CRISIS OF OUR TIME by Gary L. Morella

he crises of modern civilization have one underlying current. Their genesis is rooted in the confusion of "genuine authentic freedom", the freedom to do what we ought, with "license", the freedom to do what we want. This confusion is absolutely necessary for the protagonists of "radical everything" if they are to succeed in seducing the masses into believing the atheistic gospel that true happiness is found only in the "here-and-now" as opposed to the "here-after" - masses that have been primed expressly for this purpose via indoctrination masking as education. Regardless of whether we're talking about radical sexuality, feminism, literary criticism also known as deconstructionism, or any of the other "radicals" as characterized by the worst excesses of political correctness, this seminal truth that freedom is license for the disciples of the endarkenment becomes their "first principle" is ushering in a new world order where the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is replaced with the god in the mirror. This explains the animus of liberal ideologues towards Holy Mother Church who makes them uncomfortable with their vices by holding them to a higher Truth which is a Somebody, not a something.

The resulting culture wars for our souls and the souls of our children have orthodox Roman Catholics as the "fifth column" within and outside of a Church being assailed on all fronts because it dares to remind man of the end to which he was created. They are isolated and marginalized not only by the secularists but also, in some cases, by their very own dioceses which are more concerned with self-esteem than salvation thereby allying themselves with the "father-of-lies" who demands rendering more to Caesar than what Caesar is owed. The clever deception is that "c"atholicism with a small "c" is tolerated because it is reduced to being indistinguishable from any other member of a national council of churches or interfaith alliances by bishops who have forgotten the reason for their vocation, to uncompromisingly preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to get souls to Heaven instead of Hell. As a result, the Church due to religious indifferentism becomes nothing more than a narcotic to mollify the masses in buying in to the atheistic philosophy that unrestricted freedom for the autonomous unencumbered self is the panacea for the "disease that is Christianity", a phrase rearing its ugly head as acceptable in the modern world. It is worth noting that many of these indistinguishable churches holding membership in the aforementioned councils or alliances have now called for the teaching of unrestricted sex-ed, the teaching that homosexuality is perfectly normal, and the acceptability of contraception and abortion for grades K-12. They have done this with the blessings of SIECUS, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States which has dedicated itself over the past 35 years to providing sex education to school systems, promoting "family planning" clinics, and attempting to influence policy makers to echo their efforts under the guise of "sexuality education" and "sexual health." In fact, a SIECUS representative gave her imprimatur to the action of these churches in a recent national media report. The SIECUS goals follow:

  • Beginning with children in kindergarten, this comprehensive program starts by teaching the SIECUS idea of beliefs and values, identity and roles in "families." The program progresses as the children become older and concentrates on biological development of the human body, developing values based on "sexual attitudes," relationships with members of both sexes, "sexual health," sexual behavior and cultures effect on "sexuality."

  • During the sexuality course, children are taught that sex and sexuality are not constrained within the boundaries formed by a wedding band. According to SIECUS, "sexually healthy" relationships are defined by five characteristics that apply to any type of relationship (married, single, heterosexual or homosexual): It is consensual, non-exploitive, honest, mutually pleasurable, and protected against unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

    So, according to the standard set by SIECUS, a "one night stand" would be defined as a "sexually healthy" relationship if it meets the above five criteria. SIECUS totally ignores the skyrocketing STD rates, in particular with teens. The SIECUS solution is more sex-ed, of course - the very culprit responsible for this tragedy as evidenced by what's happening worldwide where there is a direct correlation with sex-ed and STD's, teen, and sadly, pre-teen pregnancies and abortions. (Abortion is forced contraception.) This is the inevitable result when contraception replaces abstinence in sex-ed gone mad programs run by the state where our youngest children are denied a latent period of innocence to which they are entitled.

    The followers of SIECUS should reference the October 1994 issue of Atlantic Monthly, which debunks the claims of sex educators on the success of their K-12 curricula based on their OWN statistics. More recent statistics reinforce the truth of that Atlantic Monthly article. Calling for more sex-ed ala SIECUS is like telling Pickett at Gettysburg to wait until 200 more Union cannon arrive before charging Cemetery Ridge.

    SIECUS-based sex-ed programs used in our public schools (and sadly filtering into our parochial schools) are rooted in the well known criminal fraud of the Kinsey Report. Valid sex-ed can be taught in one period, abstinence emulating the call to chastity by a loving God. The consequences for ignoring same ought to be very clear even to the most adamant of unbelievers - it's a matter of life and death.

    There are not many career Russian Roulette players populating this planet. Vigilance is the watchword for parents. The Roman Catholic Pontifical Council for the Family's document on Human Sexuality is your sword to stand up for your God-given rights against the usurpation of parental authority regarding the education of your children.

    At the Monday Jan 10, 2000 State College PA Area School Board meeting representatives from the local YMCA made a presentation to the board calling for a drug and alcohol awareness school program for children ages 3-8. Yes, that's right, children ages 3-8. The name of the program was BABES patterned after the DARE program for older students. [Note: There have been problems with DARE as parents have complained that their child's natural curiousity about drugs was excited when it otherwise might not have been. What's wrong with saying that a particular behavior is bad without going into detail regarding how the behavior is practiced? This is a straw-man surfacing in private and parochial schools who say "we can't teach that homosexuality is bad without giving the sordid details about how homosexuality is practiced." Many of the public schools have reached the point where homosexuality is considered a normal sexual activity so the question of good or bad, right or wrong is never permitted.]

    I ask a simple question. Why, in the name of sanity, do such young children have to be exposed to societies ills when their primary concern should be just growing up? The age of reason is commonly understood to be attained at approximately 7 or 8 years of age. That is unless you're a liberal ideologue whereupon you will never attain the age of reason in your lifetime.

    These so-called churches, by their acquiescence of SIECUS goals, have forfeited any claim to being theistic as they have confused freedom with license which is synonymous with atheism. They are churches in name only. In reality they are tools of the state in the worst tradition of Marxist socialism which worshipped dialectical materialism. The irony is that while totalitarianism has traditionally been the enemy of the west because of the citizen being slave to the state, its modern analog is freedom as license which makes man slave to his appetites.

    In essence, one form of totalitarianism has been exchanged for another with the consequences just as severe. This author, a member of the faculty at a major university, responded to the call for unrestricted admittance of homosexuals into the military by quoting the clear teaching of the Catholic Church on this matter and the research of professional organizations such as NARTH, The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, that do not believe that homosexuality, sadism, masochism, and pedophilia are no longer disorders as do some of their well known and well publicized counterparts. This response given in full below was in answer to an op-ed in the University paper which equated sexual perversion with civil rights.

    "The call for 'gay' admission to the military does not make sense in light of professional organizations like the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) holding that 'homosexuality is not a natural alternative lifestyle; rather 1) it is a developmental disorder, 2) its causes and predictors are very well documented, 3) it is treatable in adulthood, 4) it is highly associated with self-defeating and self destructive behaviors, pathology, and maladaptation, and 5) the four previous points have been politically buried or denied.' This statement is in stark contrast to the American Psychiatric's Association's creation of the psychologically normal homosexual, sadist, masochist, and pedophile by telling us that these former disorders are now perfectly acceptable.

    "As reported by NARTH, The American Psychiatric Association redefined 'former disorders' in their diagnostic manual (DSM-IV). 'A person no longer has a psychological disorder simply because he molests children. Now he must also feel anxious about the molestation, or be impaired in his work or social relationships.' Per NARTH, sadism and masochism are only considered disordered for the same reasons.

    "Retired senior military officers Thursday criticized Vice President Al Gore's demand that, as president, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff must be pro-homosexual, saying such a litmus test would politicize the nation's top military advisers.

    "They also warned it would diminish the pool of future leaders since most four-star generals and admirals support a ban on open homosexuality to protect unit cohesion.

    "Retired Gen. Charles Horner, the top Air Force officer in Operation Desert Storm, said litmus tests should not be imposed on an issue for which there are rational reasons to oppose a homosexual-friendly military.

    "'I do think it's unfortunate he would choose that issue as a litmus test,' Gen. Horner said. 'It could cause you to lose people who are great leaders. I just wonder who talked him into this one because it's stupid. But he has every right to do that.'

    "Colin Powell, the former Joint Chiefs chairman, told Congress in 1992 that homosexual conduct 'is inconsistent with maintaining good order and discipline.' 'It's difficult in a military setting where there is no privacy ... to introduce a group of individuals who favor a homosexual lifestyle and put them in with heterosexuals who would prefer not to have somebody of the same sex find them sexually attractive,' he said. 'I think that's a very difficult problem to give the military. I think it would be prejudicial to good order and discipline to try to integrate that into the current military structure.'

    "It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from society wherever it occurs. It reveals a kind of disregard for others which endangers the most fundamental principles of a healthy society. The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in word, in action and in law. But the proper reaction to crimes committed against homosexual persons should not be to claim that the homosexual condition is not disordered. When such a claim is made and when homosexual activity is consequently condoned, or when civil legislation is introduced to protect behavior to which no one has any conceivable right, society at large should not be surprised when other distorted notions and practices gain ground, and irrational and violent reactions increase.

    "The military is not a day-care center for people suffering from developmental disorders as the concept of readiness to meet world crises in defense of the country would become moot."

    The University paper printed a response wherein the writer made the following comment.

    "Many students will be terribly upset about this and some will write enraged responses to the Collegian. Some will scream, some will kick trashcans ... and some may even wish to kill Morella."

    The writer told the entire University community that my opinion as a Catholic member of the faculty, an opinion, as I said, which is THE teaching of the Catholic Church on homosexuality, is cause for me to be killed. What's interesting is not that I received a veiled death threat but that the University paper crossed a line that cannot be crossed by inciting extreme hatred toward my person with the suggestion that standing up for my faith as a Roman Catholic is cause for me to be killed. Whether the writer considered that option or not is moot. This is the kind of Gestapo mentality that controls academe today, to consider the suggestion that killing someone is publishable in a paper directly associated with the University, a paper with University advisors.

    This situation is not unexpected because of the blatant promotion of homosexuality on this campus through the Vice-Provost's Office of Educational Equity which is coercing tax-paying residents of the Commonwealth to support activities which are condemned by their Faith. It's interesting that the disciples of tolerance exclude any who would disagree with them to the point of implying that said disagreement is cause for killing someone.

    What is going on at our universities in regard to the celebration of homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle, a freedom too far - a freedom which has become license, is getting out of control when those in opposition are publically branded as "fit to be killed" for their views. But such is the case in the western gulags where marginalization and isolation as extremist is substituted for imprisonment.

    In the BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, Doestoievski wrote that "a man who lies to himself and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth either in himself or in others and ends up losing respect for everyone. Without respect for anyone, he cannot love and in order to divert himself (having no love in him) he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves, in the end, like an animal. And it all comes from lying, lying to others and to yourself." As Eugene Narrett points out in Culture Wars, "Americans have seen an example of this dynamic played out on a very large scale, and, in it, the decay of an entire culture has been reflected ... Spinoza wrote 'Avarice, ambition, and lust are species of madness,' and in a culture that roots out the Bible, chaos rules." This chaos is no better typified historically than in the devolution of the U.S. presidency from office holders who worshipped God and who recognized that authentic freedom comes from the Almighty, to the Clintons who worship the devil's confusion of freedom with license.