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Line 189: − − ==Ideology== − {{see also|Long march through the institutions}} − Buttigieg calls himself an "intellectual" and claims Democrats respect "institutions and rules" and "fairplay." Buttigieg is noted for his use of meaningless [[Marxist dialectic]] double talk and buzz phrases, such as "democratic capitalism" which supposedly sets him apart from [[democratic socialist]]s. − − Buttigieg is running on a platform of [[Anti-Family|uprooting traditional family values]], and he has attempted to promote falsehoods about Christian doctrine and smear theologically conservative Christians.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (September 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/13/franklin-graham-slams-mayor-pete-for-misrepresenting-christianity/ Franklin Graham Slams ‘Mayor Pete’ for Misrepresenting Christianity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 13, 2019.</ref> His priorities are [[transgender]] bathrooms and the [[totalitarian]] [[Green New Deal]]. The Green New Deal proposes eliminating air travel. By mid-2019, Buttigieg spent more money on private chartered jet air travel than any of the other 25 candidates in the Democratic field, flying to fundraisers with other [[limousine liberal]]s.<ref>https://www.apnews.com/a5f265845756449f9f093e53cf8bef47</ref> Like [[Obama]], he poses as a "[[centrist]]," though his beliefs are more accurately described as far-left.<ref>Polumbo, Brad (May 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/pete-buttigieg-outs-himself-as-a-fake-moderate Pete Buttigieg outs himself as a fake moderate]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 20, 2019.</ref> He wants to abolish the [[Electoral College]] and pack the [[Supreme Court]].<ref>Burke, Michael (April 14, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/438846-buttigieg-again-calls-for-eliminating-electoral-college Buttigieg slams Electoral College for overruling popular vote 'twice in my lifetime']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 14, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg [[Historical revisionism|supports erasing]] [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s name from U.S.landmarks and institutions.<ref>Caplan, Joshua (May 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/17/pete-buttigieg-erasing-thomas-jeffersons-name-right-thing-to-do/ Pete Buttigieg: Erasing Thomas Jefferson’s Name ‘Right Thing to Do’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref><ref>Mikelionis, Lukas (May 18, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-echoes-far-left-idea-of-renaming-things-named-after-thomas-jefferson-says-its-the-right-thing-to-do Buttigieg backs far-left idea of erasing Thomas Jefferson's name: 'It's the right thing to do']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref> While in Harvard, Buttigieg wrote in the student paper promoting left-wing viewpoints, some even outside the Democrat Party mainstream.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (May 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/21/pete-buttigieg-harvard-crimson-columns-reveal-left-foundations/ Pete Buttigieg’s Harvard Crimson Columns Reveal Left-Wing Foundations]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg does not believe that it is not always "right" as an American to put American interests first.<ref>Spiering, Charlie (May 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/22/pete-buttigieg-acting-in-americas-interests-not-always-right/ Pete Buttigieg: Acting in America’s Interests Not Always Right]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 22, 2019.</ref> − − As the son of a (Marxist) English professor and a scholar of linguistics, Buttigieg indicates he understands the power of sophistical propaganda, such as in seeking to use conservative language for his liberal ideas. In a 2003 column he wrote for the ''Harvard Crimson'' he stated, "The real challenge for the Democratic Party, and its presidential candidates, in particular, is to figure out how to reverse the Right's stranglehold on our political vocabulary." He soon wrote another column urging Democrats to reclaim words like compassion, strength and morality.<ref>Time, May 2, 2019 [http://time.com/longform/pete-buttigieg-2020] Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign</ref> Buttigieg's platform is "Freedom, Security and Democracy," while implementation of his policies would mean reducing freedom and security for unborn infants<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/pete-buttigiegs-abortion-extremism-hurts-his-religious-appeal/</ref> and social conservatives, and progressively censoring their voice in a Democracy.<ref>National Review, May 20, 2019 [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-equality-act-is-a-time-bomb] The Equality Act Is a Time Bomb</ref> − − ===Gramsci=== − [[Antonio Gramsci]] was a lieutenant of [[Joseph Stalin]] who headed the [[Italian]] branch of the International Communist movement ([[Comintern]]). After several failed assassination attempts on Mussolini, Gramsci was imprisoned in 1926 until his death in 1937. While in prison Gramsci wrote his ''Prison Notebooks'', speculating on the failure of [[violent]] [[revolution]] to materialize in [[Western Europe]] as [[Karl Marx]] had predicted. Gramsci's works are considered by [[Socialists]] to be foundational to modern [[public education]] and [[Cultural Marxism]].<ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/23768314?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents</ref><ref>https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/prison_notebooks/problems/education.htm</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdTTr4iYT0M</ref> − − Joseph A. Buttigieg, Pete Buttigieg's father, according to his faculty page at [[Notre Dame]] University, {{quotebox|"interests are modern literature, [[critical theory]], and the relationship between culture and politics. In addition to numerous articles, Buttigieg...is also the editor and translator of the multi-volume complete critical edition of ''Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks''...his articles on Gramsci have been translated into Italian, German, Spanish, Portugese, and Japanese. He was a founding member of the International Gramsci Society of which he is the executive secretary."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100616163619/http://english.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/joseph-a-buttigieg/</ref>}} − − Gramsci's theory of "cultural hegemony" states that the ruling capitalist "oppressor" class uses cultural institutions, such as "traditional marriage," to maintain power. The "oppressors" develop a "hegemonic culture" using [[ideology]] unlike Socialists who use [[violence]], economic force, and coercion. "Hegemonic culture" propagates its own values and norms so that they become "[[common sense]]" values and thus maintain the [[status quo]]. According to [[Wikipedia]], this "Hegemonic power is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than coercive power using force" as Marxism does "to maintain order. This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced" by the dominant Christian oppressor class "through the institutions that form the superstructure." − − ==="Progressive" faith and social gospel=== − [[File:Buttigieg.jpg|x250px|left|thumb|In the progressive tradition of [[Jim Jones]]' "Rainbow family",<ref>https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jonestown-race/</ref> Buttigieg touts himself as America's first openly gay presidential candidate.<ref>https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/11/jonestown-cult-leader-jim-jones-bisexual-friends-harvey-milk/</ref> ]] − Buttigieg claims to be a strong Christian, though in reality, he holds strongly anti-religious views.<ref>McGhee, Kylie (November 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/pete-buttigieg-is-anti-religion-hes-just-good-at-hiding-it Pete Buttigieg is anti-religion; he's just good at hiding it]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.<br>See also: − *Tennant, Michael (November 12, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/34019-mayor-pete-the-most-dangerous-candidate-for-christianity Mayor Pete: The Most Dangerous Candidate for Christianity]. ''The New American''. Retrieved November 12, 2019.</ref> He has claimed the Bible contains contradictions and thus is not [[Biblical inerrancy|inerrant]].<ref>Gage, John (November 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/buttigieg-i-am-not-cherry-picking-the-bible-it-is-just-inconsistent-internally Buttigieg: I am not 'cherry-picking' the Bible, it is just 'inconsistent internally']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 21, 2019.</ref> − − Buttigieg's "faith journey" begins with father, who studied to become a Jesuit for a time, and although the elder Buttigieg later became irreligious, and in his memoir, "Shortest Way Home," "Mayor Pete" credits Catholicism with awakening his moral conscience, "as a voice for the oppressed and downtrodden," which he sees homosexuals as. However, as a proponent of The Federal Equality Act, Buttigieg supports persecuting those who uphold the rejecting the incontrovertible Biblical teaching that only condemns homosexual relations and only joins male and female in marriage, as the Lord Jesus Himself specified.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19%3A4-6&version=KJV; Matthew 19:4-6]</ref><ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS and the BIBLE]</ref> − − Later, as a student at [[Harvard University]], Buttigieg heard the famed homosexual preacher and proxy servant of the devil, Peter Gomes, expound on so-called "progressive Christianity," and as a consequence Buttigieg attests, "I began to understand the range of Christian traditions beyond the Catholicism I was steeped in at South Bend," and wrote columns in the Harvard Crimson that exhorted liberals to seize the moral high ground (as perversely defined by him) from conservatives. However, as R. Albert Mohler (president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky) states, "Progressive Christianity necessitates replacing Christianity with an entirely new religion." "Mayor Pete is just the latest prophet of this new religion. He won't be the last. − − Studying at Oxford (England) on a Rhodes scholarship, Buttigieg stated the program was "decidedly atheistic" and which he found convincing in many ways. However, wanting some sort of spirituality, he attended services at Anglican Christ Church, which was across from the college. After moving back to South Bend, Indiana, he began began attending services at the Cathedral of St. James, which is part of the Episcopal church (the American branch of Anglicanism), and which has become known as a forerunner of "progressive" (meaning unbiblical) theology, electing the adulterer and sodomite Gene Robinson its first openly homosexual bishop and voting to allow same-sex marriages in 2003. At that local church Buttigieg "married" his boyfriend, Chasten Glezman, in June 2018, and the readings included including a passage from the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage and an excerpt from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/politics/pete-buttigieg-religious-journey/index.html How Pete Buttigieg found God (Daniel Burke, CNN, August 17, 2019)]</ref> (which was another case of Buttigieg misappropriating Scripture in order to justify what it condemns). − − Consistent with the liberal social gospel, which gives a low priority to the teachings of Christ (while marginalizing the teachings of Paul etc. which were inspired by the Spirit of Christ) on personal moral purity in preference to acts such as feeding the (genuinely) needy, Buttigieg criticized right-wing Christians for "saying so much about what Christ said so little about, and so little about what he said so much about." Which, like [[Barack Obama]], indicates ignorance of the totality of what Christ taught and how He did so, and the context of His social actions and the principals of sound interpretation,<ref>[https://www.frc.org/issueanalysis/leviticus-jesus-and-homosexuality-some-thoughts-on-honest-interpretation] Leviticus, Jesus, and Homosexuality: Some Thoughts on Honest Interpretation</ref> as well as the evidence that the evangelical church encourages sacrificial giving to help others, and that evangelicals engage in has been very substantially engaged in providing humanitarian aid,<ref>[http://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/research/documents/USMissionsSurvey_FINALReport.pdf] US Missions Survey FINAL Report</ref> as their members give more per person than those of other major groups.<ref>John and Sylvia Ronsvalle, The State of Church Giving through 2004: Will We Will? 16th ed. (Champaign, Ill.: Empty Tomb, 2006),12</ref> − − While Democrats typically only give perfunctory mention of God, Buttigieg openly invokes his liberal faith and advocates doing so, stating, "we need to not be afraid to invoke arguments that are convincing on why Christian faith is going to point you in a [[progressive]] direction. ... When I think about where most of Scripture points me, it is toward defending the poor, and the immigrant, and the stranger, and the prisoner, and the outcast...So I think it's really important to carry a message (to the public)…"<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/03/mayor-pete-buttigieg-christian-right-2020-democratic-primary-trump-column/3342767002] Mayor Pete Buttigieg's countercultural approach to Christianity is what America needs now</ref> While Buttigieg likes to sound the trumpet in his alms-giving, he ignores the core teaching of salvation from sin and homosexuality: {{quotebox|Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened....For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A26-27&version=KJV Romans 1:21, 26-27]</ref>}} Scripture is unambiguous. God is not confused. Buttigieg's homosexuality is a consequence of [[idolatry]] and rejection of God. − − Buttigieg opposed The Religious Freedom Restoration Act saying it "appeared to me to be a license to harm others in the name of religion...making it easier to harm people in its name,"<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/opinions/buttigieg-and-religion-qa-beck/index.html] Pete Buttigieg on faith, his marriage and Mike Pence</ref> implicitly endorsing [[Christian persecution]]. In Buttigieg's world Christians who hold to Biblical morality can be impoverished and treated as outcasts or otherwise subject to harm (a word Buttigieg often uses for justification of his stance against conservatives), such as when refusing to be complicit in celebrating immoral causes, as in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop.<ref>[https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/when-opposition-to-religious-liberty-becomes-silly-petty-and-vindictive] When opposition to religious liberty becomes silly, petty, and vindictive</ref> However, he did oppose [[Beto O'Rourke]]'s plan to remove tax exemptions from churches that opposed liberal causes such as abortion and homosexuality. − − Illustrating a primary reason why "right-wing Christians" seem so vocal about moral issues (since cultural Marxist immorality is foisted upon society and Biblical morality is attacked), Buttigieg's attack on conservative evangelicals has provoked many responses from them. Based upon the logic that the importance of an issue is based upon how much Christ said about it, and the premise that explicit statements only seem to count, evangelical blogger Erick Erickson surmises that perhaps Mayor Pete Buttigieg thinks that Jesus would be okay with abortion and bestiality.<ref>[https://theresurgent.com/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-unprovoked-attacks-on-mike-pence-suggest-he-really-is-intolerant-and-okay-with-christian-persecution Pete Buttigieg’s Unprovoked Attacks on Mike Pence Suggest He Really Is Intolerant and Okay With Christian Persecution]</ref> − − Erickson also pointed out that while Buttigieg holds himself out as a more tolerant Christian than Vice President Mike Pence, yet the later has never once said anything negative about Buttigieg having [[homosexual attraction]]s, while Buttigieg called Pence a fanatic and ridiculed Pence's faith. Erickson thus sees this as suggesting that he "would be O.K. with using the government to persecute Christians," for already "Buttigieg has come out in favor of the government shutting down Christian businesses if they do not bow at the altar of gay marriage."<ref>[https://theresurgent.com/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-unprovoked-attacks-on-mike-pence-suggest-he-really-is-intolerant-and-okay-with-christian-persecution] ete Buttigieg’s Unprovoked Attacks on Mike Pence Suggest He Really Is Intolerant and Okay With Christian Persecution</ref> − − Despite claiming to oppose using religion as a "cudgel," said in his very next sentence that if God were a member of a political party, it would not be the GOP.<ref>Multiple references: − *Wulfsohn, Joseph A. (May 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-says-religion-shouldnt-be-a-cudgel-then-suggests-god-wouldnt-be-a-republican Buttigieg says religion shouldn't be a 'cudgel,' then suggests God wouldn't be a Republican]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 7, 2019. − *Nolte, John (May 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/08/nolte-mean-little-mayor-pete-buttigieg-is-terrible-at-christianity/ Nolte: Mean Little Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is Terrible at Christianity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2019.</ref> − − ===Homosexual activism=== − [[File:LGBTQ and Antifa violence.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Elements of the LGBTQ+ and transgender movement began coalescing around the [[Antifa]] terror organization in violence in the [[Tacoma suicide bomber attack]]<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/watch-transgender-activist-calls-for-more-domestic-terrorist-attacks-trump-assassination-cheers-antifa-firebomber-as-hero/</ref> and Boston Straight Pride March in late Summer, 2019.<ref>http://www.gopusa.com/antifa-lgbtq-attacks-straight-pride-parade-in-boston/</ref>]] − While supporting the murder of the unborn and living contrary to the specified description of marriage, as well supporting homosexual fornication, which the Bible condemns and is contrary to Christian faith,<ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS and the BIBLE]</ref> and supporting punishing those who disagree,<ref>Fischer, Bryan (April 12, 2019). [https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2019/04/12/president-pete-buttigieg-the-biggest-threat-to-religious-liberty-in-history 'President' Pete Buttigieg - the biggest threat to religious liberty in history] One News Now, Retrieved November 06 2019</ref> yet Buttigieg said he plans to bring Christian values back to the White House and will ensure that religion will not be used to divide the American people.<ref> John Gage (November 04, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/buttigieg-claims-he-will-exemplify-values-of-jesus-in-white-house] Washington Examiner, Retrieved November 06 2019</ref> Any faith the Buttigieg holds, he weaponizes it to attack political opponents.<ref>Schilling, Terry (July 9, 2019). [https://humanevents.com/2019/07/09/pete-buttigieg-macklemore-of-2020/ Buttigieg: The ‘Atheist Rap Bro’ Weaponizing Christianity.] ''Human Events''. Retrieved July 10, 2019.</ref> Buttigieg has attacked Bible-believing Christians for their beliefs<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (April 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/04/08/pollak-mayor-pete-buttigieg-religious-bigotry/ Pollak: ‘Mayor Pete’ Buttigieg and Liberal Religious Bigotry]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.</ref> and for supporting President Trump. He unfairly attacks Vice President [[Mike Pence]],<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/25/no-im-not-going-vote-pete-buttigieg-just-gay/</ref> calling him "the midwife of the porn-star presidency," describing Pence as "a nice guy to your face," but "just fanatical"<ref>Spiering, Charlie (April 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/08/pete-buttigieg-keeps-attacking-mike-pence-despite-history-of-respect/ Pete Buttigieg Keeps Attacking Mike Pence Despite History of Respect]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.<br>See also: − *Daugherty, Owen (April 9, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/438132-karen-pence-responds-to-buttigieg-you-shouldnt-be-attacked-for Karen Pence responds to Buttigieg: 'You shouldn't be attacked' for your religious beliefs]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 9, 2019. − *Brest, Mike (April 9, 2019). [https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/09/pence-family-religious-liberty-buttigieg/ Pence's Family Defends Religious Liberty, Pushes Back Against Buttigieg Criticism]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved April 10, 2019. − Contrast with Pence's reaction to Buttigieg when he announced his homosexuality: − *Chang, Allie (June 17, 2015). [https://wsbt.com/news/local/gov-pence-talks-reelection-campaign-buttigiegs-coming-out Gov. Pence talks reelection campaign, Buttigieg's coming out]. ''WSBT''. Retrieved April 10, 2019.</ref> [[Liberal hypocrisy|despite his own radical positions]] on [[abortion]] and [[same-sex "marriage"]].<ref>Multiple references: − *Brown, Michael L. (April 8, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pro-abortion-married-homosexual-professed-christian-pete-buttigieg-questions-trumps-faith Why it’s absurd for gay pro-abortion Pete Buttigieg to question Trump’s faith]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 9, 2019. − *Byas, Steve (April 9, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31973-buttigieg-s-candidacy-advances-secularist-leftist-goals Buttigieg’s Candidacy Advances Secularist Leftist Goals]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 9, 2019. − *Mainwaring, Doug (April 12, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/as-a-former-gay-man-i-know-pete-buttigiegs-midwest-wholesome-is-a-lie As a former gay man, I know Pete Buttigieg’s ‘Midwest wholesome’ is a lie]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 12, 2019. − *Williams, Thomas D. (April 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/04/16/catholic-league-pete-buttigieg-loyal-soldier-war-religion/ Catholic League: Pete Buttigieg ‘Loyal Soldier in War on Religion’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019. − *Buchanan, Patrick J. (April 16, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/32030-mayor-pete-and-the-crackup-of-christianity Mayor Pete and the Crackup of Christianity]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 17, 2019.</ref> Despite Buttigieg's radical and divisive attacks on conservative Christians, he claimed he could somehow unite Americans.<ref>Nolte, John (October 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/10/16/pete-buttigieg-plays-uniter-months-christian-bashing/ Nolte: Pete Buttigieg Plays ‘Uniter’ After Months of Christian Bashing]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 16, 2019.</ref> − − Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, who is openly gay, said {{quotebox|I find it really ironic that Mayor Pete stayed silent about this so-called hate hoax on him and others during 2015, 2016, 2017 when Mike Pence was governor of Indiana. There was total silence. It’s ironic that right about now when he’s starting his fund-raising apparatus to run for president that he comes up with this idea and this attack.<ref>https://www.faithwire.com/2019/04/19/openly-gay-us-ambassador-richard-grenell-takes-down-buttigiegs-hate-hoax-against-godly-pence/</ref>}} − − The leftist Buttigieg is promoted as a devout [[Christian]] and a "man of faith" despite being "married" to a man. [[Homosexuality]] is never sanctioned in Scripture, and the Lord Jesus Himself specified that it was male and female that God joined together in marriage. Homosexual relations are only condemned in the Bible wherever it manifestly deals with them (see: [[Homosexuality and the Bible]] and [[Homosexuality and biblical interpretation]]). − − Buttigieg proudly attributes this sinful desire of his fallen fleshly nature to God, stating that he wished that, "the Mike Pences of the world" would understand that if they have a problem with who he is then their quarrel is with God.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/10/mike-pence-says-pete-buttigieg-knows-better-after-criticism.html] Mike Pence, facing criticism from 2020 Democratic hopeful Pete Buttigieg over his record on gay rights, says South Bend mayor ‘knows better</ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/franklin-graham-says-pete-buttigieg-should-repent-for-being-gay] Franklin Graham says Pete Buttigieg should repent for being gay</ref> − − Cities across America which have adopted open bathroom policies, an issue dear to his heart, have been plagued with dirty hypodermic needles.<ref>https://columbialawreview.org/content/safer-bathrooms-in-syringe-exchange-programs-injecting-progress-into-the-harm-reduction-movement/</ref> Buttigieg supports federal legislation banning discrimination against homosexuals, and therefore opposes the Trump administration's ban on transgender people serving in the military, while supporting gender reassignment surgery for transgender people in prison.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/what-does-pete-buttigieg-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-7-issues] What does Pete Buttigieg believe? Where the candidate stands on 7 issues</ref> − − Buttigieg and his "husband" offer no [[hope]] to parents, young girls, and women as [[role model]]s for [[heterosexual]]ity. Buttigieg's homosexuality and support for the [[homosexual agenda]] propelled him into the upper ranks of [[Democrat]] candidates, and the [[mainstream media]] has visibly displayed its adoration for him while he rose in the polls<ref>Spiering, Charlie (April 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/16/mayor-pete-buttigieg-rising-in-democrat-primary/ Mayor Pete Buttigieg Rising in Democrat Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.</ref> (Liberals/leftists love Buttigieg's attacks on Vice President [[Mike Pence]] who supports [[religious liberty]]).<ref>Jasper, William F. (April 7, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31946-pete-buttigieg-for-president-the-dem-s-newest-media-anointed-phenom Pete Buttigieg for President? The Dem’s Newest Media-anointed "Phenom"]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.<br>See also: − *Schlichter, Kurt (April 11, 2019). [https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/04/11/that-annoying-pete-buttigieg-guy-is-just-another-liberal-hack-n2544486 That Annoying Pete Buttigieg Guy Is Just Another Liberal Hack]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved April 11, 2019. − *Horowitz, David (April 30, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/sri-lanka-pete-buttigieg-and-the-lefts-escalating-war-against-christians Sri Lanka, Pete Buttigieg, and the left’s escalating war against Christians]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from the ''American Thinker''). Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref> Major homosexual political donors are financially backing his campaign.<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-gay-money-democratic-secret-weapon "I HAVE MAXED OUT TO PETE": GAY MONEY, DEMOCRATIC SECRET WEAPON, COMES OUT FOR BUTTIGIEG], Vanity Fair, 2019</ref> − − ===Criticism=== − Buttigieg has rebuked conservative Chrisitans alleging they advocate [[theocracy]]. Buttigieg said in a Democrat primary debate: {{quotebox|"The [[Republican Party]] likes to cloak itself in the language of [[religion]]. Now, our party doesn’t talk about that as much, largely for a very good reason, which is that we’re very committed to the [[separation of church and state]].}} − − Hans Fiene commented on Buttigieg's illogic: {{quotebox|"How dare you ignore our Lord’s words about caring for vulnerable children," says the man who ignores our Lord’s words about not killing vulnerable children. "How could you be so unchristian and support separating children from their parents," says the man who supports separating unborn children’s limbs from their bodies.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/08/pete-buttigieg-right-christians-need-rebuked/</ref>}}
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===Early political career===
===Early political career===
Once out of college, Buttigieg did research and press work for [[John Kerry]]'s presidential campaign. In 2007 Buttigieg was employed at McKinsey & Company in Chicago, where he realized that "despite all my education, I felt ignorant about how the private sector really worked." Buttigieg ran for Indiana state treasurer in 2010, though at $68,772 per year he says it paid less than half of what he already was making. In 2009 and 2010 Buttigieg openly advocated support for the auto-industry bailout, but lost the election for state treasurer to the incumbent treasurer Richard Mourdock, who opposed the bailout.
Once out of college, Buttigieg did research and press work for [[John Kerry]]'s presidential campaign. In 2007 Buttigieg was employed at McKinsey & Company in Chicago, where he realized that "despite all my education, I felt ignorant about how the private sector really worked." Buttigieg ran for Indiana state treasurer in 2010, though at $68,772 per year he says it paid less than half of what he already was making. In 2009 and 2010 Buttigieg openly advocated support for the auto-industry bailout, but lost the election for state treasurer to the incumbent treasurer Richard Mourdock, who opposed the bailout.
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