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The '''Homosexual Agenda''', or [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] ideology, consists of a set of beliefs and objectives designed to promote and even mandate acceptance and approval of homosexuality, and the strategies used to implement such. This article notes that the goals and means of this movement include indoctrinating students in [[public school]], restricting the free speech of opposition, obtaining [[special rights|special treatment]] for homosexuals, distorting Biblical teaching and science, and interfering with freedom of association. Advocates of the homosexual agenda seek special rights for [[homosexuals]] that other people don't have, such as immunity from criticism (see [[hate speech]], [[hate crime]]s). Such special rights will necessarily come [[zero-sum game|at the expense]] of the rights of broader society.
The '''Homosexual Agenda''', or [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] ideology, consists of a set of beliefs and objectives designed to promote and even mandate acceptance and approval of homosexuality, and the strategies used to implement such. This article notes that the goals and means of this movement include indoctrinating students in [[public school]], restricting the free speech of opposition, obtaining [[special rights|special treatment]] for homosexuals, distorting Biblical teaching and science, and interfering with freedom of association. Advocates of the homosexual agenda seek special rights for [[homosexuals]] that other people don't have, such as immunity from criticism (see [[hate speech]], [[hate crime]]s). Such special rights will necessarily come [[zero-sum game|at the expense]] of the rights of broader society.
President Barack Hussein [[Obama]] and nearly all [[Democrat]] politicians now advocate the homosexual agenda, reflecting the growing financial power of the homosexual network. Obama's self-centered obsession with his own reelection, and fundraising for his campaign, has caused him to create a national political issue out of this, rather than deal with
President Barack Hussein [[Obama]] and nearly all [[Democrat]] politicians now advocate the homosexual agenda, reflecting the growing financial power of the homosexual network. Obama's self-centered obsession with his own reelection, and fundraising for his campaign, has caused him to create a national political issue out of this, rather than deal with issues like the economy.
Among all the [[liberal]] belief systems, the homosexual ideology is the most self-centered or selfish.
Among all the [[liberal]] belief systems, the homosexual ideology is the most self-centered or selfish.
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The Homosexual Agenda, or homosexual ideology, consists of a set of beliefs and objectives designed to promote and even mandate acceptance and approval of homosexuality, and the strategies used to implement such. This article notes that the goals and means of this movement include indoctrinating students in public school, restricting the free speech of opposition, obtaining special treatment for homosexuals, distorting Biblical teaching and science, and interfering with freedom of association. Advocates of the homosexual agenda seek special rights for homosexuals that other people don't have, such as immunity from criticism (see hate speech, hate crimes). Such special rights will necessarily come at the expense of the rights of broader society.
President Barack Hussein Obama and nearly all Democrat politicians now advocate the homosexual agenda, reflecting the growing financial power of the homosexual network. Obama's self-centered obsession with his own reelection, and fundraising for his campaign, has caused him to create a national political issue out of this, rather than deal with other issues like the economy.
Among all the liberal belief systems, the homosexual ideology is the most self-centered or selfish.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia referred to the "so-called homosexual agenda" in Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003) (dissenting opinion).
The Homosexual Agenda
Joseph P. Gudel, in That Which is Unnatural[1] contended that the homosexual movement,
- has been militantly demanding not just the homosexuals' right to do whatever they wish to do behind closed doors, but, more importantly, that society fully accept their lifestyle as both healthy and normal, even demanding special rights and legislation as an "oppressed minority." Gudel quotes various sources evidencing this.
In a 1987 speech to the National Press Club in Washington, homosexual spokesperson Jeff Levi proclaimed,
- We are no longer seeking just a right to privacy and a protection from wrong. We also have a right — as heterosexual Americans already have — to see government and society affirm our lives. [2]
In an article entitled "Gays on the March" in 1975, Time magazine quoted gay activist Barbara Gittings who stated:
- What the homosexual wants, and here he is neither willing to compromise nor morally required to compromise — is acceptance of homosexuality as a way of life fully on a par with heterosexuality." In response, Time opined, "It is one thing to remove legal discrimination against homosexuals. It is another to mandate approval....It is this goal of full acceptance, which no known society past or present has granted to homosexuals, that makes many Americans apprehensive.[3]
A primary goal of the homosexual agenda is to promote the lifestyle in public schools. This occurred quickly and intensely after gay marriage was imposed in Massachusetts, where homosexual relationships are taught to children as young as kindergartners, as recounted by the decision of Parker v. Hurley.[4]
In a 1992 report by John Leo in U.S. News and World Report, he notes some books which were part of New York City's public school curriculum.
The first-grade book, "Children of the Rainbow", stated on page 145, which states that teachers must "be aware of varied family structures, including...gay or lesbian parents," and "children must be taught to acknowledge the positive aspects of each type of household." Another children book is Heather Has Two Mommies, which is about a lesbian couple having a child through artificial insemination. Another book, Gloria Goes to Gay Pride, states, "Some women love women, some men love men, some women and men love each other. That's why we march in the parade, so everyone can have a choice."
Leo commented,
- A line is being crossed here; in fact, a brand new ethic is descending upon the city's public school system. The traditional civic virtue of tolerance (if gays want to live together, it's their own business) has been replaced with a new ethic requiring approval and endorsement (if gays want to live together, we must 'acknowledge the positive aspects' of their way of life).[5]
Dr. Judith A. Reisman in her extensive Crafting "Gay" Children,[6] reports that Harvard homosexual Toby Morotta, PhD, stated that in the 1970s, members of the Gay Activists Alliance - who were trained in the "zapping" of any who rebuffed homosexuality.[7] And that these formed the "Gay Academic Union," (GAU) which was made up of faculty and students in major universities. She states that the GAU has long fought for domination of its worldview within the academic community, and professional journals commonly assigned GAU and other homosexual peer reviewers to research touching on homosexuality, generally resulting in a quick death to possible unfavorable findings. [8]
This and the general agenda is seen to be overall implementing a marketing strategy explained in a book called After the Ball, by gay rights activists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen in the late 1980s, in which a six-point plan was set forth as to how they could transform the beliefs of ordinary Americans with regard to homosexual behavior in a decade-long time frame:
- "The agenda of homosexual activists is basically to change America from what they perceive as looking down on homosexual behavior, to the affirmation of and societal acceptance of homosexual behavior." [9] "Thus propagandistic advertising can depict all opponents of the gay movement as homophobic bigots who are 'not Christian' and the propaganda can further show them [homosexuals]] as being criticized, hated and shunned..."[10]
Focus on the Family provides additional quotes from After the Ball, outlining key points of the homosexual agenda:[9][11]
- "Talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible." (They use late night air waves and special channels, as well as their right to peacefully assemble to do so.)
- "Portray gays as victims, not as aggressive challengers."
- "Give homosexual protectors a just cause."
- "Make gays look good."
- "Make the victimizers look bad."
- "Get funds from corporate America."
United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote:
|Today's opinion is the product of a Court, which is the product of a law-profession culture, that has largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda, by which I mean the agenda promoted by some homosexual activists directed at eliminating the moral opprobrium that has traditionally attached to homosexual conduct.[12]
Vic Eliason of Crosstalk America rightly points out that if all Americans turned homosexual it would only take a few generations for the United States to lose most of the population of the country through lack of procreation. This would make the US more vulnerable to attack by our enemies.
Specific goals
The goals of the homosexual movement include:
- Ignoring Christian morals and discouraging religiously based laws.
- Reminding the world that marriage is a legal term and standing the in US, not a spiritual one as believed by Christians.
- Ignore the clear message of the Bible that homosexuality is a sin and an abomination unto God because their first amendment rights allow them to.
- Remind conservatives that there cannot be a gay gene, just like like there cannot be a "black gene" because complex things like these are caused by complex interactions between genes.
- Censoring evidence that the "gay gene" is a hoax. After all, it would have to be multiple genes interacting together.[13]
- Censoring speech against homosexuality by branding it to possibly be "hate-speech"[14][15][16]
- Censoring biblical statements condemning homosexuality[17]
- Lobbying for equal employment rights.[18][19]
- Expand hate crimes legislation to include sexual orientation, which would be equally wrong for heterosexuals to do.[20]
- Ending the military's and Boy Scout's restrictions on homosexuality[21]
- Stopping children as young as 5 years old from attending therapy to repair their sexual preference[22]
- Teach tolerance of homosexuals in schools.
- In places like Massachusetts and California, where the gay lobby is the strongest, it starts as early as preschool. They tell seven- or eight-year-old boys, "If you only like boys, there's a chance you may be homosexual," or "If you only like girls, maybe you are lesbian." Children at that age also do not have the hormones to experience sexual attraction, so they cannot understand this yet.
- Demands protections from job discrimination. [23]
- Suing an online dating website for discrimination. This was because sexual orientation is a federally protected group, as such, this company was breaking the law. [24]
- Undermining the resolve of latent homosexuals so that their will becomes too weak to resist the temptations of homosexuality[25]
- Pushing for legalized adoption by gay individuals and couples[26]
The state-by-state push for same-sex marriage can be viewed as a means to the above goals, or a goal in itself.[27] An example of this would be the recent New Hampshire law that makes same-sex civil unions legal.[28]
Although notable gains toward achieving its goals continue to manifest, homosexual activists have recently been expressing a high level of dissatisfaction with the Obama administration. Commenting on such, Massresistance.org, an organization which opposes the homosexual agenda in Massachusetts, noted that the President has,
- signed an order extending federal benefits to same-sex partners.
- pushed an extreme hate crimes bill in Congress.
- declared his intention to repeal the Defense of Marriage.
- pushed a pro-homosexual and transgender version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
- appointed homosexual activists to high level positions, including Harry Knox, of the homosexual lobby group Human Rights Campaign, and Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which educates kids in the public schools.
- declared February to be "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month."
- Demanded the State Department allow gay couples to use their married names (from marriages or civil unions) on US passports.[29]
Strategies and psychological tactics
Homosexual activists are often seen as engaging in specious argumentation, such as attempts to controvert the consistent teaching of the Bible on homosexual relations (see homosexuality and biblical interpretation), and using false analogies, in order to gain acceptance of homosexuality. One common argument used by homosexual activists seeks to compare their quest for equal rights to that of others.[30] This argument is countered by the observation that blacks were able to peacefully argue that mankind should not be "judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character"[31], as the former yields no certain moral distinction. In contrast, homosexual activists seek acceptance of an immoral practice(s), and in addition, engage in certain coercive and manipulative means to do so. This includes the use of demonstrative protests, which appear to be designed to censure and intimidate those who oppose them in any way.[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] In addition, one pro-homosexual commentator recently took the homosexual community to task for being racist in their practice of homosexuality.[43]
While not all homosexuals agree with the use of deceptive psychological tactics, these have been promoted by leading homosexual activists. The aforementioned book, After the Ball, is widely regarded as the handbook for the gay agenda, in which two Harvard-trained (homosexual) psychologists [44] Marshall Kirk (1957 - 2005) and Hunter Madsen (pen name Erastes Pill, who was also schooled in social marketing) advocated avoiding portraying gays as aggressive challengers, but as victims instead, while making all those who opposed them to be evil persecutors. As a means of the latter, they promoted jamming, in which Christians, traditionalists, or anyone else who opposes the gay agenda are publicly smeared. Their strategy was based on the premise that, "In any campaign to win over the public, gays must be portrayed as victims in need of protection so that straights will be inclined by reflex to adopt the role of protector. The purpose of victim imagery is to make straight people feel very uncomfortable."
"Jamming" homo-hatred (disagreement with homosexual behaviors) was to be done by linking it to Nazi horror, advised Kirk and Madsen. Associate all who oppose homosexuality with images of Klansmen demanding that gays be slaughtered, hysterical backwoods preachers, menacing punks, and a tour of Nazi concentration camps where homosexuals were tortured and gassed. Thus, "propagandistic advertisement can depict homophobic and homohating bigots as crude loudmouths..."[45][46]
Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes,
There can be no doubt that Christianity represents the greatest obstacle to the normalization of homosexual behavior. It cannot be otherwise, because of the clear biblical teachings concerning the inherent sinfulness of homosexuality in all forms, and the normativity of heterosexual marriage. In order to counter this obstacle, Kirk and Madsen advised gays to "use talk to muddy the moral waters, that is, to undercut the rationalizations that 'justify' religious bigotry and to jam some of its psychic rewards." How can this be done? "This entails publicizing support by moderate churches and raising serious theological objections to conservative biblical teachings." [The latter of which attempts homosexuality and biblical interpretation examine and expose.][47]
Kirk and Madsen's open admission of their deceptive tactics is noted as most revealing: [O]ur effect is achieved without reference to facts, logic, or proof. "...the person's beliefs can be altered whether he is conscious of the attack or not"[48] "The campaign we outline in this book, though complex, depends centrally upon a program of unabashed propaganda, firmly grounded in long-established principles of psychology and advertising."[49][50]
Similarly, author Robert Bauman additionally records: "It makes no difference that the ads are lies... because were using them to ethically good effect, to counter negative stereotypes that are every bit as much lies, and far more wicked ones."[51]
The need for Kirk and Madsen to engage in such manipulation may be seen as being due to their sober realization of the nature of the homosexual lifestyle.
"In short, the gay lifestyle - if such a chaos can, after all, legitimately be called a lifestyle - it just doesn't work: it doesn't serve the two functions for which all social framework evolve: to constrain people's natural impulses to behave badly and to meet their natural needs. While it's impossible to provide an exhaustive analytic list of all the root causes and aggravants of this failure, we can asseverate at least some of the major causes. Many have been dissected, above, as elements of the Ten Misbehaviors; it only remains to discuss the failure of the gay community to provide a viable alternative to the heterosexual family."[52]
David Kupelian, author of The Marketing of Evil, describes Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, stating,
Kirk and Madsen were not the kind of drooling activists that would burst into churches and throw condoms in the air. They were smart guys – very smart. Kirk, a Harvard-educated researcher in neuropsychiatry, work with the Johns Hopkins Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth and designed aptitude tests for adults with 200+ IQs. Madsen, with a doctorate in politics from Harvard, was an expert on public persuasion tactics and social marketing.[53]
Marshall Kirk died in 2005 at the age of 47.[54] The cause of death has not been publicly revealed.
Often cited as an early example of such tactics was the role of homosexual activists in persuading the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders (DSM-II). Dr. Ronald Bayer, though being himself a pro-homosexual psychiatrist, described this removal as being the result of power politics, threats, and intimidation, rather than any new scientific discoveries.[55] In so doing, like slavery before it, the homosexual agenda is seen to threaten basic freedoms, principally the First Amendment.[56]
The charge of homophobia has also been increasingly evidenced as being part of a means of intimidation used in promoting the homosexual agenda. Due to what homophobia has been made to denote, that of being a repressed homosexual, or possessing an irrational fear of being approached by homosexuals, or of being a bigot persecuting victims, the widespread use of the term "homophobic" attaches a powerful stigma to anyone who may even conscientiously oppose the practice of homosexuality, thus silencing many who might otherwise object to it.[57]
In relation to such oppression, psychologist Nicholas Cummings, former president of the American Psychological Association (APA), observed, "Homophobia as intimidation is one of the most pervasive techniques used to silence anyone who would disagree with the gay activist agenda." As an example of such fear within the APA, in addressing 100 fellow professionals Cummings related that while writing "Destructive Trends in Mental Health," with psychologist Rogers Wright, a number of fellow psychologists were invited to participate. However, these flatly turned them down, as they feared loss of tenure, loss of promotion, and other forms of professional retaliation. "We were bombarded by horror stories," Dr. Cummings said. "Their greatest fear was of the gay lobby, which is very strong in the APA.[58]
Noted homosexual activist and pornographer Clinton Fein, in his article, The Gay Agenda stated: "Homophobic inclinations alone, even without any actions, should be criminal and punishable to the full extent of the law."
Erik Holland, author of The Nature of Homosexuality, perceives that homosexuals have become so reckless in labeling others homophobic that "anyone who questions their labeling someone [is] a homophobe himself. Even quoting factual statistics about the connection between homosexuality and AIDS is allegedly homophobic." In addition, according to pro-homosexual author Vernon A. Wall, "even acceptance of homosexuality can be seen as a form of homophobia, because to talk about the acceptance of homosexuality is to imply that there is something about homosexuality that needs acceptance."[59]
It may be speculated that if the liberal use of the term homophobia is not primarily a psychological tactic, then it indicates a psychological condition on the part of those who use it in which they imagine that those who oppose them are fearful of them, or of being one.
Influence in the academic world
Professor Jerry Z. Muller described in an article titled First Things (Aug/Sept. 1993) how the homosexual lobby has gained widespread acceptance in the educational realm.
|[Their] strategy has been remarkably successful. With a rapidity largely attributable in large part to a total lack of articulate resistance, homosexual ideology has gained an unquestioned and uncontested legitimacy in American academic life. Within the academy, as within nonacademic elite culture, the definition of opposite to homosexuality as "homophobia - a definition which implies that it is impossible to give good reasons for the cultural disapproval of homosexuality - is the best evidence of the success of this strategy.[60]
Opposing Christian Agenda
Liberals are critical of Christian groups that oppose homosexuality. These criticisms include Christian activities of:
- Threatening to shut all the soup kitchens in New York if they cannot exclude homosexuals from employment [61]
- Encouraging email activism
- Producing and disseminating gay reform information
- Influencing local media in what stories they produce
- Lobbying local, state and federal government officials to vote in the desired way on pending legislation[62]
- Calling anyone who supports gay rights a 'sinner' or other untrue insults.
Opponents of the Homosexual Agenda
Some well known individuals/groups in the United States who actively oppose the homosexual agenda are: Focus on the Family, Peter LaBarbera's American's for Truth, the Traditional Values Coalition (Louis Sheldon is a chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition), and Matt Barber of Concerned Women of America.
Further reading
- Homosexuality and the Nazi Party by Scott Lively. Excellent discussion of the anti-Christian and homosexual origins of the Nazism.
- 2008 McDonald's and the Homosexual Agenda, Baptist Press
- Paul E. Rondeau, Selling homosexuality to America (PDF) Or html form
See also
- Anti-Defamation League
- Homosexual belief system
- Gay rights
- Homophobia
- Hate speech, Hate crime
- Homosexual logic, used to justify and promote the homosexual agenda
- Homosexuality
- Homosexuality and biblical interpretation
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Homosexualization
- ↑ "That Which is Unnatural" Homosexuality in Society, the Church, and Scripture Part Two in a Two-Part Series on Homosexuality, from the Christian Research Journal, Winter 1993, page 8
- ↑ Jeff Levi, in William Dannemeyer, Shadow in the Land (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1989), 86.
- ↑ Gays on the March," Time, 8 Sept. 1975, 43
- ↑ The Parker v. Hurley decision explained, "In January 2005, when Jacob Parker ("Jacob") was in kindergarten, he brought home a 'Diversity Book Bag.' This included a picture book, Who's in a Family?, which depicted different families, including single-parent families, an extended family, interracial families, animal families, a family without children, and — to the concern of the Parkers — a family with two dads and a family with two moms. The book concludes by answering the question, 'Who's in a family?': 'The people who love you the most!' The book says nothing about marriage."
- ↑ John Leo, "Heather Has a Message," U.S. News & World Report, 17 Aug. 1992, 16.
- ↑ http://www.defendthefamily.com/_docs/resources/6390601.pdf
- ↑ Toby Marotta: THE POLITICS OF HOMOSEXUALITY: HOW LESBIANS AND GAY MEN HAVE MADE THEMSELVES A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FORCE IN MODERN AMERICA, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1981 at 319
- ↑ See extensive reports in regular NARTH Bulletins as well as Ray Johnson, "American Psychology: The Political Science, at 53-57.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 After the Ball (1989), quoted from Winn, Pete (7-25-2003) [ Q&A: The Homosexual Agenda] Citizenlink
- ↑ After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's, by Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen (Author) (p. 152-153)
- ↑ Kirk, Marshall K. and Erastes Pill (11-1987) The Overhauling of Straight America Available at STRATEGIES OF THE HOMOSEXUAL MOVEMENT: "The Overhauling of Straight America"
- ↑ LAWRENCE et al. v. TEXAS at findlaw.com
- ↑ Lesbian activists at Smith College riot, shut down Ryan Sorba speech on "The Born Gay Hoax" as police watch. See exclusive videos. Mass Resistance
- ↑ Video:Silencing Christians
- ↑ Homosexuality: It's a Crime in England to State Christian Views
- ↑ Bishops fight for right to criticize homosexual lifestyle, 25th May 2009
- ↑ White, Hilary (04-21-2006) Court Upholds School Ban on "Homosexuality is Shameful" T-Shirt LifeSiteNews.com
- ↑ The Crimson Staff (10-13-2006) A Box of Their Own? (opinion) The Crimson
- ↑ www.afa.net, Homosexual Agenda Platforms from 1972 - 2000
- ↑ Pelosi, Nancy Office of (09-28-2004) Pelosi: "Hate Crimes Prevention Legislation is Right Thing to Do, Long Overdue" From the office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
- ↑ Boy Scouts of Am. v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000) (Boy Scouts); "Matlovich v. Secretary of the Air Force (591 F.2d 852, DC Circ. 1 978) (military)
- ↑ National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:Youth in the Crosshairs
- ↑ [http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/nondiscrimination/ENDA_main_page Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- ↑ Fox News - eHarmony to Provide Gay Dating Service after Lawsuit
- ↑ http://www.thetaskforce.org/activist_center/resources_and_tools/challenge_exgay
- ↑ http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/parenting_and_family
- ↑ Lewis v. Harris
- ↑ http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/01/new_hampshire_law_makes_same_sex_civil_unions_legal/
- ↑ firstname.lastname@example.com 6/24/2009 11:56 PM
- ↑ Miner, Homosexuality, Civil Rights, and the Church
- ↑ Speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
- ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/socialsciences/sellinghomosexuality.html
- ↑ http://www.article8.org/docs/gay_strategies/after_the_ball.htm
- ↑ http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89526
- ↑ http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08c/Prop8/church_attacks.html
- ↑ http://rebuildtheparty.ning.com/video/exodus-protest-park-street
- ↑ http://theway2k.vox.com/library/post/homosexuals-persecuting-christians-and-mormons.html
- ↑ http://www.hamiltonsquare.net/articlesRiotsSep1993.htm
- ↑ http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/may/08050205.html
- ↑ http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=95296
- ↑ Muehlenberg, Bill, Another Nail in the Christian Coffin, 4 June 2009
- ↑ Loud homosexual activists disrupt and halt Don Feder speech at UMass Amherst, despite police presence"
- ↑ LZ Granderson, Commentary: Gay is not the new black, Cable News Network,July 16, 2009
- ↑ http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,152180,00.html
- ↑ http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/mbarber/080213
- ↑ http://www.article8.org/docs/gay_strategies/after_the_ball.htm
- ↑ After the Ball--Why the Homosexual Movement Has Won, Thursday, June 3rd, 2004
- ↑ After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90s, p. 152-153 (1989, Doubleday/Bantam)
- ↑ Kirk and Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of the Gay's in the 90s, p.xxvi
- ↑ Behavior and Not a Person
- ↑ The Gentleman from Maryland: The Conscience of a gay Conservative, by Robert Bauman, 1986, page 163.
- ↑ Kirk and Madsen, After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of the Gay's in the 90s, p.363
- ↑ http://pearl-diving.blogspot.com/2009/01/sold-on-homosexuality-marketing-of-evil.html
- ↑ http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=134544248
- ↑ Exposed: The Myth That Psychiatry Has Proven That Homosexual Behavior Is Normal
- ↑ Adams, Guy (11-8-2008) Mormon stars face backlash after gay marriage ban The Independent
- ↑ [http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/1995papers/socarides.html Thought Reform And The Psychology of Homosexual Advocacy Charles W. Socarides, M.D.]
- ↑ [Psychology Losing Scientific Credibility, Say APA Insiders http://www.narth.com/docs/insiders.html]
- ↑ http://www.homosexinfo.org/Homophobia/HomePage
- ↑ Homosexuality, by F. Earle Fox, David W. Virtue, p. 12
- ↑ [1]Salvation Army Uses Homeless To Fight Gay Benefits
- ↑ Concerned Women For America About page


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Okay... so here is goes, my first daring bakers challenge: Vegan lavash with a balsamic basil onion relish and lemon humus. Truthfully I must admit I was a little disappointed with this challenge. I was hoping for something a little more exciting. Love the idea though, something I probably would have never thought to make, but also a great way to get everyone to try it vegan style. I must say these were pretty good, (I followed the recipe on the DB page) especially with the onion relish... yum. But I don't think mine are authentic because they, probably knowing I didn't roll them thin enough, turned out more like a hard pita. Loved them either way and so did the fam, I would make them again!
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Other attempts from food and product photography class.... more fake ice cream, I think this one is my favorite shot and the jello balloons with a neatly placed coconut shine mark. The jello balloons were an attempt at a kids packaging design lesson and well the fake ice cream is just so neat! If you want to try making something with jello, just add less water it gives it a more solid texture, therefor its easier to use with a cookie cutter to make shapes.
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SHF: so horribly fantastic, lemon strawberry little cakes .....mmmm
This is my contribution to SHF, sugar high fridays. Yes, there is a lot of bad cupcakes out there, they may look pretty, but once you bite into them... disappointment dawns. It saddens me, such a pretty thing being so bad. So I've tried something new. Now these are simple, as I wanted to keep, and absolutely yummy of course... that is what we're going for here! These lemon strawberry cupcakes are simple and well surprising. I wanted to keep the white icing look, but its not just vanilla buttercream frosting, its strawberry vanilla buttercream. I got my little hands on some candy flavorings and decided to try them out. I thought they would have that bitter fake taste you some times get, you all know what I'm talking about, but I was wrong.
lemon cupcakes
31/2 cups all-purpose flour
2tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
1cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2tsp real vanilla extract
3 eggs
250ml sour cream
2tsp shredded lemon peel
strawberry buttercream frosting
1 cup unsalted butter
6 to 8 cups icing sugar
1/2 milk
1tsp vanilla extract
4-5 drops strawberry flavoring
Add all ingredients into a mixing bowl and beat until smooth and creamy (3-5min)
Preheat oven 350. In a large bowl, beat butter in a electric mixer on high speed until smooth. Add sugar, vanilla and beat until mixed. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Add flour mixture and sour cream alternately while continuing to beat. This batter is thick, stir in lemon peel. Makes approx 2 dozen or more.
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chocolate pots et frangelico
Lets just say I was craving chocolate.... I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to make anything, but I did manage to fit in some time to indulge my sweet tooth. I found these little shot glasses I thought would look perfect filled with something sweet so hence why these little chocolate pots were born. I must say they are a little too sinful, dark chocolate, cream and the hit of frangelico. I do love that little hint of hazelnut. These look great and are dead easy to make.
chocolate pots
200g good quality chocolate
1 cup cream
2 egg yolks
knob of salted butter
2 tbsp frangelico*
heat cream in a sauce pan over medium heat untill simmering. Add chocolate till melted and the cream turns into a fantastic chocolatey goodness, add eggs stirring constantly, then add butter and liquor stir until smooth and creamy... yum! Pour into little cups and chill for at least a few hours. Makes about 6, as I used little shot glasses.
*You can use just about any liquor that suits you're taste buds: brandy, kahlua and fruit flavors work really nice.
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In late May of 1979 Jimmy Carter was president. The Oscar went to The Deer Hunter as "Best Movie". A first class postage stamp was 15 cents. Saturday Night Fever won the Grammy as "Best Album".
And Grand Canyon College, which was under the guidance of the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention, had a rule against consumption of alcoholic beverages. Apparently in the excitement of beating Sam Houston State in the Area 2 finals to earn a World Series berth that rule was forgotten. Photos of the Antelopes enjoying a taste of the bubbly were published in a Phoenix newspaper. The leadership of the school informed the NAIA that Grand Canyon College, the No. 1-rated team in the country, would not be attending the World Series due to the rules violation.
The NAIA first asked Sam Houston State to fill the void, but the school was on the semester system and the players had gone their separate ways for the summer.
The door then quickly opened for the Bisons. Lipscomb, which had lost to Birmingham Southern 6-3 in the Area 5 finals at historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., was on the quarter system. The World Series was being played at Greer Stadium, a then brand new minor league field in Nashville. They also had the right pedigree since they were the 1977 NAIA National Champion.
The NAIA made the decision to make the Bisons the first team to ever play in the national tournament as the result of an invitation.
"In essence, a little bit of the pressure was off," said pitcher Mark Roberts, a senior and team captain for the 1979 team. "We had pressure going into the Area 5 Tournament and we had the disappointment of being put out. When we went into the national tournament we decided we were going to have fun. We went in relaxed and played really well.
"We were a pretty young team, but we had pitching and we had hitting. There were no superstars. But there were a lot of stars. There was not any one person who carried the team. No matter who was on the mound or who was at bat somebody was going to come through."
It took 30 years for the Bisons to get their rings, but they still had the confident attitude that helped them win the 1979 National Championship. As extra bonuses they also received reproductions of their road jerseys and hats from that season.
The hair on their heads may have been grayer and thinner and their bodies might have been thicker, but they still had the hearts of champions.
Duke Dickerson, a pitcher for the 1979 team, took a look at the Belmont baseball team, the Bisons opponent for the reunion weekend, and quipped, "Let's put on our uniforms and play these guys. I know we can beat them."
In the days after losing in the Area 5 Tournament the Bisons coach Ken Dugan had bemoaned the lack of depth on his team. The 20-man roster featured four seniors, four juniors, eight sophomores and four freshmen.
Despite the overall youth, the Bisons felt they could beat anyone. They entered the World Series ranked fourth in the NAIA. They had been given a second chance. They were playing with found money and they were ready to cash in on their good fortune.
"As seniors we were thinking about graduating and what we were going to do next," said Roberts. "All of a sudden we got the call and we all looked at each other and said, `hey we can do this'. We knew how talented we were."
While the move to add Lipscomb was popular with Nashville-area baseball fans there were many NAIA coaches who were openly critical of the decision.
"I realized when the offer was made there would be some people who wouldn't like it," said Dugan to Nashville Banner reporter Tom Robinson. "It would have been very foolish for us to turn down the NAIA's tournament offer."
The sudden extension of the season forced team manager Chris Snoddy to do some quick work. He had already sent the uniforms to Ralph's Cleaners, located across from the campus. When he asked for them back he was told that he would have to wait until a newspaper photographer arrived.
"The uniforms were dirty and muddy," said Snoddy. "I was happy I didn't have to wash them because we always sent them to the dry cleaner at the end of the season. When I got them back they had not been cleaned so I had to wash them anyway.
"I remember that from the time the announcement was made it was just pure adrenalin throughout the team. They were ready to go."
Roberts, who works in human resources for General Motors, was thrilled to get the opportunity to play in a few more college games.
"A lot of players had already checked out for the summer mentally and physically," said Roberts. "We had a rule that there was no facial hair on the team. I already had grown a mustache. When Coach Dugan looked at me he said that is coming off.
"He wasn't smiling when he said it. I knew he meant business."
It was also a second chance for at least on player. Reggie Whittemore, who went on to play in the minors for the Boston Red Sox, had been what could best be described as a season-long slump.
"My best year was 1978 with 18 home runs," said Whittemore, who oversees the Metro Nashville RBI program. "I made All-America that year. The 1979 season was the worst that I had."
A couple of days before the NAIA World Series began Dugan decided to address Whittemore's hitting problems.
"Coach Dugan and I were the only people standing in the locker room," said Whittemore. "One moment the locker room was crowded. Then next minute it was just the two of us. It was like it was planned.
"Coach Dugan got real close to me and asked, `What's the matter with you chief? What's wrong? Why aren't you hitting the ball?' He yelled at me for about eight minutes."
Whittemore responded to Dugan's talk. He hit a solo home run to give the Bisons a 3-2 win over St. Xavier in the opening game of the World Series. They also rolled by Wisconsin-LaCrosse 12-2 and High Point 6-3. Their only loss in the double-elimination tournament was a 3-2 decision against Point Park College from Pittsburgh. And Whittemore ended the series with seven hits.
"Coach Dugan was very inspiring," said Whittemore. " He had unorthodox ways of getting to people. He was an amazing man."
In the championship game pitcher Kal Koenig was called on in the seventh inning and struck out seven of nine batters to seal the 5-4 win over High Point. Koenig was rewarded as the World Series MVP, but he might have owed a portion of that trophy to his catcher, Steve Liddle.
"Kal struck out the last hitter from High Point on a 90-plus miles per hour fastball for the last out but there was a little behind the scenes drama leading up to that final pitch," said Liddle, the bench coach for the Minnesota Twins. "As I got into my stance and started sequencing through my signs to the pitcher Kal kept shaking his head no.
I went out to the mound and asked Kal what he was thinking and he says he wants to throw this guy a changeup. "I said, `Kal are you crazy? You are throwing the ball by this guy and now you want to throw him a changeup? We are going to throw this guy a fastball and that's that!' I get behind the dish, Kal throws a fastball by this guy and the rest is history."
During the celebration and pile up of players at the end of the game, Liddle heard a voice through the pandemonium.
"Kal said, `I love you man'," said Liddle. "Then he asked for the game ball. What a guy."
Ironically, the Bisons accepted the National Championship trophy from Dave Brazell, the coach of Grand Canyon College.
Once they left the field there was a toast to the win. There were soft drinks and watermelon all around.


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Bariloche-based designer Manuel Rapoport has built himself a stunning studio house clad in used tomato can tiles in the midst of Patagonia's dense wilderness. The shiny house was built with tins leftover from local bars and restaurants, which are preserved with a protective coat of varnish every 6 years. "Manu", the designer-maker, has always been interested in recycling and the use of readily available resources – he says "I don't need to use titanium to have my very own Guggenheim, I can use tomato tins."
Manu probably got his love for nature and green building practices from his dad, a very respected Argentine ecologist who has written books and white papers on foraging for wild weeds. When he set out to build a studio and house for his children, the designer created hundreds of metallic tomato tin tiles using a simple folding technique he developed with the help of a blacksmith friend. A total of 700 tomato tins covered the house, acting as a protective shield against the wind and snow. Over time they will develop a patina of rust and blend in with their surroundings. Glass whiskey bottles were also recycled into small square windows to let the light in while insulating the house during long Patagonian winters.
Inhabitat spoke with the designer, and he was keen to spread his message on social design and house building through recycling:
"This is not for teaching poverty-stricken people how to make their houses with scrap, they do not want poor looking houses, so they work very hard to afford the cheapest most standard materials to build their own houses. The middle classes are the ones that should be experimenting with this kind of problem solving. Because they can inspire and encourage those people". He continued, "The government should be the first [entity] interested in these kind of practices, they should transmit simple DIY ideas for people to adopt them and be more self-sustaining".
Take a look at the eco-design objects that Manuel Rapoport creates from local materials and processes, in partnership with business partner Martín Sabattini at Designo Patagonia.
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Do What Moves You
Recently I was motivated to start using Google+ (I know, me, using social media, who would have thought it!)
So far it's pretty quiet in there, but what I have found are a few people taking the most amazing pictures of the city I live in, London. I kept seeing them and being blown away by the powerful images of the most ordinary things. Just seeing how the view of a lamp, rooftop, or looking up at a skyscraper seemed to hold a new beauty.
I see many of the things that people are photographing, almost every day. But there was something about these pictures that inspired me. So I started taking my own photos. If I found myself spotting something that made me notice it, I would stop, think about what it was that I was drawn to and then try to capture that essence. I wasn't trying to take a snapshot, I wanted to point out the one thing that drew me in. Often this would actually be the clouds behind the scene I was looking at. There is something very unique about the clouds in the UK. So you'll see in many of my pictures that clouds feature prominently.
What I found the most interesting was when I found something that really moved me, it would more often than not, move others. It was like I had suddenly tapped into a new connection, not only with myself, but the others around me.
One comment that really interested me was "I wish I could take pictures like that!" to which I replied, "You can! Just take lots of pictures of things that move you and post the best ones."
He now goes for walks with his children, with one specific reason. To find things of beauty and capture them on his mobile phone.
Join me on Google+ and share what moves you, too.


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Math Educators Gather in Denver; Much Focus on Common Core
The common-core standards appear to be the star attraction at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics this week, as more than 7,500 math educators gather here in snowy Colorado (yes, it's been snowing!) to share ideas, discuss and debate, and choose among hundreds of sessions offered over several days.
Just sifting through page after page of the program guide, which lists and briefly describes all the sessions, took me about an hour. On virtually every page, I found one or more sessions explicitly focused on the math standards adopted by 45 states.
The program offers a helpful glimpse into what's on the minds of math educators these days, and of some of the interesting work afoot around the country. (The common-core topic that seems to get the most attention is the Standards for Mathematical Practice. It's worth noting here that those standards have much in common with NCTM's own process standards.)
Below I'll highlight the names of a dozen or so that especially caught my eye.
Before I do, one thing that struck me is that if the common core is the star attraction of this NCTM meeting, gauging by the guide, STEM education most decidedly is not. For all the talk I hear of STEM among policymakers and educators, I was a little surprised that it gets only an occasional mention. I'll have to ask folks here about that and what it means.
Without further ado, here's a sampling of NCTM sessions this week:
• How Do You Know? Teaching Children to Reason Mathematically
• Incredible Math Tasks: Developing the Standards for Mathematical Practice
• Summing It Up: What We Know About the New Assessments
• Early Algebra: How Soon Is Too Soon?
• International Perspectives on Preparing Math Teachers
• Reimagining High School Geometry
• Moneyball in the Classroom: Using Baseball to Teach Statistics
• Common Core State Standards: Lessons and Activities Based on Great Literature
• NASA's Exploring Space Through Algebra I
• The Mathematics of 'Angry Birds' (Who can resist a session with that title?)
• Assessing Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice: Challenges and Opportunities
• Connecting the Visual Arts to Mathematics With Paul Klee Masterpieces
• Keeping It Real: Teaching Math Through Real-World Topics
• Modeling: Investigating a Unique Design of the Common Core State Standards
• Using Public Policy to Promote Writing in the Math Classroom
• Statistical Reasoning in the Middle School
• Math and Geography: Using Google Earth to Investigate Mathematics
As interesting as so many of these sessions (and others) sound, to me the real opportunity of this conference is to speak with math educators around the country and find out what's on their minds. I'll be especially interested to hear their stories "from the trenches" on the early days of implementing the math common core. How's it going? What do they like? What do they dislike? Are they getting the support they need? Are things much different in their classrooms? Do they believe the standards, if implemented with fidelity, will set their schools on a pathway to improve students' experience of math?
I'll also be curious as to whether many folks are paying attention to the new "publishers' criteria" for the math standards that I recently wrote about. In addition, I'm wondering to what extent the Next Generation Science Standards released last week are on the radar of math educators. I know the standards-writers were thinking about math, and include with the document explicit links to relevant math common-core standards.
Stay tuned for more reporting from Denver on what I learn.


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2010 Referee Week In Review - Week 18
The usssoccer.com Referee Week in Review is designed to address the issues facing referees at all levels by using video highlights from professional games as well as the U.S. National Teams. Written by U.S. Soccer Director of Referee Development Paul Tamberino and U.S. Soccer Manager of Assessment and Training Brian Hall, the Referee Week in Review will highlight specific areas of focus and current U.S. Soccer initiatives designed to improve performance and aid in the development of officials across the country.
Week In Review 2010
Week 18 – Ending August 1, 2010
This version of the "Week In Review†will examine two missed foul decisions that impacted games. One decision is from a PDL playoff game and leads to the tying goal (to force overtime), while the second is from an MLS match and results in the awarding of a penalty kick. We will review both decisions as it is crucial that referees are able to interpret the fouls correctly and take the correct action to ensure game influencing decisions such as these two are avoided. Finally, a challenge that meets all the criteria for excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent will be reviewed.
Week In Review Podcast: For each "Week In Review,†U.S. Soccer produces a related podcast that covers the topics of the week.
Foul or Not?: Law 12 – Fouls and Misconduct
Player offenses can be classified into three classifications according to the Laws of the Game. Match officials need to understand these classifications and their associated definitions in order to correctly interpret challenges and ensure the right punishment is handed out by the referee team.
According to the Laws of the Game, foul tackles fall within one of three classifications:
Careless: No formal disciplinary action is required – foul only (direct free kick)
From the Law: "The player has shown a lack of attention or consideration when making a challenge or that he acted without precaution.†In other words, the player has not exercised due caution in making a play. This is normally exhibited as a miscalculation of strength or a stretch of judgment by the player committing the foul. Depending upon the severity of the "careless†tackle, a strong admonishment may be required.
Reckless: A yellow card is required (direct free kick)
From the Law: "The player has acted with complete disregard to the danger to, or the consequences for, his opponent.†This means the challenge is clearly outside the norm for fair play. The more severe the "reckless†tackle, the more the referee needs to consider a strong admonishment (broadcast message) to accompany the displaying of the yellow card.
Excessive Force: A red card is required (direct free kick)
From the Law: "The player has far exceeded the necessary use of force and is in danger of injuring his opponent.†In these situations, the challenge places the opponent in considerable danger of bodily harm. Keys are that the player faces injury and his safety is endangered.
These classifications are guidelines for match officials. For them to be implemented correctly, referees must:
- Be well positioned with a clear view of offenses.
- Possess a feel for the game and what the game requires or players require at that moment. An understanding of the "big picture†is vital when making decisions that provide officiating teams "options.â€
- At time, seek assistance from fellow match officials when they are not 100 percent certain or their assistant may have a better line of vision.
This clip involves a reckless challenge by the player in the orange jersey that goes unpunished and the ensuring play results in the awarding of a penalty kick. The focus of this clip is not on the penalty kick and potential punishment therefore but on how a missed foul can lead to a critical game situation.
The referee is seemingly in a good position to see the challenge in this clip. He is 15 or so yards away from the tackle with a good view. Being in a good position must be supplemented by a feel for the game and an understanding of the classifications of fouls. In this situation, the player in the orange jersey commits a reckless tackle that must be accompanied by a caution for unsporting behavior. What factors make this a reckless tackle:
- The tackler (orange jersey) leaves both feet.
- The tackler fails to make contact with the ball.
- The fouled player (blue jersey) has to stop his run for the ball as he sees the upcoming reckless tackle. By stopping his run, the fouled player lessens the force of the tackle.
- The tackle is not part of the "norm for play.â€
- The tackler makes the challenge with "complete disregard to the danger or consequences†to his opponent. Consider the "area of contact†by the tackler. The tackler is fortunate that the "mode of contact†was with the top of the foot and not with the exposed cleats which would have increased the likelihood of excessive force.
Given these factors, the referee must stop play and award a direct free kick to the fouled player's team.
Observe, at 20:15 of the clip, how the fourth official attempts to visually get the referee's attention by taking a positive step of moving along the touchline and making a subtle hand/arm gesture. The fourth official displays good teamwork and feel for the game. By moving along the touchline, the fourth official attempts to stay in the line of vision (or peripheral vision) of the referee for as long as possible thereby increasing the likelihood of the referee seeing/sensing his urgency.
Overall, the referee must see and feel this challenge. Since the challenge occurs in direct view of the fourth official, the referee should not hesitate to make eye contact with the fourth official. This is important as the manner in which the challenge is committed should provide the referee with a "gut†feeling that something outside of a normal, fair challenge has occurred. This "gut†feeling should lead the referee to briefly look to the well-positioned fourth official for some silent input.
Note: Fourth officials should look for positive ways to convey information to referees during the run of play especially when communication devices are not available or not functioning. Visual signals to the referee can be effective tools in communicating the fourth official's perspective. These visual tools should be subtle and not done in a manner that usurps the referee's authority. Urgency in body movement or gestures (outside the normal fourth official stand-at-attention look) by the fourth official can convey a message to the referee without drawing too much attention from the technical areas or spectators.
In this regional semifinal of the USL PDL league, a goal is scored from the free kick and challenge on the goalkeeper with approximate five minutes left in the second overtime. This goal ties the game and the teams go to kicks from the penalty mark to determine which team will advance.
There are several factors or flash points that make this a "careless†challenge and require that the referee give the defending team a direct free kick:
- The attacker initiates the contact. The attacker jumps into the goalkeeper, not straight up. The goalkeeper, on the other hand, has a set position waiting for the ball to come down and jumps straight up. Image 1 shows how the attacker's contact is forcing the goalkeeper's body to move to the right thus influencing his ability to play the ball. This is a miscalculation of strength and judgment on the part of the attacker. The strength of the jump into the keeper influences the keeper's ability to play the ball.
- The attacker's right arm goes up and into the goalkeeper on the same side the keeper is attempting to play the ball. Image 1 as well as the video clip illustrate how the arm of the attacker in negatively impacting the goalkeeper's opportunity to play the ball.
- The attacker never plays the ball. Although the attacker is looking at the ball, he is required to play it and cannot prevent his opponent from playing it. The timing of the attacker's jump results in miscalculation and is a misjudgment of the timing resulting in the attacker not playing the ball.
The referee must award a direct free kick for the goalkeeper's team and disallow the goal as a "careless†foul has occurred.
Aside from reading the flash points of the challenge and understanding the application of a "careless†challenge, the referee could have created a more optimal line of vision to the play by taking a better position at the taking of the free kick restart. By starting wider, with fewer players outside of his vision and to his left, the referee has more options to adjust his position as the ball travels to the drop zone over the approximately 50 yards. This position is a more flexible as it gives the referee a better opportunity to adjust his position and maintain the optimal line of vision. By moving as the ball is played, the referee can ensure he has a clear, unobstructed view of the drop zone.
Communication: The "Old School Wayâ€
Long before there were beeper flags and communication devices to aid in managing soccer games, officials relied on visual cues and verbal exchanges to communicate and send messages as the game required. It is vital to ensure that, with the introduction of beeper flags and communication devices, match officials do not forget the importance of "old school†tools to aid in communicating. Remember, technology can break down and cease to function or fail to communicate the full message. Technology has provided very useful tools but it is not fail proof.
When sending a message, especially a critical message, do not assume it has been received unless there is a confirmation returned. Use of visual and face-to-face verbal exchanges can be critical in supplementing technology. A few examples:
- A communication system may be functioning properly but the referee is faced with so much commotion that the referee does not hear what is being communicated. Use of visual indications by the assistant referee (AR) can help get the referee's attention. Move to a location that is better seen by the referee (in his line of vision). Even a quick shout of the referee's name may be able to get his attention.
- A foul occurs that requires some form of misconduct and the foul is clearly observed by the AR or fourth official. The fastest method to communicate is the silent visual signal of patting the appropriate pocket. This can be an instantaneous message and does not require the effort to send a message via technology.
- A challenge occurs that the referee is uncertain is a foul or not. Instead of trying to communicate electronically, quick eye contact with the nearside AR or fourth official and then a responding nod or shake of the head or a hand gesture can quickly and efficient send a message as to whether the foul needs to be called or not. Clip 1 provides an appropriate example of this type of communication.
If an AR has vital, game critical information for the referee and is uncertain whether the referee is making visual contact or is hearing them through the communication devices, they should not rely on technology. An alternative method would be for the AR to isolate himself in an area where the referee has an unobstructed view, sending a "silent signal†to the referee. During this time, eye contact with the referee should be as constant as the situation permits. Calling the referee's name out may also aid in getting the referee's attention. The referee must also grasp the opportunity to make visual contact with the AR since, just the players' reactions, send a message that something else may have occurred.
Note: The various modes of communication and the effective use of each should be addressed in the referee's pregame meeting. The referee team should address topics like the processes behind getting the referee's attention when the AR or fourth official has important information.
U.S. Soccer's 2009 directive entitled "Assistant Referee Involvement†should be referenced for more advice and the handling of "game critical†situations.
"Week In Review 9†and "Week In Review 13†both addressed the concept of mode of contact and area of contact in evaluating challenges/tackles to measure whether they meet the excessive force criteria.
The tackle in this clip, clearly meets the criteria for "excessive force†not only in terms of the aggressive nature and speed (lunging at the opponent) but in terms of the mode of contact (hard surface of the cleats) and the area of contact (direct contact above the ball to the shin). The referee must recognize that the challenge should be punished with a red card for serious foul play. Images 2 and 3 provide a clear depiction of the seriousness of the tackle.
In this case, the AR clearly sees the tackle and has a red card. The AR is using the communication device to alert the referee of his perspective. Unfortunately, the referee is not receiving the message. After attempting to get the referee's attention via technology and having received no confirmation, the AR should move to a position where he is in the line of sight of the referee and not obstructed by players. The AR can call out the referee's name to aid in getting his attention. Taking one or two steps onto the field may be needed as a last resort if that will improve the referee's ability to see you.
Once the referee has made eye contact and recognizes the urgency in the ARs body language, the AR should motion for the referee and encourage a quick conference and exchange of information. At this point, the AR should communicate the appropriate information and, then, leave the final decision to the referee. This solution incorporates the "old school†techniques of visual messages and face-to-face verbal communication.
In this clip, play is stopped and the referee team has sufficient time to communicate visually and verbally. This is an opportune time for the referee to make eye contact with all members of the officiating crew.
Looking Forward – Week 19
Communication. Effective communication. For communication to be effective, it must be received and understood. If it is not received, then other methods of sending the message must be explored. The sender needs to have a confirmation to ensure the message is received. Most often the confirmation comes with a verbal or visual response back but it can also be sent via action – the referee changing a decision or making the decision communicated by the AR or fourth official. Do not assume a message has been received unless you have a confirmation. This is vital in dealing with "game critical†issues but is also important when the timing of the situation permits a message to be sent without negatively affecting the game.