Fighting Back Against Project 2025
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Project 2025 is an unprecedented threat to democracy, equality, and religious freedom in America. And that threat is very real.
That’s why Americans United is sharing the story of Liz and Gabe Rutan-Ram, a Jewish couple in Knox County, Tenn. Liz and Gabe were denied the chance to adopt a child in Florida by a state-funded foster care agency - solely because Liz and Gabe are Jewish. After trying to provide a loving, stable home for this child, they were subjected to outrageous and unacceptable religious discrimination.
As Gabe Rutan-Ram explains in this new video, “If Project 2025 can come for us, it can come for anyone.”
Project 2025 needs to stay in the headlines!
They are lying about what it said. Pause the video when they show the paragraph, and you'll notice that they cut out the part that says that the religious belief was to place kids in homes with a married man and woman. They actually fit the criteria of what it said, but the took snippets and claimed it prevented them.
This is the type of lying that happens everyday from the left, but if you don't check for yourself, you'll never know.
Living in Gilead will be so much fun.
@@rebeccazegstroo6786
What specifically is bad about Project 2025?
Let me count the ways!
1) Replacing expertise in the government with political appointees
2) Promoting single family houses over apartments
3) Promoting ICE cars over mass transit and more roads
4) Forcing Christian practice on everyone - schools, Sabbath observance
5) Making any mention of trans people, or anything but absolutely straight, illegal
6) Ending EPA and FDA so it’s OK to mess up the environment and sell contaminated food and drugs
And so much more. It is over 900 pages outlining a dictatorial, oppressive government based on ideas that deny reality.
@ALBUNDY-r9bif trump is elected he will put 2025 in motion, maybe not all but some of it.
I found the article of this couple in the associated press. It happened two years ago when a United Methodist organization in TN refused to offer them training because they were Jewish. That's real Antisemitism. But they fought it and TN Child Welfare instead offered them the required training. They have been fostering a teen girl recently and they wish to foster another. My kudos to them opening their hearts and home to a teen. I work with children and teens for over 10 years as a Social worker and sometimes its pretty rare that individuals open their homes to teens. That's why they sound like an amazing couple to me😊
You two rock. Kids need parents. Win win. It shouldn’t be so hard for you. Ty for staying strong.
Separation of church and state tells you all you need to know. A tax-supported agency has no right to dictate in religious parent cases. As a Christian, this infuriates me. I wish all the best to this couple, and success in their fight.
Thank you for supporting them, please oppose Trump and all MAGA/Trump-supported candidates. They will implement Project 2025, regardless of what they are now saying publicly. Trump has known what it is in Project 2025 for a long time, he acknowledged this mandate months ago, and his staff members were heavily involved in writing it.
Jesus was Jewish, as was the family that raised him.
Trump's grandchildren are Jewish as well!
And they were refugees who snuck into Egypt to escape terror….But that never stopped the “good” Christians of the US, did it?
Yeah, they must not actually read their Bible. Jesus was definitely Jewish.
Amen!
@benevolencia4203 Trump pretends to be a Christian, but he is not. He is evil, please pray he does not win. Shabbat Shalom, I pray things will get better
That is F’D UP! I’m sorry to hear you being blocked to give a loving home to someone…. Wow. Thank you for sharing your story.
Wow! They shouldn’t be getting tax payer money. 😡 Thank you for spreading this information. I just read an article that says many people do not know about project 2025 yet.
I am so sorry this is happening to you. Any child would be lucky to have you as parents. Thank you for sharing your story
I am a Christian, and this disgusts me. I've known many church going, so-called Christians who were deplorable parents, including in the foster care system. I've known wonderful Christian AND non-Christian parents. Good parents, are good parents. Good people, are good people. This Judgmentalist Christian Nationalist movement that persists right now is an affront to good people everywhere, as well as a slap in God's face. It is also unconstitutional in ANY reasonable interpretation of the Constitution of the United States.
I agree. However, there are very few real Christians in the Southern US. All of the vocal ones display that kind of bigotry, racism and hypocrisy.
It's truly disgusting.
Please vote Blue. We can save ourselves from Project 2025
Amen to that
@@RFBennett totally agree.
I'm so sorry. It's so sick. You're obviously loving people, any child would be lucky to have you as parents. Don't give up and thank you for sharing your painful, personal story. ❤
Tennessee.....campaigning to become the next Florida. This lovely couple deserves the right to care for a child who needs a family. This is absurd discrimination that is not considering the needs of a child, nor the rights of the prospective parents.
We should remember ...
"Them" always, inevitably, eventually becomes "us."
Discrimination against one person or group will become discrimination against anyone or any group.
First they came for...
Yes!
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The Jews….Then the Catholics….Then the Soviets….Then the German BIPOCs, then the LGBTQIA+. That’s how it was for the Holocaust victims. I think people forget that.
Free Palestine
Insane
Wait what??? I am in 'disbelief' not meaning I don't believe this is happening, but I cannot understand how? I took for granted adoption agencies were nothing at all like this! I am glad to know, however. Thank you and more power to you!
It's bananas that the org gets taxpayer $ and is in violation of federal law!
Hobby lobby mentality
Tell that to the Biden admin.
@@useyourbrain1539 Project 2025 is a Trump mandate along with the Heritage Foundation for if he becomes president. The reason that FL is doing this now Illegally is because of their MAGA governor Ron DeSantis. So this has Nothing to do with Biden and all to do with the man you support🤨
@@bettyjones113lol!😂Good one!
This is shameful. Is anybody listening?
yes
Yes.
It is disgustingly shameful In fact.
Adoption discrimination is something that so many people still don’t know about. Great job getting the word out.
Thank you for sharing your story. Its common for many types of people to not be allowed to adopt, same gender couples are discriminated against, single parents, lower income parents, and many others I'm sure. Which is sad considering how many children are in the foster care system in desperate need of loving homes. I hope youll be connected with your child soon. Youll be wonderful parents.
This is just evil
it has no facts
This lawsuit is incredibly evil. Attacking Christian adoption agencies because you hate goyim.
Oh my god. We need to rise against project 2025!
You deserve to be parents. Very upset about this project 2025 thing.
And of course it happened in FL! I'm so sorry for this couple. They deserve better.
It happened in Tennessee. The child they wanted to adopt was in Florida, but they're in Tennessee.
We must fight Project 2025. Tell everyone you know to Vote and #VoteBLUE2024! 🇺🇸🗳🌊
Religion has no place in adoption agencies, healthcare, law, etc. etc. etc.
Amen. Religion is a private matter. That is where it should stay: at home and out of government, schools, and the public sphere.
My christian faith was gradually eroded away to nothing, due to MANY different reasons.
Hatred of any other christian denomination, people of other faiths, and athiests.
I really feel for you.
I hope that you are able to adopt a child soon.
There must surely be dozens of other non-faith based adoption organisations out there!
Good luck...from the uk 💐
GILEAD IS UPON US VOTE BLUE.
Liz and Gabe, there are Christians who believe in the separation of church and state. I am personally appalled that someone, in Christ's name, would deny a loving couple from adopting a child because of the couple's religious persuasion.
Remember this in November 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙
There's no hate like Christian love.
You are so right.
These are not genuine Christians. Try Christian Nationalists. Put the Bible to shame.
MAGA is false religion they just use the name of Christ for their evil purposes. Truly the polar opposite of the simple teachings of the biblical Jesus. But I agree that religious people can be hypocrites and haters in any religion that uses it to abuse.Right now there is more false than true.
*Fake Christian
That's NOT REAL Christian love! I'm a Christian and I love all people of every faith! They're using the word of God to perpetuate hate! They should be ashamed and God will deal with them accordingly!
Vote blue 💙💙💙
I saw a post about Louie Armstrong. I never knew that he was adopted, also by a Jewish family. I’m sure that child would have loved having you as parents. Shame on them.
I'm so sorry for what is happening to you and your family stay encouraged keep the faith I'm with you I love give help spirit like we are to be. Caring for each other
This is horrifying and heartbreaking for caring people like them and the rest of us.
WOW!! Thank you to that organization, America needs all the help we can get to save our democracy and freedoms! I wish this lovely couple the best❣ #voteblue no matter who! 💯💙🇺🇸
Welcome to 1939 version 2.0
Somehow this seems like it will be a lot worse.
More like 1933, but your point is valid. I'm truly frightened for the direction out country is going in.
We’ve got to find ways of talking to our families and neighbors that’s not focused on what we don’t like, but what we want for ourselves and each other.
@@levmoses742 Yes, I'm thinking Gilead of the Handmaid's Tale...
But this time, with smartphones! 🫠
I didn’t know about this organization. Thank you for sharing your story and putting human faces on just how destructive the Christian National movement, The Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 are and will be to freedom-loving Americans. Separating church and state is what our nation is all about and what makes us stronger as a nation. Your children will be so blessed to have you as parents. Vote blue everyone! 💙 🇺🇸
Exactly!
I support Americans United both financially and morally. They have a four star, 98% rating on Charity Navigator. Your gifts are tax deductible. They are exactly what their name indicates, and they fight for separation of church and state in the courtroom and in all ways. Pretty simple, really. That’s just my two cents worth. You can always Google them for more info. It’s a good and necessary nonprofit.
Hell no.
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Glad they have help. Frightening to think of what else project 2025 may do.
Vote Blue!
This is so sick. My heart is so saddened to learn your story..
My heart is with you. Stay strong.
Wow, this was devastating to watch. I had no idea this kind of appalling discrimination exists within the foster/adoption system
I was from a Christian military family. I independently decided I wanted to become Jewish when I was 13 after reading books on Judaism. Unfortunately, I couldn't take conversion classes because the temple was 20 miles away and my mom didn't want to drive me. She said my friend's mom could drive me. But back in those days, kids didn't ask other people's parents to do that! My point being, the foster child could independently make a decision to become a Christian, you can change religions from your upbringing!! So the agency is not acting in good faith.
Children adopt the religious views of their parents in the overwhelming majority of cases. This is so common, atheists have turned it into an argument against the existence of God.
You're making a bad faith appeal to the possibility of something incredibly unlikely to help these people destroy an adoption agency because they hate goyim.
Such total b.s. What country are we living in !?! Vote blue in November to prevent project 2025 from being implemented.
You are loved by this Christian and God will deliver. Thank you. Vote Blue 💙 save America
Any couple ,no matter your religion,you should be able to adopt,children need a home.😢
And the right was so concerned about antisemitism here recently.
Were they really? When they say "anti-semitism" what they mean is not supporting Israel no matter what. AIPAC did that.
@@mainely8007 no, they weren't. Only said the words, nothing backing it up as usual.
I know, right? They scream anti-semitism the second anyone says maybe Israel shouldn't be slaughtering innocent Palestinian families, but they are totally cool with using our taxpayer dollars to deny a Jewish couple children, and to deny children a loving and stable home. But that's totally fine according to the same politicians and political commentators who are claiming people who don't support genocide are anti-Semitic.
Concerned about “Antisemitism” when Jewish people protest against genocide, unconcerned about Antisemitism when their laws and prejudices oppress the Jewish people
And they are so concerned about kids needing a mom AND a dad.
Come on people there really is no way you can support 2025 and Trump. This is not the country I served. I refuse to believe Americans can get behind this nonsense. We are Americans start acting like it
We don't have to get behind it for it to happen. The thing about project 2025 is that it's all done with executive orders and not through Congress. It only takes a small minority to get behind it.
Sharing this to my FB account. I'm in hack for another five days thanks to Zuckie's censorship against Project 2025 but I've saved it and will share it. 💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙
I did not know Americans United separating church and state existed, Thank you! Religion doesn't matter to God, Love matters to God.
I hope they are able to adopt a child who needs a loving family. ❤
When they said they were denied at the last minute, my thought was “Is the man trans or something?”. (Not that this would be cool, either.). JEWISH?!? The problem is that they are JEWISH?!?! I went to school with so many Jewish kids we got off for Rosh Hashanah! They were fine people, honestly not very distinguishable from anyone else, unless they were wearing those yarmulkas for some reason. WTAF, America?!?! And yes, I was born here and have lived in SW PA my whole life. This doesn’t change the fact that I can’t believe I have to share this great land with certain people… 😒
I wish everyone could see this moving story I'm so sorry for this discriminatory refusal to let you continue with adoption AT A FEDERALLY FUNDED PLACE, based on your religious beliefs that's terrible terrible terrible
Nightmare scenario = proj 2025.😢
This is just a minor implication of what is happening. I fear the worse
A taxpayer-supported agency may not discriminate. Period.
Share this far and wide!
I want to donate to this cause!!
Unbelievable! I am so sorry❤
Wow. This is not christianity, this is a bastardized version of christianity. Jesus would never do something like this.
My aunt and uncle were foster parents when I was a kid growing up. It was honestly horrifying seeing what those kids went through, and what they looked like. You could just see the pain on their faces when they arrived at my aunt and uncle's / grandparents house.
You can tell it was shocking to them, as they had never been around people who treated them with unconditional love. They always had the expressions of adults, the sadness of an adult in their eyes, and that always broke my heart. Now that I'm older, it makes me even more upset....they deserved to be love.
If someone can prepaid for a child emotionally and financially, that is all that matters.... Honestly even when it comes to the financially thing, I feel 50/50 on it. As there are so many thousands of children in Foster care, and I feel like placing them into homes even if that home happens to be impoverished,it would be better than them being in foster care and eventually aging out at 18. The state is already paying anyways for these children to be cared for, not why not pay for them to be cared for in a house where they will be loved?
I just cannot fathom how this is the world that we are living in in 2024 in America...
Vote blue. We need to save our democracy, and make a better world for the next generation. They deserve better than this.
This is absolutely horrible...there are Christians who are awful parents....
I'm so glad thatbthos couple and so many others are getting help from this organization...project 2025 must never come to fruition...
#voteblue!
VOTE BLUE
thats done you good so far😂
There are 397,091 children in foster care , if they want to adopt, that is wonderful, they should be allowed to adopt.
That is 2021 stats
We need to stop giving taxpayer money to divisive religious organizations! Stop Bush's Faith Based Initiative!
Unbelievable discrimination
They would rather see a child growing up in the system aging out at 18 than having parents regardless of race, religion, or any of their BS
And yet while the right seeks to discriminate against those of Jewish faith they also bleats about support for Israel. Who do they think live there?
They have a weird disconnect about that.
The reason they bleat on about support for Isreal, is because of the chapter in the Bible about Armageddon. It is where the final battle between heaven and hell will take place, and make way for the second coming of Jesus Christ. But most importantly, the Isrealites will, en mass, realize that they have been wrong all along, and convert to Christianity. So, the GOP/Evangelicals do not really care about Jews at all. But they need Isreal to exist, to fulfill this prophecy.
Thank you very much for this video. And I hope this family is able to grow. And thank you for fighting Un-American Project 2025. One question? Would you please create the same commercial without all the music in the background.? The music in the background (when people talk over music) is challenging for people on the spectrum. I cannot share videos like this that have people talking over music with my group(s). A little bit of music goes a long way, but when people are talking if you could have no music, that would be really helpful.
How was that allowed? They directly cited that they were discriminating based on religion. That's illegal. Denying a child a loving home because of that is utter madness.
Technically they didn't deny them adoption they refused them as clients because they only serve Christians.
Now if they had accepted them as clients and then denied based on religion that would be discrimination.
Not my thinking... Their thinking.
Folks do not sit back and watch. Volunteer and Vote.
It's a fight and it's always been real Thank you for your work and hard fight against extremism.
Vote blue no matter who 💙💙🏳️🌈😇🙏
Freedom of religion is Freedom FROM religion
As a Jewish man, I wonder what Jesus would do?
He would help this couple adopt. He had a real problem with Sadducies, and Pharacies
This is ridiculous!!!
And people think the fascists won’t effect their lives.
This is so sad and I’m furious!!
WOW!!! I apologize for All Christians. A Real Christian would NEVER EVER Deny a loving couple a child.
Anyone who claims to be a Christian is a "real Christian" or a "true Christian" there is no way to differentiate between who is real or true. Christians aren't like them have to be the ones to clean up their own house.
Ladies & Gentlemen,
The PARTY of SMALL GOVERNMENT
My heart melted for this sweet lady really❤
Vote
Sounds a lot like Germany 1939
This breaks my heart. How can we get involved? I ask out of pure ignorance as there is no easy "one page answers all" page that I am aware of.
Loving parents are loving parents.
If religious organizations are the foster and adoption agencies that the state supports with public money, then they should not be permitted to discriminate on the basis of religion or sex/gender.
No hate like christian love..
Just wow!!! I didn’t know that actually existed. In America?!
*ENOUGH! OF THE BIGOTRY!!*
Lawsuit!
Children want and need love. To deny a child the chance to be part of a loving family is just wrong.
Unfortunately, you just found out that there is no hate like Christian love.
I kind of figured that out by the early mid 80s...
Everyone moved by this… share it on social media. Comment. Boost this because it makes what is at stake real.
When asked by Peter how to enter the Kingdom, Jesus replied, “ love God, love your neighbour”, both were equal. When asked how one should love one’s neighbour, Jesus replied, “ feed the hungry, care for the sick, and give shelter to the homeless”. He meant it. Isaiah said that a nation is judged by its care for the widow and the orphan. He meant it. The Chistofascist Evangelicals are not Christians. Christians follow the teachings of Jesus. They do not. I am not trying to push my religion on anyone. I am simply saying that if you claim to be a Christian, be one.
I absolutely agree
Amen
“ Christians “… doing things that Jesus wouldn’t recognize.
There is no hate like christian love.
Are u f'ing kidding me ?!?
This is absolute insanity. Please vote blue!
Foster parent from a blue state here, this is utter bs. They are not in any way allowed to ask us our religion in our state. Now if the child belongs to a particularly strict religious family that wishes them to continue going to church, we are supposed to honor their wishes and take the child to a similar denomination. We're not allowed to take them to a different religious sect. Ex: they're 7th day Adventist and we're presbyterian. We'd have to attend 7th day adventist services. It does not need to be the same church though. If we were in the position to adopt vs the ultimate goal of reunification, then we would be sole parents and could stop going if that was our choice. But as long as the kid is in the system the parent gets the final say in things like religion and hair cuts and a few other things. I couldn't even imagine this bs. How horrific.
The previous comment about Christian Hate is so appropriate
Damn. So close.
Poorest States In America include Mississippi (19.58%), West Virginia (17.10%), Arkansas (16.08%), New Mexico (18.55%), Louisiana (18.65%), Kentucky (16.61%), Alabama (15.98%), Oklahoma (15.27%) and the list goes on. April
2024.
The poorest states in America are overwhelmingly Republican run states. If Republicans are good at governing, why are the poorest states in the country mostly
Republican controlled states? ASKING FOR A FRIEND. Doesn't anyone do any kind of research into who they are voting for?
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