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Beyoncé released a new album recently and unless you've been asleep for the past few weeks‚ you've likely heard about it. While everyone knew she was going to make a more significant splash into the country music genre‚ the details of the album were scarce until it's release. To many people's surprise it wasn't simply a country album‚ it was a genre bender that somehow seamlessly transitioned country‚ pop‚ R&;B and rap all in one album‚ Cowboy Carter. Country music legends like Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton made an appearance‚ with Parton introducing Beyoncé's cover of her infamous song "Jolene." While the spin on that country classic has the internet abuzz over the lyric changes that take the singer from begging to assertively telling Jolene to stay away‚ it's "Blackbird" that many can't get enough of. "Blackbird" was originally written by Paul McCartney and sung by a little band he was in named The Beatles. Maybe you've heard of them. The song topped the charts in the 60s and will likely make its way to the charts again with Queen Bey's cover of it. But it's the meaning behind the song that has people talking. The song was written at the height of the civil rights movement‚ and that 60s boy band from Britain never shied away from tackling social movements in their music. Fans of Bey's version of "Blackbird" are just becoming aware of McCartney's reason for writing the song in resurfaced interviews. The retired Beatle explains he wrote the song about seeing Black girls desegregate schools in the south‚ and more specifically‚ The Little Rock 9‚ a group of Black students that desegregated Little Rock Central High School.The children brave enough to desegregate all white schools were met with verbal and physical violence. Ruby Bridges speaks about parents pulling their children from the classroom‚ leaving just her and the only teacher that would teach her. McCartney reveals in the book‚ Many Years From Now‚ by Barry Miles‚ "I had in mind a Black woman‚ rather than a bird. Those were the days of the civil rights movement‚ which all of us cared passionately about‚ so this was really a song from me to a Black woman‚ experiencing these problems in the States: ‘Let me encourage you to keep trying‚ to keep your faith‚ there is hope."The revelation of the reason behind the song is evoking emotion and think pieces from Beyoncé fans. One woman shared a clip of the song along with the caption‚ "Beyonce does everything with such intention. Finding out that Paul McCartney wrote Blackbird to show support to Black women during the Civil Rights movement and Beyoncé decided to add Black country women to feature on the song.""I already loved Blackbird‚ and this cover‚ but knowing this history makes it so much more meaningful‚ another user captioned her video.One person wrote in the comments praises‚ "The Beatles get a lot of hate but they always stood on business! They refused to play segregated shows."Another commenter marvels‚ "Then to have 4 black female country singers trying to integrate into country music and also waiting for their moment to arise as to sing with her‚ layers on layers."Garrison Hayes gives a succinct breakdown of the song‚ the imagery and the civil rights movement all in one video‚ which you can watch below. If you were unaware of the original meaning of the song‚ now you know. One bonus that people continue to note is that it sounds like Beyoncé is singing over the original Beatles track. @garrisonhayes Oh‚ an excuse to talk about Beyoncé AND Black history?? Count me in. Paul McCartney’s inspiration for the song Blackbird was actually the images of “black girls” integrating schools across the American south during the civil rights era. More specifically‚ he was inspired by the images of the Little Rock 9 in Arkansas‚ being assaulted and jeered by an angry mob. Beyoncé’s rendition takes this idea of Black girls being free and pushes it to the next level.

We already knew that the Joe Biden administration was anti-Christian. After this past weekend‚ there can be no doubt. READ MORE: Easter Rabbit Trick Biden falsely calls himself a Catholic. He might have come up in the Church‚ but he doesn’t believe the things Catholics believe. He was denied Communion in 2019 by a brave priest who recognized that no politician claiming to be Catholic can said to be sincere if that politician supports unlimited abortion — as Joe Biden does. Biden’s response — or one of them‚ following his inauguration as president — was to sic the FBI on Catholics who attend Latin Mass. The Biden administration is a Xerox copy‚ if not a full-on reproduction‚ of the Obama administration to which Biden was attached as vice president. And the Obama administration was the most anti-Christian presidential administration America had ever seen. If you don’t believe me‚ I suggest you pick up a copy of Racism‚ Revenge and Ruin: It’s All Obama‚ my latest political book‚ and read the entire chapter that catalogs the litany of attacks on Christianity and Christian Americans that Team Obama executed over the course of those eight years. But in all of those blows Obama landed on the Christian faith‚ never was there such an open insult leveled against American Christians than what Joe Biden did on Friday. I’m speaking of this: A Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility‚ 2024… I am proud that my Administration has stood for justice from the start‚ working to ensure that the LGBTQI+ community can live openly‚ in safety‚ with dignity and respect. I am proud to have appointed transgender leaders to my Administration and to have ended the ban on transgender Americans serving openly in our military…. Transgender Americans are part of the fabric of our Nation. Whether serving their communities or in the military‚ raising families or running businesses‚ they help America thrive. They deserve‚ and are entitled to‚ the same rights and freedoms as every other American‚ including the most fundamental freedom to be their true selves. But extremists are proposing hundreds of hateful laws that target and terrify transgender kids and their families — silencing teachers; banning books; and even threatening parents‚ doctors‚ and nurses with prison for helping parents get care for their children. These bills attack our most basic American values: the freedom to be yourself‚ the freedom to make your own health care decisions‚ and even the right to raise your own child…. At the same time‚ my Administration is working to stop the bullying and harassment of transgender children and their families…. Today‚ we send a message to all transgender Americans: You are loved. You are heard. You are understood. You belong. You are America‚ and my entire Administration and I have your back. NOW‚ THEREFORE‚ I‚ JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.‚ President of the United States of America‚ by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States‚ do hereby proclaim March 31‚ 2024 [formerly known as Easter Sunday]‚ as Transgender Day of Visibility. I call upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity. IN WITNESS WHEREOF‚ I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of March‚ in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four‚ and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth. JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. He actually did that. He appropriated Easter Sunday‚ the holiest of holy days in the Christian calendar‚ to glorify transgenderism. Which is about as close to the opposite of worship as anyone can get. Transgenderism is the belief that one can literally change from male to female‚ or vice versa‚ through the force of will‚ drugs‚ and surgery. It is a denial of the most basic truth in existence — that we are as God has made us. Transgender people believe that God was wrong (for the sake of argument‚ as most of them don’t believe in God at all) and that they can perfect God’s mistakes. This is categorically un-Christian. Anti-Christian. And it’s Team Biden’s choice to glorify such wicked‚ horrid‚ blasphemous beliefs on Easter Sunday. This shouldn’t just be one more irritation borne by the American people at the hands of the cultural Marxist activists populating Biden’s inner circle. It has to be recognized for what it is. A declaration of war against Christians. You do not celebrate transgenderism on Easter Sunday by accident. This administration is staffed by incompetents‚ but no one is that incompetent. This is the same administration‚ after all‚ that appointed Richard “Rachel” Levine‚ a man in a dress who looks nothing like a woman‚ to the second-highest position in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Levine caused the death of several thousand people as the head of the Health Department in Pennsylvania’s state government by inserting COVID patients into nursing homes; by any basic analysis‚ he would have been found wholly unqualified for the position to which Biden appointed him even without the obvious disqualification — his open transvestitism. But Levine’s open transvestitism was the reason he was appointed. Just as another open transvestite‚ the hilariously nefarious Sam Brinton‚ was put in charge of America’s stockpile of nuclear material. Brinton was clearly unfit for his position‚ a fact that became clear when he was repeatedly caught stealing women’s luggage from airport carousels in a pot-luck effort at shopping. This should have been a major embarrassment for the Biden administration‚ but it didn’t even move the needle. Why? Because the outrage is a feature‚ not a bug. It’s a signal that Team Biden rejects your Christian morality and societal values and now openly seeks to replace them with … something else. They won’t tell you quite what that is‚ but it’s pretty obvious what’s in store. For Christians‚ it starts with your surrender. You are to surrender all of the most important elements of living by your faith. You must embrace the LGBTQ+ agenda in all of its dysfunction and histrionic nonsense — at your job‚ at your children’s public school‚ on your television set‚ in the news you consume‚ even in the advertising you’re subjected to. You’re not to criticize it on social media‚ on pain of cancellation and ostracism. Even at your church you’re to forget that bizarre sexual lifestyles are a sin as the Bible clearly teaches‚ and you are to apologize for the bigotry the Bible has taught you about those lifestyles. And when you’ve done these things you’ll wake up one morning and realize that you aren’t a Christian‚ because you’ve been turned away from the truth. You won’t find God; you’ll find government — and the people running that government are not‚ and have never been‚ interested in truth. They’re interested in power. They’re interested in the power to make you do‚ believe‚ say‚ and act however it pleases them for you to do‚ believe‚ say‚ and act. There’s a very interesting show on Netflix right now. It’s called 3 Body Problem‚ and it’s a sci-fi epic about a race of highly evolved aliens whose planet is destroyed and who have chosen to come to occupy our world thanks to an invitation by a Chinese scientist horrified by the barbarity of our society. The scientist is the daughter in this‚ the opening scene from the series: That was Mao’s Cultural Revolution‚ summed up in three minutes. And it is exactly what the people who make up Team Biden want to do to you if you’re an American Christian. It’s coming. They’ve already started‚ in little bits and pieces you aren’t supposed to notice. They showed you this in technicolor over the weekend when they took the holiest day of the year and gave it to the most profound rejecters of your beliefs. Less than a year after the Nashville shooter made that crystal clear to anyone willing to see it. And to top it off‚ Team Biden forbade any religious expression by any of the kids invited to its annual Easter Egg Roll‚ a secularization of the holiday with nothing to do with Christ’s rising from the dead. And just to top that all off‚ here was Biden’s “Easter” message to America: Jill and I send our warmest wishes to Christians around the world celebrating the power of hope and the promise of Christ’s Resurrection this Easter Sunday. pic.twitter.com/xzgjtcTwQy — President Biden (@POTUS) March 31‚ 2024 This was their attempt at damage control. Jesus’ “sacrifice”? The sacrifice was made on Good Friday. On the third day‚ Easter Sunday‚ Jesus rose again. On Easter Sunday we celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection and eternal life. They couldn’t even get the walk back right. Because they don’t know and don’t care. What they do know‚ and what they do care about‚ is the power to subdue Christians and replace our values with theirs. After this weekend‚ there is no getting around the fact that if our society and culture are to survive in Christianity‚ this pagan‚ satanic cabal must be turned out of power as completely as possible in the fall. 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