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First Lesbian 'Wedding' desecrates Military Chapel. Obama violates state law.

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Urgent Petition! Defend Military Chaplains. Demand Congress keep 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310 to protect chaplains free speech and chapels from desecration. Select here, sign petition, we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!)

First Lesbian ‘Wedding’ desecrates Military Chapel. Obama violates state law.

President Obama trampled on Louisiana state law, and desecrated the Christian chapel on a military post at Fort Polk, Louisiana, by authorizing the first homosexual ‘wedding’ ceremony by a lesbian couple in a military chapel. Flaunting his federal power over Louisiana (whose law clearly defines Marriage = 1 Man + 1 Woman), and ignoring the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, Obama’s Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson issued a memo this year forcing all military chapels in all 50 states to be open for ‘gay’ weddings.

Now we learn that three weeks ago, a lesbian couple was secretly ‘married’ upon, and desecrated the Christian altar in the base chapel with sodomy, marking the first reported homosexual wedding in a military chapel ever. A pro-homosexual chaplain presided at the ‘marriage-like religious ceremony’ of two lesbian soldiers, but did not issue a license, making the union illegal in the eyes of both Lousiana law, and the laws of Almighty God.

Congressman John Fleming, M.D. (R-LA) told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that “the U.S. Army had confirmed to him that the chaplain had performed the ceremony less than a month ago in the base chapel at Fort Polk, which is in Fleming’s district.”

“It is my understanding that this is the first ceremony of its type on an American military base and that is, as it’s reported, it was a wedding ceremony between two members of the same gender who are uniformed members of the Army,” Fleming said.

Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO), said this confirms the need for the Senate to pass two good pro-chaplain amendments protecting chapels and chaplains free speech: “It is very concerning that a same-sex ceremony would occur on a military base in a state where the definition of marriage has been clearly defined as between one man and one woman,” Akin said. “This action is clearly in contravention of state law, and also violates the Defense Department policies issued last fall. This appears to be a case where political agenda has trumped the rule of law, which is absolutely unacceptable. This confirms the importance of the language that my colleagues and I worked to include in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act for 2013, which would protect chaplains and servicemembers from this liberal agenda. The same individuals who will violate the law to advance their agenda will persecute those around them who disagree with their views.”

“Congressman Akin has led the efforts to protect traditional marriage on military bases. In 2011, Congressman Akin offered an amendment to H.R. 1540 which was stripped by the Senate. In May 2012, Akin offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 which would protect servicemembers and chaplains from recriminations based on their concerns regarding same-sex marriage.”

[Dr. Chaps’ comment: Folks, I have been repeatedly saying for months, what nobody believed was true, that military chapels both Catholic and Protestant will be desecrated in all 50 states by acts of sodomy on the Christian altar, robbing all our troops of their right to a sacred worship space. Any chaplain who objects will be punished, and the keys to his chapel must be turned over to homosexual activists. Does anybody doubt that my warning has now come true?]

We must take action to protect our chapels. Please sign our petition to all 100 Senators.

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.

Pelosi persecutes Chaplains, then lies, calling them “a fraud…manufactured crisis.”

I personally traveled to Washington DC this week to meet my Congressman and visit the staff of 23 Senate offices to personally deliver YOUR 100,000+ petitions (again) for chaplains’ freedom. I walked and prayed past all 100 Senators offices, and entered and delivered hand-written notes to 23 Senators on the Armed Services Committee (please call each listed here by dialing 202-225-3121 today) to demand free speech for military chaplains, and protection for Christian chapels from sod omite desecration.

I stood outside the House of Representatives floor while they voted to PASS our two good chaplain amendments in HR 4310 the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013.

My full report press release from my visit to Capitol Hill is here, which you can please forward to news reporters or radio hosts. Christian Post called me for the following report:

Pelosi Calls Chaplain ‘Conscience Clause’ a ‘Fraud’ By Paul Stanley, Christian Post

“House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi blasted a Republican proposal that would protect military chaplains from performing same-sex marriages, saying the provision in unnecessary.

“Nobody is ordering them to do that,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday. “I’ve never seen any suggestion that we’re ordering chaplains to perform same-sex [marriages]. Where is that? I think that they can rest assured that if they don’t believe in that, they don’t have to perform those…When asked by a reporter at her Thursday press conference if she supported the provision, Pelosi said she sided with the White House in opposing it.

“I do not support that provision in the bill, that part of the bill,” she said. “I agree with the administration. And there’s nothing that says that chaplains act against their faith. Arguing that the issue was moot, she added, ‘Because it’s a fraud. It’s a – Welcome to the world of manufactured crises. Here’s one.’…”

“Former Navy Chaplain [Gordon] James Klingenschmitt was lobbying [23] members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Friday on Capitol Hill and took exception to the minority leader’s comments.

“I disagree with Rep. Pelosi. There are dozens of active duty chaplains who have been pressured to not speak against homosexuality,” Klingenschmitt told The Christian Post. “I know of one Army and one Navy chaplain who have already resigned. Another active duty chaplain has been silenced, threatened and punished against speaking against ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’ What they [Pelosi] are saying is simply false….”

“Klingenschmitt expects the White House to threaten to veto the proposal but there a number of Democratic senators such as Joe Manchin of West Virginia who are starting to distance themselves from President Obama on this issue. [Also call Claire McCaskill, Ben Nelson, and Jim Webb.]

“I’m confident we’ll have this provision in the final bill, but it’s a 50-50 chance at this point.”

“The House voted 299-120 to approve the Defense Authorization Act late Friday afternoon. However, the bill faces a steep battle in the Senate.” [LET’S TAKE ACTION…]

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.

Victory! House Armed Services Cmte protects Chaplains and Chapels

The House Armed Services Committee added (but the Senate has not yet added) two good religious freedom amendments to the 2013 Defense Authorization Act H.R. 4310, protecting free speech for military chaplains who refuse to preside at homosexual ‘wedding’ ceremonies, and blocking same-sex marriage or marriage-like ceremonies in chapels on military bases.

The Hill reports: “Members of the House Armed Services committee voted to include the measure by Rep. Steve Palazzo (R-Miss.) into the panel’s version of the fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill late Wednesday night.

“The measure, which prevents ‘marriage or marriage-like ceremonies’ between same-sex couples from taking place at American military bases, was approved by a 37 to 24 vote along party lines.

“Republican panel members also approved language to protect military personnel from reprisals for expressing ‘their moral principles and religious beliefs… concerning the appropriate and inappropriate expression of human sexuality.’

“That amendment, sponsored by Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) was approved by a straight party-line vote of 36 to 25.” Now bishops for 2,000 military chaplains are petitioning to pass these amendments to defend chaplains rights.

Sadly, military chaplains report heavy reprisals, as confirmed by Human Events who interviewed “one currently serving chaplain, who spoke to Human Events on the condition of anonymity, told a similar story of pressure to conform [to endorsing homosexual sin]. He declined to give his name citing fear of reprisal; active duty service members are not to speak to the media without prior authorization….now it is chaplains who say they are being muzzled by the military and a group has formed to pass legislation seeking relief on their behalf.”

[Dr. Chaps’ comment: Chaplains being muzzled? Free speech censored? Boy does that sound familiar. 2012 is 2006 all over again for evangelical chaplains. It’s time to clean house and pass this new pro-chaplain law, so let’s all DEMAND all 100 Senators keep the good pro-chaplain amendments. Please sign our petition today…]

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.

YOU CAN READ AKIN’S NEW AMENDMENT PROTECTING CHAPLAINS HERE.

Then please call EVERY member of the House Armed Services Committee listed here, by dialing 202-225-3121 and requesting each Member by name, to request they PASS THE AKIN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1540.

Don’t have time to make 61 phone calls today? Just sign our petition and we will fax all 61 members instantly, saving you much time! How much time would it take you? Sign here:

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.

Obama threatens Chaplains: “You can’t preach against me in chapel.”

The Obama Administration has now directly threatened military chaplains with “sedition” or equivalent charges of “treason” if they dare to preach against Obama’s abortion policies during optional Sunday worship inside military chapels.

According to the Business Insider, an “emerging conflict between the Catholic Church and the Obama administration may have a new front: in the U.S. military itself.

“The Catholic Church is fighting mad about an HHS ruling that would have them buy insurance for things they consider sinful–contraception, sterilization and abortion.

“All the bishops in the country sent out a letter to be read in their parishes promising that the Church ‘cannot-and will not-comply with this unjust law.’

“Even Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who is in charge of Catholic military chaplains sent out the same letter.

“But after he did, the Army’s Office of the Chief of Chaplains sent out another communication forbidding Catholic priests to read the letter, in part because it seemed to encourage civil disobedience, and could be read as seditious against the Commander-in-Chief.

“More than one Catholic chaplain who spoke to us off the record confirmed that many chaplains disobeyed this instruction and read the letter anyway. [Risking treason charges.] Others sought further instructions from their Archbishop.

“Now after much behind-the-scenes bureaucratic wrangling, a new version of the letter will be read, one that was edited of the language about ‘unjust laws.’…

“A new statement issued this afternoon from Archbishop Broglio’s office acknowledged the interference this way:

“Archbishop Broglio and the Archdiocese stand firm in the belief, based on legal precedent, that such a directive from the Army constituted a violation of his Constitutionally-protected right of free speech and the free exercise of religion, as well as those same rights of all military chaplains and their congregants.

“Following a discussion between Archbishop Broglio and the Secretary of the Army, The Honorable John McHugh, it was agreed that it was a mistake to stop the reading of the Archbishop’s letter. Additionally, the line: ‘We cannot – we will not – comply with this unjust law’ was removed by Archbishop Broglio at the suggestion of Secretary McHugh over the concern that it could potentially be misunderstood as a call to civil disobedience. [The chaplains’ speech was censored by the Obama Administration.]

“It’s an issue that Catholic chaplains are taking very seriously in private.”

[Chaps Comment: It’s clear that OBAMA IS AFRAID OF CHURCH VOTE AWAKENING. Let’s take a stand for military chaplains rights, by petitioning Congress right now:

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.

God Bless you, in Jesus’ name,

Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD
For media interviews, select here.

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.

Prefer to donate by mail? Please write: The Pray In Jesus Name Project, PO Box 77077, Colorado Springs, CO 80970.

Senate vote today on Judge Hurwitz, pro-abort who drafted Roe v. Wade

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New Petition! Demand the U.S. Senate OPPOSE and FILIBUSTER two bad judges nominated by President Obama, for their anti-Christian, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual rulings. Select, sign and we will fax all 100 Senators instantly (saving you time!)

Senate vote today on Judge Hurwitz, pro-abort who drafted Roe v. Wade

Senator Harry Reid quietly filed a cloture motion Friday, setting up a likely vote today in the full Senate for Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz’s promotion to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Hurwitz claims credit for helping draft the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized child-killing as a young law clerk in 1972-73.

Everybody please call your two state Senators today at 202-225-3121, and say BLOCK AND FILIBUSTER Judge Andrew Hurwitz and say “NO” to the cloture vote.

Then please sign our petition and we will instantly fax all 100 Senators.

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to OPPOSE and FILIBUSTER two bad judges to stop forcing their anti-Jesus, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual views on the American people.

We’re winning? Obama’s judges Kayatta and Hurwitz vote delayed

It is possible we are winning the fax-war against two of President Obama’s pro-abortion, pro-homosexual judges. The full Senate has delayed and not yet voted on whether to confirm Andrew Hurwitz and William Kayatta, who could be promoted to critical seats on the 1st and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Or at least we have delayed injustice. The Kansas City Star admits Hurwitz’ vote is facing delays, and the Maine Public Broadcasting Network admits Kayatta is losing support. (Although both liberal papers complain, for example, “if [Senators whom we’re petitioning] don’t agree with [the judges pro-homosexual, pro-abortion] ideology, it’s harder to press the ‘go’ button. Kim Moody from the Disability Rights Center says Maine isn’t facing a crisis like other places in the U.S. But she says Maine’s nominee to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, trial lawyer William Kayatta, recently received approval from the judiciary committee, and now “is just sort of sitting there waiting. And so the 1st Circuit is unable to do its work in the way that it needs to do. And that’s true all across the country.”

After we have sent tens of thousands of fax petitions opposing both Kayatta and Hurwitz, “The Republican Policy Committee from the U.S. Senate issued a statement saying that the federal judicial vacancies are due to the Obama administration’s continued failure to nominate qualified individuals.”

In other words, since Obama appoint radical ultra-liberals, HE is to blame for the backlog. And YOU get the credit for petitioning and blocking these judges! We’ve already stopped 4 bad judges last year. Let’s stop these two again today, by petitioning all 100 Senators…

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to OPPOSE and FILIBUSTER two bad judges to stop forcing their anti-Jesus, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual views on the American people.

Senate Vote Today? Stop Obama’s Two Pro-Abortion, Pro-Homose xual Judges

The full Senate could vote today on two bad judges, Andrew Hurwitz and William Kayatta, who could be promoted to critical seats on the 1st and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals. I have just joined 40 pro-family groups in signing this new letter to all Senators.

We must petition all 100 Senators to STOP and FILIBUSTER both pro-abortion, pro-homose xual judges. Their appeals court seats are just below the Supreme Court.

President Obama’s pick for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz. Many of you remember that it was Hurwitz in 1972 who helped author two decisions which the U.S. Supreme Court used as the foundation for Roe v. Wade. The pro-abortion Hurwitz shockingly sailed out of committee with on a 13 – 5 vote thanks to support from 3 Republican Senators (Tom Coburn, Lindsey Graham, and Jon Kyl). The Senate is expected to vote on Hurwitz confirmation as early as TODAY.

Even pro-choice, pro-abortion liberals agree Roe v. Wade was a bad legal opinion. Analyst Kermit Roosevelt told the Washington Post in 2003, “You will be hard-pressed to find a constitutional law professor, even among those who support the idea of constitutional protection for the right to choose, who will embrace the opinion itself rather than the result….This is not surprising. As constitutional argument, Roe is barely coherent.” [Even worse, Hurwitz helped write a child-murdering opinion.]

Hurwitz continues to not only defend Roe but to brag to the point of celebration of the decision. The mere fact that Obama nominated him is a clear sign that the left knows we are winning and have become desperate to uphold Roe at all cost. The Judicial Action Group (JAG) says “Hurwitz takes pride in his role in crafting the case that had ‘crucial influence’ on both the outcome and the reasoning in Roe. Roe is not only a constitutional abomination but has immorally [resulted] in judicial sanction of the killing of tens of millions of unborn children. Hurwitz should be ashamed of his role in Roe. His pride in his role in Roe is expressed not only as a young law clerk in 1972 but as recently as 2003, at the age of 52. Hurwitz’s pride in his role in Roe is cause for great concern.”

Hurwitz will also be remembered for other liberal decisions. Sen. Sessions (R-AL) told Hurwitz, “You served as pro bono lead counsel in the seminal Supreme Court case of Ring v. Arizona, which struck down Arizona’s death penalty sentencing scheme as unconstitutional, and also invalidated several other States’ statutes as well. You were quoted in an article by the Arizona Attorney newsletter as saying that the experience was ‘the best episode in [your] wonderful career in private practice.’ ” Mr. Hurwitz worked for free to save felony murderers while killing innocents who have been murdered thanks to Roe.

We must fight today and let Congress know the American people will not stand by and let such a pro-abort rule on the Ninth Circuit! Let’s tell 100 Senators NO ON HURWITZ.

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to OPPOSE and FILIBUSTER two bad judges to stop forcing their anti-Jesus, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual views on the American people.

Obama promotes pro-homose xual Judge who sought to double his own pay

Our friends at Judicial Action Group (JAG) are warning about another activist liberal judge being pushed for promotion by President Obama to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling over Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampsire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico.

Judge William J. Kayatta must be stopped. Please call your 2 Senators at 202-224-3121 to say “Oppose and filibuster BOTH judges, Kayatta and Hurwitz.”

JAG warns: “Kayatta takes the elitist view that Judges should be paid twice as much as U.S. Senators….Kayatta will not be satisfied with ‘just’ a: “100% raise from current compensation…” he wants more of our money for himself and his elitist friends. Kayatta…approved and edited the White Paper: “Judicial Compensation: Our Federal Judges Must Be Fairly Paid,” [which] report expresses the elitist view that judges should be paid more than Senators and Members of Congress because judges “are not supposed to be average.”…Kayatta also argues that judicial salaries must be doubled…

“Pursuant to Kayatta’s judicial philosophy, Judges may raise their own salaries by legislating from the bench. Kayatta wrote: “A case can be made that the Constitution requires a raise in judicial compensation to ameliorate the diminution which has occurred over time as the result of inflation.” [But he’s wrong, since] the Constitution prohibits judges from raising their own salaries…

“Kayatta was a member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary when that committee…rated Elena Kagan as ‘Well Qualified.’ Kayatta appeared before the Judiciary Committee to present the Kagan evaluation, and Senator Jeff Sessions took issue with Kayatta over that evaluation.”

“Sessions pointed out to Kayatta that…Kagan was grossly unqualified…”I found it difficult to understand how when she did not meet those qualifications that [Kayatta and] the Committee reached the highest rating for the highest court.”…

“Kayatta’s ABA Report Defends Kagan in Baring Military Recruiters from Harvard. Kayatta helped draft the ABA Report on Kagan that was submitted to the Senate. The report gratuitously raises and defends the issue of Kagan’s role in barring military recruiters from Harvard Law:

[Kayatta defended why] “Harvard Law School had a long-standing policy denying placement office services to any firm or organization that refused to hire students for reasons including known sexual orientation. [Kagan] enforced the policy…In other words…Dean Kagan demonstrated any type of bias that would cause us to question her integrity under our standards.”

[Kayatta complained about Christians who fired three activist pro-homosexual Iowa judges:] “In the wake of these developments, three Supreme Court justices in Iowa were ousted in 2010 after interest groups, most from out of state, spent nearly a million dollars to unseat them owing to the court’s unanimous ruling in a 2009 gay marriage case.”

[But JAG says Kayatta’s] “Paper does not address the fact that the Iowa judges’ ‘gay marriage’ case amounted to brazen judicial usurpation of legislative power. The voters properly exercised their legal ability to remove these errant judges. Without such remedies, the radical activism of judges – like the Iowa judges – would surely proliferate.”

BOTTOM LINE: Kayatta is clearly a pro-homosexual, activist judge who not only complains when Christian citizens vote-out activist judges, Kayatta wants to increase the power of activist judges to double their own salary and enforce pro-homosexual policies by legislating from the bench. KAYATTA MUST BE FILIBUSTERED!

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to OPPOSE and FILIBUSTER two bad judges to stop forcing their anti-Jesus, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual views on the American people.

God Bless you, in Jesus’ name,

Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD
For media interviews, select here.

Prefer to donate by mail? Please write: The Pray In Jesus Name Project, PO Box 77077, Colorado Springs, CO 80970.

Army Chaplain Does First-Ever Homosexual ‘Wedding’ in Military Chapel

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Let us pray. Almighty God, we are grieved that a pro-homosexual Army chaplain has officiated the first-ever homosexual ‘wedding’ ceremony in a military chapel, between two lesbian soldiers at Fort Polk in Louisiana. Your Word says, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality” (1 Thess. 4:3). We pray You forgive our nation for rampant sexual immorality that we even institutionalize it. We pray You bring an end to sexual perversion and defend traditional marriage = 1 man + 1 woman, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

NEWS SOURCE LINK

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Victory! Christian Boycott forces Groupon to End Porn Promotion

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Let us pray. Almighty God, we thank you that a Christian boycott of Groupon, the couponing service used by millions of young people, has forced the company to end its promotion of pornographic companies such as Kink and Playboy. Your Word says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matt. 28:19). God, our marketplace and culture is lost without the light of Your Spirit shown through Your Church. We pray that you would continue to make Your Church a prophetic voice in our corrupted culture, and forgive our nation’s sins, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

NEWS SOURCE LINK

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RadioWeek10-16Jun12

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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 10 Jun 12 One Minute Prayer: NEWS SOURCE LINK

Victory! Christian Boycott forces Groupon to End Porn Promotion

Let us pray. Almighty God, we thank you that a Christian boycott of Groupon, the couponing service used by millions of young people, has forced the company to end its promotion of pornographic companies such as Kink and Playboy. Your Word says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matt. 28:19). God, our marketplace and culture is lost without the light of Your Spirit shown through Your Church. We pray that you would continue to make Your Church a prophetic voice in our corrupted culture, and forgive our nation’s sins, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

**Listen here to the recorded audio MP3 prayer: ChapsEP061012Sun.mp3 And ask your local radio station to play this audio during their free air time.

 

 

ACTION ALERT. STOP MUSLIM SHARIA LAW IN U.S. COURTS.

Please select, sign, and we will fax all 535 Congressmen and Senators to STOP JUDGES FROM ENFORCING FOREIGN LAWS IN U.S. COURTS.

 

 

2. Monday 11 Jun 12 One Minute Prayer: NEWS SOURCE LINK

Army Chaplain Does First-Ever Homose xual ‘Wedding’ in Military Chapel

Let us pray. Almighty God, we are grieved that a pro-homosexual Army chaplain has officiated the first-ever homosexual ‘wedding’ ceremony in a military chapel, between two lesbian soldiers at Fort Polk in Louisiana. Your Word says, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality” (1 Thess. 4:3). We pray You forgive our nation for rampant sexual immorality that we even institutionalize it. We pray You bring an end to sexual perversion and defend traditional marriage = 1 man + 1 woman, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

**Listen here to the recorded audio MP3 prayer: ChapsEP061112Mon.mp3 And ask your local radio station to play this audio during their free air time.

 

 

ACTION ALERT. HELP STOP JUDICIAL TYRANNY!

Please select, sign, and we will fax all 535 Congressmen and Senators to IMPEACH JUSTICE KAGAN IF SHE WON’T RECUSE OBAMACARE.

 

 

3. Tuesday 12 Jun 12 One Minute Prayer: NEWS SOURCE LINK

Washington State Voters Can Block ‘Gay’ Marriage

Let us pray. Almighty God, we praise You that the Washington State Governor’s legalization of homosexual marriage was temporarily blocked by the state’s voters, who will soon hold a referendum. Your Word says, “Prove yourselves doers of the word, not merely hearers who delude themselves” (James 1:22). Thank God Christian voters have taken action in obedience of Your mandate to stand for righteousness in our perverted culture. Help us to allow Your redemptive power to work through us to defend righteousness and the traditional family, for the sake of our children and our nation, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

**Listen here to the recorded audio MP3 prayer: ChapsEP061212Tue.mp3 And ask your local radio station to play this audio during their free air time.

 

 

ACTION ALERT. PROTECT KIDS FROM SEXUAL PREDATORS!

Please select, sign and we will fax all 535 Congressmen and Senators to STOP AL FRANKEN’S HOMOSEXUAL CLASSROOMS ACT.

 

 

4. Wednesday 13 Jun 12 One Minute Prayer: NEWS SOURCE LINK

Christian Photographer Fined $7,000 for Refusing Lesbian ‘Wedding’

Let us pray. Almighty God, we ask you to grant justice to Christian photographers Elaine and Jonathan Huegeunin who were fined $7,000 by a New Mexico judge and Appeals Court for refusing to photograph a “commitment” ceremony between a lesbian couple. Your Word says, “Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity” (Job 31:6). Thank God for the courage and boldness of the photographers, who took a valiant stand for righteousness and conscience, and we pray that the State or Federal Supreme Court will reverse this unjust decision, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

**Listen here to the recorded audio MP3 prayer: ChapsEP061312Wed.mp3 And ask your local radio station to play this audio during their free air time.

 

 

ACTION ALERT. DEFEND MARRIAGE = 1 MAN + 1 WOMAN.

Please select, sign, and we will fax all 535 Congressmen and Senators to DEMAND CONGRESS DEFEND 1996 DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT.

 

 

5. Thursday 14 Jun 12 One Minute Prayer: NEWS SOURCE LINK

Vermont Court Allows Prayer before Town Meetings

Let us pray. Almighty God, we thank you that a court in Vermont has reversed an unconstitutional ban on public prayer before meetings in the Town of Franklin. Your Word says, “Draw near to Me, and I will draw near to you” (Jam. 4:8), so we thank You that this town council has remained committed to prayer and seeking Your presence and guidance during their public meetings. We pray that you would pour out Your blessings immeasurably upon the Town of Franklin for your glory, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

**Listen here to the recorded audio MP3 prayer: ChapsEP061412Thu.mp3 And ask your local radio station to play this audio during their free air time.

 

 

ACTION ALERT. DEFEND CHAPLAINS RELIGIOUS FREE SPEECH.

Please select, sign, and we will fax all 535 Congressmen and Senators to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPLAINS RIGHT TO OPPOSE IMMORALITY.

 

 

6. Friday 15 Jun 12 One Minute Prayer: NEWS SOURCE LINK

Ninth Circuit Court forces homose xual ‘marriage’ upon California Voters (again)

Let us pray. Almighty God, we grieve that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Christian voters in California who twice passed Proposition 8 to define traditional marriage, but were overruled by activist federal judges. We pray the U.S. Supreme Court will choose to hear this case, and protect traditional marriage and the rights of all voters. Your Word says, “In the image of God He created him; male and female, He created them” (Gen. 1:27). God defend defense righteousness, families, a strong society, and the institution of marriage as You created it, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

**Listen here to the recorded audio MP3 prayer: ChapsEP061512Fri.mp3 And ask your local radio station to play this audio during their free air time.

 

 

ACTION ALERT. STOP ABORTION FUNDS, REPEAL OBAMACARE.

Please select, sign, and we will fax all 535 Congressmen and Senators to REPEAL OBAMACARE AND STOP TAX-FUNDED ABORTIONS.

 

 

7. Saturday 16 Jun 12 One Minute Prayer: NEWS SOURCE LINK

Syria: Christians Flee Persecution by New Islamic Government

Let us pray. Almighty God, we pray for protection and spiritual empowerment of the persecuted Church in Syria as many Christians are now fleeing the terror of the country’s newly-established, radical Islamic government. Your Word says, “You will not be afraid of the terror by night,” (Psalm 91:5). We pray you deliver the nation of Syria out of its spiritual darkness and that the light of the Gospel would burn ever brighter. We pray You impart wisdom to the Church in Syria about whether to leave the country or to remain, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

**Listen here to the recorded audio MP3 prayer: ChapsEP061612Sat.mp3 And ask your local radio station to play this audio during their free air time.

 

 

Ontario Government to Force Catholic Schools to Allow ‘Gay’ Student Clubs

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Let us pray. Almighty God, we are concerned that the government of Ontario is pursuing legislation that would force Catholic schools to officially recognize ‘gay’ student clubs in their schools. Your Word says, “Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” (2 Cor. 6:14) We pray the Catholic schools being threatened would heed their Biblical mandate to protect their student body from lawlessness and spiritual darkness. Help their leaders never back down from standing up for righteousness, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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California Senate Bans Reparative Therapy by Christian Psychologists

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Let us pray. Almighty God, we are grieved that the California Senate has passed S.B.1172 prohibiting counselors and therapists from telling young people that it is possible to change their sexual orientation and repent of homose xual sin. Your Word says, “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them,” (Gen. 1:27). We pray Christian therapists and counselors will fight to reverse this diabolical law so that they can help their clients to become delivered from the devil’s lies about human sexuality, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Muslim Presidential Candidate in Egypt Wants to Tax Non-Muslims

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Let us pray. Almighty God, we pray You will thwart the plans of Egypt’s presidential candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood, who is attempting to take over Egypt and force Christians to convert to Islam, or pay a hefty additional Islamic tax required of non-Muslims, or be forced out of the country. Your Word says, “Perfect love casts out fear” (1 John 4:18), so we pray You strengthen the Egyptian Christian Church in the face of these threats to intimidate Your people. We pray that You would establish true religious freedom in Egypt, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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We're winning? Obama's judges Kayatta and Hurwitz vote delayed

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New Petition! Demand the U.S. Senate OPPOSE and FILIBUSTER two bad judges nominated by President Obama, for their anti-Christian, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual rulings. Select, sign and we will fax all 100 Senators instantly (saving you time!)

We’re winning? Obama’s judges Kayatta and Hurwitz vote delayed

It is possible we are winning the fax-war against two of President Obama’s pro-abortion, pro-homosexual judges. The full Senate has delayed and not yet voted on whether to confirm Andrew Hurwitz and William Kayatta, who could be promoted to critical seats on the 1st and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Or at least we have delayed injustice. The Kansas City Star admits Hurwitz’ vote is facing delays, and the Maine Public Broadcasting Network admits Kayatta is losing support. (Although both liberal papers complain, for example, “if [Senators whom we’re petitioning] don’t agree with [the judges pro-homosexual, pro-abortion] ideology, it’s harder to press the ‘go’ button. Kim Moody from the Disability Rights Center says Maine isn’t facing a crisis like other places in the U.S. But she says Maine’s nominee to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, trial lawyer William Kayatta, recently received approval from the judiciary committee, and now “is just sort of sitting there waiting. And so the 1st Circuit is unable to do its work in the way that it needs to do. And that’s true all across the country.”

After we have sent tens of thousands of fax petitions opposing both Kayatta and Hurwitz, “The Republican Policy Committee from the U.S. Senate issued a statement saying that the federal judicial vacancies are due to the Obama administration’s continued failure to nominate qualified individuals.”

In other words, since Obama appoint radical ultra-liberals, HE is to blame for the backlog. And YOU get the credit for petitioning and blocking these judges! We’ve already stopped 4 bad judges last year. Let’s stop these two again today, by petitioning all 100 Senators…

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to OPPOSE and FILIBUSTER two bad judges to stop forcing their anti-Jesus, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual views on the American people.

Senate Vote Today? Stop Obama’s Two Pro-Abortion, Pro-Homose xual Judges

The full Senate could vote today on two bad judges, Andrew Hurwitz and William Kayatta, who could be promoted to critical seats on the 1st and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals. I have just joined 40 pro-family groups in signing this new letter to all Senators.

We must petition all 100 Senators to STOP and FILIBUSTER both pro-abortion, pro-homose xual judges. Their appeals court seats are just below the Supreme Court.

President Obama’s pick for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz. Many of you remember that it was Hurwitz in 1972 who helped author two decisions which the U.S. Supreme Court used as the foundation for Roe v. Wade. The pro-abortion Hurwitz shockingly sailed out of committee with on a 13 – 5 vote thanks to support from 3 Republican Senators (Tom Coburn, Lindsey Graham, and Jon Kyl). The Senate is expected to vote on Hurwitz confirmation as early as TODAY.

Even pro-choice, pro-abortion liberals agree Roe v. Wade was a bad legal opinion. Analyst Kermit Roosevelt told the Washington Post in 2003, “You will be hard-pressed to find a constitutional law professor, even among those who support the idea of constitutional protection for the right to choose, who will embrace the opinion itself rather than the result….This is not surprising. As constitutional argument, Roe is barely coherent.” [Even worse, Hurwitz helped write a child-murdering opinion.]

Hurwitz continues to not only defend Roe but to brag to the point of celebration of the decision. The mere fact that Obama nominated him is a clear sign that the left knows we are winning and have become desperate to uphold Roe at all cost. The Judicial Action Group (JAG) says “Hurwitz takes pride in his role in crafting the case that had ‘crucial influence’ on both the outcome and the reasoning in Roe. Roe is not only a constitutional abomination but has immorally [resulted] in judicial sanction of the killing of tens of millions of unborn children. Hurwitz should be ashamed of his role in Roe. His pride in his role in Roe is expressed not only as a young law clerk in 1972 but as recently as 2003, at the age of 52. Hurwitz’s pride in his role in Roe is cause for great concern.”

Hurwitz will also be remembered for other liberal decisions. Sen. Sessions (R-AL) told Hurwitz, “You served as pro bono lead counsel in the seminal Supreme Court case of Ring v. Arizona, which struck down Arizona’s death penalty sentencing scheme as unconstitutional, and also invalidated several other States’ statutes as well. You were quoted in an article by the Arizona Attorney newsletter as saying that the experience was ‘the best episode in [your] wonderful career in private practice.’ ” Mr. Hurwitz worked for free to save felony murderers while killing innocents who have been murdered thanks to Roe.

We must fight today and let Congress know the American people will not stand by and let such a pro-abort rule on the Ninth Circuit! Let’s tell 100 Senators NO ON HURWITZ.

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to OPPOSE and FILIBUSTER two bad judges to stop forcing their anti-Jesus, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual views on the American people.

Obama promotes pro-homose xual Judge who sought to double his own pay

Our friends at Judicial Action Group (JAG) are warning about another activist liberal judge being pushed for promotion by President Obama to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling over Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampsire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico.

Judge William J. Kayatta must be stopped. Please call your 2 Senators at 202-224-3121 to say “Oppose and filibuster BOTH judges, Kayatta and Hurwitz.”

JAG warns: “Kayatta takes the elitist view that Judges should be paid twice as much as U.S. Senators….Kayatta will not be satisfied with ‘just’ a: “100% raise from current compensation…” he wants more of our money for himself and his elitist friends. Kayatta…approved and edited the White Paper: “Judicial Compensation: Our Federal Judges Must Be Fairly Paid,” [which] report expresses the elitist view that judges should be paid more than Senators and Members of Congress because judges “are not supposed to be average.”…Kayatta also argues that judicial salaries must be doubled…

“Pursuant to Kayatta’s judicial philosophy, Judges may raise their own salaries by legislating from the bench. Kayatta wrote: “A case can be made that the Constitution requires a raise in judicial compensation to ameliorate the diminution which has occurred over time as the result of inflation.” [But he’s wrong, since] the Constitution prohibits judges from raising their own salaries…

“Kayatta was a member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary when that committee…rated Elena Kagan as ‘Well Qualified.’ Kayatta appeared before the Judiciary Committee to present the Kagan evaluation, and Senator Jeff Sessions took issue with Kayatta over that evaluation.”

“Sessions pointed out to Kayatta that…Kagan was grossly unqualified…”I found it difficult to understand how when she did not meet those qualifications that [Kayatta and] the Committee reached the highest rating for the highest court.”…

“Kayatta’s ABA Report Defends Kagan in Baring Military Recruiters from Harvard. Kayatta helped draft the ABA Report on Kagan that was submitted to the Senate. The report gratuitously raises and defends the issue of Kagan’s role in barring military recruiters from Harvard Law:

[Kayatta defended why] “Harvard Law School had a long-standing policy denying placement office services to any firm or organization that refused to hire students for reasons including known sexual orientation. [Kagan] enforced the policy…In other words…Dean Kagan demonstrated any type of bias that would cause us to question her integrity under our standards.”

[Kayatta complained about Christians who fired three activist pro-homosexual Iowa judges:] “In the wake of these developments, three Supreme Court justices in Iowa were ousted in 2010 after interest groups, most from out of state, spent nearly a million dollars to unseat them owing to the court’s unanimous ruling in a 2009 gay marriage case.”

[But JAG says Kayatta’s] “Paper does not address the fact that the Iowa judges’ ‘gay marriage’ case amounted to brazen judicial usurpation of legislative power. The voters properly exercised their legal ability to remove these errant judges. Without such remedies, the radical activism of judges – like the Iowa judges – would surely proliferate.”

BOTTOM LINE: Kayatta is clearly a pro-homosexual, activist judge who not only complains when Christian citizens vote-out activist judges, Kayatta wants to increase the power of activist judges to double their own salary and enforce pro-homosexual policies by legislating from the bench. KAYATTA MUST BE FILIBUSTERED!

Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to OPPOSE and FILIBUSTER two bad judges to stop forcing their anti-Jesus, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual views on the American people.

God Bless you, in Jesus’ name,
Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt PhD
Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD
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DEFEND PRAYER FREEDOM FOR VETERANS, TEACHERS. SIGN PETITION!

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NEW PETITION!  Add F.D.R.’s D-Day Prayer to the W.W.II Memorial in DC, by passing H.R. 2070, and pass both H.R. 2848 the VETERANS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT and S.Res.18 allowing optional PRAYER AT PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. Please select, sign, and WE WILL FAX your petitionto all 535 members of Congress.

It’s Pearl Harbor Day.  Help Veterans display FDR’s prayer at WWII memorial.  (Video)

Christian Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH) is working closely with my friend Chris Long of Ohio Christian Alliance, to initiate national legislation to inscribe President Roosevelt (FDR)’s D-Day prayer at the World War II memorial, and they both just gave us an exclusive 2-minute video interview at the memorial.  Watch this 2 minute video here, and please help honor our veterans by signing our petition to Congress here!

Chris Long sent me the following message asking YOU to help petition Congress:

“Honoring those brave men and women who served our country in WWII, Congressman Bill Johnson of Ohio’s 6th District introduced legislation  that will place FDR’s D-Day Landing Prayer at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. – H.R. 2070.

“The Congressional Natural Resources Committee held two hearings on November 3rd and 17th and referred H.R. 2070, The D-Day Landing Prayer Act, by unanimous consent. It will be scheduled for a floor vote in the next several weeks.

“Sixty-seven years ago, on the morning of June 6, 1944, as Allied forces were landing on the beaches in Normandy, President Roosevelt went to the airwaves and prayed with our nation for God’s blessing and protection upon our brave fighting men.

“He prayed: ‘Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity….’

“President Roosevelt’s prayer articulated the great crusade that was underway to liberate millions suffering under tyranny. He honored the war effort and paid respect to the fallen and those veterans who fought courageously in the conflict.

“It is only fitting that succeeding generations learn of this prayer that was offered at that most poignant moment in our nation’s history. We are encouraged by the support that this legislation is receiving. Veterans and veterans groups across the nation are in support of  adding FDR’s D-Day Landing Prayer to the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C.

“Ohio Christian Alliance thanks Chaplain Klingenschmitt for helping us get the word out on this important legislation.  Contact Congressional Members with your fax and urge them to support H.R. 2070.”

“We urge members of Congress to support the FDR D-Day Prayer Project and pass the legislation that will allow its inclusion at the WWII Memorial in Washington , D.C.  We commend Congressman Johnson and the Congressional co-sponsors of this historic legislation.”

Christopher R. Long
President
Ohio Christian Alliance

SELECT HERE to sign NEW PETITION to ADD F.D.R.’S PRAYER to the W.W.II Memorial in DC, and DEFEND PUBLIC PRAYER with H.R. 2848 the VETERANS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT and S.RES.18 for PRAYER AT SCHOOL MEETINGS, and we will fax 535 Congressmen/Senators instantly (saving you time!)

FDR’s family wants Prayer Bill to pass Congress.  They need our help!

The bill that will add an inscription of the prayer spoken by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) on D-Day to the World War II Memorial on the National Mall has passed out of  committee by unanimous consent and is waiting for a full floor vote in the House of Representatives.  But FDR’s prayer still faces an uphill battle, and we must act now!

Sadly, the Obama administration opposes honoring prayer, even by a former Democrat President in FDR.  The Bureau of Land Management a division of the Department of the Interior Director Robert Abby told the House Committee “the Interior Department opposes its inclusion because it would intrude on the WWII Monument.” Really?  President Obama thinks historic prayer speech is an “intrusion” and should be banned?

More sadly, the Obama Administration is trying to argue H.R. 2070 would create a separate memorial commemorating FDR’s prayer.  THIS IS A LIE!  The bill simply adds the prayer words, to be etched in stone in a blank spot on the existing memorial.  It does not create special memorial for a prayer, or cost any more than a simple engraving.  Not surprisingly, Obama personally forgot to thank God for His blessings during his Thanksgiving speech, remarking instead how “lucky” we are as a nation.

While this bill has a very good chance to pass the House, it faces trouble in Harry Reid’s liberal anti-Christian Senate.  It’s here in the Senate that Obama’s lie about a separate memorial will be used to shoot this bill down or to block it from even getting a vote on the Senate floor.  This historic prayer by FDR was offered to God (watch 2-minute video) at one of the defining moments of the greatest generation and in U.S. history.  Any monument to victory should honor God as the source of that victory, out of respect for the faith of those who fought WWII, a generation not afraid to bend a knee and pray. President Obama yet again seeks to alter history to fit his socialist, homosexual, humanist, anti-Jesus agenda, and erase God from history!

I got an email this week from FDR’s relatives, saying:  “The family descendants of Franklin DELANO Roosevelt ..namely the DELANO family of Western NY and California along with the DELANO kindred DEMAND the prayer be on our family memorial!  We are a family of faith filled patriots to this CHRISTIAN country! In fact I recommend you contact the DELANO family and kindred to protest and write the president and congress on this matter. I will contact Congressman Higgins, but don’t count on ANY help from him or for that matter ANY NY elected official. They are all far left.  –Cheryl DELANO”

Thank you Cheryl Delano, and thanks to your family for helping us honor FDR’s prayer.  Everybody please help me join Cheryl’s effort to add FDR’s prayer to the WWII memorial!

SELECT HERE to sign NEW PETITION to ADD F.D.R.’S PRAYER to the W.W.II Memorial in DC, and DEFEND PUBLIC PRAYER with H.R. 2848 the VETERANS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT and S.RES.18 for PRAYER AT SCHOOL MEETINGS, and we will fax 535 Congressmen/Senators instantly (saving you time!)

Obama says “No” to prayer by F.D.R. on D-Day Memorial.  Take action!

We have a new opportunity to petition Congress to PASS H.R. 2070 when they vote very soon, whether to add the prayer said by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as an inscription on the World War II memorial on the national mall in Washington DC.

On D-Day, 6 June 1944, F.D.R. said a prayer on national radio, that addressed “Almighty God” and requested God’s blessing on our troops and victory in battle.  God answered that prayer, but now the Obama Administration would rather that prayer be forgotten, when we have a chance to etch that prayer in stone forever.

FDR prayed that God give the allied troops courage and faith, saying, “With thy blessing we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy.”  You can watch and listen to F.D.R’s prayer here, in another unforgettable 2-minute video.

Congress will reportedly vote this week on H.R. 2070 whether to add that prayer, etched in stone on the W.W.II memorial, but last month the Obama Administration recommended “NO” to the prayer, saying “altering the Memorial in this way, as proposed in HR 2070, will necessarily dilute this elegant memorial’s central message.”

Say what?  How can President Roosevelt’s solemn prayer dilute the message of religious freedom? Let’s demand Congress honor “Almighty God” by adding prayer to the memorial.

SELECT HERE to sign NEW PETITION to ADD F.D.R.’S PRAYER to the W.W.II Memorial in DC, and DEFEND PUBLIC PRAYER with H.R. 2848 the VETERANS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT and S.RES.18 for PRAYER AT SCHOOL MEETINGS, and we will fax 535 Congressmen/Senators instantly (saving you time!)

Atheists Bully Pastor to Stop “See You At The Pole” School Prayers

The pastor of a church in Florida moved his weekly morning prayers away from a public school flagpole after 11 years of prayer this week, because atheist complainers and a school board lawyer threatened legal action to stop his religious expression.

The Florida Baptist Witness blog reports:  “Pastor Ron Baker has agreed to move prayer meetings previously held at school flagpoles to adjacent properties in an ‘amicable resolution’ with the Clay County School Board late in the day on Nov. 10.

“Baker, pastor of Russell Baptist Church in Green Cove Springs, agreed to move the prayer times after the School Board’s attorney indicated he would use any means necessary to remove the pastor from school properties if the prayers continued.

“‘I don’t want to make the flagpole like an Alamo, the last battle over some piece of territory,’ Baker told Florida Baptist Witness in a Nov. 11 interview. ‘My desire is only that we can have an opportunity to pray for the school and the students, the faculty, staff – to pray for those folks each morning.'”

Atheist complainers are gloating in victory, having moved the prayers off school grounds.

“‘It’s great to see reason prevail,’ said Anne Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. ‘I’m so pleased with the response from the school district at this point, treating [Baker] as a public nuisance. This is proper.’

“Gaylor called Baker’s desire to continue the prayers at adjacent properties ‘predatory.’

“‘There’s still just something wrong with this picture,’ she said. ‘There’s some sense of exhibitionism, adults picking on very small children. They should pick on someone their own size.'”

[Question: Do atheists now claim praying on public property is child abuse?]

“Asked about Gaylor’s comments, Baker told the Witness that he is widely known in the community – where he has pastored for 30 years – and there has never been a complaint during the 11 years he has been leading the prayer gatherings.”

Bottom Line:  If we don’t protect teachers, students, parents, and pastors right to free religious expression, and cave in to groups like FFRF and ACLU, before long moms and dads will be jailed for praying in public.  Make no mistake, their objective is to eliminate God from every aspect of our public lives. Give the Devil an inch and he’ll take a mile.

Let’s support Jesus and Prayer in School by telling all 100 Senators and 435 Congressmen to pass S. Res. 18 and defend prayer at public school board meetings. If we do not stand up for our Constitutional rights we will lose them forever.

SELECT HERE to sign NEW PETITION to ADD F.D.R.’S PRAYER to the W.W.II Memorial in DC, and DEFEND PUBLIC PRAYER with H.R. 2848 the VETERANS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT and S.RES.18 for PRAYER AT SCHOOL MEETINGS, and we will fax 535 Congressmen/Senators instantly (saving you time!)

God banned from Veterans Cemeteries, Hospitals, Schools.  Take action!

Freedom of speech to pray publicly “in Jesus name” faces new attacks across America, as the Obama Administration has now fully caved-in to atheist complainers, and helped ban free religious speech from schools to the grave, for teachers and military veterans.

But two new bills before Congress and the Senate could restore religious freedom for Veterans and Teachers, protecting freedom of speech and public prayer rights that generations of Americans have died fighting to protect. They areHouse Bill H.R. 2848, the  “Veterans Religious Freedom Act,” and Senate Bill S.Res.18, a resolution supporting optional public prayer at school board meetings nationwide.  Our new petition campaignsupports these two important bills.

Recently Veterans Affairs (V.A.) Director Arleen Ocasio was rebuked by a federal judgeafter she outlawed prayers mentioning “Jesus” or “God” form the National Cemetery in Houston TX. Director Ocasio and the Obama Administration reportedly censored and banned any reference to Jesus or God in prayers, cards, and even casual conversation on V.A. Cemetery grounds, public land.  She even turned the Chapel into a storage room!

Ocasio tried to stop heroic Pastor Scott Rainey from praying “in Jesus name,” but he won an emergency court-order stopping the V.A. and restoring his free speech rights.  Federal Judge Lynn Hughes ordered the V.A. and Arleen Ocasio, director of the Houston National Cemetery, to stop censoring the pastor’s right to pray “in Jesus name,” since the Obama Administration violated the First Amendment.  Judge Hughes wrote: “The government cannot gag citizens when it says it is in the interest of national security, and it cannot do it in some bureaucrat’s notion of cultural homogeneity.  The right to free expression ranges from the dignity of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches to Charlie Sheen’s rants.”

Outraged, several pro-faith Republican Congressmen led by Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) have drafted and sponsored the Veteran’s Religious Freedom Act.  “It is the constitutional duty of the federal government to protect speech and religion, not prohibit it.  Government censorship of funeral services for our veterans is unacceptable, unconstitutional and un-American,” said Congressman Poe.  “The policy of the director of the Houston VA Cemetery is anti-Christian, anti-religion and anti-veteran. What has reportedly taken place at the Houston VA Cemetery is inexcusable, and Congress must take immediate action to protect the rights of those who have fought and died for our country.”

This important Veterans Religious Freedom Act, H.R. 2848, provides the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not:

1) prescribe regulations to censor or otherwise limit the type of religious speech that may be performed by a member of a veterans service organization at the funeral or memorial service of a veteran; or

2) censor or otherwise limit type of religious speech of a private speakers who have been invited to speak on property of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This bill would force Obama’s Director Ocasio to allow free speech honoring Jesus Christ by family members, invited speakers, pastors, and veterans groups at the graves, not only in Houston but all Veterans cemeteries and hospitals nationwide!  Let’s take action now…

SELECT HERE to sign NEW PETITION to ADD F.D.R.’S PRAYER to the W.W.II Memorial in DC, and DEFEND PUBLIC PRAYER with H.R. 2848 the VETERANS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT and S.RES.18 for PRAYER AT SCHOOL MEETINGS, and we will fax 535 Congressmen/Senators instantly (saving you time!)

Public School Board Meetings also attacked for allowing public prayer by teachers

It’s not just at the grave where public prayer is being attacked.  S.Res.18 calls for the Senate to recognize that prayer before school board meetings is a protected act in accordance with the fundamental principles upon which the Nation was founded, and expresses support forallowing the optional practice of prayer at the beginning of the school board meetings.Senator David Vitter (R- LA) first introduced this bill in 2005 but it has been blocked by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and lobbyist lawyers from the ACLU. The ACLU has bullied school boards over prayer for decades, with empty threats and bogus lawsuits, often lost but sometimes won by liberal activist judges who hate religious freedom of speech.  The time has come to pass S.Res.18 and give conservatives judges the power to support prayer and fight the ACLU.

The ACLU has backed lawsuits against school boards, and criticized us who support school board prayer.  Senator Vitter said:  “I do not share the ACLU’s opinion, and more importantly, the people of Louisiana do not share the ACLU’s opinion.”   Neither does the Supreme Court.  In 1983, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in the case of Marsh v. Chambers, that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society, and is fully constitutional.  “To invoke divine guidance on a public body entrusted with making the laws is not a violation of the Establishment Clause,” wrote the Supreme Court, “but rather is simply an acknowledgement of beliefs widely held among the American people.”

Sadly, even with the court’s ruling defending prayer, the ACLU has not given up attempts to silence prayer in our schools. With President Obama appointing more and more ungodly, anti-Christian, socialist judges to federal benches, we must encourage our Senators and Congressmen to pass a law protecting what is left of Jesus in public schools: the freedom to speak Jesus’ name in public prayer!  Our teachers deserve that freedom, and so do our children deserve God’s blessing.  Let’s take action…

SELECT HERE to sign NEW PETITION to ADD F.D.R.’S PRAYER to the W.W.II Memorial in DC, and DEFEND PUBLIC PRAYER with H.R. 2848 the VETERANS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT and S.RES.18 for PRAYER AT SCHOOL MEETINGS, and we will fax 535 Congressmen/Senators instantly (saving you time!)

Friends, our veterans and teachers deserve the same religious freedom they defend for others.  Let’s take a stand today, and demand Congress pass both prayer bills, now!

God Bless you, in Jesus’ name,

Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt

For interviews, speaking invites, select here.

P.S. Time is urgent!  Both House and Senate have full schedules this fall, so unless we raise their awareness of these two important prayer bills, they may not get the attention they deserve.  So please sign our petition today!   Prefer to donate by mail?  Please mail paper check or money orders to:  The Pray In Jesus Name Project, PO Box 77077, Colorado Springs, CO  80970.
SELECT HERE to sign NEW PETITION to ADD F.D.R.’S PRAYER to the W.W.II Memorial in DC, and DEFEND PUBLIC PRAYER with H.R. 2848 the VETERANS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT and S.RES.18 for PRAYER AT SCHOOL MEETINGS, and we will fax 535 Congressmen/Senators instantly (saving you time!)

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