Petition to Save Prayer at Annapolis

A Prayer To Almighty God~                                                                
       and                                                                                                     
A Petition To Secretary of Defense Robert Gates:

Dear Sir:

Whereas~ this nation was founded on the Word of God and His Wisdom;
            and
Whereas~ God-given religious liberty for every American is
            protected by the First Amendment;
            and
Whereas~ this liberty includes the right to pray in public;
                and
Whereas~ in 1802 our founding fathers established the duties of
                Chaplains~ “to read prayers at appointed hours;”
                and
Whereas~ in 1845 the U.S. Naval Academy began its long-standing
            tradition of conducting voluntary public prayer aloud before meals;
            and
Whereas~ our religious liberty~ and all our liberties~ are being
                defended today as they always have been -– by the men
            and women in uniform in our Armed Forces;
            and
Whereas~ it is outrageous that this most basic of American rights
          should be denied at the Naval Academy and elsewhere
          to those who will soon be in harm’s way on our behalf.

Therefore~ we urge you to publicly reject the demands of the ACLU
           and other atheist groups who seek to deny our future
           military defenders and leaders the right to pray at
           Annapolis and all other U.S. military installations and
           institutions around the world.

We further urge you to immediately issue an order
           allowing the cadets at all United States military 
           academies the right to pray openly in their school
              cafeteria. 

We~ the undersigned~ pray in Jesus’ name~

(Signed)

{YOUR NAME HERE} 

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Petition to Reinstate Chaplain Harvey

A Prayer To Almighty God~
and
A Petition To Chairman Binneveld
Leesburg Regional Medical Center:

Dear Sir:

We are among the people who support Chaplain Danny Harvey~ who was fired by Leesburg Regional Medical Center in Florida~ for praying publicly “in Jesus’ name.”

Their Human Resources Director Darlene Stone told Chaplain Harvey in writing: “I personally observed Danny at the Chaplain Steering Committee again praying in the name of Jesus~ which again was not respectful of all religions…The next time there is an incident~ it will result in his termination of employment.”

When Danny said he could not deny his faith or vocation as a Christian Chaplain~ and would continue to pray in Jesus’ name~ he was summarily fired. “The Company is terminating your employment involuntarily~” said the memo that took away his 8-year career~ livelihood~ pension~ and benefits.

We know you’re aware of this outrageous religious discrimination against Christian worship~ and we want you to reinstate Chaplain Harvey~ and allow all hospital chaplains to pray publicly “in Jesus name.”

We~ the undersigned~ pray in Jesus’ name~

(Signed)

{YOUR NAME HERE}

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