Pastors Gather for Freedom of Speech November 17, 2009 Paul Strand — CBN News WASHINGTON – It has been less than a month since President Obama signed the hate crimes bill to extend protection to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Americans– yet more pastors are growing concerned about the new laws. Religious and legal …
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Religious Freedom
Prayers ‘in Jesus’ name allowed at City Council meetings
Prayers ‘in Jesus’ name allowed at City Council meetings November 1, 2009 Christian Examiner Staff Report — Christian Examiner LODI, Calif. — Pastors offering public prayers to open Lodi City Council meetings will be allowed to use the words “in Jesus’ name,” after the municipal body voted unanimously to cease a previous ban on …
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Petition to Chesapeaker VA to Reverse Ban on Jesus Prayers
Please click, sign & add your "Amen" to this petition to Mayor of Chesapeake Virginia, Alan Krasnoff, and all eight other Councilmembers Triquet, Ritter, Collins, Hayes, Parker, Ward, West, and Willis, to please allow visiting pastors to pray freely before city council meetings, even if they speak the forbidden name of "Jesus Christ."
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Suit by Ex-White House Lawyer Says Prayers Incite Violence Against Him
Suit by Ex-White House Lawyer Says Prayers Incite Violence Against Him October 15, 2009 Debra Cassens Weiss — ABA Journal A lawyer who challenged a foundation’s right to endorse military chaplains claims in a lawsuit that representatives of the organization are inciting violence against him through their prayers. Lawyer Michael Weinstein and his wife, …
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Murder, He Said
Murder, He Said October 16, 2009 Wendy Kaminer — The Atlantic You have no right to ask someone to commit a murder, obviously, but it’s hard to say if the First Amendment protects the right to extol or encourage murder – not just murder in general but the murder of a person, or class …
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Rutherford Institute Defends Right of Chaplains to Offer Imprecatory Prayers, Opposes Efforts to Restrict Religious Speech
Rutherford Institute Defends Right of Chaplains to Offer Imprecatory Prayers, Opposes Efforts to Restrict Religious Speech October 15, 2009 Nisha Mohammed — Rutherford Institute DALLAS, Texas–The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of the head of a chaplaincy endorsing organization who is being sued over allegations that a chaplain affiliated with his group …
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Lodi stands tall in council prayer controversy
Lodi stands tall in council prayer controversy October 6, 2009 Charlie Butts – OneNewsNow Another California town is standing up to an atheist group over city council prayer. The Freedom from Religion Foundation had threatened Lodi, California, with a lawsuit if it did not stop the practice of praying in Jesus’ name. [Chaplain] Gordon …
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Lodi defends its public prayers
Lodi defends its public prayers October 3, 2009 Steve Chawkins — LA Times Small cities in California are facing high unemployment, drained treasuries and now what some residents see as an assault on the only sacred moment in municipal affairs: the invocation at the start of city council meetings. Turlock, Tracy, Tehachapi, Lancaster — …
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Tehachapi City Council votes 5-0 for opening prayers to stay
Tehachapi City Council votes 5-0 for opening prayers to stay September 26, 2009 Alex Murashko — The Examiner The Tehachapi City Council voted unanimously to not put limits on what religious leaders say during opening prayers for its meetings Monday. Mayor Linda Vernon started the prayers before meetings in the city, which is east …
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Prayer debate continues as council prepares to vote
Prayer debate continues as council prepares to vote September 26, 2009 Maggie Creamer — Lodi News-Sentinel After months of debate, rallies and even national attention, the Lodi City Council will tackle on Wednesday the issue of whether to continue prayers before council meetings. The council has dedicated an entire special meeting to the issue. …
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