It was painful to watch.  It was grievous to my heart.  And clearly it was a black and gloomy day in San Diego.

The event:  the inauguration of lesbian Toni Atkins to a second term on the San Diego City Council.

Today's ceremony saw the swearing in of the three reelected councilmen to second terms.  Each councilman was allowed to choose a judge of their choice to swear them in and invite family members on the stage to join them in the swearing in ceremony.

Toni Atkins, who led the charge while on the San Diego City Council in her first term, to kick the Boy Scouts out of Balboa Park because they will not allow homosexuals access to young boys in their organization, is one of the most radical leftist lesbians in the history of California politics.

Prior to Atkin's election to the San Diego City Council, she was the manager of three, count them, three abortion clinics.   Thousands of little babies were murdered under her watch.  That is the blackened spirit that Atkins carried into the government when she began working for her predecessor, lesbian city council woman Christine Kehoe.  Atkins replaced Kehoe when Kehoe move onto the State Assembly.

On the podium today, Atkins chose homosexual superior court judge Ted Weathers to swear her in for a second term.  Weathers was the first openly homosexual superior court judge in the history of San Diego.   He had been appointed by Democratic Governor Gray Davis when he was in office.

Atkins, unlike the other councilmen, did not have actual family members join her on stage for her swearing in.  Instead she chose three activists of the gay agenda.  One of those was lesbian Jennifer LeSar, a board member of the Gay and Lesbian Center, which has been the recepient of over $200,000 in free city grants via Atkins alone.

Atkins commented in her remarks during her swearing in, "I want to thank my partner Jennifer LeSar," referencing those that joined Atkins on stage.

Atkins went on to state, "This is a wonderul memory for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community."

A final black remark was given by Atkins as she smiled and welcomed new pro-gay marriage City Attorney Michael Aguirre to the ceremony.

There was one bright spot.  One hilarious moment.  When Jim Madaffer came to the stage to be sworn in for his second term.  He brought up his two precious teenage sons.  Madaffer and his two sons are all eagle scouts.  When Madaffer's choice for judge swore him in, with his sons proudly standing there with their dad, the judge commented, "this is a proud day for these fine eagle scouts."

They were all standing right in front of Atkins as these comments were made.  The smile had rapidly departed from Atkin's face.

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I am looking forward to the battles ahead in the next four years.  It will not be easy.  Standing up for righteousness in an unrighteous culture is not for the weak, but it is for those that are true Christians.

We have no other choice, as men and women of God, but to press on, with full determination, into the very center of the battle for our city.  We do not claim the characteristic flaw of cowardice or fear.  We claim fearlessness and courage, because we depend upon our guidance from God Almighty.

God will never disappoint us.  As long as our confidence is in Him then our outcome is assured.

There is a day coming when we will not have to cope with the awareness that we will be led by radical homosexual activists.  One day, if we do not tire, or retreat into that place of surrender, we will see a city government run by young men and women who know no other path, but that which leads to Jesus Christ.

Yes, today was a dark day in San Diego.  But tomorrow, as we recommit our goals to righteousness evolving from a Biblical Mandate, we will see a new day dawn.  One that we as Christians can proclaim as glorious in the Name of our God.