Back in 2009, when the economy was in shambles, President Obama came to Elkhart, Indiana -- just weeks into his first term.
I wrote him a letter after seeing him speak that day. I shared my frustration over average, everyday people struggling to feed their families, pay their bills, and keep a roof over their head.
For me, this was personal. I am the mother of two teenage boys, three step-children and one grandson, and like many Americans, I work very hard to take care of my family.
My husband and I, along with help from our family, built our own house in 2002. But in 2009, the recession hit Indiana hard. We struggled to keep up with our mortgage payments, and feared we'd lose our home.
After months of dealing with my mortgage lender, I was able to get my mortgage modified under the Home Affordable Mortgage Program that President Obama implemented to help homeowners like us.
Here we are in 2016, and I am happy to say we still live in our home. Our financial situation has improved, and our future is promising. Without this program, I would not be able to say that today.
As our community struggled to recover from the economic crisis, I watched around me as people's lives crumbled and their credit scores plummeted. It was a deeper problem than not being able to pay their bills that month -- it affected their credit and their futures.
I believe that this country is full of hardworking people who sometimes need a little lift to keep moving forward. That's why I'm proud of the steps President Obama took to help Americans across the country weather that storm -- and so thankful he helped our family keep our home.
Thanks,
Kelly
Kelly Rizzo
South Bend, Indiana
South Bend, Indiana
Please join us in defending the concept of modesty,
common decency, and common sense in the use of public bathrooms!
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Dear Mr.. Stjepan Tokic,
Target made its dressing rooms and bathrooms transgender.
That means Target shoppers — especially girls and children — are at risk and unsafe because men have full access to women's bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Target’s website claims to have “inclusivity” at the core of its belief and celebrates equality and equity while striving to make its guests and team members feel accepted, respected and welcomed.
Exactly how does one feel welcomed and respected with a “Peeping Tom” in the dressing room?
Target boasts that it wants everyone to be treated equally.
But in reality Target’s new policy is not family-friendly. The truth is, absolute equality is absolutely unjust, and treating a man like a woman is a fantasy. Allowing men in the women’s dressing rooms and bathrooms is to discriminate against the right women have to modesty and privacy.
Common sense tells us that everyone has a right to privacy when changing clothes or using a bathroom.
Target states “everyone deserves to feel like they belong. And you’ll always be accepted, respected and welcomed at Target.
What about respect for a woman’s right to modesty and privacy?
When Target brags about allowing men to enter a ladies dressing room or bathroom at will, where do you think sexual predators are going to go?
Here are a few examples of what has made it into the courts; and these cases will only increase if further immoral policies and laws are implemented.
May God help us all and may America be freed from this madness. Click here.
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I remain your friend,
In Jesus and Mary,
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| Robert E. Ritchie America Needs Fatima www.anf.org |
PS: This bathroom madness is immoral and dangerous to America, America’s children, and therefore America’s immediate and near-future welfare. Please help defend America by defending the simple, decent, common-sense concept that only biological men should use men’s public bathrooms and only biological women should use women’s public bathrooms in government buildings.
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