| Lifenews.com reports between 52 and 54 pro-life Republicans may be seated in the new U.S. Senate, if polls reflect actual voting on November 4th. Will you commit to vote?”LifeNews’ current projection, and the projection of most political observers, is that Republicans will come away from the midterm elections having won control of the Senate and having as many as 52-54 votes in the upper chamber.”
“Harry Reid’s days as the pro-abortion leader of the U.S. Senate appeared to be numbered as the latest projections ahead of the final weekend before the midterm elections make it appear pro-life candidates will pick up enough seats to take over the Senate. “Reid has done pro-abortion President Barack Obama’s bidding and ensured that abortion-funding Obamacare was passed through on a party-line vote, with not a single Republican voting in favor of the legislation. Reid made sure that no pro-life bills received a vote in the Senate — including measures to stop taxpayer funding of abortions and a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, when unborn babies can feel pain.” [Dr. Chaps’ comment: I will be surprised if 50 Republicans are seated in the Senate, and they’re not all fully pro-life. How many would support the personhood of the unborn? Maybe a handful. I pray Colorado passes Amendment 67, and North Dakota passes Measure 1, since both ballot initiatives have the potential to reverse Roe v. Wade.] VOTE! Then sign our urgent petition to Congress, to define life beginning at conception: Urgent Petition! Sign petition for “Life Begins at Conception” Act S.583 w/ Sen. Rand Paul. Select, sign, and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 100 Senators and 435 Congressmen instantly (saving you time!) Or select free option to Amend S.583 here. State Judge legalizes Child-Killing as a “Liberty” Right A state judge in North Dakota has legalized child-killing as a mother’s right, not under the privacy clause, but under the “liberty” clause of the state’s constitution. “State Judge Wickham Corwin of Fargo, ruling on the validity of two laws passed by the Legislature to protect the health and safety of women receiving abortions, made the startling claim that the North Dakota constitution contains an implicit right to abortion. She discovered this ‘right’ —which had hitherto escaped everyone’s notice—buried in what is called the ‘liberty clause,'” reports Population Research Institute. “There is no such right, of course. Judge Corwin was simply legislating from the bench, in the same way that members of the Supreme Court were legislating from the bench in 1973 when they ‘discovered’ a ‘right to privacy’ in the ‘penumbra’ of the U.S. Constitution. If judges feel themselves free to read into laws whatever meaning they want to find there, democracy has no meaning. Even worse, if they insist on inventing new ‘rights’ out of thin air, no one’s life, liberty, or property is safe from such acts of judicial tyranny. Judge Corwin’s appeal to ‘liberty’ as a justification for abortion is, for that reason, a very dangerous innovation. In a way, it is even more dangerous than Roe v. Wade.
“The reason it is potentially more dangerous than Roe v. Wade is that virtually all of the constitutions of the fifty states guarantee their citizens liberty. If these liberty clauses can be used to justify abortion, then all of the state-level pro-life victories that have been achieved in the past may be in jeopardy.” [Dr. Chaps’ comment: Liberty does not permit me to harm others. My “right” to swing my arm ends at the tip of another man’s nose. Liberty implies a self-restrained responsibility to “first do no harm,” especially in the medical community. Any so-called “doctor” who kills children for pay has violated his hippocratic oath. Any judge who rules to legalize child-killing has ceased distinguish between serving the public and killing the public.] Let’s petition Congress to pass the “Life Begins at Conception” Act: Urgent Petition! Sign petition for “Life Begins at Conception” Act S.583 w/ Sen. Rand Paul. Select, sign, and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 100 Senators and 435 Congressmen instantly (saving you time!) Or select free option to Amend S.583 here. Sen. Rand Paul’s “Life Begins at Conception Act.” Can it stop abortion? The U.S. Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul (R) has introduced the “Life Begins At Conception Act” Senate Bill S. 583, which is modeled after “Personhood” legislation we supported in ballot initiatives in Mississippi, Colorado, and Florida. The pro-life legislation simply applies the protections of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to unborn children, by defining them as “persons.” Personhood is a legal strategy that can potentially overturn Roe v. Wade and stop the abortion holocaust in America, as predicted by Justice Blackmun who wrote the 1973 ruling: “If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant’s case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.” Watch! Dr. Chaps’ 6 minute commentary on the new S. 583 “Life Begins at Conception Act” by Sen. Rand Paul. While I applaud the 15 Senators who co-sponsor S. 583, there is some concern this legislation does not go far enough. For example, my friend Tom Hoefling, former political director for Alan Keyes presidential campaign and current Chairman of America’s Party, has drafted a free petition on http://faxcongress.com to amend S. 583 to make it even stronger in the protection of innocent life. Tom writes: “While we appreciate the declaration of principles that the Life at Conception Act represents, far more is needed than mere words to stop the daily killing of thousands of the weakest and most helpless among us…[The United States] Code must be stripped of provisions like the Laci Peterson law of 2004, Title 18, Chapter 1, §1841 and Title 10, Chapter 22 §919a, which, while rightly defining the child as an individual person, then allows the killing of certain classes of those innocent persons via the practice of human abortion. Without these amendments the legislation accomplishes little beyond mere political posturing.” [Dr. Chaps’ comment: S.583 is a good first step, but we can do even better. So in addititon to signing my petition below, please also sign Tom Hoefling’s petition here.] Urgent Petition! Sign petition for “Life Begins at Conception” Act S.583 w/ Sen. Rand Paul. Select, sign, and WE WILL FAX your petition to all 100 Senators and 435 Congressmen instantly (saving you time!) Or select free option to Amend S.583 here. | |
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Military: No Bible verses allowed in Paper. Take action!
The commander of an Ohio Air National Guard unit has censored his subordinates and forbidden them to print Bible verses in a newspaper, violating their First Amendment rights and essentially requiring they only express atheism in public.
Lawyers at Alliance Defending Freedom explain:
“Here’s what happened. The Stinger, a newsletter of the Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, commanded by Col. Craig R. Baker, includes a monthly informational column called ‘Commander’s Comments.’ Recently, Col. Florencio Marquinez, the Commander of the Fighter Wing’s Medical Group, volunteered his views in the September, 2014 edition of The Stinger.
“That’s when the problem started. A civilian complained about Col. Marquinez’s article, claiming it to be ‘odious’ and ‘offending.’ Now, those are pretty harsh words. Surely the article must have been really bad. It must have advocated something horrible. So what was it that got the civilian so upset?”
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ 7-minute TV commentary on why Colonel Baker censored his subordinate and deleted Bible verses from his news article–>
“It was simply this: that Col. Marquinez recognized that military service brings many challenges, and for him, his faith in Christ helped keep him on the right path. Noting that our nation proclaims ‘In God We Trust,’ he suggested that personal faith could also bring value…
“That’s it. That’s what was ‘offending’ and ‘odious.’ That’s what got the civilian so worked up…Col. Baker ordered the newsletter to be republished, with the ‘offending’ and ‘odious’ piece removed.” That’s clearly censorship of the Bible and his subordinates.
TAKE ACTION! Call the base operator at 419-868-4250. Press option 1, (“locating an ID card number or phone number”), then press option 2, (“locating a phone number”). That transfers you to the operator, and you can ask to be transferred to Col. Craig R. Baker, commander of the 180th Fighter Wing. Ask him three questions:
1. Why did you censor the Bible verses from your subordinate’s article in the paper?
2. Are you a domestic enemy of the Constitution?
3. Why are you forcing atheism upon your subordinates?
Anybody who makes that phone call, then emails me what he says (and your mailing address), will get a free copy of my book “The Demons of Barack H. Obama.”
WE HEREBY INVITE COLONEL BAKER OR HIS SPOKESMAN TO APPEAR ON OUR TV SHOW TO EXPLAIN. Call me at 1-866-Obey-God to schedule.
Let’s petition Congress to stop threatening troops and chaplains for expressing their faith.
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, restore the good chapel amendment from H.R. 4310.
Or you may choose our Free Petition Option Here.
Chaplain vs. Atheist on Bibles in Navy Hotels. Debate!
I had the privilege of debating an atheist complainer, Sam Grover from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, on national TV this week, courtesy of NewsmaxTV and former Congressman J.D. Hayworth.
Watch! Video debate between Dr. Chaps and Atheist Complainer (and full report of our victory) here–>
After YOU petitioned Congress, the Navy repented and returned the Bibles, TEMPORARILY until they review policy.
“The spokesman for an organization that promotes religious liberty says he is grateful the U.S. Navy has reversed its decision that removed Gideon-placed Bibles in naval base hotel rooms,” reports OneNewsNow.
“Ron Crews, executive director of The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, says he was pleased with the U.S. Navy’s reversal. But that reversal is only temporary, he points out.
“A spokesman for the Navy told The Christian Post that the ‘religious materials,’ meaning the Bibles, will be returned while the Navy’s ‘religious accomodation policies’ are being reviewed.
“Gordon Klingenschmitt, a former U.S. Navy chaplain, says he is grateful that people called Congress and reversed the decision. Be he points out, like Crews, that the decision is temporary.
“So reviewing the policy could go either way,” says Klingenschmitt, who runs ‘The Pray in Jesus Name Project’ that advocates for religious liberty in the armed forces.”
Let’s continue to CALL CONGRESSMAN BUCK MCKEON at (202) 225-1956, and say these words: “MAKE THE NAVY STOP REMOVING BIBLES FROM HOTELS. Our Sailors need free access to Bibles especially when they travel away from home.”
Then let’s fax Congress to demand religious freedom for all our troops and chapels:
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, restore the good chapel amendment from H.R. 4310.
Or you may choose our Free Petition Option Here.
God Bless you, in Jesus’ name,
Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD
Who is Dr. Chaps? Read bio here.
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Women in Combat? Phyllis Schlafly exposes Obama's cowardice
The Obama Administration has set a deadline of January 2016 to require women be allowed to serve in front-line military combat roles, despite physical inequalities.
“Faced with a January 2016 deadline for introducing women to combat units, the U.S. Marines have discovered that for every man who fails a simulated artillery lift-and-carry test, 28 women fail,” reports WND.com.
“And for a test simulating moving over a seven-foot high wall, less than 1.2 percent of the men could not get over, compared to 21.32 percent of women…
“In a pull-up test, women averaged 3.59 while men averaged 15.69 – more than four times as many.
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ exclusive TV interview with Phyllis Schlafly, the legendary conservative activist who defeated the ERA, and stands against requiring women to fight in front-line combat roles–>
“A ‘clean and press’ event involved single lifts of 70, 80, 95 and 115 pounds plus six repetitions of a 65 pound lift.
“80% of the men passed the 115 pound test but only 8.7 percent of the women.“…
“The Marines said nearly one in five women ‘could not complete the tank loading drill in the allotted time.'”
[Dr. Chaps’ comment: I agree with Phyllis Schafly, who opposes drafting your 18-year old girls into front-line combat. As a 20-year military veteran and former Navy Chaplain, I believe in the moral equality of women. I also recognize the genders are not physically equal. If President Obama confuses gender distinctions by falsely claiming their physical equality, he will endanger our men and women in uniform.]
I’m amazed how many Democrats demand equality for everybody except Christians or Chaplains who pray “in Jesus’ name” in public. Let’s petition Congress to protect the First Amendment rights of our military chaplains.
Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPLAINS RIGHT TO PRAY “IN JESUS’ NAME” or according to their conscience. Or sign free option here.
Atheist wins, refuses “So Help Me God” in Military Oath
Does anybody see the irony, that atheists have freedom and are NOT required to say “so help me God” in their enlistment oath, but military chaplains are sometimes punished if they pray publicly “in Jesus’ name?”
“The Air Force said Wednesday it has joined the other military services in allowing its members to take their enlistment or officer appointment oaths without including ‘so help me God,'” reports Breitbart.com.
“The change was prompted by an atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, who crossed out the words on his Department of Defense reenlistment documents. The previous policy had required that the four words be included, so the case was shuttled to the Department of Defense General Counsel, which ruled the airman was permitted to cross out the words.”
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ 7-minute TV commentary (Start at the 20:20 mark), on the atheist who was pressured to say “so help me God” to re-enlist–>
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James stated, “We take any instance in which airmen report concerns regarding religious freedom seriously. We are making the appropriate adjustments to ensure our airmen’s rights are protected.”
“The airman was a technical sergeant who was not an atheist in 2003 when he enlisted, but became an atheist later, according to attorney Monica Miller of the American Humanist Association.”
[Dr. Chaps’ comment: As a Christian Chaplain defending the Constitution, ironically I actually support the atheist’s right to free religious belief. He took a stand for his non-faith, and he won. It reminds me of when I took a stand for my right to pray publicly “in Jesus’ name” as a Navy Chaplain. I lost. I was denied the right to renew my contract, I endured misdemeanor court-martial, I was honorably but involuntarily discharged, and denied a million-dollar pension despite 20-years of active duty service (my 4 cadet years didn’t count). My wife and I were evicted from our home. Congress later agreed with me and changed the policy, but I still wonder: If an atheist airman can re-enlist, but a Navy chaplain who prays in Jesus’ name cannot, why is there a double-standard against Christians?]
Please sign our petition for military chaplains who pray in Jesus’ name:
Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPLAINS RIGHT TO PRAY “IN JESUS’ NAME” or according to their conscience. Or sign free option here.
2,500 Chaplains sue Navy but are denied Class Standing
A federal judge has denied 2,500 evangelical Chaplains any right to join together in class standing to sue the U.S. Navy for anti-Christian religious discrimination.
The Chaplains had alleged “the U.S. Navy discriminated against them by employing a secret voting system that creates a bias in favor of promoting Catholics and liturgical Protestants,” reports Courthousenews.com.
“A group of 65 current and former nonliturgical Protestant chaplains [who already had class standing also] sued the Navy claiming liturgical chaplains are 10 percent more likely to be recommended for promotion if a chaplain of their same denomination sits on the Navy’s selection board, whose members cast secret votes of confidence.
“The D.C. Circuit revived in November 2012 the Baptist, Evangelical, Pentecostal and Charismatic Navy chaplains’ claims, which allegedly date back to 1976.
“While other branches of the Armed Services use public voting, the Navy’s secret voting system allows chaplains to essentially veto a candidate of a different religion by voting a zero level of confidence, according to the complaint.
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ 7-minute TV commentary on why 2,500 Chaplains cannot collectively sue the U.S. Navy for religious discrimination–>
“The plaintiffs renewed on Dec. 4, 2012, their motion to certify a class of up to 2,500 chaplains whose careers the voting system allegedly injured or may injure in the future.
“But U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler refused to preliminarily enjoin the voting process Feb. 28, 2013, finding that the chaplains provided no evidence of intentional discrimination [despite admitting 10% less promotions].
“Last week she declined to certify the class, finding that the plaintiffs’ individual anecdotes ‘vary widely’ and thus eschew commonality requirements.”
[Dr. Chaps’ comment: The judge got it wrong. There remains widespread discrimination against evangelical chaplains who pray “in Jesus’ name” and preach the gospel of Christ in church. When I was a chaplain, they illegally punished my sermons in writing, for quoting ‘exclusive’ Bible verses like John 3:36 during optional Christian worship.]
Let’s petition Congress to defend chaplains who pray “in Jesus’ name.”
Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPLAINS RIGHT TO PRAY “IN JESUS’ NAME” or according to their conscience. Or sign free option here.
God Bless you, in Jesus’ name,
Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD
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Wow! Sixth Circuit Court: Marriage = One Man + One Woman
| Good news: The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the voters’ will and ruled to define marriage as only valid between one man and one woman. “By a 2-1 vote, a Sixth Circuit panel has ruled that the marriage laws of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee do not violate the federal Constitution. Judge Jeffrey Sutton, joined by Judge Deborah Cook, wrote the majority opinion. Judge Martha Daughtrey dissented…” reports National Review. “Under the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment, state marriage laws are clearly constitutional…” “State marriage laws do not reflect animus….” “There is no ‘fundamental right’ to SSM [same-sex marriage…]” “Under Sixth Circuit precedent, rational-basis review applies to sexual-orientation classifications. Windsor says nothing to the contrary.” [Dr. Chaps’ comment: OF COURSE there is no fundamental ‘right’ to sin, because rights come from God, who cannot endorse sin as a right. You have no God-given right to do that which God has not given any right to do. This sets up a Supreme Court showdown.] Let’s petition the U.S. Congress to continue defending traditional marriage: Or select our free option here. Unfair to Kids: Judges force homose xual “marriage” in 30 states Every child has a right to a mom and dad. Cruel judges now deny kids’ rights in 30 states. Last month the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear any of seven possible appeals from five states that would protect traditional marriage between one man and one woman.
“Without comment, the justices brought to an end delays in same-sex marriages in five states — Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin,” reports AP. Homose xual “couples in six other states — Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming — should be able to get married in short order. Those states would be bound by the same appellate rulings that were put on hold pending the Supreme Court’s review. “No other state cases were currently pending with the high court, but the justices stopped short of resolving for now the question of same-sex marriage nationwide. Still, those 11 states would bring to 30 the number of states where same-sex marriage is legal, plus the District of Columbia. Challenges are pending in every state.” [Dr. Chaps’ comment: THIS JUST IN: Sod omy is still banned by God in all 50 states. Gay marriage now “legal” in 30 states? Only 3 states voted for that, meaning it was imposed on kids in 27 states by oligarchs, against the voters’ will. 38 states had bans before this judicial TYRANNY overruled the people’s will. God will have the last word.] Let’s petition Congress to define marriage between one man and one woman. Or select our free option here. Marriage: All 50 states in 5 years? ‘Gay’ Agenda no longer hidden For years they claimed no agenda. Now the homose xual left openly publishes their legal agenda on the front page of their newspapers. “Marriage in 50 states in 5 years” boasts the Washington Blade. “It will take legislative work, it will take ballot work, it will take Congress and it will ultimately take the federal courts again to bring full [homose xual] ‘equality’ to every single corner of this country. But there is no ground we will leave unturned. Today we will fight aggressively on all fronts in all states,” said Chad Griffin of the Homose xual ‘Rights’ Campaign. Will Christians work this hard, to defend their children from such an agenda to normalize sin and recruit your kids? Legislation. Ballot Work. Courts. All fronts in all states. Sadly, it appears some House Republicans are caving in without a fight. “The House has determined, in light of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Windsor, that it no longer will defend that [DOMA] statute,” said lawyers for the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG). But we are not done. We are fighting back. We will fight to defend traditional marriage as Jesus defined it in Matthew 19:4-6, between one man and one woman. We must encourage Congress to NOT give up the fight. I met several Congressmen last year in DC, and although they are discouraged, they are not ready to quit. But they must hear from us, that we still care about traditional marriage. Let’s send Congress a message today. Demand a Constitutional Marriage Amendment… Or select our free option here. | |
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This dereliction of duty allowed bad lower-court rulings to enforce homose xual “marriage” in 11 new states, against the will of the voters. Many children will now be told by the government, “You can’t have a mother. You get two dads instead.” That’s unfair to kids.Christian College threatened: "Endorse Sin or Lose Accreditation"
| A Christian College in New England has been threatened to either endorse homose xual sin as normal, or lose its academic accreditation. “The regional body that accredits colleges and universities has given Gordon College a year to report back about a campus policy on homosexuality, one that may be in violation of accreditation standards,” reports the Boston Business Journal. “The higher education commission of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges met last week and ‘considered whether Gordon College’s traditional inclusion of ‘homosexual practice’ as a forbidden activity’ runs afoul of the commission’s standards for accreditation, according to a joint statement from NEASC and Gordon College. “The commission asked Gordon College to submit a report next September. The report should describe the process by which the college has approached its review of the policy ‘to ensure that the College’s policies and procedures are non-discriminatory,’ the statement said.”
The College, however, has taken a stand for the Bible and thus far will not compromise. “In our statement of faith and conduct we affirm God’s creation of marriage, first described in Genesis, as the intended lifelong one-flesh union of one man and one woman. Along with this positive affirmation of marriage as a male-female union, there are clear prohibitions in the Scriptures against sexual relations between persons of the same sex,” the College stated last year. “The Gordon community is expected to refrain from any sexual intercourse—heterosexual or homosexual; premarital or extramarital—outside of the marriage covenant.” [Dr. Chaps’ comment: Christians are told, either bow to Satan, or lose the governernment’s stamp of approval? Easy choice. Government approval of Christian colleges must never depend on our willingness to sin. True leaders bow only to Christ, never to sin.] This will repeat in all 50 states if ENDA becomes law. Let’s petition Congress: HOT Petition, Stop ENDA “bathroom bill” to Punish Christian Employers. Select, sign, we will fax all 535 members of House and Senate (saving you time!) or pick free option here. Christian farmers fined $13,000 for refusing to host gay “wedding” A Christian “husband and wife who were fined $13,000 and told they could not discriminate against same-sex couples after refusing to allow a gay wedding [in their own house] on their New York farm have announced that they will ‘no longer host any wedding ceremonies on their property,'” reports The Blaze. “‘Going forward, [Cynthia and Robert Gifford] have decided to no longer host any wedding ceremonies on their property (other than the ones already under contract),’ wrote Alliance Defending Freedom allied attorney James Trainor. “A judge ruled earlier this month that the Giffords’ farm is a public accommodation because they rent their space out, and they therefore must abide by New York anti-discrimination law.” “Since the order essentially compelled them to do all ceremonies or none at all, they have chosen the latter in order to stay true to their religious convictions, even though it will likely hurt their business in the short run,” Trainor said.
“The move comes after Jennifer McCarthy and Melisa Erwin, a lesbian couple, approached Cynthia and Robert Giffords in 2012 and inquired about holding their nuptials at the Liberty Ridge Farm in Schaghticoke, New York… “A judge subsequently ruled in [the lesbians’] favor, rejecting the [Christians’] argument that the family owns a private business that is legally permitted to issue such refusals. “Pares ordered that the Giffordses must abide by anti-discrimination regulations under New York’s Human Rights Law and must pay a $10,000 fine, as well as an additional $1,500 each to McCarthy and Erwin, Religion News Service reported.” [Dr. Chaps’ comment: Christians are fined $13,000 and may no longer celebrate the Christian sacrament of marriage in their own home, unless they also host lesbian weddings. Literally the court is banning Christian worship, saying these Christian farmers cannot worship Christ during a wedding, unless they also worship and participate equally in sodomy in their own home. They are now coming into our homes, and dictating our worship. This unconstitutional policy, to punish Christians (with no religious exemptions) will be law in all 50 states, if ENDA is passed.] Let’s petition Congress to DEFEAT the ENDA law to punish and fine Christians. HOT Petition, Stop ENDA “bathroom bill” to Punish Christian Employers. Select, sign, we will fax all 535 members of House and Senate (saving you time!) or pick free option here. Gay Congressman: “No Religious Exemptions” for Christians The openly homose xual Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) just introduced a revised bill to force Christian employers and business owners to hire and promote homose xuals with ZERO RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS for Christians who want to opt out. Polis “wants sexual orientation and gender identity treated the same way as race, religion, sex, and national origin, when it comes to employment protections,” claims the Advocate, under the headline “Polis trims ENDA’s religious exemption.” He “essentially rewrites ENDA’s religious exemption as part of an effort to force a vote on the stalled legislation.” In other words, because they failed to pass a bill to punish some Christians with weak religious exemptions, Democrats new strategy is to punish all Christians with NO exemptions.
“In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Hobby Lobby, [homose xual] groups have become increasingly critical of the religious exemption language in the ENDA version passed by the Senate in November and set to be considered by the House. “Earlier this month, eight major [homose xual] groups formally dropped their support for ENDA, citing what they believe were overly broad exemptions for religious organizations to ignore the bill’s protections for [homose xual] employees.” Let’s petition Congress to DEFEAT the ENDA bill in Congress. HOT Petition, Stop ENDA “bathroom bill” to Punish Christian Employers. Select, sign, we will fax all 535 members of House and Senate (saving you time!) or pick free option here. Friends, their version of tolerance now requires bankrupting Christian employers, or any public restaurant or retail store that refuses men full access to women’s bathrooms. We must take action to stop ENDA from becoming law. | |
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Polis’ latest attempt to punish Christians “is part of a legislative strategy known as a discharge petition, which seeks to secure a majority of House votes in favor of considering the legislation. The aim is to essentially override the speaker’s refusal to bring the bill out of committee.”Separation of Mosque and State? Moderate Muslim condemns Jihad
Moderate Muslims are calling to end the Jihad against Christians and Jews. “Religious extremism is a perversion which must be eradicated, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah said last week Sunday, with his air force engaged in a U.S.-led campaign against jihadist militants in Syria,” reports Al-Arabiya News. “Extremism, which has generated terrorism, behooves us to combine our efforts to fight it and defeat it because it has nothing to do with Islam,” the king said in an annual address to leaders of delegations from Islamic nations which performed the annual hajj pilgrimage, the official SPA news agency reported. “Extremism is a perverse factor which we can only remedy by eradicating. And we are engaged in eradicating it unwaveringly and with determination,” said King Abdullah. But American Muslim Dr. Zudhi Jasser points out King Abdullah recently had 19 criminals beheaded in Saudi Arabia. 
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ exclusive TV interview with moderate Muslim Dr. Zuhdi Jasser who is standing up against Islamic extremism–> I had the high privilege of interviewing Dr. Zudhi Jasser (pictured right–>), a moderate Muslim who is under fire for opposing Islamic extremism here in America. Dr. Jasser, an American patriot who frequently appears on Fox News, believes in “separation of Mosque and State” and has been threatened by Muslim extremists because he refuses to believe Islam calls for violence against Christians and Jews. Let’s petition Congress to STOP President Obama’s plan to fund the Muslim Brotherhood. Help Stop Funding The Muslim Brotherhood! Select here to sign HOT petition, and we will fax all 535 Senators/Congressmen instantly (saving you time!) Or select free option here. Oklahoma Beheader: Muslim Motive or just Workplace Violence? The Obama Administration blames “workplace violence” for the beheading of a Christian co-worker by a Muslim extremist in Oklahoma. “The FBI is investigating the incident in which fired employee Alton Nolen, 30, allegedly attacked Colleen Hufford, 54, stabbing her several times before severing her head. Nolen also stabbed another women at the plant. The company’s COO, a reserve sheriff’s deputy, thwarted the second attack, shooting Nolen, who is in stable condition,” reports Fox News. “Co-workers reportedly said Nolen tried to convert them to Islam after his own recent conversion. The police department issued a statement saying “he recently started trying to convert several employees to the Muslim religion.” Nolen’s facebook page reportedly “has several photos of Usama bin Laden and a screen shot from the 9/11 terror attacks. It also shows a man with a quote [from the Koran]: “I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their fingertips off them.” HE QUOTES THE KORAN VERSES THAT CALL FOR BEHEADING UNBELIEVERS. 
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ TV interview with Oklahoma Wesleyan U. President Dr. Everett Piper on the Oklahoma beheading and other topics–> Why then does the Obama Administration call this “workplace violence?” “Calling it workplace violence is counterproductive,” said Colin Clarke, a Rand Corp terrorism expert. [Dr. Chaps’ comment: It’s Muslim extremism, not workplace violence. We just interviewed Dr. Everett Piper, President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, who had some amazing insight–highly recommended viewing here.] Let’s petition Congress to STOP FUNDING THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: Help Stop Funding The Muslim Brotherhood! Select here to sign HOT petition, and we will fax all 535 Senators/Congressmen instantly (saving you time!) Or select free option here. Obama vows to “destroy” ISIS. (But pays them $500 million.) Your petitions to Congress are having an impact, perhaps on the White House and President Obama himself. Obama is back-tracking, and vowed to “destroy” ISIS rebels who caused genocide murder of tens of thousands of Christian martyrs in Northern Iraq. Even the liberal MSNBC report praises Obama for taking a hawkish stand. Obama said, “Our objective is clear and that is to degrade and destroy ISIL so it’s no longer a threat—not just to Iraq but also to the region and to the United States,” referring to ISIS by their alternate name. Hypocrisy alert: President Obama JUST REQUESTED $500 MILLION FROM CONGRESS TO FUND SYRIAN REBELS, reports the Washington Post. 
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ most viral TV episode ever, with former Muslim Walid Shoebat on why ISIS rebels are beheading Christian men and raping Christian women–> Hint to Obama: Nearly all Syrian rebels are Muslim extremists working in collusion, using our money and weapons to exterminate religious freedom. Then his A.G. Eric Holder was surprised to learn “fighters from Europe and the United States who are supporting violent insurgents in the Syrian civil war are joining forces with Yemeni bomb makers,” reported HuffPo. Hint to Holder: It was Obama’s CIA that sent those weapons, reports the NY Times. “In some ways, it’s more frightening than anything I think I’ve seen as attorney general,” Holder said on ABC’s “This Week,” broadcast. [Dr. Chaps’ comment: Let me get this straight. Four liberal papers, The WashPo, HuffPo, NY Times, and MSNBC all agree that 1) Obama is funding the rebels, 2) Holder is surprised about that, and now 3) Obama wants to “destroy” the rebels. BUT HE STILL WANTS TO FUND THEM? Maybe he should first stop weaponizing enemies of religious freedom!] Let’s petition Congress to STOP sending our tax dollars to fund Islam overseas: Help Stop Funding The Muslim Brotherhood! Select here to sign HOT petition, and we will
fax all 535 Senators/Congressmen instantly (saving you time!) Or select free option here. 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.
Separation of Mosque and State? Moderate Muslim condemns Jihad
Moderate Muslims are calling to end the Jihad against Christians and Jews.
“Religious extremism is a perversion which must be eradicated, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah said last week Sunday, with his air force engaged in a U.S.-led campaign against jihadist militants in Syria,” reports Al-Arabiya News.
“Extremism, which has generated terrorism, behooves us to combine our efforts to fight it and defeat it because it has nothing to do with Islam,” the king said in an annual address to leaders of delegations from Islamic nations which performed the annual hajj pilgrimage, the official SPA news agency reported.
“Extremism is a perverse factor which we can only remedy by eradicating. And we are engaged in eradicating it unwaveringly and with determination,” said King Abdullah.
But American Muslim Dr. Zudhi Jasser points out King Abdullah recently had 19 criminals beheaded in Saudi Arabia.
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ exclusive TV interview with moderate Muslim Dr. Zuhdi Jasser who is standing up against Islamic extremism–>
I had the high privilege of interviewing Dr. Zudhi Jasser (pictured right–>), a moderate Muslim who is under fire for opposing Islamic extremism here in America.
Dr. Jasser, an American patriot who frequently appears on Fox News, believes in “separation of Mosque and State” and has been threatened by Muslim extremists because he refuses to believe Islam calls for violence against Christians and Jews.
Let’s petition Congress to STOP President Obama’s plan to fund the Muslim Brotherhood.
Help Stop Funding The Muslim Brotherhood! Select here to sign HOT petition, and we will fax all 535 Senators/Congressmen instantly (saving you time!) Or select free option here.
Oklahoma Beheader: Muslim Motive or just Workplace Violence?
The Obama Administration blames “workplace violence” for the beheading of a Christian co-worker by a Muslim extremist in Oklahoma.
“The FBI is investigating the incident in which fired employee Alton Nolen, 30, allegedly attacked Colleen Hufford, 54, stabbing her several times before severing her head. Nolen also stabbed another women at the plant. The company’s COO, a reserve sheriff’s deputy, thwarted the second attack, shooting Nolen, who is in stable condition,” reports Fox News.
“Co-workers reportedly said Nolen tried to convert them to Islam after his own recent conversion.
The police department issued a statement saying “he recently started trying to convert several employees to the Muslim religion.”
Nolen’s facebook page reportedly “has several photos of Usama bin Laden and a screen shot from the 9/11 terror attacks. It also shows a man with a quote [from the Koran]:
“I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their fingertips off them.”
HE QUOTES THE KORAN VERSES THAT CALL FOR BEHEADING UNBELIEVERS.
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ TV interview with Oklahoma Wesleyan U. President Dr. Everett Piper on the Oklahoma beheading and other topics–>
Why then does the Obama Administration call this “workplace violence?”
“Calling it workplace violence is counterproductive,” said Colin Clarke, a Rand Corp terrorism expert.
[Dr. Chaps’ comment: It’s Muslim extremism, not workplace violence. We just interviewed Dr. Everett Piper, President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, who had some amazing insight–highly recommended viewing here.]
Let’s petition Congress to STOP FUNDING THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD:
Help Stop Funding The Muslim Brotherhood! Select here to sign HOT petition, and we will fax all 535 Senators/Congressmen instantly (saving you time!) Or select free option here.
Obama vows to “destroy” ISIS. (But pays them $500 million.)
Your petitions to Congress are having an impact, perhaps on the White House and President Obama himself. Obama is back-tracking, and vowed to “destroy” ISIS rebels who caused genocide murder of tens of thousands of Christian martyrs in Northern Iraq.
Even the liberal MSNBC report praises Obama for taking a hawkish stand.
Obama said, “Our objective is clear and that is to degrade and destroy ISIL so it’s no longer a threat—not just to Iraq but also to the region and to the United States,” referring to ISIS by their alternate name.
Hypocrisy alert: President Obama JUST REQUESTED $500 MILLION FROM CONGRESS TO FUND SYRIAN REBELS, reports the Washington Post.
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ most viral TV episode ever, with former Muslim Walid Shoebat on why ISIS rebels are beheading Christian men and raping Christian women–>
Hint to Obama: Nearly all Syrian rebels are Muslim extremists working in collusion, using our money and weapons to exterminate religious freedom.
Then his A.G. Eric Holder was surprised to learn “fighters from Europe and the United States who are supporting violent insurgents in the Syrian civil war are joining forces with Yemeni bomb makers,” reported HuffPo.
Hint to Holder: It was Obama’s CIA that sent those weapons, reports the NY Times.
“In some ways, it’s more frightening than anything I think I’ve seen as attorney general,” Holder said on ABC’s “This Week,” broadcast.
[Dr. Chaps’ comment: Let me get this straight. Four liberal papers, The WashPo, HuffPo, NY Times, and MSNBC all agree that 1) Obama is funding the rebels, 2) Holder is surprised about that, and now 3) Obama wants to “destroy” the rebels. BUT HE STILL WANTS TO FUND THEM? Maybe he should first stop weaponizing enemies of religious freedom!]
Let’s petition Congress to STOP sending our tax dollars to fund Islam overseas:
Help Stop Funding The Muslim Brotherhood! Select here to sign HOT petition, and we will fax all 535 Senators/Congressmen instantly (saving you time!) Or select free option here.
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.
Strange bedfellows: Chaplain and LGBT pride
A former military chaplain is appalled that the top Air Force chaplain would so blatantly embrace homosexual sin and openly invoke God’s blessing on homosexuality.
The U.S. Air Force chief of chaplains recently delivered the opening prayer at the Pentagon’s observance of “LGBT Pride Month” – an annual proclamation from the Obama White House. At last week’s ceremony, Major General Howard Stendahl asked God to “open our minds” and “help us set aside limitations of prejudice of any kind.”
Gordon Klingenschmitt is a former Navy chaplain and the founder of The Pray In Jesus Name Project. “We should not be proud; we should be ashamed that America is embracing sin,” he says. “And secondly, it’s shocking to me that the opening prayer for this ceremony actually called upon God to endorse homosexuality.”
Klingenschmitt, Gordon (former Navy chaplain)The former chaplain says he also disagrees with the comments of Deputy Secretary of Defense Richard Work, who said the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy has not weakened the U.S. military. Klingenschmitt points out the rise in sexual assaults in the military. “Especially, male-on-male [assault] has skyrocketed since the repeal,” he adds.
It has been almost three years since the repeal became effective. But Klingenschmitt says a future president could re-instate the homosexual ban without having to go back to Congress.
“When they repealed don’t ask, don’t tell, they technically went back to the older policy where the commander-in-chief has the power to make that decision,” he explains.
“So if a commander-in-chief were courageous, he could issue an executive order and return to the 1980s’ ban when homosexuality was absolutely outlawed under the UCMJ.”
He concludes: “So it would not take an act of Congress – just one courageous president.”
This article was written by Chad Groening for OneNewsNow.com.
Victory! Supreme Court rules 5-4 "Jesus Prayers" are OK
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Victory! Supreme Court rules 5-4 “Jesus Prayers” are OK
Hallelujah! Today YOU helped score a VICTORY at the U.S. Supreme Court, reaching the pinnacle of seven years of work and prayer with The Pray In Jesus Name Project.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that it’s OK for pastors to pray “in Jesus’ name” at city council meetings. Five opinions were written in Greece v. Galloway, with three supporting opinions and two opposing.
Justice Kennedy wrote for the majority (joined by Roberts and Alito), ruling:
“The town of Greece does not violate the First Amendment by opening its meetings with prayer that comports with our tradition, and does not coerce participation by nonadherents.”
“To hold that invocations must be nonsectarian would force the legislatures that sponsor prayers and the courts that are asked to decide these cases to act as supervisors and censors of religious speech,” Kennedy wrote. [Read all the opinions here.]
In other words, the First Amendment clearly protects the right to pray “in Jesus’ name.”
A concurring opinion by Justices Thomas and Scalia went further, declaring the government does not coerce others to pray simply by allowing freedom of speech. They argued a ‘coercion’ test would be satisfied “only if a local government had actually compelled people to be followers of one faith, such as requiring people to go to religious services or to pay taxes to pay for religious institutions,” reports SCOTUS blog.
The four liberal justices tried but failed to ban Jesus prayers, but complained nonetheless.
Justice Kagan wrote for the minority: “even in a partly legislative body, [citizens] should not confront government-sponsored worship that divides them along religious lines.” Kagan was predictably joined by Sotomayor and Ginsburg. Justice Breyer wrote his own dissenting opinion.
Justice Alito corrected the facts in Kagan’s dissent in a fifth opinion, saying “when complaints were received, the town made it clear that it would permit any interested residents, including nonbelievers, to provide an invocation, and the town has never refused a request to offer an invocation.”
[Dr. Chaps’ comments: I’ve said all along, people from all faiths can freely take turns.
In 2006 I faxed the Greece Town Supervisor John Auberger, inviting him to hire the Christian lawyers at Alliance Defending Freedom, which he did. Those lawyers won the argument. YOU helped defend freedom today.
But military chaplains are not directly affected by this ruling, just yet. Anti-Jesus complainers will ignore this ruling, and continue to hound military chaplains who pray in Jesus’ name, until we get a positive law passed by Congress.]
Let’s keep petitioning Congress to restore freedom for military chaplains:
Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPLAINS RIGHT TO PRAY “IN JESUS’ NAME” or according to their conscience. Or sign free option here.
Military stands with Jesus at National Day of Prayer
Today, May 1st, is the National Day of Prayer. To find an event in your city, select here.
Thankfully, the Department of Defense is allowing uniformed soldiers to attend the National Day of Prayer events in Washington DC, ignoring ridiculous complaints by anti-Christian groups that soldiers are not allowed to express their Christian faith while in uniform.
“The U.S. military has no plans to back out of a National Day of Prayer event after being urged by a prominent activist group to withdraw,” reports ChristianNews.net.
“Mikey Weinstein, the president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, recently sent a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, asking that the Department of Defense distance itself from next month’s observance in Washington. Weinstein said that military participation in the event would suggest the government endorsement of Christianity.”
Weinstein also demanded Christians be punished if they pray in uniform.
He “respectfully demands that [Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel] aggressively investigate and appropriately punish any of the individuals and/or organizations that would have allowed for uniformed personnel to participate in this sectarian spectacle.”
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ 7-minute TV commentary on why the military is allowing Christian soldiers to participate in the Day of Prayer–>
Punish soldiers or even chaplains if they dare to express their Christian faith, or attend a Christian-led prayer event? No way.
Thankfully, the Pentagon is once again ignoring the anti-Christian complainers.
“According to Stars & Stripes, the military has no plans to withdraw from the gathering, which has been observed annually via the National Day of Prayer Task Force for over the past two decades.”
[Dr. Chaps’ comment: Every soldier, especially Christian soldiers, should have the same First Amendment rights that minority faiths have. Nobody complains when Muslims pray to Allah. But when Christians pray publicly in Jesus’ name, the demons howls like lunatics, and so do some people.]
Let’s petition Congress to protect military chaplains who pray “in Jesus’ name.”
Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPLAINS RIGHT TO PRAY “IN JESUS’ NAME” or according to their conscience. Or sign free option here.
Jesus wins? Oral arguments at Supreme Court. Chaps predicts 6-3 decision.
I am amazed and relieved. I just read all of October’s oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court today in the case of Greece vs. Galloway. I am almost giddy. I think we’re about to make history in favor of the right to pray in Jesus’ name in government forums.
I hereby predict the court will rule 6-3 in favor of Jesus prayers, announcing next July.
By the tone and tenor of the questioning, it is quite clear that all five Republican-appointed Justices Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Kennedy (with Thomas silent) did affirm and will rule in favor of the right to pray in Jesus’ name, even at city council meetings.
A sixth Democrat-appointed Justice Breyer asked questions implying he favors allowing Jesus prayers, applying the same standard for legislative prayers in all city councils and state legislatures that is currently used by the U.S. Congress, which allows diversity.
The court’s three female Democrat-appointed Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan however, initially appear to oppose Jesus prayers in their questioning.
Here is a link to the full text of the oral arguments. Lawyers Hungar and Gershengorn argued in favor of allowing pastors to pray “in Jesus’ name” when giving the invocation before city council meetings.
The anti-Jesus lawyer Laylock argued against allowing Jesus prayers, and directly asked the government to censor the word Jesus Christ from prayers. Read in particular pages 24-25, 40-41, and 51-52. The Justices cracked jokes about allowing atheist prayers.
The bottom line was summarized by Justice Kagan, who may yet surprise me and make this a 7-2 decision. Here’s her quote.
JUSTICE KAGAN: All hypotheticals aside, isn’t the question mostly here in most communities whether the kind of language that I began with, which refers repeatedly to Jesus Christ, which is language that is accepted and admired and incredibly important to the majority members of a community, but is not accepted by a minority, whether that language will be allowed in a public town session like this one. That’s really the question, isn’t it?
MR. LAYCOCK: That’s the issue that actually arises in the case.
JUSTICE KAGAN: That’s the issue that actually arises. Here’s what — I don’t think that this is an easy question. I think it’s hard, because of this. I think it’s hard because the Court lays down these rules and everybody thinks that the Court is being hostile to religion and people get unhappy and angry and agitated in various kinds of ways.
JUSTICE KENNEDY: It just seems to me that enforcing that standard and the standard I suggested involves the State very heavily in the censorship and – and the approval or disapproval of prayers.
[Dr. Chaps’ comment: Bingo. Kennedy nailed it. The anti-Jesus complainers are demanding state censorship of citizens’ speech and prayer content. That violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Ballgame. We will win, God willing.]
Now let’s demand Congress restore religious freedom for military chaplains and troops:
Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPLAINS RIGHT TO PRAY “IN JESUS’ NAME” or according to their conscience. Or sign free option here.
God Bless you, in Jesus’ name,
Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD
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IRS threatens to Prosecute Christians and Tea-Party Conservatives
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IRS threatens to Prosecute Christians and Tea-Party Conservatives
The IRS tax-exempt organization chief Lois Lerner is pleading the 5th Amendment before Congress, after shocking emails show she may have colluded with the Department of Justice to threaten criminal prosecution of Tea-Party Conservative groups, in an effort to silence them from criticizing the Obama Administration or exercising their First Amendment rights, reports ConservativeActionAlerts.com
“Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) the current chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs released their response to documents they read that were obtained by Judicial Watch, which investigates and exposes government corruption and abuse.
“Reps. Issa and Jordan allege that the newly released IRS documents reveal that Lois Lerner, the Director of the IRS Exempt Organizations office at the time, was in contact with Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department officials regarding possible prosecutions of tax-exempt groups Lerner deemed to be ‘dangerous’ to the Democrats especially the Obama administration.
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ 7-minute TV analysis of the IRS corruption exposed by Chairman Issa of the oversight committee (at the 11:00 minute mark)–>
“The release of new documents underscores the political nature of IRS Tea Party targeting and the extent to which supposed apolitical officials took direction from elected Democrats,” Chairman Issa said in a press statement on Wednesday.
“These emails are part of an overwhelming body of evidence that political pressure from prominent Democrats led to the targeting of Americans for their political beliefs,” added Issa.
“Now I see why the IRS is scared to give up the rest of Lois Lerner’s emails,” said Chairman Jordan.”
[Dr. Chaps’ comments: The IRS must remain politically neutral, and recognize its own laws which permit conservative and liberal groups alike, for profit and non-profit, to report the news and blog about issues of concern to their values. To gag the prophetic voice of the press, or non-profit church and charity groups under attack (defending themselves) by the corrupt government, to tax the church or charity groups for exercising their First Amendment rights, is actually an establishment of anti-Christian religion, and must be resisted. We stand with Chairman Issa of the Oversight Committee, and pray for him as scripture commands us to pray for all in authority, 1 Tim 2:2.]
Let’s petition Congress to restore free speech to pastors under fire by the IRS:
Obama: IRS should Tax Churches and Conservatives. Take action!
After IRS officials met 155 times in the White House with Obama Administration officials, and the IRS confessed engaging in illegal and biased taxation of conservative groups, including pro-life and Christian groups, nobody was held accountable.
That IRS scandal caused some liberals to call for President Obama’s impeachment, as the worst abuse of IRS power since President Nixon.
Shockingly, Obama is now “doubling-down” and pushing for even more IRS persecution and taxation of Christian groups, including non-profit 501c4s and soon 501c3s and Churches, reports Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel.
Watch! Dr. Chaps’ NEW television interview with Pastor Mark Cowart, a leader in the “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” initiative to help churches take on the IRS–>
Sadly, Obama “has quietly released a proposed set of new IRS regulations that, if implemented, will immediately, unlawfully and permanently muzzle conservative 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations and their individual employees.”
“These Orwellian regulations will prohibit conservative 501(c)(4) organizations from using words like ‘oppose,’ ‘vote,’ or ‘defeat.’ Their timing, prior to a pivotal election, is no coincidence and provides yet another example of Obama’s using the IRS for ‘progressive’ political gain.”
[Dr. Chaps’ comment: Pastors like Mark Cowart (interviewed above) are heroes, who dare to stand up for religious freedom of speech, and dare to stand up to the IRS taxation of Christian speech. But the First Amendment requires Churches and non-profits must remain exempt from government tyranny.]
Let’s petition all 535 Congressmen and Senators to stand against oppressive IRS threats to tax conservatives and churches…
The 1954 Johnson Amendment law is not just unconstitutional, it’s also un-American. Hundreds of courageous pastors take a stand every October, by violating the Johnson Amendment law and preaching about politics (just one Sunday per year) in the pulpit. Many send transcripts to the IRS demanding their own punishment, and daring the IRS to sue them in court, or try to revoke their church’s non-profit IRS status.
So far the IRS has failed, repeatedly, to enforce the Johnson Amendment, because they themselves admit the law violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The government cannot tax or punish free speech, especially in church. Religion itself is highly political, because God is God, and the devil wants to rule in His place. Nowadays the devil uses corrupt politicians to rule society and pass immoral laws.
Throughout America’s history, starting with the Revolution, our nation’s pastors spoke freely on political and moral issues of their day. It was not only their privilege but their duty to preach truth to power, against immorality and corruption. Historian James H. Huston wrote of 1776: “Preachers seemed to vie with their brethren in other colonies in arousing their congregations against George III.” Mr. Huston also discovered the House of Representatives sponsored church services in its chambers for the first 100 years. They only stopped when better transportation took members of Congress home for the weekend.
In the mid-nineteenth century, evangelical Christians were primary agents in shaping American political culture and ending slavery, according to Richard Carwardine, author of Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America. “Political sermons, triumphalism and doom laden, redolent with biblical imagery and theological terminology, were a feature of the age,” he writes.
In the 1856 election, one minister distilled the question before voters as a contest pitting “truth and falsehood, liberty and tyranny, light and darkness, holiness and sin . . . the two great armies of the battlefield of the universe, each contending for victory.” Language like this today earns a pastor a visit or letter from the Internal Revenue Service.
In 1992, the Church at Pierce Creek in Vestal, New York placed a newspaper ad warning Christians not to vote for Bill Clinton for president. Casting a vote for Clinton, the ad warned in rhetoric echoing 1856, would be committing a sin. The IRS took notice and three years later revoked the conservative church’s tax exemption.
But the IRS does not enforce this law fairly. For example in 1994 another church in New York welcomed “New York governor Mario Cuomo (D-NY) campaigned for reelection on a Sunday morning at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Harlem. Cuomo was rewarded with a long, loud round of applause and an unequivocal endorsement from the pastor,” according to a Newsday report. But the IRS never stops liberals. The American Center for Law and Justice, which represented the Church at Pierce Creek, uncovered evidence at trial that the IRS knew of more than 500 instances in which candidates appeared before churches, as happened with Governor Cuomo and Bethel A.M.E., but took no action to revoke these churches’ tax-exempt status.
The Johnson law is being used by the Government to shape the messages of the Church and its pastors. Conservative churches are silenced, but liberal churches are freely politicized. This Goverment censorship of ANY Church is plain and simple illegal. The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech.” Yet that is exactly what Congress did, and the IRS now does, by silencing churches.
Bottom line: Our pastors are being silenced. Let’s take the gag off conservative churches, and restore the First Amendment freedom of speech to our pulpits. Sign our new petition!
Friends, our Congress must vote on the record, for or against pulpit freedom. Let’s take a stand today, and demand free speech be restored to churches and pastors.
God Bless you, in Jesus’ name,
Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD
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