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A Challenge Over Prayer

July 28, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

A challenge over prayer
July 27, 2010

N.C. House Speaker Joe Hackney verbally banned the word “Jesus” as supposedly illegal speech during public prayers offered by volunteer pastors before the state legislature. Specifically, Ron Baity said, “I got fired,” after Hackney terminated his services because the pastor’s prayer ended “in Jesus’ name, Amen.”

As a former Navy chaplain, I’ve led petition campaigns and helped get such “Jesus-bans” reversed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Oregon, Oklahoma, California, Virginia, and for military chaplains. Now in one day, we got 1,000 petition-signers to N.C. legislators, which I’m faxing to all 120 representatives and 50 senators; and up to 170,000 fax petitions are flooding Raleigh. Articles 13 and 14 of the N.C. Constitution protect citizens’ “inalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences, and no human authority shall, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience.” The Fourth Circuit specifically authorized rotating diverse prayers, including “Jesus.” As Justice O’Connor wrote in Turner v. Fredericksburg: “The Establishment Clause does not absolutely dictate the form of legislative prayer. In Marsh, the legislature employed a single chaplain . the legislature in Simpson allowed a diverse group . to give prayers at open meetings. Both varieties of legislative prayer were found constitutional.”

Will the people of North Carolina rise up to defend free speech, free religious expression, and stop Hackney from censoring prayer content? Or can one man really silence the masses and ban Jesus Christ?
Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt Colorado Springs, Colo.

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RadioWeek25-31jul10

July 26, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

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Seven Daily "National News Prayer Alerts" for the Week of 25 – 31 July 2010:

Dick Lugar betrays conservatives~ helps Kagan!
Sign fax-petition here to all 100 Senators.

A second traitor Republican Dick Lugar (IN) now plans to vote for the anti-life~ anti-marriage Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan~ so unless we swing some Democrats in key states~ her nomination is sadly moving forward. But it’s not too late to call the 16 swing-vote Senators listed below~ and to SIGN OUR PETITION to all 100 Senators and we will fax.

Please call these other 16 swing-vote Senators today and ask them to "please oppose AND FILIBUSTER Elena Kagan AND the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal." The voice of the people must be heard…
x Ben Nelson~ D-NE 202-224-6551
x Bill Nelson~ D-FL 202-224-5274
x Kay Hagan~ D-NC 202-224-6342
x Mark Pryor~ D-AR 202-224-2353
xz Blanche Lincoln~ D-AR 202-224-4843
xy Kit Bond~ R-MO 202-224-5721
y Susan Collins~ R-ME 202-224-2523
y Judd Gregg~ R-NH 202-224-3324
y Olympia Snowe~ R-ME 202-224-5344
y George Voinovich~ R-OH 202-224-3353
z Chris Dodd~ D-CT 202-224-2823
z Barbara Boxer~ D-CA 202-224-3553
z Kirsten Gillibrand~ D-NY 202-224-4451
z Michael Bennet~ D-CO 202-224-5852
z Roland Burris~ D-IL 202-224-2854
z Byron Dorgan~ D-ND 202-2
24-2551
(x = Lives in the South. y = Voted for Sebelius. z = Seat up in 2010.)

But remember~ 100 emails = 10 phone calls = 1 fax in political capital~ since the Senate staffers must handle each paper and usually write a reply. So please join our automated fax-petition campaign first~ WE WILL ESPECIALLY FAX THE 16 ABOVE.

The Evening Prayer Weekly National News Alert
We don’t just report the news~ we pray the scriptures~ in Jesus’ name.

Do you have one minute each day to stop and pray for America?
Join us! Read the news~ pray the scriptures~ change history.

1. Sunday 25 July 10 One Minute Prayer:

Police Ban Prayer on U. S. Supreme Court Grounds

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ thank you for The Alliance Defense Fund who has stepped up to defend Maureen Rigo and her students who were told that they could not pray outside the U.S. Supreme Court building by the court police~ because bowing their heads in prayer allegedly violates statute 40 U.S.C. 613 which bans parades and processions on the public sidewalk. We are reminded Jesus’ words in John 15:20~ no servant is greater than his master~ for if they persecuted me~ they will persecute you also. Please bring victory for free speech and prayer~ in Jesus’ Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Sunday~ 25 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP072510Sun.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 100 SENATORS!

Please select~ sign and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 100 Senators to oppose and filibuster pro-homosexual Elena Kagan to Supreme Court!

2. Monday 26 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Florida Atheists Sue to Stop Prayers at City Meetings

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we are reminded of Proverbs 10:23~ “A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct~ but a man of understanding delights in wisdom”~ as we think of a Central Florida atheist organization who is suing to stop the city commission from opening meetings in prayer. These fools are outraged at the use of the name of Jesus Christ in prayer and claim the word “Jesus” is banned by the First Amendment. But we know the fool has said in his heart there is no God~ and the law isn’t being violated by prayer in Jesus’ Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Monday~ 26 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP072610Mon.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX ALL 435 CONGRESSMEN!

Please select~ sign~ and WE WILL FAX all 435 Congressmen to protect our Chaplains’ right to pray "in Jesus name~" and stop burning Bibles.

3. Tuesday 27 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

63 Congressmen Go to Court to Defend National Day of Prayer
Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ thank You for the bipartisan support of 63 Congressmen and 4 Senators who are members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus and have filed an amicus brief to defend the National Day of Prayer in court. God grant victory in this case~ and we acknowledge from James 1:17 how John Adams prayed in 1798 the duties of humiliation and prayer be accompanied by fervent Thanksgiving to the bestower of every good gift~ for protecting and preserving the people of these United States and giving us freedom~ in Jesus’ Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Tuesday~ 27 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP072710Tue.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 100 SENATORS!

Please select~ sign and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 100 Senators to oppose and filibuster pro-homosexual Elena Kagan to Supreme Court!

4. Wednesday 28 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Despite Obama’s Executive Order Pennsylvania to Finance Abortions
Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we pray You condemn the use of $160 million in federal tax money sent to fund abortions in Pennsylvania~ despite the phony executive order that President Obama signed~ which ordered barring the use of federal funds to finance abortion. We confess the sins of President Obama and his supporters from Proverbs 6:16-19~ haughty eyes and a lying tongue~ hands that shed innocent blood~ planning wickedness~ running toward evil~ and false witnesses uttering lies. God You hate all of these sins~ so awaken your people to elect new leaders~ in Jesus’ Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Wednesday~ 28 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP072810Wed.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 535 CONGRESSMEN!

Please select~ sign and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 535 Congressmen – Stop ENDA & keep men out of ladies bathrooms!

5. Thursday 29 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Principal Takes A Stand on Principle in SC

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ thank you for Principal Eddie Walker~ who has been an educator faithfully for 31 years and who recently took a stand and retired early because a South Carolina school district forced him to allow a Gay-Straight Alliance at Irmo High~ which he felt could be potentially damaging and hurtful to kids. We now ask that you would promote Mr. Walker to another place of service and bless him for taking a stand against unrighteousness. From Romans 1:17 it is the righteous man who lives by faith~ in Jesus’ Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Thursday~ 29 July 10. Download MP3: (Cha
psEP072910Thu.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX ALL 535 CONGRESSMEN!

Please select~ sign~ and WE WILL FAX all 535 Congressmen to protect troops from open homosexual aggression; keep "Don’t Ask~ Don’t Tell."

6. Friday 30 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Biblical Lutherans v. Unbiblical Lutherans on Homosexuality

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we pray for Lutherans today~ and ask that You would bring the apostate back-slidden Evangelical Lutheran Church of America back to biblical roots and to repentance for their unbiblical stance on ordaining homosexual clergy. We also pray that You would protect the more biblical Lutheran Church Missouri-Synod from attacks by the ELCA and bless them for the two new resolutions they have adopted~ one saying homosexuality is contrary to scripture and the other on confession. From Revelation 2:20 we pray for deliverance from Jezebel spirits who mislead your servants into sexual immorality. In Jesus’ Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Friday~ 30 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP073010Fri.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 50 STATE ATTORNEYS!
Please select~ sign and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 50 State Attorneys General to join lawsuit to repeal Obamacare – defund Abortion!

7. Saturday 31 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Christian Center Planned at Ground Zero to Counter Mosque
Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ thank You for evangelist Bill Keller who is building a Christian Center at Ground Zero so that Your truth will be known to those watching and turn people from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God~ so that all may repent and receive forgiveness of sins~ as You declare in Acts 26:18 and which the planned Mosque at Ground Zero will never offer. We also pray You provide all funding and use this new Christian Center to lead many Muslims to faith in Christ~ in Jesus’ Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Saturday~ 31 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP073110Sat.mp3)

DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX ALL 235 PENN. LEGISLATORS!
Sign our PETITION TO PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE & SENATE and WE WILL FAX automatically to all 235 members~ to allow Jesus prayers!

Prayer has power when many join together…

Please forward this email to praying friends.

God Bless you~ in Jesus’ name~

Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt

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to speak to your church or event~ select here.

Disclaimer: The views of Chaplain Klingenschmitt~ who was honorably but involuntarily discharged from the Navy in 2007 after facing court-martial for praying ‘in Jesus name’ in uniform~ (but was later vindicated by Congress)~ are his own personal views~ not the views of any political party~ government~ or organization.

When did praying in Jesus’ Name become illegal for NC ministers?

July 19, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

When did praying in Jesus’ Name become illegal for NC ministers?
July 19, 2010

Kimberly Harvey — The Examiner

Saturday, your Spiritual Living Examiner sat down to chat via telephone with former US Navy Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt. You may remember former Chaplain Klingenschmitt from the headlines in years past. The Navy did not renew his contract when it expired because he prayed in Jesus’ name, rather than offer up a neutral prayer, as was the policy of the Navy at that time. Former Chaplain Klingenschmitt fought back. Congress agreed with him and overturned the ban. Since that time, he founded The Pray in Jesus Name Project, a national religious speech organization that has successfully overturned “Jesus bans” in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma, Oregon, California; and, most recently, Virginia.

SLE: Chaplain Klingenschmitt, tell us how you are now?

CK: It was 3 years of struggle. But, we have now overturned the “anti-Jesus” ban in 7 states.

SLE: What are you doing now?

CK: I founded the Pray in Jesus’ Name Project (https://prayinjesusname.org/). I am currently an evangelist with this ministry.

SLE: What makes you interested in North Carolina at this time?

CK: North Carolina Speaker of the House Joe Hackney recently fired Dr. Ronnie L. Baity of Berean Baptist Church in Winston Salem, (http://www.wpipbereanradio.org/) from his volunteer invocation [prayer] appointment for including Jesus’ name in his prayer before the NC state legislature and he contacted me for help.

SLE: I’ve never been kicked out of anything before. Tell me what happened. How does getting kicked out of the House of Representatives work?

CK: The process is this: After the first day, Pastor Baity pre-submitted his invocation in writing to the Speaker of the House Joe Hackney’s secretary. The secretary reported the prayer in Jesus’ Name to Speaker Hackney and Speaker Hackney fired Pastor Baity.

SLE: When did this happen? I never heard much about it locally.

CK: The week of May 31st [2010].

SLE: What can the average person sitting at home do to help?

CK: Go to the website (https://prayinjesusname.org/blog_post/show/64), and sign the free petition.

SLE: I thought online petitions were not valid.

CK: We have a special process. All comments are printed and sent by fax to all 120 representatives and to all 50 senators. A thousand people signed it the first day. 170,000 faxes are landing in Raleigh right now. And we hope that the speaker listens to the voice of the people and reverses his anti-Jesus ban on prayers.

SLE: What else can our readers do?

CK: Call your own [local] representative and ask that prayer in Jesus’ Name be re-instated [(919)-733-4111)].

SLE: How can someone reach you to speak?

CK: Through my website. I would love to come to North Carolina to speak or to attend a rally!

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Former Navy chaplain petitions for religious freedom in NC House

July 19, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

Former Navy chaplain petitions for religious freedom in NC House
July 17~ 2010

Andrew Meredith – The Examiner

While religious freedom is a cherished privilege in America~ it does not go without its challenges from time to time. Such a challenge recently arose when North Carolina Speaker of the House Joe Hackney dismissed pastor Ron Baity (Berean Baptist Church~ Winston Salem) from his week-long duty of opening the NC House with a word of prayer.

What was Pastor Baity’s crime that warranted this dismissal? He prayed. In Jesus’ name.

Former U.S. Navy Chaplain Gordon "Chaps" Klingenschmitt has organized a petition to send to the members of the North Carolina House and Senate~ opposing the dismissal of Pastor Baity because of his use of Jesus’ name. Klingenschmitt […] has fought a number of battles for freedom of religion and has won similar cases in Pennsylvania~ Ohio~ Oklahoma~ Oregon~ California~ and Virginia.

Klingenschmitt stated that at best~ Pastor Baity was denied his God-given right to be treated respectfully~ and at worst~ he was denied his First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of religion. The legislatures~ say Klingenschmitt~ "have the power to permit diverse prayer~" and whenever they try to ban the name of Jesus~ they essentially "establish a unilateral anti-Jesus policy."

In a recent interview I conducted with him~ Klingenschmitt stated that he is hopeful of the outcome of this case. He quoted a 76-85% approval rating in every case he has won in the past. While Klingenschmitt is not pursuing the matter legally~ he is taking the "legislative angle~" pressuring members of the House […] He believes that his petition will make the North Carolina legislature realize that "people will not vote anti-Jesus" or for candidates whom they see as promoting an anti-Jesus agenda.

FREE Petition to Defend Jesus Prayers in North Carolina House

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When Faith and Culture Does Not Clash

July 19, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

When Faith and Culture Does Not Clash
July 18, 2010

Larry Menyweather-Woods — The Examiner

One of the oldest questions which remain first on the American agenda since the birth of the American experiment is what is the role of faith in the New Republic? The United States Constitution pursuant to the Fifth Article of the original Constitution states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for redress of grievances (Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2, p. 939). Ratification of the article over 150 years past remains a most simple but controversial part of the American experiment which brings derision in our Nation.

The State of North Carolina joined the circle which closes the imagination and throws gasoline on the fire by adding “make-up rules” prohibiting a religious group from exercising their Constitutional let alone theological right in a public assembly they have been invited to share faith with culture. The Constitutional article is quite clear on two points: (1) faith, and not just acknowledged “institutional” faith, but personal faith, cannot be prohibited by the Federal or State government; and, (2) all beliefs, should be or ought to be acknowledged, recognized, even those who are agnostic, atheists, deists, whatever faith one holds too, real or perceived.

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Praying in Jesus’ name has been successfully outlawed by several States, but many of those same States who had previously granted permission to ban, e. g., Pennsylvania, , Ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma, Oregon, California, and Virginia, have since had the bans overturned (Christian Newswire (2010 July 13). Jesus banned from prayers by North Carolina Speaker of the House). The person who orchestrated this new major to restore to people of faith and non faith is former Navy Chaplain, Gordon James Klingenschmitt, founder and leader of The Pray in Jesus Name Project. His purpose is simple, restoration of Constitutional and God-given rights of the first Amendment fore stated earlier in this article guaranteeing neither the State nor Federal government prohibit the free exercise of religion, regardless of what that belief is or fits in the grand scheme of the American political agenda (https://www.prayinJesusname.org).

Speaking with Pastor Klingenschmitt through the technology of Skype, I was impressed by his sincerity and the personal sacrifice he made not to make a “name” for himself, but a sacrifice if not supported by his family would have allowed Satan to destroy his courage, determination, and true patriotism manifested by his willingness to put his faith and commitment to the Kingdom of God ahead of self-protection over something which many would be of little significance in the cultural wars we are engaged which characterizes the faith as a true sign of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer considered the sign of “cheap grace” in Cost of Discipleship. His struggle impacts all who believe regardless of being a person of traditional faith or no faith. Putting in the terms who really the derisions of the Constitution, if Pastor Klingenschmitt, whose commitment to the Kingdom has resulted in severe lost and many who proclaim to be doing the same thing But whose action create the rift between faith and culture (e.g., writings on Christian Newswire with misinformation or misleading information, Christian groups who have missed the point of the First Amendment being for all religions and not selective few.)
Pastor Klingenschmitt is a man of faith, and the work started within him is worthy for believers and non believers to support (https://prayinjesusname.org) is worthy of support.

Though I have often disagreed, this is one matter, when administered fairly, brings equality to a society, a culture, which stands diametrically-opposite and causing severe problems society. Sign the petition found on the web site https://prayinjesusname.org so that all may be expressions of the republic nature of a democratic society. The Church has always led the way, let us all, warriors of our different faiths, and manifest the true spirit which has not been revised by revisionist personalities who believe in making the truth a lie. By agreeing with the petition will that take away one’s freedom, NO! It is the exercise of the freedom, God-granted, constitutionally determined words of the First Amendment. When I was growing up in this Nation during the era of Jim Crow, I heard words and saw improper use of the Constitution and saw the horrendous action of a silent Church who when awaken spoke truth to power!

Original Article

Jesus Guideline Decried

July 19, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

Jesus guideline decried
July 16, 2010

News Observer

Some lawmakers’ offices have received faxed petitions asking members to reverse what critics call a ban on “the forbidden name of ‘Jesus'” during prayers in the state House.

Earlier this week, House Speaker Joe Hackney named a committee of legislators to review the guidelines for prayer in the House chamber after a guest chaplain complained he was asked not to refer to Jesus.

The Rev. Ron Baity of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem said he declined to give a nonsectarian prayer at the opening of a House session in late May. He gave the prayer he intended to give, but was then told his services were no longer needed, Baity told media outlets.

Hackney’s office received a 180-page faxed petition Tuesday filled with signatures of people who say a prohibition on prayers “in Jesus name” is unconstitutional.

“Jesus is not an illegal word, the Bible is not a banned book and evangelistic speech is not a crime,” said the letter, signed by Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt of The Pray In Jesus Name Project, a Colorado-based group.

Hackney spokesman Bill Holmes said at least one other House member had also received the fax.

The eight-member bipartisan committee will review guidelines for prayers in the chamber.

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RadioWeek18-24jul10

July 18, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

Can’t read this? It’s also here: https://prayinjesusname.org/radio/radioweek18-24jul10/

Seven Daily "National News Prayer Alerts" for the Week of 18 – 24 July 2010:

Elena Kagan Judiciary vote Tuesday!
Sign fax-petition here to all 100 Senators.
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BREAKING: YOU made N.C.’s largest paper:

‘Jesus’ guideline decried (Raleigh News & Observer)

Raleigh~ N.C. (Friday) — Some lawmakers’ offices have received faxed petitions asking members to reverse what critics call a ban on "the forbidden name of ‘Jesus’" during prayers in the state House.

Earlier this week~ House Speaker Joe Hackney named a committee of legislators to review the guidelines for prayer in the House chamber after a guest chaplain complained he was asked not to refer to Jesus.

The Rev. Ron Baity of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem said he declined to give a nonsectarian prayer at the opening of a House session in late May. He gave the prayer he intended to give~ but was then told his services were no longer needed~ Baity told media outlets.

Hackney’s office received a 180-page faxed petition Tuesday filled with signatures of people who say a prohibition on prayers "in Jesus name" is unconstitutional. [Chaps note: Nearly 1~000 comments were included.]

"Jesus is not an illegal word~ the Bible is not a banned book and evangelistic speech is not a crime~" said the letter~ signed by Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt of The Pray In Jesus Name Project~ a Colorado-based group.

Hackney spokesman Bill Holmes said at least one other House member had also received the fax. [Chaps note: all 170 members will soon.]

The eight-member bipartisan committee will review guidelines for prayers in the chamber. Each day’s session typically begins with a nonsectarian prayer from an invited House member or volunteer member of the clergy. [Original story here.]

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1. Sunday 18 July 10 One Minute Prayer:

Pastor Fired for Praying in Jesus Name

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we thank you for the courage of Pastor Ron Baity who was fired by the anti-Jesus Speaker Joe Hackney of the North Carolina State-House~ because he prayed in Jesus’ name. Pastor Baity refused to deny Christ~ or water down his prayers~ knowing that if he did~ that You would also deny him~ from Matthew 10:32. We ask that You would bring victory to his cause~ and inspire the people of North Carolina to rise up and take back their government~ and restore Pastor Baity’s liberty to pray in Jesus’ name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Sunday~ 18 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP071810Sun.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 100 SENATORS!

Please select~ sign and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 100 Senators to oppose and filibuster pro-homosexual Elena Kagan to Supreme Court!

2. Monday 19 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Anti-Jesus Mayor of Dearborn Michigan Defends Jailing Christians

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we are grieved at the lack of justice and truth coming out of Dearborn Michigan against four Christians~ from the Acts 17 ministry~ who were handing out the gospel at an Arab festival. Even though they did not approach anyone at the festival~ they were charged with disturbing the peace. Even Dearborn Mayor John O’Reilly Jr. has fully sided against the Christians. But Lord~ we know that if You are for us~ then no one can be against us~ from Romans 8:31~ so we pray for all charges to be dropped~ in Jesus Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Monday~ 19 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP071910Mon.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX ALL 435 CONGRESSMEN!

Please select~ sign~ and WE WILL FAX all 435 Congressmen to protect our Chaplains’ right to pray "in Jesus name~" and stop burning Bibles.

3. Tuesday 20 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

ACLJ Appeals Bogus Ruling Against Day of Prayer

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ thank you for the American Center for Law & Justice who helped appeal the bad decision by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb of Wisconsin~ that the National Day of Prayer is somehow unconstitutional~ after the atheistic complainers at the Freedom from Religion Foundation demanded they state enforce atheism. We pray for God to bring justice so that liberty is no longer trampled in America~ as Your Word says in Habakkuk 1:4~ that the wicked hem in the righteous so that justice is perverted. God pull Your strings against the wicked~ in Jesus Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Tuesday~ 20 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP072010Tue.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 100 SENATORS!

Please select~ sign and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 100 Senators to oppose and filibuster pro-homosexual Elena Kagan to Supreme Court!

4. Wednesday 21 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Will Mississippi Voters Be Allowed to Vote on Life?

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we pray for victory over the evil tactics of Planned Parenthood~ the ACLU and others who have filed an injunction against the Mississippi Secretary of State~ seeking to stop Mississippi voters from passing the Mississippi Personhood Amendment. The Personhood Amendment says~ “The term ‘person’ or ‘persons’ shall include every human being from the moment of fertilization~ cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.” Bring victory to Personhood USA in every state~ as they fight injustice and love their neighbors~ even the preborn~ as you tell us in Leviticus 19:18~ in Jesus Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Wednesday~ 21 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP072110Wed.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 535 CONGRESSMEN!

Please select~ sign and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 535 Congressmen – Stop ENDA & keep men out of ladies bathrooms!

5. Thursday 22 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

CBS and NBC Reject Ad Against Ground Zero Mosque

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ thank you for GOPTRUST.com who just developed a video commercial exposing why Muslims want to build a mosque on ground zero. We pray God condemns the outrageous censorship from CBS and NBC who refuse to air the Truth and want to silence how this mosque is being built on hallowed ground where 2~996 innocent people were murdered on 9/11. Lord~ we pray that the GOPTRUST message would be amplified~ and that You expand the territory of the righteous~ as Jabez prayed in 1Chronicles 4:10. Honor the memory of the 9/11 victims~ in Jesus’ name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Thursday~ 22 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP072210Thu.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX ALL 535 CONGRESSMEN!

Please select~ sign~ and WE WILL FAX all 535 Congressmen to protect troops from open homosexual aggression; keep "Don’t Ask~ Don’t Tell."

6. Friday 23 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Catholic Professor Fired For Teaching Natural Law Theory

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ we pray for Dr. Kenneth Howell~ who was fired by the University of Illinois after being targeted by an anonymous student who hated Howell’s class on the Catholic view of Natural Law which condemns homosexuality as unnatural. God help the Alliance Defense Fund defend Dr. Howell’s academic freedom~ as his case is now under review~ and please bless him for enduring religious persecution and discrimination. We know from Hebrews 11:6 that without faith it is impossible to please God~ and that you reward of those who seek you. Reward Dr. Howell~ in Jesus Name Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Friday~ 23 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP072310Fri.mp3)

ACTION ALERT! DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX 50 STATE ATTORNEYS!
Please select~ sign and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 50 State Attorneys General to join lawsuit to repeal Obamacare – defund Abortion!

7. Saturday 24 July 10 One-Minute Prayer:

Louisiana Becomes 4th State to Opt-Out of Federal Abortion Mandate

Let Us Pray. Almighty God~ thank you for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal who signed House Bill 1247~ “The Abortion Insurance Opt-out Act”~ which exempts his state from receiving mandatory abortion funds from the recently enacted Obamacare health law. We pray that you would bless Governor Jindal for protecting life~ and we ask that you would raise up more Governors and Representatives who would boldly stand for life and legislation to defend the unborn. From Psalm 139:13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb~ in Jesus Name~ Amen.

**Listen below! And call & ask your local Christian radio station to broadcast this 60-second prayer many times throughout the day on Saturday~ 24 July 10. Download MP3: (ChapsEP072410Sat.mp3)

DON’T JUST PRAY~ FAX ALL 235 PENN. LEGISLATORS!
Sign our PETITION TO PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE & SENATE and WE WILL FAX automatically to all 235 members~ to allow Jesus prayers!

Prayer has power when many join together…

Please forward this email to praying friends.

God Bless you~ in Jesus’ name~

Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt

For media interviews~ or to invite "Chaps"
to speak to your church or event~ select here.

Jesus Banned from Prayers by Speaker of the House — 143,000+ Petitions to North Carolina Legislators

July 14, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

Jesus Banned from Prayers by Speaker of the House — 143,000+ Petitions to North Carolina Legislators
July 13, 2010

Christian Newswire

RALEIGH, N.C., July 13 /Christian Newswire/ — The Pray In Jesus Name Project is faxing more than 140,000 petitions to the North Carolina State-House, demanding legislators reverse Speaker Joe Hackney’s ban against the forbidden word “Jesus” during public prayers spoken by volunteer pastors giving the invocation.

Nearly 1,000 citizens from all 50 states signed the free petition on the first day, which was then faxed to each of 120 North Carolina State Representatives and all 50 Senators.

On May 31, Speaker Hackney verbally banned Jesus’ name as “illegal speech” by disinviting Pastor Ron Baity from praying before the legislature after pre-screening the prayer content and objecting to his closing words, “in Jesus name.” No written policy exists banning prayer content, but the Speaker is now writing one.

“I got fired,” said Ron Baity, pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. He had been invited to lead prayer for an entire week but his tenure was cut short when he refused to remove the name Jesus from his invocation.

“Our petition campaigns have helped reverse Jesus-bans in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma, Oregon, California and Virginia, and now we fight for free religious speech in North Carolina,” said former Navy Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, leader of The Pray in Jesus Name Project. Klingenschmitt himself was punished for praying “in Jesus name” in uniform in 2006, but was later vindicated by the U.S. Congress. “Pastor Baity is a hero for refusing to water-down his prayers,” he said.

Despite deceptive claims by the ACLU’s easily-offended atheist complainers, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals specifically authorized legislatures to allow Jesus-prayers in Turner v. Fredericksburg, when Justice O’Connor wrote: “the Establishment Clause does not absolutely dictate the form of legislative prayer. In Marsh, the legislature employed a single chaplain…the legislature in Simpson allowed a diverse group of church leaders from around the community to give prayers at open meetings. Both varieties of legislative prayer were found constitutional.”

Concerned citizens are encouraged to sign the free petition at prayinjesusname.org

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To interview Chaplain Klingenschmitt, contact: Stephanie Lewis, TC Public Relations, 312-422-1333, Stephanie@tcpr.net

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Elena Kagan Demanded Sex-Change Operations and Bathroom Access as ‘Equal Rights’

July 14, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

Elena Kagan Demanded Sex-Change Operations and Bathroom Access as ‘Equal Rights’
June 27, 2010

Canada Free Press

Chaplain Klingenschmitt has contracted with a team of investigative journalists including Brian Camenker, Amy Contrada and Peter LaBarbera to investigate and report breaking news about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

While serving as Dean of Harvard Law School, Kagan’s administration demanded and forced Blue-Cross, Blue-Shield to cover sex-change operations as an “equal right” paid benefit, harming gender-confused students, as confirmed in 2006 and 2008 by Harvard Crimson newspaper articles.

Kagan also offered sympathetic ear to lesbian group Lambda’s Transgender Task Force demand to force all women to share public bathrooms and locker-rooms with cross-dressing men, which is now part of Harvard’s dormitory policy, according to the report.

“This is further proof Elena Kagan cannot be trusted to impartially rule on Obamacare or bathroom bills like ENDA, since she believes sin is a Constitutional right,” said Chaplain Klingenschmitt, “but rights come from God, who never grants the right to sin.”

Excerpts from the breaking news report, with links to original proof sources, are now posted online […].

Concerned citizens are encouraged to sign a petition which will be automatically faxed to 100 Senators encouraging them to filibuster and vote against Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

Chaplain Klingenschmitt is available for news interviews as servant of The Pray In Jesus Name Project, at 719-360-5132, chaplaingate@yahoo.com.

Peter LaBarbera is available for news interviews as director of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, at 630-546-4439, peterlabarbera@comcast.net.

Brian Camenker is available for news interviews as director of Mass Resistance at 781-890-6001, brian@massresistance.org.

SIGN NEW PETITION TO OPPOSE AND FILIBUSTER ENDA, AND PROTECT JUDEO-CHRISTIAN BUSINESS OWNERS AND WORKERS — SELECT HERE.

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Did Kagan "Queer" Harvard?

July 14, 2010 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

Did Kagan “Queer” Harvard?
June 29, 2010

Stephanie Mencimer — MotherJones.com

As promised, virulently anti-gay activist Peter LaBabera, head of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, has released his shocking expose of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s efforts to “queer” the Harvard Law School campus. Among the damning evidence that Kagan is a radical champion of the homosexual agenda:

— Kagan started an LGBT clinic that handled domestic violence cases in same-sex relationships, among other things./strong>

— Kagan somehow got Harvard to change its health insurance to partially cover sex change operations.

— During Kagan’s tenure, there were conversations between students and faculty about letting transsexuals use the bathrooms of their choice (i.e. letting “she-males” in the ladies room.)

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— And then there are the various faculty members Kagan hired to teach “queer theory,” and all the other speakers she brought to campus, including lesbian law scholar and EEOC member Chai Feldblum and gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny.

Gordon James Klingenschmitt, the former Navy chaplain turned anti-gay activist who teamed up on the report, thinks that the Obama administation is “deceiving” Americans into thinking that Kagan is not a lesbian. He says of the report, “This is further proof Elena Kagan cannot be trusted to impartially rule on Obamacare or bathroom bills like ENDA, since she believes sin is a Constitutional right, but rights come from God, who never grants the right to sin.”

Helpfully, the report includes a whole bunch of suggested questions the Judiciary Committee should ask Kagan about her involvement in all of this radical transgender and gay activism. So far, on Tuesday afternoon, none of the senators had yet asked the looming questions about whether Kagan thinks cross-dressers have a constitutional right to use the ladies’ room, but there’s still time. Sen. Tom Coburn hasn’t had a turn yet.

SELECT HERE — Sign PETITION to oppose ELENA KAGAN, SUPREME COURT NOMINEE whom CBS News reported to be a lesbian.

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