John R. Houk
© June 8, 2017
The Southern Poverty Law Center
(SPLC – SEE ALSO HERE) is taking the lead in the
legal defense of the lesbian Janet Jenkins against former lesbian turned
Christian Lisa Miller. Jenkins and Miller were once lesbian lovers that had
united in a civil union in the State of Vermont where same-sex Marriage is
recognized.
During the civil union Lisa Miller had a child that has no
biological connection to Janet Jenkins. Sometime after the birth of Miller’s
child, she became a Christian redeemed by the Blood of Jesus from past sins,
which included homosexuality:
God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness
18 For the
wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because
what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to
them. 20 For since the creation of the world His
invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the
things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so
that they are without excuse, 21 because, although
they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were
thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were
darkened.
26 For this
reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the
natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise
also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for
one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in
themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even
as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God
gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; … (Romans 1: 18-21, 26-28 NKJV)
After becoming a Christian Lisa Miller no longer desired to
live in sin with Janet Jenkins in a lesbian relationship. Even though Jenkins
had no biological connection to Miller’s child Jenkins demanded visitation
rights. In the mean time Lisa Miller moved to the State of Virginia which
thankfully still does not recognize same-sex marriages.
Jenkins used the vile favoritism of Vermont law on civil
unions filing for and winning visitation rights to Lisa Miller’s child. In the
course of this Janet Jenkins decided to bath nude with Miller’s female daughter
brainwashing the child about the so-called validity of having two mommies.
The brainwashing incident correctly horrified Lisa Miller.
Due to the law giving more credence to the rights of godless lesbians over the
rights of Christians, Lisa Miller fled the USA with her child.
AND this is where the Liberty
Counsel and Mat Staver enter the picture. Janet Jenkins has
named the Liberty Counsel and Staver in the aiding and abetting of Lisa
Miller fleeing the Country to escaping lesbian-favoring laws.
Jenkins has acquired the legal resources of the SPLC to sue
the Liberty Counsel and Mat Staver out of existence as defenders of the
faith of Christian in the United States of America.
Below is an email from Mat Staver appealing for legal funds
to combat the SPLC objective. Following the email, I am cross posting a 6/6/17
(also dated as 6/5) article explaining some of the details I have just gone
over.
But before the cross posts. I want to point out an acronym
used in those posts. That acronym is LGBTQ. If you are a Christian you are
fully aware the acronym references the homosexual lifestyle. Just so my fellow
Christians can realize just how vile that lifestyle that the Left promotes as
normal, let me point out what each letter stands for:
Gay
Queer
JRH 6/8/17
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Proof that they want to destroy us
Email by Mat Staver
Sent 6/6/17 5:14 PM
Sent by Liberty Counsel
Yesterday, we filed our 116-page "Memorandum Of
Law" and other legal documents countering the outrageous lawsuit against
both Liberty Counsel and me personally which has been joined by the Southern
Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
This is one of the most important filings our team has made because of what is at stake and the vile nature of our adversaries' accusations.
+ + Proof the SPLC wants to destroy us...
The SPLC is a dangerous, multi-hundred million dollar organization that specifically lists Liberty Counsel as a "hate group" on its website. And the SPLC is serving as Lead Counsel in this outrageous case.
Clearly, the SPLC has specifically targeted Liberty Counsel. They want to use this case to publicize their dangerous agenda. Ultimately, they want to destroy us – both Liberty Counsel and me personally. This isn't my opinion. These are the words of the SPLC's Mark Potok:
This is one of the most important filings our team has made because of what is at stake and the vile nature of our adversaries' accusations.
+ + Proof the SPLC wants to destroy us...
The SPLC is a dangerous, multi-hundred million dollar organization that specifically lists Liberty Counsel as a "hate group" on its website. And the SPLC is serving as Lead Counsel in this outrageous case.
Clearly, the SPLC has specifically targeted Liberty Counsel. They want to use this case to publicize their dangerous agenda. Ultimately, they want to destroy us – both Liberty Counsel and me personally. This isn't my opinion. These are the words of the SPLC's Mark Potok:
"Sometimes the press will
describe us as monitoring hate crimes and so on. I want to say plainly
that our aim in life is to destroy these groups, to completely destroy them…"
I simply will not allow that to happen. Not with so many
people of faith across the country relying on Liberty Counsel to defend them
against attacks by LGBTQ activists and other radicals.
+ + The battle we face...
Our work on yesterday's legal filings consumed many weeks and many hundreds of hours from our legal team. But this battle has just begun.
With the SPLC serving as Lead Counsel against us, this likely will be one of the most intense battles we have yet faced. The SPLC has at its disposal a substantial team of litigators committed to their mission of targeting and destroying those who dare to challenge the radical LGBTQ agenda.
Simply put, as we enter the next round of this critical battle to "Save Liberty," I'm once again turning to you for help.
As a result of this and other critical legal cases and ministry priorities, we are approaching our fiscal year end (June 30) still far short of our ministry budget. I don't want to start the new fiscal year handicapped by a financial shortfall that puts our "Save Liberty" efforts at risk.
+ + The battle we face...
Our work on yesterday's legal filings consumed many weeks and many hundreds of hours from our legal team. But this battle has just begun.
With the SPLC serving as Lead Counsel against us, this likely will be one of the most intense battles we have yet faced. The SPLC has at its disposal a substantial team of litigators committed to their mission of targeting and destroying those who dare to challenge the radical LGBTQ agenda.
Simply put, as we enter the next round of this critical battle to "Save Liberty," I'm once again turning to you for help.
As a result of this and other critical legal cases and ministry priorities, we are approaching our fiscal year end (June 30) still far short of our ministry budget. I don't want to start the new fiscal year handicapped by a financial shortfall that puts our "Save Liberty" efforts at risk.
The stakes in this battle couldn't be higher...
We know that with the SPLC as Lead Counsel, we will face the most malevolent attacks imagineable. They don't want simply to win their baseless case. They want to destroy us!
Why? So they can take Liberty Counsel out of this battle and leave countless people of faith across the country more susceptible to radical attacks. That's why we must stand and fight. And that's why I need your help to meet this critical ministry shortfall that threatens to weaken our efforts to Save Liberty across this land.
We know that with the SPLC as Lead Counsel, we will face the most malevolent attacks imagineable. They don't want simply to win their baseless case. They want to destroy us!
Why? So they can take Liberty Counsel out of this battle and leave countless people of faith across the country more susceptible to radical attacks. That's why we must stand and fight. And that's why I need your help to meet this critical ministry shortfall that threatens to weaken our efforts to Save Liberty across this land.
Can I count on your support? Even if you have already helped meet this critical need, please prayerfully consider making a gift today by going here. As always, your contribution is tax-deductible.
Thank you in advance, and may God richly bless you!
Mat Staver
P.S. This is a fight for the rights of people of faith against a rising tide of extremism that literally wants to criminalize Christianity! Just yesterday, Liberty Counsel won a hotly contested legal battle on behalf of a pastor who was falsely accused of "crimes against humanity" by a George Soros-backed LGBTQ group. We must defeat this SPLC attack so Liberty Counsel can continue to fight and win! If you can help with a contribution of ANY AMOUNT, please go here:
P.S. This is a fight for the rights of people of faith against a rising tide of extremism that literally wants to criminalize Christianity! Just yesterday, Liberty Counsel won a hotly contested legal battle on behalf of a pastor who was falsely accused of "crimes against humanity" by a George Soros-backed LGBTQ group. We must defeat this SPLC attack so Liberty Counsel can continue to fight and win! If you can help with a contribution of ANY AMOUNT, please go here:
Has God blessed you in such a way that you can make an
over-and-above gift of $5,000 or more to Liberty Counsel at this critical
time? If so, please go here and
my team will contact you soon. If you prefer, you can always make your
contribution by credit card or check here.
+++
Liberty Counsel Responds to SPLC Lawsuit
By LC STAFF
Posted 4:08 pm June 6,
2017
Written Jun 5, 2017
BURLINGTON, VT — Today,
Liberty Counsel filed a comprehensive response in federal court to the lawsuit
backed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in the case of Jenkins
v. Miller, et al. The legal Memorandum of Law is 116 pages, not counting
affidavits. Liberty Counsel also filed a second Motion and Memorandum of Law raising Vermont’s
anti-SLAPP, which prevents suits designed to restrict free speech.
While living in Virginia,
Lisa Miller and Janet Jenkins entered into a Vermont same-sex civil union.
Lisa gave birth to her biological child, Isabella. For a brief period,
they moved to Vermont. There Lisa became a Christian and left the lesbian
relationship. Lisa moved back to Virginia and a visitation battle ensued between
the laws of Vermont (which recognized the civil union) and Virginia (which did
not). Liberty Counsel represented Lisa from late 2004 until she disappeared in
September 2009.
A Vermont state court judge
granted Janet visitation of Lisa’s biological child, even though she was not
the biological or adoptive parent and Vermont precedent did not recognize such
parental rights. Isabella knew very little about Janet as she was a baby at the
time of the split. Lisa complied with the visitation orders, but she raised concerns
to the Vermont judge which he never addressed. Lisa presented evidence that
Janet read Heather Has Two Mommies to Isabella and told her
she was her mommy. Janet bathed naked with her, which greatly upset young
Isabella. Lisa advised the court that Isabella was having emotional problems
over the visitation. She began wetting her bed, clinging to Lisa, and even
tried to harm herself. The case became a nationally watched legal battle
because it was the first case in the country pitting the opposing laws on
same-sex civil unions of two different states.
While the litigation and
appeals were still proceeding in September 2009, Lisa stopped communicating.
She did not respond to emails and her voicemail filled up. The last
communication from Lisa was about a week prior to her disappearance in which
she stated she was interviewing for a job in Virginia. Without any warning or
hint of her plan to disappear, Lisa ceased all communication. We advised the
Vermont court we had lost contact with Lisa and requested to withdraw, but the
Vermont court denied the request. The withdrawal was later effectuated in 2010.
During the Obama
administration, a federal prosecutor filed criminal charges against two
Mennonite ministers associated with a Mennonite community in Nicaragua, both of
them with the last name of Miller (Ken and Timothy), but with no relationship
to Lisa. A third person in Northern Virginia was also charged. All three have
been convicted of helping Lisa flee the country. The criminal investigation is
complete and at least one of the criminal defendants is on appeal. Lisa had no
prior association with the Mennonites.
Janet Jenkins, the former
lesbian partner of Lisa, filed a civil complaint in a Vermont federal court in
2012, claiming the alleged defendants participated in helping Lisa flee. The
2012 lawsuit did not name Liberty Counsel, Rena Lindevaldsen or Mat Staver.
Lindevaldsen worked on the Lisa Miller case with Liberty Counsel.
In late 2016, Jenkins moved
to amend her lawsuit to include Liberty Counsel, Lindevaldsen and Staver. The
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) then joined the suit as the lead counsel for
Jenkins.
The SPLC is a dangerous group
because it creates a “Hate Map” listing “hate groups.” Mark Potock, with the
SPLC, in an interview admitted: “Our
criteria for a ‘hate group,’ first of all, have nothing to do with criminality,
or violence, or any kind of guess we’re making about ‘this group could be
dangerous.’ It’s strictly ideological.”
This false labeling has
serious consequences. After the founder of Chick-fil-A said he believed
marriage is between a man and a woman, Floyd Corkins went online to the SPLC
Hate Map, entered the Family Research Council’s (FRC) office in Washington,
D.C. fully-armed and carrying Chick-fil-A sandwiches. He intended to commit mass murder and rub
the sandwiches in the faces of the dead bodies. Fortunately, the security guard
wrestled Corkins to the ground. However, he was shot in the process. Corkins
later confessed to the FBI that he sought to kill as many people at FRC after
reading about the group on the SPLC Hate Map. Corkins is now in prison, but the
SPLC refuses to take down its false and dangerous statements.
Mark Potok is on video in a
public meeting stating: “Sometimes the press will describe us as monitoring
hate crimes and so on. I want to say plainly that our aim in life is to destroy
these groups, to completely destroy them…”
During the Obama
administration, the SPLC frequently visited the White House. The SPLC even
peddled its false ideological propaganda for some in the military until their
extremism and false reporting got the group removed.
The Philanthropy Roundtable recently
published an article about the SPLC pointing out the false labeling. The SPLC
even labeled famed surgeon Dr. Ben Carson as a “hater.” The SPLC rakes in
millions of dollars each year and has huge financial reserves, causing some to
wonder what nonprofit work the SPLC does.
The Motions and Memoranda of
Law to Dismiss the suit against Liberty Counsel, Staver and Lindevaldsen
dismantle the Jenkin’s lawsuit, which has the sole purpose of harassing and
“destroying” Liberty Counsel, Staver and Lindevaldsen. First, Jenkin’s
complaint admits that Liberty Counsel, Staver and Lindevaldsen have always
maintained they had no knowledge of Lisa’s plan to flee and had no part in her
disappearance. Indeed, Lisa was always counseled to obey the court orders. The
litigation was still in progress. Without any hint of her plan, Lisa
disappeared with Isabella. Second, there are too many legal arguments to list
here, but the Memoranda of Law demolishes the baseless complaint.
“The lawsuit by Janet Jenkins,
with the backing of the Southern Poverty Law Center, is designed solely to
harass and destroy,” said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel.
“In the nearly eight years since Lisa Miller disappeared, and with the intense
investigation conducted on this case by the federal government and Janet
Jenkins, there is not one shred of evidence that points to Liberty Counsel,
Rena Lindevaldsen or me. But the facts and the law are irrelevant to Janet
Jenkins and the SPLC. The SPLC’s motivation for joining this suit is to
publicize their dangerous agenda. Ultimately, they want to destroy us. But that
will not happen. The truth, a word the SPLC does not like, shall prevail,” said
Staver.
Jenkins and the SPLC will
have to respond to the legal arguments, and at some point, the federal court
will make its ruling.
Liberty Counsel is an
international nonprofit, litigation, education, and policy organization
dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and the family
since 1989, by providing pro bono assistance and representation on these and
related topics.
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Lesbian Rights or
Christian Rights
John R. Houk
© June 8, 2017
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