GOV. FRANK KEATING on the MARIJUANA VOTE Published Monday, March 1, 2023 WE ARE MEETING This Wednesday at NOON Central Oklahoma Home Builders MANDATE OF THE PEOPLE STATE QUESTION 820 The state of Oklahoma's data indicates a 4,000% increase in children overdosing on cannabis since the 2018 passage of "medical" marijuana. Marijuana is a gateway to addiction to drugs with increased carcinogenic side-effects. Governor Frank Keating is chairing a committee to defeat the measure. Todd Adams, Director of Adult and Teen Challenge, will be with us to discuss the devastating impact at the end of a pathway which begins with small addictions. ____________ Please bring your friends, family, church leaders, and your pastors! $5 ENTRY FEE Tax-deductible donations accepted at door. ___________________ WEDNESDAY LUNCH Central Oklahoma Home Builders 11:00 AM Doors open 11:30 AM Lunch NOON to 1:15 PM Meeting Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association 420 East Britton Road, OKC, OK 73114 SEE YOU AT THE WEDNESDAY LUNCHEON ___________  WEDNESDAY LUNCH Doors open 11:00 AM $5 entry fee Tax-deductible donations accepted at door.  Lunch 11:30 AM Meeting NOON to 1:15 PM  Optional Lunch: $10 Find us at Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Table of Contents FRANK KEATING Marijuana is Bad for Oklahoma SQ 820 is Worse BOB LINN The Fruit of Atheism LEGISLATIVE FIREWORKS Prayer in Schools Abortion re-instituted MARIJUANA IS BAD FOR OKLAHOMA SQ820 is Worse by Frank Keating The facts are clear. Marijuana is not good for a family, a community, and certainly not for our state. With today’s high THC levels, studies show up to 3 in 10 marijuana users develop cannabis use disorder that leads to making bad decisions, like driving under its influence. The medical community agrees use of marijuana increases psychoses and schizophrenia, two conditions tied to homelessness. IQ points are permanently destroyed and educational attainment is curtailed, while workplace injuries and absenteeism increase with marijuana usage. HIDDEN LINKS in SQ 820 However, SQ 820 is not just about marijuana. Even advocates of adult recreational use will be appalled by the language in the 16-page proposal summarized by what we see on the ballot. For example, the language in SQ 820 gives users of the federally banned, schedule one narcotic, more rights than it does our children. On page 5, hidden in the details, is this gem: “A person shall not be denied custody of or visitation or parenting time with a minor child” for using marijuana around a child. This means that a single-mom cannot be supported by the courts when asking a noncustodial parent to abstain from pot during a visitation weekend. It is structured in such a way that children are not protected unless they are already harmed. HIDDEN LINKS TO ORGANIZED CRIME I encourage everyone to speak with those in law enforcement who know firsthand that Oklahoma’s marijuana industry is largely a front for organized crime, much of it emanating from beyond our nation’s border. Passing SQ 820 will embolden these criminals who also bring fentanyl and illicit activities into our state. The violence and military grade weaponry we see around these grow operations put so many families at risk. We are just now starting to get a handle on this situation and passing SQ 820 puts law enforcement back at square one. In closing, the choice is clear. If you want more marijuana, lower productivity, our children exposed, and a criminal element, then vote yes. If like me, you believe Oklahoma deserves better, please vote no. View the ad banned by Facebook here. To learn more about our coalition’s efforts to defeat this state question on Tuesday, March 7, please visit www.No820.org Follow the Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/NoSQ820. BOB LINN The Fruit of Atheism Our first parents were told that consuming the forbidden fruit would upgrade their status to that of equality with God himself. Untethered from divine revelation, Adam and Eve anticipated their autonomy would yield a beneficial transformation of human nature. At that fateful moment, they jettisoned what Karl Marx would one day call the opiate of the people (Christianity). It turned out, of course, that only the adherence to divine revelation is capable of producing life in abundance. Moses made this clear when he said that “Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” (Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4; John 6:49-51) The deception of Adam and Eve led them to a spiritual opiate, a presuppositional drug which leads to death and destruction. Thanks to men like Lenin, Stalin, and Mao, the 20th century taught all of us that atheism in government means mass starvation, torture, and murder. In the political arena, Oklahomans face these issues which are descendants of the opiate of atheism our first parents purchased in the Garden of Eden. Next week, we will be voting on marijuana, a proven pathway to opiates. State Question 820 asks us to establish a delivery portal to an escalated hierarchy of incapacitating drugs. Drugs designed to provide the temporary and counterfeit feeling of having entered a new and exciting dimension which is instead a path to death and destruction. This coming Wednesday, Governor Frank Keating will headline a team who will join us to speak of the profound cultural and sociological implications of providing an entry-level drug (marijuana) to Oklahoma youth and its role as a delivery portal to an escalated hierarchy of incapacitating drugs. THE NARCOTIC OF ATHEISM IN OKLAHOMA EDUCATION Another narcotic which we are dealing with in the political arena is the opioid of atheism in our educational system. When we banned God and prayer in schools, atheism became the ultimate presupposition of the American classroom. The OCPAC Foundation board brought this to the forefront last week in a letter to Oklahoma's Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ryan Walters. Atheism is carcinogenic. It leads to death. Atheism is a hallucinogen. It preaches an alternative reality immersed in darkness. Atheism is an opioid delivering a carcinogenic hallucinogen. In spite of the Christian presuppositions of the American founding documents, atheism is now the religion of public education in America. It is why OCPAC Foundation Chairman, Wade Burleson, and I partnered with City Elders Founder, Jesse Leon Rodgers, Pastor Mike Biggs of Christ the King Presbyterian Church in Norman, and Dr. Howard Hatcher, President of Ministries Network, Inc. to ask State Superintendent of Public Education to re-introduce God and prayer into Oklahoma’s schools. OUR LETTER A media fire storm ensued last week when our letter was addressed favorably and publicly Friday morning by Mr. Walters. In Oklahoma, this would reverse the impact of the 1962 Engle v. Vitale Supreme Court decision to remove God from our schools. FIFTY YEARS LATER, WE PROVED ORWELL CORRECT The impact of the totalitarian enforcement of an atheistic presupposition in all disciplines, especially in science, has resulted in what George Orwell predicted would happen when, in 1948, he published his 1984. He wrote that education would crumble and the bourgeoisie the Marxist’s claim to love so dearly “ … can be granted intellectual liberty because they have no intellect.” It is the education Dr. Herbert Schlossberg noted when he spoke of “the camouflage composed largely of the myths of secularity that have been wrapped around academic disciplines.” In response to the work being done by Ryan Walters, Representative McBride, an advocate of the teacher’s union, has crafted a bill (House Bill 2569) that would eviscerate the role of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education. It is the response of the far left to the work of Ryan Walters to rid our schools of the hedonistic elements in education which have been delivered by the Marxists. We are in the midst of a war for the future of Oklahoma, the American republic, and the spread of Christian freedom throughout the world. Be sure to take note of the information which follows on some critical bills in our legislature. Bring your family, friends and your pastor to meet with us on Wednesday. I thank God for the many impassioned warriors for Christ he has raised up in our day. While we have much unattended work to attend to, our strength is given from above and we are fighting a winnable war. A few thousand of you read this newsletter each week. I would challenge you to connect with us through our meetings, or through communicating by email and begin the process of getting involved in bolstering the Christian cultural foundations of Oklahoma that we may cast a light on our nation, the last bastion of freedom in the world. Christianity is the very foundation of human thought. It is the foundation of free & prosperous societies. We are in desperate need of returning our nation and our state to Biblical foundations. Thank you for your activism. _________ I'll see you at this Wednesday's luncheon! 11:00 AM Doors open 11:30 AM Lunch NOON to 1:15 PM Meeting Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association 420 East Britton Road, OKC, OK 73114 God bless! MOVE IN LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE OPTIONS FOR ABORTION SB 834 by Julie Daniels There is a move in the Senate to undo a bit of the victory we won for the rights of the unborn. The argument for the bill is based is grounded in public opinion surveys rather than the Word of God. A Catholic leader in Oklahoma is promoting SB 834 using public opinion polling rather than the Word of God. See his letter here. Shane Jett in the Senate and Jim Olson in the House are two, among others, who are working to not allow this bill to be heard. It represents a path to the complete reversal of the victories for the unborn that we have won. Victories that have closed Oklahoma's abortion clinics. Jett and Olson are two among a group of legislators who reason from the Word of God rather than public opinion. They invite you to voice your thoughts to Senator Julie Daniels. OCPAC FOUNDATION at STEVE BANNON The Oklahoma County GOP hosted Steve Bannon at the Cowboy Hall of Fame this past Saturday. Steve did not disappoint. We don't have most of the pictures from the event, but I did promise these two VIP members of the OCPAC Foundation board that I'd publish this one. Shane Jett is a Senator form Shawnee. Alex Gray is an international consultant who worked with Trump during his four years in the White House. UPCOMING PROGRAMS You all know Bill Federer. We are elated he will be joining us again. Dr. Li knows communism first hand and will talk to us about the similarities between China's Cultural Revolution and the revolution currently at play in America. Rodney Scott served as Chief Border Patrol officer under a number of Presidents, including Donald Trump. We will keep you informed each week through the Monday morning newsletter of the specifics of each program. OCPAC FOUNDATION is a 501 (c) (3). Gifts are tax-deductible. Bring your checkbook this Wednesday! Make your tax-deductible donation OCPAC | P.O. Box 2021, Edmond, OK 73083 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!