Life Matters

In this episode of Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston pulls back the covers the relativistic social teaching that has crept into the pro-life movement called "The Seamless Garment."

Also referred to as "the consistent life ethic" The seamless garment asserts that the right to life of unborn children is merely one of many life issues and that a focus needs to be spent on all of the plethora of these issues.

Contrary to adding to the protection of innocent life, the seamless garment has been used to undercut the protection of innocent life. Catholics routinely invoke it in the public sector, and especially to justify the leaders of the abortion movement who are Catholic. This includes individuals such as Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and Gavin Newsom.

One of the clearest thinkers and spokesmen for the Catholic faith, Cardinal Mueller, is eloquent in declaring the seamless garment a false doctrine, and repudiating it for its evil and confusing nature. He rightly calls it "intellectually dishonest."

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/intellectual-dishonesty-and-the-seamless-garment-argument

The tragedy of the seamless garment is that many well-meaning Catholics can be confused by this false teaching. We know that many Catholics continue to vote for pro-abortion Democrats, and we know that the pro-abortion democrat leadership proudly says that it's a very Catholic position. This includes the recent statements by Nancy Pelosi in rebuking her own archbishop who had reminded her of the serious evil of intentionally supporting laws that allow the killing and disposal of innocent human lives.

Failure to make distinctions on these important moral ethical and legal issues is in fact failure to clarify the issues at stake. It gives great license and literally it gives the culture a lawlessness - for if the innocent cannot be protected by the law, what is the purpose of the law?

Catholics are not the only religious entity to have slipped into this religious moral relativism. And Brian's future focus will be on the widespread moral relativism that has crept into even those churches who claim to be "biblically-based." The battle of our culture is very real and the values of a godless culture are already relativistic. When churches who claim to speak for a higher law, for the "laws of nature and nature's God," promote moral relativist teaching institutions they must be rebuked.

Society itself is at stake when we discuss the issue of the right to life. It is not merely a passing moral 'opinion.' It is the very fabric of what allows individuals to function together in society.

The right to life must be firmly asserted and clearly explained. It must be defended and protected if the innocent child, the elderly, the infirm or anyone who is physically under the power or control of other individuals is to be protected from deadly intent.

In this episode, Brian brings an important warning from the National Right to Life Committee. On May 9, 2022, Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, urged all supporters, members, and affiliates of National Right to Life to refrain from ANY public demonstration of support or opposition to the results of the Dobbs decision, which is expected shortly.

Brian, reenforces and explains how the California affiliate has actually stopped three different events in the month of May for that reason in particular. He uses the opportunity to explain the undergirding principles of our battle, and the effective means by which we should wage our battle, because it is a battle of ideas first and foremost. How ideas are presented is crucial to their understanding

Using examples of both the history of the pro-life movement as well as the conflict of ideas throughout human history, Brian explains the notion of a "false flag" attack. This is when a superior, and more evil intended force, creates a conflict that intentionally is designed to blame a more the benevolent yet 'targeted' force.

It is used to justify great evil and has been used throughout human history at least as far back as Julius Caesar and other authoritarian despots. It is a frequent tool to both confuse the public debate and the members of both sides of the issue, justifying great evil, in the name of "just protecting ourselves."

Brian also explains the current situation in California and the authoritarian nature of the Democrat party and its unlimited abortion agenda. The same agenda is being sought throughout the world in many individual nations, provinces and jurisdictions, and at the United Nations itself.

It is critical for pro-life individuals to understand the nature of this battle and the methods used by our opponents.

In this Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston examines the elections of Spring of 2022 in California. Most importantly, he delves into how the principles that need to be applied there, also apply everywhere that citizens have the freedom to vote.

Brian puts particular emphasis on understanding the nature of the electoral and civic system under which an individual lives. As election processes now vary from state to state, there are better ways to analyze the ballot and vote on candidates, rather than on your simple 'feelings.' California's election system has been dramatically altered in the last two decades, and Californians must make an effort to grasp the nature of the top–two, "jungle primary" system.

Brian places additional emphasis on the importance of understanding the power of your local vote. Whenever a centralized form of government moves into place, this top down approach allows great abuses by those who control the system. But it is much more difficult for these power-hungry bureaucrats to control the most local of elections. It is there that the local individual can help elect school board, city and county offices. It is also by remaining active in the civic process that citizens can hope and work to change those holding the highest level of government.

Regarding the importance of paying attention to local school boards, Brian read a tweet from Jo Leuhmann, from May 18, 2022.

"I would rather have an abortion than have a brown child who ends up being adopted by white evangelicals. It is not kindness to children of the global majority to give them to people who traumatize them with self-loathing and ancestor hatred. An abortion is an act of love."

While Ms. Leuhmann resigned shortly afterwards, her frank openness is not an uncommon attitude amongst the far left who seek to hold positions of local responsibility. Very few however are as frank and honest.

It is very important therefore to determine the mindset and policy inclinations of candidates BEFORE they are elected, if one is hopeful of retaining influence on their local school boards, city councils, etc.

In this episode of Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston takes the opportunity to examine California's unique situation in the cultural battle now raging across the nation and the world.

Few Californians fully realize that our form of government has been dramatically changed through extreme alteration of our method of voting and tallying votes.

But this is only one aspect of the very serious attack on our state's form of government and our nation's form of government. Justice Clarence Thomas explains the deeper significance of the Supreme Court leak in the midst of its deliberations. Justice Thomas is unequivocal; the very nature of America's legal system and form of government has been attacked, with the purpose of undermining and altering America.

Brian further explains how California's open, 'top two,' or "jungle primary" has given, not the individual voter, but those who control political groups the authority to determine election outcomes. This is not new in history nor even in American history. Brian explains the history of New York's Tammany Hall which for nearly 100 years had absolute and openly corrupt political power over the state and specifically the city of New York.

It was only the determined leader ship of Fiorello La Guardia and his allies who were able to both expose and ultimately undo the worst parts of the Tammany Hall political machine. Vestiges of it still remain in the state of New York and in many aspects of the Democrat, machine politics system.

Brian also explains how the American form of government, centered on the value of each and every life and the significance of the individual person, is in direct contrast to centralized authoritarian forms of government. These governments often promise goodies and benefits to political groups, but in fact use these promises to maintain authoritarian control, even to the disregard of individual lives.

From personal experience, Brian explains the nature of the European Union, the Maastricht Treaty which in many cases tricked individual European countries to surrender their sovereignty, and how it is a false and empty emulation of the principles of the United States of America.

Further, Brian explains how failure to understand the civics of your community, and the methods of election, will result in failure for well-meaning, pro-life individuals who only vote based on their feelings and not on understanding. "Six Ways To Defeat a ProLife Candidate" outlines how many pro-abortion candidates gain office even though there are many pro-life voters in their district. Pro-life individuals must make an effort to understand the civic process if they wish to be successful in changing their laws whether locally, regionally, or on the state level and national level. Knowledgeable voting is essential for good government, particularly when voting to protect life.

In this episode of Life Matters, Brian Johnston interviews attorney Sheila Green regarding the current situation in California in Spring of 2022. While it is an unusual circumstance within the state, it is critically important to recognize the methods and procedures used by abortion advocates which have now become a worldwide tool.

The radicalization of political parties both in the United States and abroad has brought abortion and the killing of innocent life through infanticide and euthanasia into nearly every Western culture. This has not happened accidentally.

It is critically important that caring individuals examine closely the language and methods used by those committed to an authoritarian culture of death, as preparation and dedication to supporting wise civic activities and the prayerful involvement in wise civic action is critically necessary n confronting this palpable evil.

Brian and Sheila examine both the stunning proposal to legalize all late-term abortion and infanticide via AB 2223, a California legislative proposal which is part of the 42-point governor's "California abortion-magnet" program.

In the second part of the program, they focus on the work of every effective pro-life organization in helping to ensure that pro-life citizens vote wisely and carefully all the way down the ballot.

The old maxim, that, 'all politics is local,' is a true one. It is these local races: school boards, city councils, county supervisors, where local conscientious citizens can much more easily thwart the political machinery of the death culture.

In this special episode from Spring of 2022, Brian Johnston interviews Sheila Green, Esquire, Vice President of the California ProLife Council.

The California ProLife Council had filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the state in 2020 regarding the enforcement of existing law. That law, Health & Safety Code Section: 123435, specifically prohibits infanticide if a child is born alive in the course of an abortion.

The state admitted it does not enforce or investigate this law in any manner. Subsequently, the California ProLife Council began an effort to expose this intentional, non-enforcement of infanticide.

Rather than begin enforcing the law, the radical pro-abortion lobby, which has complete sway over the state Democrat Party, requested that that law simply be stripped from the books and a law explicitly authorizing infanticide be put into affect!

In conjunction with 45 other abortion industry proposals that would make California the nation's and the world's home for the abortion industry, they introduced a measure - AB 2223, which explicitly removes the previous Health & Safety Code, and supplants it with a new law which allows all late-term abortions and even post-birth, perinatal death (variously described as 18 to 28 days after birth) as 'un-investigateable.'

In other words, if there's direct evidence or suspicion of intentionally killing a child in a late-term abortion or killing the child even after it's born, the state prohibits any investigation of these matters.

Brian and Sheila explain the need to take action and to alert conscientious Californians everywhere of this incredible disrespect for vulnerable innocent lives. A special webpage for contacting legislators is available at Californiaprolife.org > Stop Infanticide Legislation. Each and every legislator will need to vote on this.

This episode of Life Matters takes on current events and the whole current waterfront of legal and political battles. Brian addresses the international flavor of the right to life and why America's founders insisted that this premise be at the heart of America's laws. As a nation, we continue to be a magnet for all of mankind's hopes and desires for their lives to be affirmed and protected. Life Matters is heard internationally via short wave radio in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. It is heard via European Gospel Radio in Eastern Europe, the Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, etc. Many listen to shortwave radio as a starting point to learning the English language, and shortwave is still an amazing tool which crosses international borders where local oppressive governments may prohibit any broadcasts which do not reflect the values of that government. Life Matters is functioning as a communication tool and lifeline for those who know there are bigger issues in life, and that the role of just government should be to protect innocent lives.

Brian also explores the upcoming elections in the US, and specifically the primaries which will be taking place in California. While many congressional and state house races will be very difficult to win, ironically the more local elections, be it school board, city council supervisor, etc., the odds of good traditional valued pro-life individuals begins to go way up. So we're very pleased that many people are stepping forward.

California ProLife will be holding a series of organizational events throughout the state: San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles County, Santa Clara and elsewhere to prepare people for the opportunities that are ahead in their local school boards. In addition, Brian is returning to his original book tour which was cut short by the Covid epidemic.

Head to http://www.californiaprolife.org for more information.

In this episode, Commissioner Johnston explores aspects of current world conflicts that are in fact directly related to the right to life.

The first part of the program is an interview with author Dr. Steven Mosher, whose most recent book, Bully of Asia: Why China's Dream Is The New Threat To World Order, is now reaching best seller status.

As a graduate student at Stanford in the 1970s, Dr. Mosher was the first Western social scientist allowed access to observe and document Chinese rural life under Communism. He was deeply alarmed by the now infamous forced-abortion policies being used to control China's population.

His writings were instrumental in bringing these policies to light and to the awareness of the world. Dr. Mosher is fluent in several languages and travelled to various parts of China. He has been one of the preeminent experts on actual life under the Chinese communist government. Ironically, China has paid a price for this one-child policy and has reversed course to allow two, and now three children. Tragically, the impact of the government policy has convinced Chinese citizens of childbearing age to not have children, as the now prosperous Chinese culture has become self-absorbed and having children requires a lifestyle of some self-sacrifice.

But the Chinese problems are not merely domestic. As with many aggressive Marxist governments, China views its assertion over world order as a duty and it does not merely view Asia as its sphere of influence. It now has clear designs on global hegemony.

As with all Marxist governments, human life is still viewed as a commodity, and wherever the heavy boot of its government has settled, innocent lives are disposed of without apology.

Brian ends the program with a brief discussion of the coming election year and the cultural significance of war itself, with lessons to be drawn from Clausewitz and the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

The right to life in every American election year is a central issue. It is essential that it be fully understood before and during each election.

The popular media often describes American opinion as being in favor of abortion – as "pro choice".

The media also asserts that most Americans support Roe v. Wade. But a more studied examination of the facts reveals quite the opposite.

The word "choice" is intentionally used with two simultaneous meanings: Availability of abortion for just the hard cases, in case something goes "wrong".

The other, operant definition, and that which is asserted by abortion advocates, is "abortion at any time and for any reason - just because I choose it."

American opinion polls show that the average person does not support this latter definition. The average American would like to see some kinds of restrictions of unlimited abortion and a recognition and balancing act between the life of the child and the life of the mother.

Because of the life or health exception specifically outlined in Doe v. Bolton, Roe v. Wade's conjoined companion decision, none of the supposed limits suggested in Roe have any effect. The term "health" is specifically defined as being anything: psychological or sociological, anything related to the woman's age, anything the abortionist defines "health" to mean. The abortion can then be performed and no authority is allowed to question the legality or the thinking of the MD abortionist.

The public is never informed of this pivotal aspect of the abortionist's choice. The public has been given little information regarding the actual nature of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the two companion decisions which struck down the laws of all fifty states.

Commissioner Johnston's book, Evil Twins - Roe and Doe, How the Supreme Court Unleashed Medical Killing, takes a deep dive into the real facts of these two companion decisions and what they means for our nation and culture right now.