{"id":2262293,"date":"2024-06-07T13:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-pastor-exposes-the-sinister-reason-black-and-brown-were-added-to-the-pride-flag\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:37:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:37:13","slug":"prominent-pastor-exposes-the-sinister-reason-black-and-brown-were-added-to-the-pride-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-pastor-exposes-the-sinister-reason-black-and-brown-were-added-to-the-pride-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Pastor Reveals Controversial Reason Behind Adding Black and Brown to the &#8216;Pride&#8217; Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprominent-pastor-exposes-the-sinister-reason-black-and-brown-were-added-to-the-pride-flag%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Le6VuMUAAAAAJWIcTmDIs8ZDSeY4rhVb2pwTCFf&#8217;; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }&#8221;><span> Contact<\/span><\/label><\/p>\n<p>  <input type=\"radio\" name=\"author-info-sub-tabs-44802\" id=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\" checked=\"checked\" \/>   <input type=\"radio\" name=\"author-info-sub-tabs-44802\" id=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\" \/>   <input type=\"radio\" name=\"author-info-sub-tabs-44802\" id=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\" \/>   <input type=\"radio\" name=\"author-info-sub-tabs-44802\" id=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" \/>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-results-div-44802\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e4e3e3; vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0.8125rem 0.8125rem 0.8125rem 0.8125rem; margin: 0.25rem 0 0.75rem 0; border-color: #9e9e9e; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)\">    George Upper is \u200ba \u2064former U.S. Army special \u200boperator and currently a military \u2064and political journalist. He\u200c has also hitchhiked across the country several times \u2064and has written \u200bmore than 2,000 articles with\u2063 bylines \u200bappearing in <i>The Gainesville \u200bTimes<\/i>, <i>Ocala Star-Banner<\/i>, <i>The Athens Banner-Herald<\/i> and others. He has also been cited in <i>National Review<\/i>, <i>Published Reporter<\/i> and <i>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/i>. \u200d   <\/p>\n<div id=\"click-polyfill-container\" class=\"display-none\">\n<p style=\"z-index: auto; line-height: auto;\"><i>1\u2064 of\u2063 3<\/i><br \/>Huge stash of\u200b narcotics seized,\u2063 traffickers in jail\u2014see \u200dthe smugglers paraded before the media.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2021\/05\/huge-stash-of-narcotics-seized\/?utm_source=dailyam&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=alt&#038;utm_term=alt2\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Click here to celebrate the victory \u2062over smugglers!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Huge stash \u200cof\u2064 narcotics seized, traffickers in jail\u2014it&#8217;s one of the largest\u2064 drug busts in Coast Guard history!<br \/>See who the smugglers and smugglers&#8217; boats at at military sea service news and<br \/><i><span>MaritimeScienceEducation.com<\/span><\/i>        Visit <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2018\/02\/22\/what-the-political-left-needs-to-realize-about-guns\/?utm_source=blox&#038;utm_campaign=ac79859aca-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_23&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_avd4d469a8-ac79859aca-59544581\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>MarchForAmerica2021.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic; \">Note: The author of this article has\u200c incorporated exclusive content into the seasteading presentation<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seasteading.org?vv1=security\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span>Click here \u2063to \u2063check it out! <\/span><br \/><\/strong><i><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The article discusses a recent \u200dpodcast\u200c interview with Pastor Voddie \u2064Baucham\u200d where he explains \u200bthe \u2064origins of the &#8220;pride progress flag&#8221; and its \u2063symbolism. He \u200bgoes on to discuss how the concept of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-reading-checklist-includes-anti-racism-guide-for-sailors\/\" title=\"Navy Reading Checklist Includes Anti-Racism Guide for Sailors\">sexual minorities<\/a>&#8221; is tied to critical social justice ideology and how it is \u2063used to unite\u200d various groups under the banner of oppression. The article also mentions the importance\u2062 of the 2024\u200d election and the need for people to stand against the corrupt ideologies pushed by the left. The author, George Upper, is a former \u200cArmy special operator and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">current military<\/a> and political journalist. \u2062The article\u200c includes a brief biography and information\u2064 on where readers can find his other articles.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 7, 2024 at 8:55am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>On a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brave-whistleblower-space-force-commander-fired-for-calling-out-marxist-ideology-infiltrating-military\/\" title=\"\u2018Brave Whistleblower\u2019: Space Force Commander Fired For Calling Out Marxist Ideology Infiltrating Military\u00a0\">recent podcast<\/a>, Pastor Voddie Baucham was asked about sexual sin \u2014 a topic he has written about at some length \u2014 and its effect on American culture.<\/p>\n<p>His answer should be a wake-up call to Christians everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on \u201cThe Becket Cook Show\u201d on May 30, Bauchum explained that the symbology of the \u201cpride progress flag\u201d \u2014 the six-stripe rainbow flag that adds black, brown, light blue, pink and white chevrons on the left side \u2014 actually has little to do with sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Cook, author of \u201cA Change of Affection,\u201d which details his testimony as a socially liberal, homosexual man who was changed by the gospel of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/share-gospel-everyone-no-case-hopeless-jesus-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesus Christ<\/a>, introduced the topic of \u201csexual minorities,\u201d and asked Bauchum about the origin of the term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to understand that,\u201d Baucham said, \u201cyou gotta understand the flag.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baucham then made it clear that he wasn\u2019t talking about the \u201crainbow\u201d flag that most Americans are familiar with, but the \u201cpride progress flag\u201d described above.<\/p>\n<p>He described the flag, focusing on the brown and black chevrons, which are \u201cfor brown and black people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you have a brown and a black chevron on the gay pride progress flag?\u201d he asked. \u201cWell, you have that because, ideologically, what holds this thing together is not sex at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As an example, Baucham suggested that gay men and lesbians \u201chistorically\u201d have not been allies, and have argued for a generation that homosexuality is biological.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you agree with Pastor Baucham?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arrest-made-stabbing-girls-us-movie-theater-suspect-reportedly-trans-activist-laughing-whole-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transgender activists<\/a>, however, argue that biology means nothing \u2014 each individual can choose his own gender, regardless of his chromosomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you get all these people together?\u201d Baucham asked. \u201cWell, you get them together when your position is a critical social justice position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is neo-Marxism,\u201d he explained. \u201cThis is oppressor \/ oppressed ideology. So, the oppressor is the white, male, heterosexual cisgendered, you know, able-bodied \u2026 Christian. Christianity is the ideology of the oppressor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That, Baucham said, makes anyone who deviates from biblical sexuality \u2014 people who used to be called \u201csinners\u201d \u2014 minorities, if Christianity is considered the majority viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morgan-stanley-requests-employees-fulfill-diversity-quota-in-job-application-process\/\" title=\"Morgan Stanley Requests Employees Fulfill \u2018Diversity\u2019 Quota In Job Application Process\">entire interview<\/a> below (we\u2019ve cued it up to the section discussed above).<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gay Is the New Black? Pastor Voddie Baucham Interview - The Becket Cook Show Ep. 163\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LmVfgBi-36o?start=494&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It should come as no surprise that sinners \u2014 which all of us are \u2014 try to rename our sins to make them more palatable, as if God will somehow be unaware of our adultery if we call it \u201cswinging.\u201d Or \u201can affair.\u201d Or \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prominent-ivy-league-lgbt-activist-arrested-child-porn-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pornography addiction<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>God is not surprised. Nor is He amused.<\/p>\n<p>He is, however, merciful and, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=james+2%3A10-13&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James<\/a> tells us, mercy triumphs over judgment.<\/p>\n<p>It did for James, and apparently did as well for Becket Cook. Mercy triumphs over judgment every day of my life. So it certainly can for you, my friend.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed trStephen A. Smith Lights Up Analyst Over WNBA Delusion, Caitlin Clark Jealousy &#8211; &#8216;Who Talks About the WNBA?!&#8217;uth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent podcast, Pastor Voddie Baucham discussed sexual sin and its impact on American culture, a subject he has extensively written about. His insights serve as a crucial alert for Christians nationwide. 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