The Homosexual War against Christianity
Chapter 8
Violent attacks by homosexuals against Christian churches
1989 - 2017
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One of the best examples of what the homosexual war against Christian faith
is all about was described in the February 2006 edition of American Family
Association Journal in an article by Ed Vitagliano under the title:
"Gay activists war against Christianity-
Church seen as main obstacle hindering
wholesale acceptance of homosexual agenda."
The article begins with extended quotes from an article written by
Michael Swift, a "gay revolutionary," published in a February 1987
issue of the Gay Community News. It is unclear if the article was
intended as satire or was meant to be taken at face value. Homosexuals
frequently use double entendre when talking with heterosexuals; that is,
they may well say exactly what they intend but disguise it to resemble
satire so that they cannot be accused of openly favoring destruction
of the institutions -especially the religious institutions-
of normative society.
This stray article in (for everyone else) an obscure homosexual
publication
might not mean very much except for the fact that it was also published in
the Congressional Record and, after that, was widely distributed through
various Christian information services.
"Michael Swift," it turned out, was a pseudonym, and when news of the
dissemination of his article was 'going viral' (as we might say) he wrote
a rejoinder to Christians at large in which he said that his fairly short
opus
was intended as fantasy, illustrating "how the oppressed desperately dream
of being the oppressor."
Maybe that was true enough but even if it was, a question immediately
comes to mind: What oppression? By 1987 no-one with an IQ above
80 points could make any such claim. Homosexuals had already
infiltrated the movie industry, hence the 'outing' of many homosexual
film stars, such as Rock Hudson, and homosexuals were well on their way
in the fields of journalism, stage acting, various genres of music, ballet,
fashion design (think Versuche and Armani), and lesser trades
such as the florist business, hair dressing, and bars that cater to
'queers.' There were also homosexual enclaves in several cities,
most notably San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.
Oppression? Was that supposed to be, some kind of humor?
There is a follow up question since, after all, many minority movements
do not seek to switch places with "oppressors" but to create a new
social system in which oppression is no longer possible -by anyone.
The American Revolution is a classic example of exactly that.
So, too, was the independence cause in India and the independence
movements in places like Ghana and Senegal.
And, given the gist of the article, it is legitimate to ask which social
movements of recent history have been so blatantly anti-religion?
Minus maybe the rise of a few petty dictatorships like that of
Idi Amin in Uganda, otherwise 20th century movements that sought
to eliminate religion have all been Communist.
Here are three quotes from Michael Swift's manifesto:
"All churches who condemn us will be closed."
"All laws banning homosexual activity will be revoked. … [W]e shall
make films about the love between heroic men. … The family unit
— spawning ground of lies, betrayals, mediocrity, hypocrisy
and violence — will be abolished. … "
"We shall sodomize your sons…. We shall seduce them in your schools,
in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your locker rooms, in your
sports
arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth groups, in your movie theater
bathrooms,
in your army bunkhouses, in your truck stops, in your all-male clubs, in
your
houses of Congress, wherever men are with men together."
As Ed Vitagliano laconically summarized things: "As the article found its
way
into Christian publications, believers were horrified, and homosexual
activists
tried to make light of its contents," treating it as comedy. "Not many
Christians,
however, saw the levity in Swift’s sentiments..."
Especially not when, as had happened on different occasions in the past,
homosexuals had demonstrated at churches and other venues where
Christians were present, the limp wrist set, not so limp-wristed after all,
chanting "we're here, we're queer, get used to it," sometimes followed by
"give us your children."
If this was supposed to be funny it wasn't, and it was perceived for what
it was in actuality, a threat.
If we examine the record of homosexual violence against Christians
the story becomes crystal clear.
Timeline
Violent attacks by homosexuals against Christian churches
1989 - 2017
First Orthodox Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, 1989, various sources.
Numerous attacks against the pastor, Dr. Chuck McIlhenny, who had led a
movement that had defeated a domestic partnership law in the city; at one
point
(difficult to imagine now) about 7000 Christians gathered in support of
McIlhenny.
The homosexuals did not like this and began their efforts to try and
intimidate
the pastor. For the next three years there was an almost constant barrage
of ugly phone calls, such as several in which the callers threatened that
McIlhenny's three young daughters would be savaged. Mc Ilhenny's home
was firebombed at a time when the entire family was present. The church
was vandalized on a number of occasions; as one report said, "homosexuals
broke the church’s windows so many times the parishioners had to
board them up permanently." In all that time there were no prosecutions
for crimes against the McIlhenny family or against the Presbyterian church.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, December 10, 1989,
reported in the National Catholic Weekly, September 21, 2015,
and other sources. As the Brian Clowes story said, a large number
of homosexuals, plus some pro-abortion activists, members of ACT-UP,
stormed the church, assaulting parishioners, disrupting John Cardinal
O’Connor’s Mass, and desecrating the consecrated Host by throwing
the Host on the ground and stamping on It. Outside, hundreds of screaming
homosexuals burned Cardinal O’Connor in effigy and attacked passersby..."
Signs that the homosexuals displayed to the public included one which
proclaimed “Mary Should Have Had an Abortion;" another said
"Christ was a homosexual," and still another added "Death to the Church!,”
The media, present in full force, had next to nothing to say by way of
condemnation of the homosexuals; as far as the police were concerned
nothing the homosexuals did warranted even one arrest. When the event
was over ACT-UP released a press statement that insisted that its "cause"
was “…important enough [to allow us] to invade any space,
to disrupt any speech.” Michael Moore, present at the time,
expressed his approval of the homosexual activities.
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Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Los Angeles, date uncertain,
ca. 1990, reported in a National Catholic Weekly story, September 21, 2015.
As part of a campaign against Roger Cardinal Mahony, a mob of homosexuals
attacked the cathedral, "desecrating it with bloody-red handprints and
pornographic photographs of perverted sex acts and ACT-UP posters
plastered everywhere. At St. Catherine’s, they nailed a ten-foot cross
festooned with plastic penises and used condoms to the church door.
They also smeared the chancery with animal blood and entrails."
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Hamilton Square Baptist Church, San Francisco, September 19, 1993,
reported by Traditional Values Coalition. To quote the report verbatim:
"Hundreds of angry and mean-spirited homosexuals converged upon
Hamilton Square Baptist Church. Some laid down in the streets in front
of the church to block traffic while others trespassed on the church
property to bang on the front door and several side doors. They blocked
church goers from coming inside."
Matters went from bad to worse. When Donna McIlhenny (wife of
Rev. Chuck McIhenny) tried to enter the church to attend the special
service that evening she was grabbed by a homosexual who temporarily
prevented her from proceeding further. She was only able to go inside
after being rescued by men from the congregation.
.
At the start of the service the mob of screaming homosexuals began to
chant,
probably trying to drown out the worship speakers inside. Then the large
Gothic doors that had been closed to protect the church-goers were
rushed, with the homosexuals pounding on them loudly. Finally, after
a short time, after the police told Pastor David Innes that they would
not be able to protect the Christians, until then the police had mostly
simply monitored the scene and had done almost nothing to maintain
order, the homosexuals broke into the sanctuary.
They threw rocks and eggs at the congregants; then the Christian flag
was torn down and a homosexual flag was put on display. Outside
various concrete benches were broken apart, landscaping was torn up,
and there was additional yelling. Inside, the rioters began to march
toward the pulpit, shouting "We want your children,
give us your children".
.
The men of the congregation linked their arms and stood their ground
and, after the police finally made a show of backbone, the homosexuals
backed down. Even then the police simply intervened to stop the
mayhem; the Christians were escorted from the church to safety
but there were no arrests and there was no coverage by the news media.
William Clinton was president at the time and knew about these events
and said nothing and did nothing.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Greenwich, Connecticut, April 20, 2006;
reported by the Catholic League. Education center was broken into,
statues
of the Virgin Mary, St. Michael, and Joan of Arc were destroyed. Various
slogans, including anti-Semitic statements, were carved into the walls.
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Mt. Hope Church, Lansing, Michigan. November 11, 2008.
homosexual anarchists infiltrate church. About a dozen men wearing
conservative business suits and carrying Bibles were able to enter
without suspicion, whereupon they proceeded to disrupt the worship
service by yelling at the congregation, distributing leaflets, and pulling
the fire alarm. The homosexuals inside the church scattered propaganda
leaflets throughout the sanctuary and threw condoms at the congregants.
Up in the balcony a large banner was unfurled with a vulgar statement.
Two female homosexuals rushed the pulpit and began openly kissing
each other as families with kids look on in disbelief. Other members of
the group, Bash Back, also picketed outside and began banging on pails;
they also used a bull horn to shout homosexual slogans such as
"Jesus was a homo." No arrests were made by the police.
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California churches of different denominations, story reported by
Mass Resistance for November 13, 2008, under the title:
Homosexuals begin campaign of terror and violence against
churches in California and across US because of Prop 8
election loss.
The report begins by noting that almost immediately after Proposition 8
– the anti-gay “marriage” amendment – was overwhelmingly passed
by California voters, homosexual activists began threatening
to burn down churches and [commit] other violence. Homosexuals
sent messages to each other saying: "Burn their f**king churches..."
It did not take long; during the days immediately following the election,
mostly within 24 hours, a number of churches in the state, and some
elsewhere,
were under attack. Here are some examples of churches that were hit:
Saddleback Church, Rick Warren, pastor.
Catholic Church, Riverside, California; no other information available.
Our Lady of Angels, Catholic Church, Los Angeles, attacked the
next Sunday, with a homosexual invasion of the sanctuary, much turmoil,
and profanities yelled at parishioners.
A number of Mormon churches were targeted including-
Mormon Temple, Los Angeles, Westwood community. A mob of homosexuals,
estimates vary from 1,000 to as many as 5,000, rioted, screaming, waving
signs
in a menacing manner, threatening to storm the building.
Mormon Church, Ventura, California, where 50 homosexuals carrying signs
insulting the Latter-day Saints marched on the building.
Mormon Church near Sacramento was vandalized, spray painted.
There were also various private acts of hate, for example when
a van staffed by female homosexuals parked outside the home
of a Mormon family with their five kids, near San Francisco.
A large sign on the van featured the word "Bigots" with
an arrow pointing to the house. Another incident took place
in Palm Springs where an elderly woman who was carrying a sign
with a prominent cross was assaulted by a gang of homosexuals
who took the sign from her and stomped on it -in front of the crew
from a local TV station. As the Mass Resistance article reported,
this news item, accessible on the Web, included an announcer
who intoned that there's "a lot of hate by both sides." Which is
strange since all the overt hate seen on TV footage was only being
expressed by the homosexuals.
There was also a mass protest of about 3000 homosexuals at the national
headquarters of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. The
homosexuals
carried insulting signs and spent much of the time shouting.
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Park Street Church, Boston; published by Mass Resistance,
May 1, 2009, with national coverage in a Time magazine story.
This historic Conservative Congregationalist church was attacked
by 30 homosexuals on April 28. Events described included:
The homosexuals gathered in Boston Common, across the street
from the church. First there were harangues to the crowd that had
assembled, then a march to the church itself. The homosexuals used
megaphones was they shouted and chanted various homosexual slogans.
At one point the leader of the homosexuals used a bullhorn he had pressed
against a church window to a meeting room filled with communicants.
As one story said, there were loud siren noises and ear-splitting sounds
that disrupted events inside the church. This had the intended effect
of causing fears for their safety on the part of the people in the
congregation.
This was followed by passing out literature which proclaimed that
"Jesus was gay."
As Time reported, while there were police on the scene there were
no arrests despite criminal trespass, intimidation, and harassment.
The homosexuals also "illegally trampled through an adjoining
Revolutionary War-era cemetery in order to be directly outside
the church's windows."
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Church of Christian Liberty; Arlington Heights, Illinois.
News story published at World Net Daily, October 15, 2011.
Pieces of concrete bricks thrown through windows at
Liberty church school, with a note threatening worse to come
if the church continued to criticize homosexuality.
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Mars Hill Church, Portland affiliate, story reported by Religion
News Service on April 25, 2012. A gang of homosexuals which called
itself the "Angry Queers" vandalized the church. Stained glass windows
were broken as were other windows. There were other incidents
at the church previously; at its opening in October of 2011 a crowd
of homosexuals standing at the entrance yelled 4-letter words
at church members as they arrived for services.
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St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, Acushnet, Massachusetts,
May 2012. The church sign outside the building posted the following
message: “Two men are friends, not spouses.” Shortly afterward,
the church was vandalized and calls from homosexuals flooded
the switchboard, each expressing some variant of the sentiment
"we will burn your church to the ground."
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Catholic Archdiocese of Boston; story published at LifeSiteNews,
March 21, 2017. Threats by LGBT activists to carry out acts of
extreme violence unless homosexuals were allowed to march in
St. Patrick's Day parade. A message to the Archdiocese said
that the Catholic Church in the city could expect "large-scale violence,"
rioting and "possible deaths" if homosexual demands were not met.
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These incidents in the United States do not count homosexual attacks
against churches in other countries. Also from National Catholic Weekly
is this commentary about the situation in Europe:
In several European nations in 2014, "pro-family activists who dared to
hold public rallies and marches were attacked by screaming mobs of
homosexuals, who destroyed their signs and other property, simulated
sexual acts, and threw rocks, bottles, and even feces at the
pro-family people."
"The homosexuals targeted priests and women in particular, sending several
people to hospitals with injuries from beatings. In one case, the
homosexuals
even physically assaulted and spat on a one-year-old baby, and others
ripped
pages out of the Bible and simulated wiping their rear ends with it."
"In all of these cases, police simply stood by and watched as
the assaults continued."
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In case pacifist Christians on the Left believe they are immune
from such things, it should be noted that in August of 2017 an
anti-hate rally was held in Berkeley which was "swarmed" by
anarchist homosexuals, who, anon, proceeded to beat up people.
The story was reported by KDRV television.
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The situation in Europe is only getting worse. An Alex Dunham story
posted at Theolocal for April 19, 2013 reported that anarchist homosexuals
attacked a variety of targets in Spain, sometimes mailing dildos packed
with
explosives to "high profile Catholic targets." Among the destinations was
Archbishop Francisco Pérez of Pamplona -the town made famous
by Ernest Hemingway for its "running with the bulls" annual event.
In that case the dildo bomb did not detonate. Another sex toy bomb
was mailed to the headmaster of the Legionnaires of Christ school,
also in Pamplona; the package never reached the school. Instead
it blew up in the post office, injuring a mailman.
Another bomb that didn't explode was sent to Almudena Cathedral in Madrid.
Greece has been especially hard hit. According to a report at Torno News,
a petrol bomb damaged a Greek Orthodox church in Athens on or just before
August 8, 2016. According to BHMA news service 2016 was a banner
year, with a series of attacks against Greek Orthodox churches all over
the map, including Thessaloniki, the Petraki Monastery, location of
the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece offices, as well as at least
two other churches in Athens. These attacks have consisted of vandalism,
disruption of mass, and arson.
Europe isn't the only place hit by violent homosexuals. On January 4, 2017,
a Mormon church in Santiago, Chile, was attacked.
This is only a very incomplete list.
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As Ed Vitagliano noted, we don't know if the Michael Swift article was
satire or not; on that question the best guess would seem to be that it was
satire which masked actual intentions, it provided plausible deniability
through humor -what passes for humor on the Left, anyway. but what is
very clear "the remarkable success of the plan found within the article."
It provided a new agenda for homosexuals that was, in fact, acted upon
to devastating effect.
Some of the worst things to happen did not depend upon homosexual militants
carrying out violent attacks against Christians, however. The Hollywood
film
industry has became a de facto adjunct to the homosexual movement,
releasing movies that promote same-sex values through favorable portrayals
of the sexually perverted. While there are few movies which have
exclusively
homosexual sexual content -there isn't much of a market for this sort of
thing-
there nonetheless have been a large number of films which include homosexual
characters, always or almost always shown as compatible with mainstream
American society. Some examples:
Harry Potter
Dear White People
J. Edgar
Free Fall
Sex and the City 2
Little Miss Sunshine
Cloud Atlas
The Last Exorcism
God's Own Country
And, of course, many television series have featured homosexual-theme
episodes, among them:
The Simpsons
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Law & Order (each version)
NYPD Blue
Diagnosis: Murder
The Outer Limits
South Park
The Golden Girls
Northern Exposure
Touched by an Angel
Seinfeld
Designing Women
NCIS
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Ed Vitagliano observed that homosexuals "claim to want only equal
protection
under law," yet their real agenda is nothing less than "the complete
alteration
of American society to fit the homosexual view of human sexuality,
marriage and family." As Vitagliano continued:
"This is not an overexaggeration. Paula Ettelbrick is former legal director
of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and now executive
director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.
Ettelbrick stated, "Being queer is more than setting up house, sleeping
with a person of the same gender, and seeking state approval for doing so.
… Being queer means pushing the parameters of sex, sexuality, and family,
and in the process, transforming the very fabric of society. … We must keep
our eyes on the goal … of radically reordering society’s views of
reality."
This is something that, all along, no Christians could take seriously.
Which was an attitude that made sense in the 1990s, certainly in the
early 2000s, but then came Barack Hussein Obama, who not only
won the votes of just about every "liberal" in the United States, but
even Evangelicals voted for him in large numbers.
Call it the "suicide vote." How was it possible?
In 2008 Obama won 24% of Evangelicals, almost 8 million votes,
one our of four. In 2012 the number had fallen to 21% but that still was
one out of five. Why? Didn't these Evangelicals know that on the issues
that matter the most to them Barack Hussein took diametrically opposed
views? The answer can only be that they did not.
Why not?
The reason can only be because of a serious defect in Evangelical values,
something at work which predisposes Evangelicals to wilfully ignore "hard
news,"
to ignore political analysis programs on television, to avoid reading "in
depth"
political commentary in newspapers or news magazines, and, conversely,
to run like lemmings toward the nearest "quick read" blogs or to late night
humor shows with political themes. Or their idea of information is social
media,
exactly the most unreliable source available.
And forget about political studies which appear in scholarly books;
such reading material is altogether outside the realm of Evangelical
consumption of literature.
This is not intended to say that other demographic groups are any better.
Most are not. The point is that Evangelicals, who pride themselves on the
"purity" of their political preferences, simply lack the values that would
motivate them to do some serious, objective study of politics. Sure, other
groups are as bad or even worse. But if Evangelicals cannot look after
their own self interests no-one else is going to do it for them and, as a
consequence, they end up voting against their best interests, in the
meantime indulging in feelings of moral superiority.
Is it any wonder that Evangelicals did not see the successes of organized
homosexuals coming directly at them? Is it any wonder that they have
allowed
every presumed political advantage to escape them just about completely?
Do you recall the famous debate comment George W. Bush made toward
the end of 1999, when asked who his favorite political philosopher was
he replied: "Jesus" ? Evangelicals from coast to coast expressed feelings
of elation. When I heard the same reply my feeling was one of profound
dismay; obviously Mr. Bush either was an outright phoney or was a
simpleton. In either case he was pandering, and offered nothing tangible
to his supporters.
What an opportunity that was to say that his favorite political philosopher
was James Madison, for example. That could have led into a discussion
of how Madison went to lengths to make himself as well informed
as possible about both the best available political philosophies of the day
but also to try and inspire potential voters to become as knowledgeable
as they could be about current political issues; Madison not only was
a student of philosophy and political philosophy, he was 'on top of '
every political dispute of his era, on top of relevant news, and on top of
educated opinion, pro and con, on every important question of his time.
Jesus was many things, and still is, in the lives of his believers today.
He was a moral teacher, an example of profound goodness in people's
lives, and someone willing to lay down his life for the sake of others.
But one thing he was not, was a political philosopher. He simply
was not -and anyone who says he was is being disingenuous.
Had Mr. Bush wanted to be sure to make a point about Jesus in the context
of political philosophy there certainly are examples of exactly that to
think
about, political philosophers who were inspired by Christian faith and
belief in Jesus. Immanuel Kant. Hegel. John Locke. Adam Smith -in his
Theory of Moral Sentiments. Henri Saint-Simon. Edmund Burke.
Alexander Hamilton. Nikolai Berdyaev. John Rawls. Of course it helps if
someone has actually heard of these philosophers and no-one is ever
going to accuse George Bush of being an intellectual. But he at least
might have brought up Abraham Lincoln. True enough, Lincoln wasn't
a political philosopher but he certainly had a political philosophy and was
a Christian in American Protestant tradition. But Bush didn't even go
in that direction; instead he played to the Evangelical grandstand.
The political heroes who rise to the top among Evangelicals are,
almost without exception, intellectual lightweights, or bantamweights.
They have no intellectual substance. And if thee are exceptions-
give credit to Pat Robertson for at least trying even if he is a classic
example of a "crazy uncle"- they are few and far between.
Something needs to happen in the "life of the mind" of Evangelicals,
such as taking serious ideas seriously, such as becoming motivated
to become politically well informed, and such as doing genuine research
in arriving at political conclusions.
This does not say that all hope is lost. It isn't. One of the big surprises
of the
last twenty years or so has been the rise of a large segment of the youth
generation among Evangelicals who have been influenced by the example
of Francis Schaeffer. There may be 25 criticisms you can make of
Schaeffer but he lived for ideas as if they mattered, as if they were
necessary to "complete" his Christian faith. Hence there now are
Evangelical-led philosophy organizations on approximately 300
college campuses in the United States. But none, to the best
of my knowledge focus on political philosophy, and that it
what is most needed now.
What newfound Evangelical interest in philosophy does tell us, however,
is that Evangelicals can enter the world of ideas, can think deeply,
and have the potential to act as leaders in reforming American culture.
But they aren't there yet, not nearly, and what is most needed until
that time comes is clinical honesty about just how far Evangelicals
need to go in order to become full fledged participants in the realm
of political intelligence. Miles and miles, maybe a thousand miles
As Ed Vitagliano put it, men and women of good will need to face
the task ahead of them realistically for all the difficulty there is to be
had,
and need to make a commitment to achieving everything that needs to
be done -no matter how long it takes.
The author of the Book of Hebrews said, in 6: 1-3, "let us stop discussing
the rudiments of Christianity.We ought not to be laying over again the
foundations of faith... Instead, let us advance toward maturity; and so
we shall, if God permits." This principle applies generally, not only the
questions of religious faith. It says, in so many words, faith is more than
belief or even more than commitment; it is also about education, about
making yourself well-informed, it is about cultivating your intelligence.
And it is about being as honest as you can bring yourself to be in the
sphere
of politics and not allow high hopes to cloud your judgement. Evangelicals
have a long way to go to get to that place.
Homosexuals seek nothing less than capture of American culture. Under
every president from Jimmy Carter onward this objective has become
increasingly closer to realization. What was unthinkable until about 1976
has become anything but unthinkable now. Evangelicals are at a crossroads.
They are losing the culture; most of them know it.
Paradoxically, to win back the culture they need to abandon those elements
of tradition that are unsustainable in the 21st century world. This
especially
means the urgent need to make hard choices, to decide upon new priorities.
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