It seems that common sense is no longer common. What to most of us would have been simply accepted as unquestioned fact just a few years ago has suddenly been marginalized and shoved out of the mainstream. It has come to the point of being disallowed in public discourse.
Any attempt to regulate the murder of unborn babies is decried as depriving a woman of healthcare. Simply stating that life begins at conception is shouted down as anti-woman. Pregnancy is considered a disease that threatens the wellbeing of the “birthing person.” Defining marriage as being between a man and a woman is called bigotry and hatred. Declaring that God created two genders, male and female, is labeled transphobic and ignorant. Insisting that only women should compete in women’s sports or that biological men should not share women’s restrooms or showers is considered narrow-minded and bigoted.
How did we get to this place in our society that what was considered to be common sense just a short while ago has now been pushed aside and what would have been unthinkable has now been accepted as normal? When Florida passed a law stating that children up to an appropriate age should not be exposed to discussions of human sexuality in public school, it was labeled as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Common sense just isn’t common anymore!
Ryan Bomberger has a rather unique perspective of the innate nature of Purpose. His biological mother was raped yet courageously gave him a chance to live and the beautiful gift of adoption. He was adopted at 6 weeks of age and grew up in a loving, multi-“racial” Christian family of 15. With siblings of varying ethnicities, he grew up with a great appreciation for diversity. Ten of the thirteen children were adopted in this remarkable family. His life defies the myth of the “unwanted” child as he was adopted, loved, and has flourished.
Today, he is an Emmy® Award-winning Creative Professional who founded The Radiance Foundation (TRF), a life-affirming 501c3, along with his wife, Bethany. He is a factivist, international public speaker, columnist, educator, broadcast media designer, producer, and author of the powerful book, Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong. He and Bethany also co-authored the ground-breaking children’s books, She is She and He is He.
From congressional briefings on Capitol Hill to launching billboard campaigns in major cities across the country to advocating adoption – AdoptedAndLoved.com – to inspiring youth & adults with their one-of-a-kind multimedia presentations, Ryan has had incredible opportunities to address hundreds of thousands in live events across the country.
He was the creative force behind the first ad campaign to expose abortion’s hugely disproportionate impact in the black community. The bold TooManyAborted.com billboards/web campaigns made an unexpectedly huge impact in the pro-life movement. The effort received massive media coverage from The New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, CNN, MSNBC, the Associated Press, Washington Times, Fox News, ABC World News, and across social media. The extensive media attention enabled The Radiance Foundation, and Ryan’s personal story of adoption, to reach millions. Working in conjunction with noted national civil rights leaders like Dr. Alveda King (niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.), Ryan is involved in national efforts to expose and defund Planned Parenthood by illuminating the social injustice of abortion. He has also traveled the country helping pregnancy help centers raise millions of dollars at fundraising events to support women and their children (born and unborn).
His regularly published articles address the spiritual/moral/cultural dynamics of abortion, adoption, fatherlessness, natural marriage, racism & so-called anti-racism, #BlackLivesMatter, poverty, LGBTQ activism, free speech, religious liberty, and the War on Common Sense. Sometimes his thoroughly researched and pointed remarks rile establishment folk, like the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP. The nation’s oldest civil rights organization sued Ryan and The Radiance Foundation for exercising their First Amendment right to parody the organization’s name. With the incredible help of Alliance Defending Freedom, Radiance was victorious after two years in federal court!
Ryan has several decades of experience in leadership as well as in mentoring and educating young people. As a creative professional who loves to educate, he has been able to share with diverse audiences about core identity issues (life, “race”, sexuality). Through creative ad campaigns, powerful multimedia talks, fearless factivism, and compassionate community outreaches, The Radiance Foundation addresses culture-shaping issues in the context of God-given purpose. As Chief Creative Officer of The Radiance Foundation, Ryan hopes to continue to impact millions to embrace their inherent and equal value and the incredible possibility with which we are all created.
Ryan is happily married to the love of his life, Bethany. They are the proud homeschooling parents of four amazing children, two of whom were adopted. They are his daily inspiration in illuminating that every human life has God-given purpose.
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