A Tiny Contingent or a Muffled Majority?

"Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling." Proverbs 16:18 NASB

Commenting on last Saturday's (June 15, 2019) annual LGBT Parade in Downtown Columbus, someone remarked in a Columbus Dispatch article, “In recent years, the most heartening change in the Pride Parade has been the growing number of kids and families in attendance.” However, seeing the increasing number of young persons and young children marching in and dispersed throughout the crowd to me is what was most disconcerting about the event.

I was one of the “tiny contingent of anti-LGBT (pro-traditional moral values) protesters” as described in that same article. We may have been small numerically, but our message was a major one, which was not represented anywhere, especially not by the several apostate churches participating in the parade. “Repent from your moral depravity” was our cry. Our signs and much maligned and muffled preaching condemned both the sexual depravity being openly flaunted and displayed as well as the equally heinous act of abortion so cherished by a shrinking portion of our culture.

Major companies like Kroger, Big Lots Stores, AEP, Nationwide and Aetna Insurance, and educational institutions like Ohio State and Capital Universities, Columbus City Schools and even advocates for pro-LGBT politicians sponsored and/or marched proudly in the three-hour plus decadent procession. All of these are candidates for targeted boycott by those of us who want to see American traditional moral values and virtues restored.

Do you love America This Much?

“I do this because I love America,” answered Kathy Boggs in answer to the question why does she conducts her monthly protest at the busy corner of Lexington-Springmill  and West 4^th Street in Ontario, Ohio. 

The Morrow County resident travels to the Mansfield area almost every month on the first Saturday of the month to show her support for the ideals that made America great, the important issues of the day and to support President Donald Trump.  This month she was joined by her mother, along with men from Richland, Crawford and Morrow counties, Bob, Jim and Greg.  Kathy held signs and the American flag and waved to passers-by.  The men held various signs.

One sign read, “Pray for President Trump, Sunday, June 2” which was a call that Franklin Graham and 250 other Christian leaders made to all Christians in America asking them to spend some time on Sunday praying for the President. The President is under extreme pressure from his many enemies including the Democrat Party, the media, Hollywood, many activist judges, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran among others.

As she was setting up her display of American flags and various signs, she had a few unexpected visitors including a woman visiting the Mansfield area for the summer. The woman hailed from the very liberal land of Washington State. She was so impressed with the positive message that she displayed that she stopped and talked with the organizer.  She also expressed an interested on helping Kathy sometime this summer.

Additionally Ms. Boggs display attracted a man, Alexander, from down under, Australia!  He was staying at a motel down the road and was planning to leave the next morning (Sunday). His request was if Kathy knew where he could find a “Make America Great Again” cap and tee shirts to take back with him to Australia. Imagine that, there are foreigners who are more patriotic than many of the passengers in cars driving by who gave protesters the middle finger, who were demonstrably unimpressed with the messages being displayed.