Counselor For Sex Offenders Defends “Minor-Attracted Persons”

Suggests pedophilia should be accepted as a normal sexual preference.

A counselor for sex offenders who works with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has stoked controversy after defending “minor attracted persons” and comparing pedophilia to a normal sexual preference.

In a video posted to YouTube that has since been clipped and posted to Twitter, Miranda Galbreath describes adults who are sexually attracted to children as “probably the most vilified population of folks in our culture.”

“The term pedophile has moved from being a diagnostic label to being a judgmental, hurtful insult that we hurl at people in order to harm them or slander them,” Galbreath insisted.

“I also like to use person-first language that recognizes that any label we apply to a person is only part of who they are and doesn’t represent everything that they are,” she added.

Asserting that “many minor-attracted persons never act on their attraction,” Galbreath complained that saying mean things about would-be child molesters is harmful to an “already marginalized population.”

Galbreath sought to remove agency from pedophiles, suggesting that their sickness isn’t their own fault and that their sexual perversions should be accepted on the same level as heterosexuality or homosexuality.

“[Minor-attracted person] simply means that the person has an enduring sexual or romantic attraction to minors. They have not chosen this attraction, just as the rest of us have not chosen whatever our attraction is,” Galbreath said.

“You don’t get to choose to be heterosexual or to be gay or whatever you are, and you don’t get to choose to be a minor-attracted person,” she added.

According to Galbreath’s website, she has 20 years of experience working in the mental health field and also conducts “evaluation and treatment services in the community and within state prisons to folks who have committed sexual offenses,” including for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.

The video clip is yet another illustration of the end game of sexual progressivism – the absorption of pedophilia under the LGBTQ+ umbrella.

The exposure of children to this movement is clearly part of a long term plan by perverts and groomers to force society to accept their deranged behavior as normal.

The direction of travel suggests that in the near future, pedophilia will be judged as merely another sexual preference to be tolerated and even promoted by culture and society.

Critics will likely be branded ‘pedophobes’ and face condemnation, deplatforming and ritual public shaming.

What a wonderful world awaits us all.

https://youtu.be/uUGpng22nkw

https://summit.news/2022/08/11/counselor-for-sex-offenders-defends-minor-attracted-persons/

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“They Have Nothing, They Have Absolutely Nothing” – Trump Attorney Christina Bobb on the FBI’s Raid on Mar-a-Lago on Monday

President Trump’s Attorney Christina Bobb was on a live stream feed with Jim and Joe Hoft from The Gateway Pundit. Ms. Bobb was at Mar-a-Lago on Monday when the FBI raided the place and discussed her experience and observations.

The Stasi-FBI and Joe Biden’s Department of Justice raided President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on Monday in a 9-and-a-half hour siege on his historic compound.

The FBI agents from Florida and Washington DC spent several hours ransacking Mar-a-Lago in their fishing expedition.

The dirty FBI agents went through Melania Trump’s closet.

The FBI spent HOURS in President Trump’s private office.

And… the dirty FBI forced Trump attorneys to sit outside in the 91-degree heat and would not allow them to observe them as they ransacked the historic home.

This is complete LAWLESSNESS!

One Trump attorney who witnessed the entire raid is Christina Bobb, a former host on OAN Television Network.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/nothing-absolutely-nothing-trump-attorney-christina-bobb-fbis-raid-mar-lago-monday-video/

First Synthetic Embryos: The Scientific Breakthrough Raises Serious Ethical Questions

Children, even some who are too young for school, know you can’t make a baby without sperm and an egg. But a team of researchers in Israel have called into question the basics of what we teach children about the birds and the bees, and created a mouse embryo using just stem cells.

It lived for eight days, about half a mouse’s gestation period, inside a bioreactor in the lab.

In 2021 the research team used the same artificial womb to grow natural mouse embryos (fertilised from sperm and eggs), which lived for 11 days. The lab-created womb, or external uterus, was a breakthrough in itself as embryos could not survive in Petri dishes.

If you’re picturing a kind of silicone womb, think again. The external uterus is a rotating device filled with glass bottles of nutrients. This movement simulates how blood and nutrients flow to the placenta. The device also replicates the atmospheric pressure of a mouse uterus.

Some of the cells were treated with chemicals, which switched on genetic programmes to develop into placenta or yolk sac. Others developed into organs and other tissues without intervention. While most of the stem cells failed, about 0.5% were very similar to a natural eight-day-old embryo with a beating heart, basic nervous system and a yolk-sac.

Artificial wombs

In the latest study, the scientists started with collections of stem cells. The conditions created by the external uterus triggered the developmental process that makes a fetus. Although the scientists said we are a long way off synthetic human embryos, the experiment brings us closer to a future where some humans gestate their babies artificially.

Each year over 300,000 women worldwide die in childbirth or as a result of pregnancy complications, many because they lack basic care. Even in wealthy countries, pregnancy and childbirth is risky and healthcare providers are criticised for failing mothers.

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There is an urgent need to make healthcare more accessible across the planet, provide better mental health support for mothers and make pregnancy and childbirth safer. In an ideal world every parent should expect excellent care in all aspects of motherhood. This technology could help treat premature babies and give at least some women a different option: a choice of whether to carry their child or use an external uterus.

Some philosophers say there is a moral imperative to develop artificial wombs to help remedy the unfairness of parenting roles. But other researchers say artificial wombs would threaten a women’s legal right to terminate a pregnancy.

Synthetic embryos and organs

In the last few years, scientists have learned more about how to coax stem cells to develop into increasingly sophisticated structures, including ones that mimic the structure and function of human organs (organoids). Artificial human kidneys, brains, hearts and more have all been created in a lab, though they are still too rudimentary for medical use.

The issue of whether there are moral differences between using stem cells to produce models of human organs for research and using stem cells to create a synthetic embryo are already playing out in law courts.

One of the key differences between organoids and synthetic embryos is their potential. If a synthetic embryo can develop into a living creature, it should have more protection than those which don’t.

Synthetic embryos do not currently have potential to actually create a living mouse. If scientists did make human synthetic embryos, but without the potential to form a living being, they should arguably be treated similarly to organoids.

Some countries (for example Australia) have taken the position that synthetic embryos such as “blastoids” (which resemble five-to-six-day-old embryos) should be treated like natural embryos, because of similarities in structure. Other countries (such as the UK, the US, Japan) treat synthetic embryos as different from embryos because they can’t currently produce a live baby.

Another important legal issue is the source of stem cells and consent. The synthetic mouse embryo creators used stem cells from early embryos.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2022/08/first-synthetic-embryos-the-scientific-breakthrough-raises-serious-ethical-questions.html

Fargo school board drops Pledge of Allegiance over ‘under God’ phrase

A North Dakota school board has nixed reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before each meeting — deciding it didn’t align with the district’s values.

The Fargo School Board voted 7-2 Tuesday to drop the Pledge from the start of its bi-weekly meetings because members didn’t feel it was inclusive, apparently taking issue with the phrase: “under God,” according to North Dakota newspaper Inforum.

Board member Seth Golden said that because “the word ‘God’ in the text of the Pledge of Allegiance is capitalized … the text is clearly referring to the Judeo-Christian god and therefore, it does not include any other faith such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, all of which are practiced by our staff and students.”

Holden also said it excluded those in Fargo schools who don’t believe in god. He claimed he is not against the Pledge itself, but that it can’t be said in a school committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, Inforum reported.

Member Robin Nelson, who voted to keep the Pledge, didn’t see anything wrong with reciting it.

Former Board member David Paulson, who proposed the Pledge be said in the meetings back when he served on the body, said his former colleagues were “misinterpreting” the recitation.

“The Pledge isn’t a show of our patriotism, it’s an affirmation of our commitment and our loyalty to the greater cause, and that greater cause is freedom,” he said.

In March, the board passed a motion to kick off each meeting with the Pledge.

Board President Tracie Newman suggested member instead recite “a shared statement of purpose that would bring us all together” at the start of the meetings, in lieu of the Pledge. She said that would be “unifying.”

“I’m just not sure that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is a useful way to begin every one of our board meetings,” Newman said.

https://nypost.com/2022/08/11/fargo-school-board-drops-pledge-of-allegiance-over-under-god-phrase/

FBI Serves Several PA Lawmakers With Subpoenas

Federal agents are attempting to criminalize Trump's 2020 election legal challenge

Federal investigators delivered subpoenas or paid visits to several House and Senate Republican offices in the Pennsylvania capital of Harrisburg on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to multiple sources. The move comes just days after FBI agents seized a cell phone belonging to U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA). Perry, who is currently the leader of the House Freedom Caucus, has since been told that he is not a target of any investigation, Penn Live reported.

At least some of the individuals receiving subpoenas were told they were not targets of an investigation, Penn Live reported, but they were told they may have information the FBI is interested in.

The information sought by the bureau centers around Perry and stems from the state’s decision to send alternate electors to Washington D.C. on January 6, 2020. Pennsylvania lawmakers opted to send the alternate electors as numerous election irregularities — many of which have never been investigated — remained unsolved. Pennsylvania was not the only state to send alternate electors, as six others, including Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin, opted to do the same.

It is unknown which lawmakers received subpoenas from the FBI. A spokesman for House Speaker Bryan Cutler, who represents Lancaster County, said on Wednesday morning that his office did not receive a visit from federal investigators.

A spokesperson for PA Senate President Pro-Tempore Jake Corman issued a statement, saying, “Federal subpoenas typically request confidentiality from the witnesses being subpoenaed in order to avoid impediment to the ongoing investigation, so it would be inappropriate to comment on whether members have received subpoenas or not. If subpoenaed as witnesses, our members will certainly comply with requests for documents or information not covered by an applicable privilege.”

Rep. Perry referred to the decision to seize his phone as “banana republic tactics” in a statement Tuesday. “I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting member of Congress,” he said.

Perry added that he has been told he is not a target of a federal investigation. “In a discussion with the DOJ (federal Department of Justice), my attorneys were informed that I’m not a target of its investigation. I’ve directed them to cooperate with the Justice Department in order to ensure that it gets the information to which it’s entitled, but to protect information to which it’s not – including communications that are protected under the speech and debate clause of the United States Constitution,” Perry said.

According to multiple sources, the interest in Perry centers around his contact with former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark. Trump planned to appoint Clark as acting Attorney General in the weeks following the 2020 election. FBI agents raided Clark’s home earlier this year.

Perry, a staunch election integrity advocate, was in close contact with the Trump White House in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election.

According to David Freed, the former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the subpoenas issued this week amount to official requests for information or documents from federal prosecutors who believe that the information they seek will be helpful to an ongoing grand jury investigation.

https://nationalfile.com/fbi-serves-several-pa-lawmakers-with-subpoenas/

‘This Is Ridiculous’: Lindsey Graham Skips 2020 Georgia Election Hearing

Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham reportedly declined to appear for a scheduled Wednesday court appearance in an investigation about whether Trump and associates acted illegally in attempting to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 Georgia election results, according to Atlanta CBS affiliate 46 News.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis claims “a multi-state, coordinated plan by the Trump Campaign to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere,” the outlet reported. Graham’s Communications Director Kevin Bishop told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Graham “never planned to attend” the hearing.

“The attorneys for Graham and the Fulton County DA were arguing before a federal judge about the subpoena,” Bishop said. U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May said she hoped to rule on the matter Friday but might not do so until Monday, according to The Associated Press.

Bishop sent the DCNF statement Graham made earlier this week.

“We will take this as far as we need to take it. I was Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and had to vote on certifying an election,” Graham said. “This is ridiculous. This weaponization of the law needs to stop.”

“So I will use the courts,” he declared. “We will go as far as we need to go and do whatever needs to be done to make sure that people like me can do their jobs without fear of some county prosecutor coming after you.”

Willis stated in July that Graham called Georgia Secretary Brad Raffensperger and members of his staff at least twice in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election to question them about examining certain Georgia absentee ballots “to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome” for Trump,” the outlet reported. She also reportedly said the senator referenced “allegations of widespread voter fraud” in the Georgia election that aligned with Trump Campaign affiliates’ statements.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/11/graham-subpeona-trump-georgia/

China threatens EU nation with response

Beijing promises resolute countermeasures over Lithuanian delegation’s trip to Taiwan

China has denounced the visit of a Lithuanian official to Taiwan and vowed a resolute response to the move, which it describes as an affront to the ‘One China’ principle, according to a statement by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday.

Last week, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Agne Vaiciukeviciute had arrived at the self-governing island along with an 11-person delegation for what is expected to be a five-day visit.

The visit comes shortly after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled to the island on August 2, a move that sparked a fierce reaction from Beijing but was nevertheless celebrated by the government in Vilnius.

“China strongly condemns the Lithuanian anti-China forces for their deliberate violation of China’s sovereignty and gross interference in China’s internal affairs,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily news briefing.

He also highlighted the fact that Beijing sees the ‘One China’ principle as “one of the basic norms of international relations and the political foundation for China to develop bilateral relations with other countries, including Lithuania.”

Wang insisted that under the conditions of establishing diplomatic relations between China and Lithuania, Vilnius is obligated to recognize Beijing as the sole legal government of China and Taiwan, meaning Vilnius cannot establish official relations or engage in official contacts with Taipei.

The Chinese official said the Lithuanian official’s visit to Taiwan was “a blatant breach of faith,” and vowed that Beijing will issue a stern response to the “vicious provocation.”

“We urge the relevant people on the Lithuanian side not to continue serving as pawns of ‘Taiwan independence’ and anti-China forces, and stop heading further down the wrong path,” Wang warned.

As reported by the state-run Global Times, Beijing’s response will likely have to do with commerce and trade restrictions as diplomatic relations between China and Lithuania are already at a low point.

In 2021, China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania to the level of charge d’affaires, expressing solemn protest to the Baltic country after Taiwan opened a so-called representative office in Lithuania, which Beijing interpreted as a de facto embassy.

https://www.rt.com/news/560673-china-lithuania-taiwan-visit/