriarchate should be declared to have "inflicted schism, entered into communion with anathema, and itself fallen under it," the Russian priest wrote.

At the Constantinople Synod meeting that ended in Istanbul on Thursday, the anathema imposed on the leader of the self-proclaimed Kiev Patriarchate, Filaret Denisenko, was removed, and his organization and another splinter group, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, were recognized as canonical. Furthermore, Constantinople declared the restoration of its metropolis (jurisdiction) over Kiev and annulled an over-300-year-old tomos under which the metropolis belonged to Moscow.

The Russian Orthodox Church has already responded, saying that such actions were forcing it to sever its eucharistic communion with Constantinople.

 

https://www.christianpost.com/news/...wicca-paganism-growing-astronomically-227857/

Not a Catholic source but interesting none the less..

Witches Outnumber Presbyterians in the US; Wicca, Paganism Growing 'Astronomically'
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By Brandon Showalter , CP Reporter | Oct 10, 2018 8:27 AM

(Photo: Reuters)Two women dressed up as witches take pictures in front of a bonfire.

The population of self-identified witches has risen dramatically in the United States in recent decades, as interest in astrology and witchcraft practices have become increasingly mainstreamed.

While data is sparse, Quartz noted, the practice of witchcraft has grown significantly in recent decades; those who identify as witches has risen concurrently with the rise of the "witch aesthetic."

"While the U.S. government doesn't regularly collect detailed religious data, because of concerns that it may violate the separation of church and state, several organizations have tried to fill the data gap," Quartz reported.

"From 1990 to 2008, Trinity College in Connecticut ran three large, detailed religion surveys. Those have shown that Wicca grew tremendously over this period. From an estimated 8,000 Wiccans in 1990, they found there were about 340,000 practitioners in 2008. They also estimated there were around 340,000 Pagans in 2008."

Pew Research Center studied the issue in 2014, discovering that 0.4 percent of Americans, approximately 1 to 1.5 million people, identify as Wicca or Pagan, meaning their communities continue to experience significant growth.

The rapid rise is not a surprise to some given philosophical and spiritual trends in culture.

"It makes sense that witchcraft and the occult would rise as society becomes increasingly postmodern. The rejection of Christianity has left a void that people, as inherently spiritual beings, will seek to fill," said author Julie Roys, formerly of Moody Radio, in comments emailed to The Christian Post Tuesday.

"Plus, Wicca has effectively repackaged witchcraft for millennial consumption. No longer is witchcraft and paganism satanic and demonic," she said, "it's a 'pre-Christian tradition' that promotes 'free thought' and 'understanding of earth and nature.'"

Yet such repackaging is deceptive, Roys added, "but one that a generation with little or no biblical understanding is prone to accept."

"It's tragic, and a reminder of how badly we need spiritual revival in this country, and also that 'our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers of this dark world,'" she said, referencing Ephesians 6, which explains spiritual warfare.

Similarly, radio host and author Carmen LaBerge noted on Twitter that the figures are striking in that witches outnumber certain Christian denominations.

"As mainline Protestantism continues its devolution, the U.S. witch population is rising astronomically. There may now be more Americans who identify as practicing witches, 1.5 mil, than there are members of mainline Presbyterianism (PCUSA) 1.4 mil," she said Tuesday.


Gabe Lyons: Why Don't Protestants Talk More About Demons, Exorcism, Spiritual World?

Can the Chasm Between Charismatics and Cessationists Be Bridged? Scholars, Pastors Weigh In

Bible Translation Workshops Hit by Demonic Attacks as Pioneering Method Sees Unprecedented Success

'Unbelief' and 'Comfortable' Christianity Fueling Millennial Interest in Occult, Astrology, Pastors Say
Portrayals of occultism as either fun or morally neutral have been appearing more in culture in recent years and in light of growing interest. Companies like cosmetics giant Sephora have attempted to capitalize on it, marketing a "Starter Witch Kit" to consumers interested in dabbling in witchcraft. However, the company angered a number of actual witches and was ultimately forced to apologize and pull the product.

In October 2017, Market Watch reported that the psychic services industry grew 2 percent between the years 2011 and 2016, an industry now worth approximately $2 billion. Also within the last several years, according to Pew, the percentage of people ages 18–29 who "never doubt the existence of God" dropped from 81 percent in 2007 to 67 percent in 2012.

"Rather than deeming everything that is supernatural 'demonic,' the Church needs to wake up to the reality of this realm and begin to approach it from a Kingdom perspective which understands its place and purpose," said Wanda Alger, field correspondent with Intercessors for America and a pastor at Crossroads Community Church in Winchester, Virginia, in a CP interview at the time.

"The sad thing is that these millennials who are exploring the dark side of the supernatural have more faith and belief than most Christians. Because they are open and spiritually hungry, the spirit realm responds. The biggest hindrance to understanding the realities of the Spirit realm is unbelief," she emphasized.

Perhaps most infamously, months after the presidential inauguration a May 2017 editorial in the Los Angeles Times written by novelist Diana Wagman openly spoke of putting a curse on the president and encouraged others to cast similar spells in order to #BindTrump.

 

https://www.christianpost.com/news/...force-churches-sing-communist-anthems-227664/

WASHINGTON — The Chinese government is supervising a five-year plan to make Christianity more compatible with socialism in which there will be a "rewrite" of the Bible, a prominent religious freedom activist has told Congress.

The Rev. Bob Fu, a former Chinese house church leader who immigrated to the United States in 1997 and founded the persecution watchdog organization China Aid, provided great detail during a House hearing Thursday about a plan enacted by leading state-sanctioned denominations in China to "Sincize" Christianity.

As China's crackdown on religion has seen many house churches demolished and thousands of crosses removed from churches nationwide, Fu warned upfront that what is happening right now in China represents the highest degree of persecution for independent faith groups the country has seen in decades.

"Religious freedom in China has really reached to the worst level that has not been seen since the beginning of the Cultural Revolution by Chairman Mao [Zedong] in the 1960s," he told members of the House Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.


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At the center of this new level of persecution is China's new regulation on religious affairs that was released last year but enacted on Feb. 1. According to Fu, the revision of the religious regulations are to actively guide religion to "adapt to socialist society."

In a written testimony, Fu said that under the new regulations religious activity sites will "accept the guidance, supervision, and inspection of relevant departments of the local people's government regarding the management of personnel, finances, assets, accounting, security, fire protection, protection of relics, health and disease prevent and so forth."

Fu said that in order to comply with the new religious regulations, the Three Self Patriotic Movement and the Chinese Christian Council (China's state-sanctioned Protestant bodies) have developed a five-year plan on "promoting the Sinicization of Christianity."

He explained that the CCC and TSPM held a seminary last July for preliminary discussion about the five-year plan. He added that the plan outline was finalized at a meeting this March.

The plan proposes "cultivating and implementing the socialist core values." The plan will be supervised by the national religious affairs bureau and "every province, autonomous region and municipality's TSPM and CCC seminaries and churches will cooperate with it."

One way in which they plan to Sinicize Christianity, Fu said, is by "retranslating" the Old Testament and providing new commentary to the New Testament to make socialist ideals and Chinese culture seem more divine.

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"The plan made it clear that 'Sinicization of Christianity' means to change 'Christianity in China' into 'Chinese Christianity,'" he explained. [The plan] emphasized that 'the heart and soul of Christianity's Sinicization is to Sincize the Christian theology,' and even proposing to 're-translate the Bible or re-write biblical commentaries.'"

According to its latest outline, Fu said, a retranslation would be a summary of the Old Testament with some Buddhist scripture and Confucian teachings and new commentary for the New Testament.

"There are outlines that the new Bible should not look westernized and [should look] Chinese and reflect Chinese ethics of Confucianism and socialism," Fu told The Christian Post after the hearing. "The Old Testament will be messed up. The New Testament will have new commentaries to interpret it."

Fu added that the five-year plan advocates for "incorporating the Chinese elements into church worship services, hymns and songs, clergy attire, and the architectural style of church buildings."

"This includes 'editing and publishing worship songs with Chinese characteristics and promoting the Sinicization of worship music,' using uniquely Chinese art forms, such as Chinese painting, calligraphy, inscription, and paper-cutting to express the Christian faith,'" he said. "[It's also] encouraging churches to blend in style with Chinese architecture to local architectural style."

Fu said that while over 4,000 to 6,000 crosses of state-sanctioned churches have been torn down, churches that have crucifixes on the inside must "put up pictures of Chairman Mao and Chairman Xi [Jinping] on both sides of the cross."

"In the beginning of every church worship service, the choir of the church has to sing a few communist revolutionary songs praising the communist party before they can sing the worship songs," he detailed.

There have been reports that state officials have gone door-to-door trying to get Christians to sign a statement renouncing their Christian faith.

"For first time since cultural revolution, the communist party is now implementing a policy to mandate the Chinese faithful citizens to sign a form to renounce their faith," he said. "We have produced documentation showing [government officials] going door-to-door to force believers to sign a prepared form claiming that these believers were misled by evangelists into believing Christianity. Now, after a few weeks of self-examination and political studies, they have realized they made a mistake. This has not happened in the past."

In some provinces, they have even banned children from going to church.

Fu said there is also a plan to shut down about two-thirds of the state-sanctioned churches in China in an effort to merge them. State officials have also urged 20,000 house churches to close and join state-sanctioned churches, according to Fu.

Although leaders at these state-sanctioned churches and denominations have already been approved by the government, Fu said clergy have been forced to go through another round of examination to ensure their loyalty is to party before God.

"The first criteria they have to pass is whether they can publicly pledge they will [uphold] the party's words and the party's path. These slogans are being hanged around the church, even in many Catholic churches, on the walls and on the doors. On the entrance door, it says, 'Listen to the words of the party, follow the path of the party.' How can you have a real independent faith as believers? As Christian believers, we are taught to obey the command of the Lord and listen to the command of the Lord. Essentially, the communist party wants to impose themselves as the Lord over the church."

Fu told CP that according to the former chairman of the TSPM, they believe the "doctrine of justification of faith by Jesus Christ is too narrow."

"He is promoting justification by love in doing good deeds. He essentially said that God is very inclusive so these communist party heroes he listed are doing so many good deeds and they should be accepted into Heaven by our God," he explained. "It is kind of a universalist doctrine."

Hundreds of Christian leaders in China signed onto a statement this month condemning the new regulations, the increased persecution and control the party is taking over the churches.

"[W]e believe and are obligated to teach all believers that all true churches in China that belong to Christ must hold to the principle of the separation of church and state and must proclaim Christ as the sole head of the church," the statement reads.

"We declare that in matters of external conduct, churches are willing to accept lawful oversight by civil administration or other government departments as other social organizations do. But under no circumstances will we lead our churches to join a religious organization controlled by the government, to register with the religious administration department, or to accept any kind of affiliation. We also will not accept any 'ban' or 'fine' imposed on our churches due to our faith. For the sake of the Gospel, we are prepared to bear all losses — even the loss of our freedom and our lives."

Rep. Chris. Smith, R-N.J., chairman of the House of Representatives' global human rights subcommittee, said Thursday that the crackdown should result in a tougher China policy.

"Xi Jinping talks about realizing the 'China Dream.' But when Bibles are burned, when a simple prayer over a meal in public maybe an illegal religious gathering, and when over a million Uyghur and Kazakh Muslims are interned in 'reeducation camps' and forced to renounce their faith, that dream is a nightmare," he said.

"Taking a hammer and sickle to the cross or jailing a million Uyghur Muslims will only ensure a tougher China policy, one with widespread, bipartisan and even global support.

Activists have called on the United State government to label China as a "country of particular concern," a State Department designation that carries with it the potential for additional sanctions. Optimism was expressed during the hearing that the State Department could be on the verge of designating China as a country of particular concern.

At its Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in July, the State Department released a formal statement condemning China for its religious freedom violations. However, the statement was only signed by three other nations.

 

This was all spoon-fed to my children’s generation in plain sight through the Harry Potter and Twilight books. I myself was hoodwinked with the first 2 Harry Potter books but caught on when the third book took a really dark turn. If I could walk back anything in my parenting back then it would have been not encouraging my children to read Harry Potter. People laugh at me when I say this but I am dead serious. This article confirms the fruits.

 

It very much looks like the bottom is totally falling out of the mrkets at the moment:

 

None of this surprises me. Thank God our evangelical brothers and sisters and our Remnant Catholic army are “waging war in the heavenlies.” I remind myself that God sent Gideon with a tiny army to defeat the enemy so it would be clear God Himself had rescued His people. Numbers are not as important as faithfulness. But it is a worrying thing nonetheless.

 

Absolutely Denise. I knew they were bad bad bad from the get go. One of the red flags for me about Charlie Johnstone was his extolling those books. I hated seeing my granddaughter reading them. And students (back when I was still teaching). They carry darkness!

 

The Fed is a tool of the NWO. They are trying to affect the mid terms. Saving best for last I guess. Dear me! Witches and hexes and the Fed triggering a sell off and masked crowds in the streets threatening ordinary citizens. Harpies clawing at the doors of the Supreme Court and shouting obscenities. The devil is pulling out all the stops. Keep praying everyone. And keep those seat belts fastened.

 

Biggest Storm in 176 years; they don't get any bigger. These monsters are no accident and it may pick up more power crossing the Med.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...in-face-strongest-atlantic-storm-in-176-years

 

Amazingly no one was killed. I had been storm gazing a little too much lately using the very impressive Ventusky,
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=46.3;-13.1;4&l=wind-10m

I was wondering would that storm hit Ireland on the 13th October, but now it all makes sense, where else but Portugal, another sign about the storm which is coming and which is here and how we can protect ourselves.

https://www.markmallett.com/blog/2018/09/08/toward-the-storm/

 

Remember last year Portugal (and Spain) was devastated by fire:

Deadly Fires Sweep Portugal and Northern Spain
By RAPHAEL MINDER OCT. 16, 2017



As the flames approached Vigo, Spain, on Sunday, a car factory was closed. CreditMiguel Vidal/Reuters
The effects of the fires could be seen as far as Britain. The dust from the blazes, combined with the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia, gave the sky a reddish hue that is normally seen only at sunrise or sunset, the Met office said.


In the latest from Luz de Maria, not as yet translated properly, the confusion to come via manipulations of all kinds thru science:

He (our Lord) also expresses His Pain for the manipulation that man makes through science, altering the climate, producing earthquakes and other phenomena, because not everything that happens comes from nature but at the same time man wants to show his power by creating or altering cyclones and cause earthquakes, as well as confuse those who are not informed, with the appearance of images that represent the Lord or our Mother in heaven.

 

The world is going backwards again...

October 3, 2018 / 8:53 AM / https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...y-skripal-a-scumbag-and-traitor-idUSKCN1MD1KO
Putin calls poisoned ex-spy Skripal a scumbag and traitor
Dmitry Zhdannikov, Denis Pinchuk
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent poisoned in Britain, a scumbag who had betrayed Russia.

Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found slumped on a public bench in the English city of Salisbury in March. Britain says they were poisoned with a nerve agent administered by Russian intelligence officers.

Russia denies involvement in the affair, which has deepened its international isolation.

“I see that some of your colleagues are pushing the theory that Mr Skripal was almost some kind of human rights activist,” Putin said at an energy forum in Moscow when asked about the case.

“He was simply a spy. A traitor to the motherland. He’s simply a scumbag, that’s all,” Putin added, in remarks that drew applause from parts of the audience.

The Russian leader, a former intelligence officer himself, said the Skripal scandal had been artificially exaggerated, but said he thought it would fade from the headlines at some point and that the sooner it quietened down the better.

Putin said Moscow was still ready to cooperate with Britain when it came to investigating what happened, an offer London has so far declined to take up.

British officials say the poisoning was carried out by Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency almost certainly acting with the approval of Russian officials. Russia has denied that.

‘ONE OF OLDEST PROFESSIONS’

Putin also dismissed the allegation that Russia was responsible for the accidental poisoning of Dawn Sturgess, a Salisbury-area woman who British police said died after coming into contact with the nerve agent Novichok which her partner had found in a discarded perfume bottle.

“What, did some guys rock up and start poisoning homeless people over there?” said Putin, repeating a description of Sturgess and her partner used by some Russian state media. “What rubbish.”

Skripal had served time in a Russian prison for selling information to Britain, and Moscow had agreed to release him as part of a spy swap, said Putin, suggesting Russia therefore had no motive to kill him.

“We didn’t need to poison anyone over there. This traitor Skripal was caught, he was punished and did five years in prison. We let him go, he left the country and he continued to cooperate there and consult some intelligence services. So what?”

The two Russian men Britain accuses of jetting to England to try to murder Skripal said in a TV interview last month that they were innocent tourists who had visited the city of Salisbury to see its cathedral.

London says their explanation is so far-fetched as to all but prove Russia’s involvement, while investigative website Bellingcat has published a picture of a decorated Russian military intelligence colonel it named as Anatoliy Chepiga who resembles one of the two men Britain caught on CCTV.

Putin said spy scandals were nothing new.

“Did problems between intelligence services start yesterday?” quipped Putin.


FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia September 12, 2018. Mikhail Metzel/TASS Host Photo Agency/Pool via REUTERS

“As is well known, espionage, like prostitution, is one of the world’s oldest professions.”

Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Christian Lowe​

 

Guess where!!!

Christianity crackdown: Cross TORN DOWN from church in fresh attack on worshippers
POLICE have torn down a cross in a Catholic church, in a blatant act of Christian persecution which has sparked a wave of outrage.

The incident in China saw authorities rip down the cross, the latest in a string of examples of the Beijing tightening its grip on religious expression.

The cross standing on the bell tower of Lingkun Catholic church was torn down by authorities in Wenzhou city, a port and industrial city in the Zhejiang province, on October 11.

The representatives of the local government also demolished the wall standing in front of the church, according to International Christian Concern, a non-governmental human right watchdog.

This aggression is the latest of a long series of abuses perpetrated against Christians in the area.

Wenzhou was targeted in a particularly aggressive cross removal campaign in 2014, with thousands of crosses toppled and sacred buildings torn down.

However, Wenzhou’s churches had enjoyed a long break since the end of that year, with the last cross removed in a local sacred place in late 2014.

But the aggression at the Lingkun church sparked fears a new wave of attacks could be on its way after four years.

The Lingkun church is led by bishop Peter Shao Zhumin, who has experienced first-hand the clamp down on Christianity in the area.

The bishop, who leads the church as part of the Yongqiang parish, in the diocese of Wenzhou, was arrested in 2017 and detained by local authorities for seven months before being released in April this year.

According to an unnamed source who spoke to The Union of Catholic Asian News, the bishop was taken away by authorities in May 2017.

During his seven-month long imprisonment, the source said authorities tried to force him into sign an agreement that would support the State Administration for Religious Affairs and the self-election and self-ordination of bishops.

The source said: “What the government is doing is like the Cultural Revolution, arresting you and forcing you to sign documents to support the authority.”

They continued saying the bishop did sign the agreement but he wrote as a footnote he did not agree with it.

The election of bishops is at the centre of a long-lasting feud raging between Beijing and the Vatican, which struck a provisional agreement in a bid to settle down their problems in late September.

Pope Francis recognised seven bishops appointed by China as part of a historic accord attempting to tighten ties between Rome and the communist country and improving the situation for the 10 million Catholics in the country.

The deal could see in the future bishops being appointed by the Chinese government and then confirmed by Rome.

However, the agreement didn’t prevent Chinese authorities from tearing down another cross in Henan.

Branding the cross of Zhumadian church “too visible”, they tore it down on October 3, less than two weeks after the Sino-Vatican deal was signed.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1031890/christian-persecution-christianity-china-news

 

http://spaceweather.com/

COMING SOON, THE COMET OF THE YEAR: Astronomers are calling Comet 46P/Wirtanen the "comet of the year." Two months from now, on Dec. 16th, the kilometer-wide ball of dirty ice will come within 11.5 million km of Earth--making it one of the 10 closest-approaching comets of the Space Age. Comet 46P/Wirtanen will probably become a naked eye object for several weeks during the holidays. Here's what it looks like now:



Yasushi Aoshima of Ishikawa, Japan, took the picture using a 12-inch telescope. It shows the comet's green atmosphere which is, impressively, almost twice as wide as the planet Jupiter. The green color comes from diatomic carbon (C2)--a gaseous substance common in comet atmospheres that glows green in the near-vacuum of space.

At the moment, the integrated brightness of the comet is similar to a 10th magnitude star--that is, dim. However, forecasters expect it to brighten more than 200-fold by December. If current trends hold, 46P could ultimately reach magnitude +3, making it not a Great Comet but a very good one, visible to the unaided eye and an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes.



Comet Wirtanen passes through the inner solar system every 5.4 years. Right now it is near the orbit of Mars, and it is heading in our direction. Click on the image above to explore the comet's approach, courtesy of NASA/JPL.

Are you new to comet photography? Get Astro-imaging Tutorials from award-winning astrophotographer Damian Peach.

More resources: sky map; ephemeris; 3D orbit; light curve.

 

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/s...ly-to-jail-citizens-for-homophobia-transphobi

Switzerland votes overwhelmingly to jail citizens for ‘homophobia,’ ‘transphobia’

BERN, Switzerland, October 9, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – By an almost two-to-one vote met with ringing approval by pro-LGBT groups, the National Council of Switzerland voted this month on a measure to criminalize “homophobia” and “discrimination.”

The National Council, which is the lower house of the country’s bicameral legislature, voted 118-60 in favor of national councilor Mathias Reynard’s initiative, the Swiss newspaper Le Temps reports. Five members abstained from the vote.

The country’s Criminal Code currently bans “incitement to hatred or discrimination against a person or group of persons on the basis of their ‘racial, ethnic or religious’ affiliation,” the paper explains, punishable by a fine or up to three years in prison. Reynard’s proposal would add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to that list.

"Homophobia is not an opinion," Reynard declares. “It's a crime. One in five homosexuals attempted suicide, half before the age of 20. This victory sends a strong signal.” Organizations such as Pink Cross and websites such as PinkNews are celebrating his victory.

In an interview with ShortList published last week, the heterosexual Reynard said he was driven to act by LGBT friends who have suffered from “verbal” homophobic violence in addition to physical attacks, and the discovery that “Swiss case-law doesn’t punish either hate speech or incitement to hatred towards LGBT+ people.”

Councilor Yves Nidegger challenged the measure, however. He warned that the categories being criminalized are "legally problematic and indefinable" and questioning whether "pedophilia, bisexuality, gerontophilia, necrophilia, fetishism, zoophilia, and so on - creativity in this area being inexhaustible - are sexual orientations that must be protected or not protected.”

Notably, this crackdown on so-called “hate speech” critical of homosexuality or transgenderism precedes same-sex “marriage” in Switzerland. Homosexual unions aren’t currently recognized, but Reynard says he wants to tackle that fight next.

26 countries around the world currently recognize same-sex “marriages,” including 21 of the European Union’s 28 member states. The United Kingdom has similar laws on the books against “hate,” something the United Nations has attempted to pressure other nations into adopting.

Switzerland’s change still has to be approved by the country’s Council of States in December before taking effect.

 

Coming to the USA with the next Democrat in the WH