Monday, August 26, 2013

In defense of Russia’s law on homosexual propaganda


In defense of Russia’s law on homosexual propaganda

By Bryan Fischer
Russia, as the world is now aware, recently passed a law that prohibits homosexual propaganda that is targeted at teens. Russia does not want teenagers persuaded that manifestly unnatural and unhealthy behavior is perfectly normal. Good on them. And while sodomy has been legal in Russia since 1993, the new law makes it illegal among teens. Good on them.
There are legal sanctions for violating this law, which has raised the hackles of Olympic athletes who want to be out, proud and in your face everywhere, including during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.
What should we make of this law? Even the pro-family community in the United States has been largely silent on this issue, perhaps stunned by the possibility that a formerly communist country could be ahead of the United States on matters of public morality. And perhaps nervous about actually approving public policy that implements at least part of the message we have been communicating for years.
Now since same-sex conduct has been legal in Russia since 1993, homosexual Olympians have been told quite explicitly that they have nothing to fear from Russian authorities for the private exercise of their sexual proclivities. They will be free to engage in all the abnormal sex they want – as long as they keep it in the bedroom and off the street.
This, we have always been told, is all homosexuals want – to be left alone and for the government to stay out of their bedrooms. Well, they'll have that in Russia. But that's not enough for them. Unless they can flaunt their non-normative sexuality in public, and force all of society not just to tolerate but endorse their behavior, they will not be satisfied.
It should be noted that there is no warrant in this law for attacks on homosexuals. Assault and battery is still a crime in Russia, and all such assaults should be punished to the full extent of the law regardless of the sexual preference of the victims. The solution to sexual deviancy is not vigilante justice.
But Russia has every reason to be concerned about teens being lured into the homosexual lifestyle. A truly alarming report issued by the CDC (note: not a member of the vast, right-wing conspiracy) reveals the enormous health risks to teens who get sucked into thinking that sodomy is a perfectly normal alternative to heterosexuality.
Here are just some of the shocking details. Gay and lesbian teens are:
* More than three times as likely (23.7% to 7.2%) as heterosexual students to have been forced to have sexual intercourse;
* Three times more likely to have had sexual intercourse with four or more persons (29.9% to 11.1%);
* Four times more likely to have had sexual intercourse before age 13 (19.8% to 4.8%);
* Half as likely to use a condom during sexual intercourse (35.8% to 65.5%);
* Almost three times more likely to have experienced dating violence (27.5% to 10.2%);
* One-and-a-half times more likely to have felt sad or hopeless (41.3% to 24.8%);
* Three times more likely to have seriously considered suicide (29.6% to 11.7%);
* Four times more likely to have actually attempted suicide (25.8% to 6.4%);
* Three times more likely to smoke more than 10 cigarettes per day (27.8% to 9.1%);
* One-and-a-half times more likely to use marijuana (34.5% to 21.8%);
* A staggering eight times more likely to use cocaine (16.6% to 1.8%);
* Three-and-a-half times more likely to use inhalants (26.1% to 7.6%);
* Five times more likely to have used ecstasy (22.9% to 4.6%);
* A mind-blowing nine times more likely to have used heroin (17.7% to 1.8%);
* Six times more likely to have used meth (21.5% to 3.4%);
* A catastrophic 10 times more likely to have injected illegal drugs (14.9% to 1.5%).
In my nomination for the understatement of the year, the CDC concludes its own report, "Compared with students who are not sexual minorities, a disproportionate number of sexual minority students engage in a wide range of health-risk behaviors."
This is true with regard to sexual practices, intimate partner violence, suicidal ideation, depression and substance abuse of all kinds. In other words, this is not a normal, healthy alternative to heterosexuality.
There are catastrophic pathologies associated with homosexual behavior among teenagers, and any society that cares about its youth will do everything in its power to steer them away from this self-destructive lifestyle. We spend billions urging teens not to take up cigarette smoking. Let's start spending billions to urge them not to take up gay sex.
Bottom line: for the first time in my life, I say it's time for us to be more like Russia.
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Donations: How to Help Julio Severo and His Family in Their Needs


Donations: How to Help Julio Severo and His Family in Their Needs

UPDATE January 24, 2014: Through a very kind Presbyterian minister in the US, we were able to get a bank account in the US to receive donations. If you are able to send donations through bank, please contact us here by email: juliosevero@outlook.com
We used to receive donations from international friends through PayPal, but this channel was closed down in December 2011, in violation of our free choice, after a campaign by AllOut, a US homosexual group. WND ran an explosive headline on this case: http://www.wnd.com/2011/09/346825/

Probably, AllOut was spurred by Brazilian gay groups enraged at my efforts exposing their radical agenda in Brazil. You can find more information on my work in this link: http://bit.ly/19vuL3U
ABGLT, the main homosexual think-tank in Brazil, has filed legal complaints against me for years. And thanks to former US State Secretary Hillary Clinton, ABGLT has an advisory status in the UN system since 2011. The US assistance to a gay group which opposes free speech for Christians in Brazil is no surprise, because under Obama and Clinton, the State Department began imposing its homosexual imperialism around the world in 2011.
ABGLT should not worry about me. I have no Clinton or another major US, UN or international agency or authority supporting me. But my opponents have these powerful allies, and much more — especially much taxpayer money and financial “aid” from US groups.
Who am I to face the massive opposition from ABGLT and AllOut? Who am I to face groups vastly more funded than my limited resources? Who am I to have my PayPal account forcefully terminated? (You can read more about the PayPal scandal here: http://bit.ly/19vvmTd)
I am a married Brazilian Christian, with five little children. Because of systematic threats and persecution of gay groups in Brazil, I had to leave Brazil. As David, who lived in caves and deserts when he was fleeing King Saul, I have been in international “caves and deserts.” My family has been in foreign lands since 2009. But even this has not deterred our enemies from keeping their watch on our footsteps, trying to track us. Many of them think we remain hidden in Brazil.
Last week, a gay group visited an apartment in São Paulo, Brazil, to express their rage at a “Julio Severo” supposedly living there. When they were informed that the Mr. Julio Severo who lived in this apartment had moved*, they reported that they need my exact address to file complaints against me.
Other gay groups are in the same “mission.” And even leftist Christian and secular groups, similarly enraged at my writings, have promised to find and publicly expose my location. One leftist Protestant group in Brazil recently wrote that one of its allies denounced us to US consular officials years ago intending to bar me and my family from ever trying to enter the US. Was the denunciation successful? I do not know. But there is the recent NSA surveillance scandal (http://bit.ly/14kHIdh), and there is the suspicion that my name and blog are under some kind of watch by the Homeland Security (http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=327769).

To know the Brazilian Protestant Left and its hatreds, read my new e-book: http://bit.ly/1a6brwP
The fierce opposition from gay supremacists and the Protestant Left in Brazil to my writings has no limit, and they will do anything to annoy or harm me and my family.
Who will help us?
Our help comes from the Lord, who created heaven and earth. And it comes also from people touched and moved by God to help us in our plight.
If God has touched you in this direction, you can send an email to juliosevero@outlook.com to learn how use alternatives to PayPal to donate to a Brazilian Christian family living in international “caves and deserts.” And by the way, David was not the only man of God to have had such hard experiences. The author of the Book of Hebrews says of other people of God who “lived as refugees, wandering in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves” (Hebrews 11:38).
If you know a way to donate better, safer, easier and more affordable than PayPal, please write me and let me know your ideas: juliosevero@outlook.com
As the Lord leads you, your donation is appreciated.
* You can read the report, in Portuguese, in this link: http://bit.ly/18xi2N9 If you cannot read Portuguese, use Google or another online translation tool.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

After 9/11, Mosques Popping Up Across America


After 9/11, Mosques Popping Up Across America

By Julio Severo
Does Islamic terror bring mosque growth? The fact is that after the 9/11 Islamic terrorist attacks, many new mosques are popping up across the United States, and this growth defies logic and contrasts with the church growth movement, which had not connection to terror.
Virginia Beach, the famous headquarters of Christian Broadcasting Network and its equally famous “The 700 Club,” is now poised for its first mosque, the Crescent Community Center.
Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center
In neighboring Maryland, the government of Turkey is building a $100 million mega mosque, the Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center in Lanham.
Earlier this year, Turkey’s Islamist Prime Minister traveled to the US to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the mosque.
Turkish Prime Minister inaugurating Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center
Can you imagine the US government building a $100 million mega Christian church in Turkey? Can you imagine a US State Secretary travelling to Turkey only to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the church?
No, the US government, whose nation was once a Protestant power, would never do for a Christian church abroad what Muslim governments do for mosques abroad.
While Christian churches are being destroyed on a near daily basis in Muslim countries throughout the world, the US government is investing millions of dollars to rebuild overseas Islamic mosques.
Can you imagine Turkey or Saudi Arabia investing millions of dollars to rebuild overseas Christian churches? While the US funds mosque rebuilding abroad, Turkey and other Islamic nations fund mosque growth in America.
The Clarion Project reports that about 1,200 mosques are now operating in the U.S., and almost 80 percent of them were built after 9/11.
The majority of those mosques are led by Wahhabi clerics — from the same branch of Islam that Osama bin Laden followed.
From America, they intend to spread mosque growth around the world.
Encouraging mosque growth is a strange way for America to fight terror, which is largely Islamic in nature.
With information from CBN News and Front Page Magazine.
Source: Julio Severo in English: www.lastdayswatchman.blogspot.com
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

If Gay Foreigners Can Sue U.S. Pastor Over Sermons, Who Is Safe?


If Gay Foreigners Can Sue U.S. Pastor Over Sermons, Who Is Safe?

Judge wants gay claim of “crime against humanity” proceed against Bible preaching

By Julio Severo
WND has reported about the plight of Rev. Scott Lively, author of “The Pink Swastika,” under lawsuit from an African gay group because a homosexual leader in Uganda was murdered by his male lover allegedly after a sermon by Lively.
This is right. You have read correctly: an African gay activist was murdered by his own male prostitute lover and an American minister is to blame. And incredibly, the US judge has not tossed this ludicrous case.
Rev. Scott Lively
WND said that “A federal judge has backed a homosexual-rights group in its claim that members were injured by an American pastor’s biblical preaching in Uganda against homosexual behavior.”
But the ruling from Judge Michael Posner in a case brought by Sexual Minorities Uganda against Pastor Scott Lively of Abiding Truth Ministries could mean much more. It could establish that an international consensus disavowing long-held biblical standards could trump the U.S. Constitution, said WND.
And because of the massive US cultural influence around the world, it could open a dangerous precedent, making Christians vulnerable to lawsuits by gay supremacists from other nations. As a small sign of threats to come, last year PayPal decided to close down my account after a campaign and pressure by AllOut, an American gay group. In this case, a US gay group was able to close the account of a Brazilian. If the homosexual case against Rev. Lively succeeds, could AllOut and other American groups file similar lawsuits against me and other Brazilians?
Eventually, the UN system would get involved, regularizing “crime against humanity” and prosecution of Christians charged under this label.
In its report, WND also said,
SMUG alleges Lively must be punished for criticizing homosexuality, calling his speech a “crime against humanity” in violation of “international law.”
Lively’s attorney, Horatio Mihet of Liberty Counsel, said his client’s preaching is protected by the Constitution.
The judge took nearly 80 pages to say that he thought the allegations by SMUG were substantive and needed to be adjudicated.
The judge cited “many authorities” who “implicitly support the principle that widespread, systematic persecution of individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity constitutes a crime against humanity.”
The judge argued that the idea that Lively’s statements are protected under the First Amendment was “premature.”
The case against Lively claims that by speaking in opposition to homosexuality, he was conspiring to deprive the plaintiffs of their fundamental rights.
Lively’s attorneys have explained that SMUG’s attack goes directly to the supremacy and portability of the U.S. Constitution.
“SMUG asks this United States court to punish one of its citizens, Mr. Lively, for ‘crimes against humanity’ under an international treaty that The United States has expressly rejected,” a court filing opposing SMUG’s case explained.
“Moreover, what SMUG cavalierly and conclusorily labels as ‘crimes against humanity’ – the most heinous of crimes – is actually nothing more than civil, non-violent political discourse in the public square on a subject of great public concern, which occupies the highest run of First Amendment protection,” the brief said.
The action was prompted by Lively “sharing his biblical views on homosexuality during a 2009 visit to Uganda.”
SMUG is represented by the George Soros-funded Center for Constitutional Rights in New York, which even the New York Times described as left-leaning.
“SMUG also does not tell the court that David Kato – the murdered Ugandan activist whom SMUG makes the centerpiece of this lawsuit – was killed not by an enraged homophobe incited by Mr. Lively’s protected speech, but by a homosexual prostitute upset over a failed business transaction.
“Neither does SMUG tell the court that the confessed perpetrator of this horrible crime was tried and convicted in Ugandan courts, and is now serving a 30-year prison sentence.
“And, finally, SMUG does not tell the court that, far from inciting violence, Mr. Lively has consistently condemned acts of violence and calls to violence in the strongest possible terms, and has praised the Ugandan courts for imparting justice.”
Source: Julio Severo in English: www.lastdayswatchman.blogspot.com
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Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Archbishop: I’d rather go to hell


Archbishop: I’d rather go to hell

Desmond Tutu challenges ‘homophobia’ in heaven

Bob Unruh
A veteran Christian activist and international blogger who faced persecution in Brazil over his support for biblical marriage and condemnation of homosexuality as sin says there’s a specific afterlife that can accommodate the pro-LGBT beliefs of former Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Tutu is the social-rights activist in South Africa who reached stardom in the 1980s battle over apartheid. He received the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, the 1986 Albert Schweitzer Price for Humanitarianism and in 1999 for the Sydney Peace Prize, among others.
His statements, documented by the BBC, continued.
“No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place,” he said.
Tutu was in Cape Town, South Africa, speaking at the launch of the “Free and Equal” campaign.
He compared rights for homosexuals to choose their lifestyle to racism in South Africa.
“I would not worship a God who is homophobic, and that is how deeply I feel about this,” he continued, according to BBC. “I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid. For me, it is at the same level.”
No problem, pointed out Julio Severo, who blogs under the name Last Days Watchman.
Severo has worked is his native Brazil to oppose homosexual advocacy and same-sex “marriage.”
As a result of his work, he was hounded into hiding and then out of Brazil entirely. He continues his work, but from an unidentified location.
On a popular forum dealing with a number of biblical issues, Severo tells of blogging about a nation diving into homosexuality and the results.
“I revealed to Brazil for the first time that the [Luis Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva] administration had introduced in the United Nations a resolution classifying homosexuality as an inalienable human right.”
After his blog was launched in 2005, he raised awareness of the proposed law called PLC 122, an “anti-homophobia” plan.
“The bill sought to give government the power to exercise out and out thought control and would have criminalized any speech construed as ‘antigay.’ It amounted to nothing less than a direct ban on biblical Christianity,” he said.
In response to his activism, PayPal, through which he had been processing donations, refused to do further business with him.
“Tutu would not need to fight ‘homophobia’ in heaven. In fact, he would see no ‘homophobia’ in heaven, because there is no homosexuality there. In the presence of God there are only people delivered from a past life of sins, including homosexuality,” Severo wrote.
“Of course, if, as gay supremacists preach, ‘homophobia’ is criticism of homosexuality, then Tutu will not want to go to heaven, which is under the rule of the One who is the author of all condemnation of homosexuality in the Bible,” he continued.
“Besides, Tutu would not be pleased to hear from God that he was in truth a very immoral conscience for South Africa by his support of what God calls abomination.”
Severo cited references from both the Old Testament, (Leviticus 18:22: “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”) and the New Testament, (1 Corinthians 6:9-10: “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”)
“God loves homosexual sinners, but he hates homosexual sin,” Severo continued, “Yet, there is a place where Tutu can go. In hell Tutu’s campaigning would be most needed, because Satan loves violence against humans – all humans – including homosexuals. In hell, Tutu could fight Satan’s ‘homophobia.’”
Severo said: “Certainly, Tutu will feel comfortable in hell and in the presence of Satan, the author of all violence and persecution against God’s people who warn sinners about their sins, including homosexuality, which lead to hell.”
Tutu also served, along with Jimmy Carter, on The Elders, a group of world leaders who address issues such as sustainable development, equality for women and the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Source: WND
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Saturday, August 03, 2013

Surprise! US Rejects Declaration of Homosexual Rights at OSCE Gathering


Surprise! US Rejects Declaration of Homosexual Rights at OSCE Gathering

Comment by Julio Severo: The Barack Obama administration is openly homosexualist. It is enough to check this article:
The Obama administration is determined to impose its homosexual imperialism around the world, as demonstrates an excellent video produced by Family Watch International (http://youtu.be/HbjAFUGQ3Xg):
More recently, Obama tried to impose his homosexualist influence on a small African nation:
But what happens when a pro-death government commits the “error” of putting a pro-life Christian in a delegation? The answer is in the article below, which shows the Obama administration putting Congressman Chris Smith, a great pro-life Catholic, as member of the US delegation to a European meeting to address homosexualist issues. The result could not be otherwise: the American delegation, headed by Smith, rejected the gay agenda.
Julio Severo with Rep. Chris Smith
I was with Smith recently and, since I know his work for 19 years, he has never renounced his calling of defending life against abortion and against the gay agenda wherever he is. His course as a pro-life Congressman has been most excellent. I am very glad that the Obama administration has committed the “error” of putting Smith in the US delegation. Perhaps the prayers of God’s people are blinding the homosexualist US president.
Let us hope that the Obama administration may keep committing such “errors.”
Update: I just received this important information from an American attorney: The gathering was of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, so the US delegation was congressional, not from the executive branch.  The Obama administration had nothing to do with the appointment and is of course in favor of the LGBT agenda. The Republicans control the House of Representatives (the lower house, i.e., the People's House), and the congressional commission that deals with the OSCE, the Helsinki Commission, is chaired by Congressman Chris Smith.  This underscores the importance of the separation of power in a constitutional government; all power is not concentrated in the hands of the executive. Stefano's original article was unclear on this point and he had to modify it; perhaps that was the source of the confusion.
Here is the article:

Countries Reject Declaration of Homosexual Rights at OSCE Gathering

Written by Stefano Gennarini, J.D.
ISTANBUL, July 19 (C-FAM) Homosexual groups were dealt a humiliating blow at the end of last month by representatives at a gathering of the world’s largest regional security organization.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation of Europe (OSCE) shot down a resolution recognizing a controversial declaration on homosexuality by a vote of 24 to 3. Even lawmakers from countries that are usually friendly to homosexual groups deserted them.
The non-binding declaration, known as the Yogyakarta Principles, declares comprehensive special new rights for individuals who identify as lesbian, homosexual, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). The 29 principles were prepared in 2006 by activists, academics and former unelected officials of international bodies.
Proponents insist the principles are authoritative interpretations of existing international law, and have asked international organizations to endorse them. They have had varying success. Getting the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on board would have been a significant victory because representatives at its meetings are elected officials from the legislative branches of OSCE member states.
Having garnered the signatures of 31 co-sponsors, the Belgian sponsoring the resolution was confident the resolution could pass. Moreover, the Council of Europe, composed of the same countries as the OSCE, recognized some of the same principles in a 2010 resolution.
But the initiative turned into a nightmare when even lawmakers from countries that side with homosexual groups did not support it. Only three representatives voted in favor of the resolution after it was discussed. Chief among its opponents, and surprisingly to many, was the United States representative.
When the resolution came up for debate, the atmosphere in the room became tense.
U.S. Congressman Chris Smith was the first to speak and said the Yogyakarta Principles “contradict” OSCE commitments to religious freedom and freedom of speech. He mentioned conflicts with the principles and the tenets of major religions, as well as binding international law and pointed out that governments never negotiated the principles.
The statement from the congressman highlights the conflict between the legislative and executive branch in the United States. The Obama administration has declared LGBT rights a priority for the United States. Recent public statements by U.S. President Barack Obama in African countries confirmed that position. The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly gathers representatives of the legislature, not the executive branches of government.
Smith was not alone in criticizing the Yogyakarta Principles.
The Polish representative motioned to remove the resolution from the agenda and not even debate it. She made a surprisingly forceful intervention, saying the principles contradicted Poland’s constitution, and no international body has ever defined the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity”.
Lawmakers from countries that grant special new rights for individuals who identify as LGBT, like Italy, which grants homosexual couples special status through civil unions, also spoke against the resolution.
Promoting partisan advocacy would “diminish” the authority of OSCE according to the Italian representative. He said the OSCE recognizes the rights of all individuals to be free of discrimination, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. But he observed that it is inappropriate for the OSCE to even discuss the merits of the Yogyakarta Principles, because the principles go beyond the accepted normative framework for human rights embraced by OSCE states ­— echoing legal experts who say the Yogyakarta Principles do not accurately reflect international law.
Representatives from Russia and Armenia also made comments opposing the resolution. No one offered words in support of the resolution, not even Belgium.
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Thursday, August 01, 2013

Brazilian Mourning: Brazilian President Enacts Abortion Law


Brazilian Mourning: Brazilian President Enacts Abortion Law

By Julio Severo
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has just enacted a law protecting victims of sexual violence which was passed by stealth in the Brazilian Congress recently. There is no problem in laws protecting such victims. But, according to this law, any woman can get an abortion by alleging violence, and there is no need of medical and legal evidence.
Dilma Rousseff
The announcement today (August 1, 2013) of the presidential enactment was made by Minister Eleonora Menicucci, who explained that Brazilian women suffer a rape each 12 seconds and that the new law, PLC 03/2013, will be a resolution for their plight.
But the new Brazilian law helps more abortion than victims of sexual violence.
Both Rousseff and Menicucci have been abortion activists for a number of years. Both were members of a violent communist revolutionary group in the 60s and 70s. Both were imprisoned in the same military facility for terrorism.
Eleonora Menicucci
After their release, they began to campaign for abortion. Menicucci boasted that she made two abortions, even though it is against the Brazilian law. She said that she was trained to perform abortions in Colombia in 1995.
The new abortion law will not solve the massive crisis of rapes in Brazil. Impunity is rampant in Brazilian society. Murderers and rapists go unpunished. But pro-abortion Rousseff and Menicucci made secure that unborn babies will not go unpunished.
The new law has a broad way to define “sexual violence.” According to Dr. Damares Alves, pro-life adviser in the Brazilian Congress, it says that “sexual violence is any non-consensual sex” in its Article 2. She said that if a wife visits a hospital and says that she got pregnant by non-consensual sex with her husband, she is eligible for the status of victim of sexual violence.
In her interview to Julio Severo, Alves said that private, Catholic and Protestant hospitals will be required to submit to the new law and offer abortions to women who affirm that they got pregnant, through non-consensual sex, by their husbands, lovers, boyfriends, etc.
Before her election to the Brazilian presidency in 2010, Rousseff had signed a pledge with evangelical leaders not to pass abortion legislation. She did not keep her socialist word.
Even the recent visit of the pope and several evangelical leaders to Rousseff was not enough to change her mind, even though they never mentioned abortion and child-killing to her.
The new law is a mischievous trick for abortionists, socialists, feminists and women under their spell. It is one more lie to cover rampant violence in Brazil. To the massive number of murders and rapes, Brazil will now have massive child-killing.
Blood shedding was a significant mark in the revolutionary group where Rousseff and Menicucci were members. Blood shedding now is their political mark.
Some people say that socialists do not eat children. Do you really believe that their wicked laws do not do it?
Portuguese version of this article: Luto no Brasil: Dilma sanciona lei de aborto
Source: Julio Severo in English: www.lastdayswatchman.blogspot.com
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