Dear Marriage Supporter,
"Fire her!!"
The voice from the crowd of protestors in New Jersey rang loud, clear, and angry: They want Viki Knox, a Christian schoolteacher, terminated.
What is her crime? Posting comments in defense of Biblical views of sex and marriage on her own Facebook page.
We can't let Viki Knox face this alone.
If you read NOM's newsletter, you already know the story: Viki Knox, a New Jersey special ed teacher for more than 20 years and advisor to the school student Bible study group, objects—on her private Facebook page—to her school's celebration of "Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender History Month." The Human Rights Campaign mobilizes its national network and delivers 75,000 petitions (almost none from her school district, of course) demanding the school board take immediate action. Activists flooding a school board meeting demand she be fired. And the school district has launched an "investigation."
Even New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is calling for an investigation rather than standing up to the PC crowd on Viki's behalf.
I have never felt more urgently the need to come together—in love—on behalf of our right to speak the truth as I do watching the angry mob calling for her to be turned out of her job. We cannot let Viki suffer these attacks alone!
NOM's camera crew was at the Union Township school board meeting last week. Go and watch how angry the crowd is, how much they feel it's okay to take away the job of a woman for expressing her private and personal Biblical views outside the classroom. Then please, go sign the petition to make your voice heard: in America, it's unacceptable to fire a good, decent, loving, law-abiding teacher because she believes the Bible's teachings on sex and marriage are true!
Click here to watch the video and then sign the petition supporter Viki's right to speak!
So what did Viki Knox say to create such an uproar from gay marriage advocates?
"Homosexuality is a perverted spirit that has existed from the beginning of creation. The word of God refers to it often. That's if you believe the Word to be truly God's intended blueprint for his people. I have friends and loved ones who are practicing/living as homosexuals. Yes I love can care about them. We hug and exchange gifts. We have family dinners. But how they live and their actions, behaviors—CHOICES are against the nature and character of God! Do I tell me so? Yes, of course. Do I treat them bad? If course not! Jesus never did that to ANYONE he meant. He spoke to them of their situation and offered them life eternal. He didn't say it was okay but we've all sinned and come short if God's will for us daily. That's why we Christians true followers pray, repent, and spend time with Christ daily."
"God cannot abide, tolerate, accept, go along with SIN. That's why Jesus came and gave his life as an offering for our souls; so we could once again be right-standing...Everything God has created, Satan has perverted, EVERYTHING! Sin is sin. Wrong is wrong."
She didn't call for hate. She didn't call names. She didn't even violate any school district policies. But she did call to "love and speak and do what's right!"
This effort is the latest in a new extremist agenda for the Human Rights Campaign and other gay marriage advocates. Even the ACLU agrees Viki has the right to speak out for what she believes, but gay marriage advocates want to silence anyone who disagrees with them. If they succeed in silencing Viki Knox, it will set a dangerous precedent that will spread across the nation.
Here's what I need you to do:
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Sign the petition today! Your petition will not only help make sure the Union Township school board hears from those who support Viki's right to speak—your message will also assure Viki that thousands of Americans are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with her in defense of marriage and liberty.
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Then tell your friends! Share this message on Facebook and Twitter. It's time for all of us, together, to stand with Viki as we "love and speak and do what's right."
Faithfully,
Brian S. Brown
Executive Director
NOM Education Fund
P.S. Please forward this email to three friends right now so they can see the truth and get involved. Isolated and alone, we can be intimidated. Together we are too many to be treated as second-class citizens.
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This is just further intimidation from the far left, that want to kick God out of America and bring Socialism and Sharia to our Beloved America. We have to stand together against this satanic attack on God's people!
I Support Viki!!!!
i support viki knox in her right to express her views in ssm and homosexuality that she posted on her facebook
Support Viki!
I wholeheartedly support Viki!!!!!!!!!!
This is shameful and disgracful for Miss Viki to even be put in a postion to defend her rights. What has happen to our rights as being CHRISTIANS to be able to have freedom of speech. We all had better heed to the calling Jesus is coming back to get his Children any day now look to the eastern skyes he's gonna step out on the cloud any time.
God is in charge of this situation in Jesus' Name as far as our family is concerned, & we commit the earthly authorities to His Power! (:D
Thanks NOM, I signed the petition, I thank every American should sign this petition to protect their first amenment right on free speech. Mrs. Knox ordeal will be used as a champion for Marriage supports, or for the opposition's cause. Lets make sure the opposition don't win their demands of Mrs. Knox...
Viki was wrong. Teachers are not supposed to express political beliefs in schools in front of their students. She was extremely stupid in opting this on Facebook where EVERYBODY COULD SEE IT. If I were her student and had seen this post, I would have spat in her face the next time I saw her since she clearly does not understand that sexual orientation is NOT a choice. Anybody here who want to prove me wrong? Go ahead, turn gay for a couple minutes and turn back. I dare you.
I hope this bitch gets fired and stays unemployed for the rest of her bigoted life.
I hope people who think standing up against same-sex sexual activity is "bigotry" have trouble finding jobs.
I didn't sign this petition because it uses the term "gay marriage".
"I hope this bitch gets fired and stays unemployed for the rest of her bigoted life"
Hypocrite. You are hateful and bigoted just by your comment.
"I hope this bitch gets fired and stays unemployed for the rest of her bigoted life."
I wonder how you would feel if you got fired for that comment or how would you feel if people were trying to get your fired for your comment.
I signed the petition. The school board needs to know that their actions are being watched from all over the country. The persecution of Ms. Knox needs to get national attention. People of faith or no faith must see that their First Amendment rights must be fought for or lost.
This teacher has every right to speak her opinion. She should have religious freedom as we all should. Unfortunately liberals only want freedom of speech for themselves. What she said was Truth and she said it in a kind way...she did not advocate hateful action against gays. In fact, just the opposite.
First it was the jews they went after. Now they start with going after the jobs of good Christians. History does repeat itself. Who will standup and who will remain silent?
I signed the petition with pride, standing up for a fellow Christian.
To all those who hate her, how long will it be before you knock on our doors and put us in chains and haul us into court because we are Christians?
We won't go willingly, you will have a few broken bones as you lead me away!
Glad to have signed the petition.
"If I were her student and had seen this post, I would have spat in her face the next time I saw her since she clearly does not understand that sexual orientation is NOT a choice. Anybody here who want to prove me wrong? Go ahead, turn gay for a couple minutes and turn back. I dare you."
Karen, not even the American Psychological Association contends that people are born gay anymore. There is no more scientific evidence backing such a notion than Christ's resurrection.
Each year thousands of men, women and teens with unwanted same-sex attractions make the personal decision to leave homosexuality. However, there are those who refuse to respect that decision. Consequently, formerly gay persons are reviled simply because they dare to exist!
http://www.pfox.org/
http://www.exodusinternational.org
I support Vickie because i support truth
I believe in the first amendent, she has the right to speak her mind, But i also know being gay is not a choice. I don't choose who i love. Though this "P.S. Please forward this email to three friends right now so they can see the truth and get involved. Isolated and alone, we can be intimidated. Together we are too many to be treated as second-class citizens." is what made me feel the need to comment. When you push against us, most feel the need to push back. I don't want to fight, but I don't want others voting on if I can get married of not. I was once a "good christian" but no matter how much I went to chruch, or how much they pushed the bible on me, I just couldn't believe. How can I believe in "a book about God's love" when it holds so much hate. While it does say you can not lie with a man as you would a woman, it also says a bride must be a vigin or she shall be killed, that slavery is okay, and even that wearing clothes of two different fabrics is bad. Why can't we just live free like you? One day, I will stand in the army and fight, and maybe die for yours and my freedom, why can't I have a freedom I need to fight for? I love, Is that so wrong?
BTW karen i know plenty of guys who go gay for a few minutes.
We stand together for truth.
Samantha,all people are responsible for abiding by codes of conduct,not just those not minded to violate them in the first place.If you happen to "love" someone of the same sex it doesn't relieve you of the responsibility EVERYONE has to avoid any same-sex sexual activity.Second-class sexual relationships must be treated as such,that doesn't make those prone to them "second-class citizens" any more than my driver's license obligating me to correct my inferior vision to the only kind anyone should have violates my "equal right" to "see differently".
I think she made her students feel unsafe with that wall post. Free speech is great but not when it's used for discriminatory purposes. What if she said that being Jewish was a disease? Or that interracial marriage is wrong? What would you say then? In Canada, she would have been fired on the spot and every student, parent, even people who just heard about her would have shunned her. Canada has legalized same sex marriage nationwide about 6 years ago and let me tell you, we're all doing better than the US.
And also, no I am not a lesbian. I have tried to turn lesbian but it just didn't work.
You guys are saying that everyone is equal but some are more equal than others.
Karen,the more accepted homosexual activity is in your society,the worse you are therefore doing.Marriage exists to guarantee to opposite-sex relationships the preferential treatment to which their being opposite-sex entitles them,recognizing the public interest in fostering only such relationships.Unless that requirement is maintained it changes from useful to harmful to society.
wait Karen how does someone try to turn lesbian? Thought it wasn't a choice
That's my point. I'm saying it doesn't work because I tried. Therefore it isn't a choice.
Sort of like how you people say that gays can turn straight. Illogical, isn't it?
Anyone here notice that Karen is so full of hate and anger that she is now contradicting herself.
@Karen, to discriminate is not illegal; to discriminate under the law IS when it is justified... To discriminate against bad sexual behavior is not illegal yet, but also protects individual’s moral values... The school should not try to condemn, or fire Mrs. Knox for her anti-homosexual comments; they should be thanking her for shaking up and questioning a bad idea by the school to have a gay/lesbian/transgender pride month.
I also think it is high time to separate homosexual students from straight students, have a complete separate school, I'm sure the tax payers will agree to any tax revenue for this project. This should be a general concept of all US citizens, segregation used for the sake of saving our country, until same sex attraction advocates and participants are none existent by way of acknowledging their own stupidity and very bad habit... This would include getting help and acknowledging they need it! If not, as the saying does “ you made your bed, now die in it”,,,
@Karen, you mean you tried homosexuality and did not like it..? Lesbian is a word given to women who exclusively are attracted to and have sex with a duplicate of themselves, a choice they made. You were probably experimenting, because of your daring personality, but realize it was not for you... Acting out to do something has been always a choice, unless you can prove a ghost, and alien made you do it...
@Karen, to discriminate is not illegal; to discriminate under the law IS when it is justified... To discriminate against bad sexual behavior is not illegal yet, but also protects individual’s moral values... The school should not try to condemn, or fire Mrs. Knox for her anti-homosexual comments; they should be thanking her for shaking up and questioning a bad idea by the school to have a gay/lesbian/transgender pride month.xxx
I also think it is high time to separate homosexual students from straight students, have a complete separate school, I'm sure the tax payers will agree to any tax revenue for this project. This should be a general concept of all US citizens, segregation used for the sake of saving our country, until same sex attraction advocates and participants are none existent by way of acknowledging their own stupidity and very bad habit... This would include getting help and acknowledging they need it! If not, as the saying does “ you made your bed, now die in it”,,,
Whether orientation is changeable is irrelevant.The point is that there can be no logical justification for actually engaging in homosexual activity and schools must teach that those who attempt to defend such activity are wrong,not that the needed efforts to correct them are "oppression","bigotry",or motivated by anything other than helping them face facts.
Anyone here notice that John is so stupid that he didn't even understand what I was talking about?
You guys do know that countries that have criminalized homosexuality (Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, etc.) are developing countries, right? Well I guess that's why the US is pretty much the most backward of all developed countries.
Oh and Louis? Schools already imply that homosexuality is wrong. Just look at the suicide rates among LGBT teens.
How do you sleep at night, Louis, knowing that you are one of the people who cause kids to kill themselves?
If she had said it to her students then I could understand her being fired. But seriously, it was her private facebook page. I bet if the gay activists could read minds they would try to take us to court for THINKING that homosex is wrong.
We really arent a christian country anymore
Karen said-Oh and Louis? Schools already imply that homosexuality is wrong. Just look at the suicide rates among LGBT teens.
This goes back to my point I made earlier to you, that gay students should be sagregated from public schools so they can get the proper treatment they need...It is not the public schools, students, and their parents responsibility nor title to counsel, treat, or make these students feeling good about themselve... If the public system on the tax payers dime, spend all their time babysitting student who wants to feel good about their unhealthy lifestyle, they will intern have violated the rights of the those students who can not relate to those degenerates... Right is right, wrong is wrong...right hand, will never be a left hand, they're opposites, gays and straights are not equal, their opposites and will always oppose...
Mikhail, Thomas Jefferson was a deist. That means he rejected religion, including Christianity. He actually cut out parts of the New Testament that were irrational to him, such as the part about Jesus being born from a virgin.
Oh and he drafted the constitution.
Karen,telling those afflicted by same-sex sexual attraction that they do no wrong in gratifying it is morally equal to telling alcoholics to get drunk at will or kleptomaniacs to swipe whatever they like.I couldn't sleep at night if I were an accomplice to doing that.
Karen,
Please stop pimping your lies as truth. Thomas Jefferson did not draft the U.S. Constitution; Gouverneur Morris did. Jefferson wrote the first draft of the declaration of Independence that what later edited numerous times by Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison; among others.
Furthermore; Thomas Jefferson penned on the back of his well worn Christian Bible:
"I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have little doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our Creator."
Jefferson went so far as to higher a minister and send him in as his personal ambassador to the indian nation. If you truly would like to know the truth about Thomas Jefferson please visit:
http://www.monticello.org
But we all know that marriage corruption supporters have little to no use for the truth because the truth will not help them satisfy their wants.
You do know that "treatment" doesn't work, right? All the gays and lesbians who go through it are psychologically scarred for life plus the ones who claim to be cured are actually just brainwashed. And please do some credible research before you start to flame me.
Louis, the PARENTS of the students reported Viki Knox. Just saying.
@ Karen, so the 1000 of xgays each year are not really cured because you say so? Be should believe you because, why? I don't thank so, thanks for playing...
To me, this is like saying everyone must accept public indecency at gay pride marches or else they will be guilty of gays committing suicide.
In my previous post I supposed a case where public indecency by gays violates community norms.
In such a case, gays themselves are to blame for for "caus[ing] kids to kill themselves" because their wrong behavior at pride marches would be a reason why gay youth perceive rejection from the community.
Karen needs to ask gays who defy community norms how they sleep at night, therefore.
Another response to Karen's post is based on, "the principle of double effect." The Wikipedia explains it as follows:
So, if someone speaks publicly against the harms caused by men having sex with men with the intent to protect society from such harms, that person has acted ethically, even if it adds to the "pool" of social rejection that gays perceive.