Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

[Christian Post]

A librarian in California who was fired after reporting to the police about a man who was using a library computer to view child pornography is demanding her job back.

Fla.-based Christian legal group Liberty Counsel has sent a demand letter to the Tulare County Library in Lindsay, Calif., requesting that officials reinstate library assistant Brenda Biesterfeld.Mathew D. Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel and dean of Liberty University’s School of Law, called the decision to fire Biesterfeld “outrageous.”

“Child pornography is illegal under state and federal laws,” stated Staver. “Brenda Biesterfeld had a moral and a legal responsibility to report to police a library patron whom she observed viewing child pornography.

“Child pornography is a despicable crime against children,” he added. “Our tax dollars should not be used to provide safe havens for sexual perverts to view child pornography.”

Biesterfeld had contacted her supervisor, Judy Hill, after noticing the incident and asked for advice on how to handle the situation.

“I told her I was shocked because I have boys that age, and he might as well have had my youngest one up on that screen,” Biesterfeld recalled telling Hill, according to the Visalia Times Delta. “I told her I was sick to my stomach and angry.”

When Biesterfeld asked if she should call the police, Hill told her only to issue a warning to the man, who was later identified by police as 39-year-old Donny Lynn Chrisle, but not to contact police.

Despite her supervisor’s instructions, Biesterfeld said she later contacted police.

Biesterfeld again called the police when Chrisler came to the library on Mar. 4 asking to use a computer. The man was arrested that day on child-pornography charges.

But two days later, Biesterfeld received a letter signed by County Librarian Brian Lewis saying her probationary status is being “terminated” and her employment ended immediately.

Lewis said there were sound business reasons behind her firing but would not go into detail, reported the Visalia Times Delta.

The incident has also outraged community residents and caught the attention of city officials.

Last Wednesday, Lindsay Mayor Ed Murray and other city council officials sent a letter to the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, criticizing Hill and Lewis over their handling of the child-pornography incident.

The letter also charged Hill with being uncooperative and demanding while talking to police about the matter.

The Tulare County Board of Supervisors was scheduled to hold a session evaluation of Lewis during its meeting Tuesday.

Read about it here.

[From me]

The librarian shoud have gotten a raise and a medal instead being fired!  Child Porn is a huge problem in our world.  People get arrested for having child porn on their own computers so we sure don’t want it on tax supported computers.

What do you think?

I get lots of junk e-mail at church and with my personal e-mail addresses.   Some are for prescription discount drugs, some are because I’ve “won” the lottery in about every country in the world, some are because I’ve inherited money from relatives I didn’t know I had and then x-rated emails.  I also have anti-spam on my blog that picks up every nasty post that tries to get you and me to click on porn sites.

I don’t get it.  What do the porn sites get?  They are offering free “peeks” if you click on their trash.  Am I missing something?   What kind of profit do they get?   I have come to the conclusion that there is just evil out there trying to destroy believers.  Porn has destroyed lives, shattered marriages, caused people to lose jobs, drives people to violence and makes our faith in Jesus worthless.  Who in the world has that much time to send emails and trash blogs to get people to become addicted to pornography?   I think I know the answer but it still bothers me.  We live in an evil world.  If you need help click on XXX Church, these guys are serious about helping people get out of porn.

What do you think?

[From Christian Post]

The wife of a professional indoor football player has accused the team’s management of benching her husband over his religious beliefs.

Troy Vermillion, a wide receiver for the Colorado Ice and upfront Christian, had a disagreement with his coaches over a pornographic-like film that would be played during a bus road trip, which his wife Hilda said has led to his release from the team roster.

In an interview with Concerned Women for America (CWA), Hilda Vermillion said the couple feels that their rights have been violated over the incident, and that her husband’s benching is biased.

The problem that sparked the controversy occurred during a bus trip to an away game for the Colorado Ice. According to Vermillion, the coaches on the team had brought on questionable material, including pornographic magazines. The wide receiver decided not to say anything, however, since it was their decision.

When the squad had decided to put on the uncut version of the movie Wedding Crashers, Vermillion decided to speak up since he would be forced to watch. He disagreed with the nudity in the film, and asked the coach if they could watch something else and had agreed to watch Invincible instead.

Following a break, however, the team ended up starting the Wedding Crashers DVD. The Christian football player, who was sitting in the back of the bus, then called his coach in the front twice by phone confronting him about the movie and what they had agreed on. The coach instead cussed Vermillion out.

The wide receiver then asked if he could get off the bus and catch a ride from another vehicle since they were riding in a caravan. The coach refused, however.

Read about it here.

[From Hollywood.com]

A lawsuit has been launched against a school teacher who showed Brokeback Mountain to a class of young students. Twelve-year-old Jessica Turner and her grandparents, Kenneth and LaVerne Richardson, are seeking $500,000 against the Chicago Board of Education after the homosexual cowboy movie was shown at Ashburn Community Elementary School.

Read about it here.

[HT: Stuart Delony]

[From me]

I guess only Christians should be tolerant– not the other way around. Why couldn’t the coach let the player off and let him catch another ride? More hypocrisy from the Political Correctness police.

I wouldn’t want my children watching Brokeback Mountain! It is OK to watch sexual immorality but smoking cigarettes will get an “R” rating-what is up with that?

It is becoming hate speech if we tell people what the Bible says but we try to live Holy lives without sexual immorality and tolerance is out the window.

What do you think?

The Hope Community Church in Dover, N.H., is spreading the word it has a new Internet address - one not linked to pornography.

Pastor Steve Spearing said Friday that a pornography company bought the church’s old domain name without the church’s knowledge.

He said the sale happened a few weeks ago when the church changed Internet service providers and changed its Web address. He said he didn’t realize the site had been sold until he got a call from a Massachusetts woman who was interested in moving to the area and was doing research on the Internet about local churches.  Read about it here.

This is so outrageous!  It is bad enough that porn ruins the lives of 1000’s of people each day but to stoop to this low is horrible.

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