Religious Freedom

Religious Freedom, Next to Immigration, The Most Important Battle

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Feb 052017

If you’ve been living under a rock, you are aware of the fake news around the temporary travel restrictions designed to get measures in place to screen people who want to kill Americans out.

At the same time the left is fighting for Muslims, the same left has been at war against Christians and Israel.

#1 Trump has been clear about getting rid of the Johnson Amendment. This is the law passed under the far-left LBJ administration that has been selectively used by the ACLU and others to threaten and intimidate the Christian Church in to silence. This law has been selectively applied, as black Churches have been used as campaign stops for liberal democrats and leftist dioceses that support Gay Marriage have been as well. The Johnson amendment was the law that bars non-profits from taking political positions.

#2 Congress has been forced to introduce the Free Speech Act, which guts the Johnson Amendment, but will also protect Christians so that people like the Baker in Oregon are never again destroyed financially by a liberal activist judge.

The Baker lost everything after the Judge and the State of Oregon foreclosed on them. The liberal activist judge went so far that even Oregon rejected him at the ballot box when he ran for higher office, as Oregon elected a Republican Secretary of State (first statewide Republican win in 14 years). See here for a summary of that election.

#3 Most people are not aware of some scary legal briefs that the Obama Admin submitted in legal arguments in the 8 years he infested the White House. They were the most anti-religious freedom ever. Far Left democrat Icon Bernie Sanders actually put it out there. He tweeted: We cannot sanction racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination under the guise of “religious freedom.” Good God. The Obama administration said similar things in their briefs and actually argued that Abortion, Homosexuality, Social Welfare, etc. were more important than religious freedom.

If Religious Freedom goes, so does free speech in general.

#4 ABC News bit on a fabricated leak. It is not the fact that they are biased (remember their tracking poll with a D+10 Sample showing Hillary Clinton Up 7 a week before election day?) – it is the fact that they, too let the cat out of the bag. They spun an upcoming religious freedom executive order as “Taking away LGBT Rights“.

Remember – Christian groups were forced to go to long, costly legal battles against the Obama admin in order to not be forced to murder unborn children or hire LGBT employees. Apparently ABC News sees this as taking away LGBT rights. The Obama Admin did as well, which is why they fought against Catholic Charities, Hobby Lobby et. al.

The most egregious part of the impending executive order according to extremist Gay Activists quoted by ABC News?

Also, the proposed order would exempt “all persons and religious organizations” from providing health care options that include contraceptive coverage, as required under the Affordable Care Act, if they “object to complying with the mandate for religious or moral reasons.”

The order would expand the definition of a religious organization to include “closely held for-profit corporations, operated for a religious purpose, even if its purpose is not exclusively religious.”

That would apply to companies like Hobby Lobby, which brought a landmark case against the Obama administration challenging the requirement that employer-provided health care include contraceptive coverage.

The order would ensure tax-exempt status for religious organizations if they speak out on beliefs opposing gay marriage, extramarital sex, abortion rights and rights for transgender individuals.

That would roll back aspects of the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 law prohibiting tax-exempt organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates. Trump promised repeal of the amendment as a candidate, though congressional action would be necessary for that to occur.

The order would establish a working group in the Justice Department to “ensure that the religious freedom of persons and religious organizations is protected throughout the United States” and take “appropriate action.”

Well there you have it. The 1990’s era playbook of division. Trump, the usurper is exposing the American Left. The Blizzard of Trump rolls on.

News Update 3-31-2015 State and Federal – A few actions of government we can support!

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Mar 312015

AB23 – A bill we can actually support! Eliminates the cap and trade taxes on Gasoline / Fuel. How much you want to bet this gets killed in committee?

No Surprise here – Girls are outclassing Boys in education. Makes perfect sense given what society has been doing to men for the last 40 years.

Check out three of deserter Bowe Bergdahl’s former service-mates here ripping in to him . To think, we traded that loser for five gitmo hardened terrorists.

Take a look at this link for real information on the defense of religious freedom act just passed in Indiana. It flies in the face of the hate speech rhetoric.

How big is government in the US? Try 41.4% of our GDP!

Congress is taking on the Anti-Coal psychos in government. Finally.

Imgaine that! The NSA collected thousands of emails from people not on any terror list!

And a snippet from John Eastman’s Group:

In Texas v. United States a federal judge blocked President Obama’s order granting deferred deportation status to 4 million illegal immigrants. Texas—joined by 25 other states—argues the Administration circumvented Congress to change immigration law through executive action. In an unusual move last week, the 5th Circuit scheduled oral arguments to consider whether to stay the injunction.

Wisconsin is in the final stages of a hard-fought battle to protect its ballot boxes. In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged the real risk that voter fraud could affect a close election’s outcome, citing Wisconsin’s experience with voter fraud. In 2011, Wisconsin passed a statute requiring voters to present photo ID at the polls. Opponents of the measure quickly filed 4 actions in state and federal courts. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the last of these cases: Frank v. Walker.

Prop 8 Trial Update – Religion Put on Trial

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Jan 202010

Well – Judge Walker wormed around the 9th Circuit decision against forcing the release of internal campaign documents and guess what?

The Catholic and Mormon Church’s role was put on the stand. Worse – Religion was put on the stand.

Read this incredibly biased AP article about the trial and notice how they downplay the fact that the Speaker of the California Assembly is gay in an effort to lend their news organization as an assistant to the plantiffs. (no on 8 )

The concept that Gays are an oppressed minority is absurd. The article’s title – Professor says Gays are Politically Unpopular – basically says we need to overturn prop 8 with a court because 34 of 35 gay marriage initiatives have failed at the ballot box.

Thanks to Judge Walker – the No on 8 crowd will have a much easier time winning as they will know the strategy used by Yes on 8.

Most troubling is this excerpt from Andy Pugno summarizing today’s installment of absurdity:

Today, the legal challenge to Prop. 8 took an ugly turn as religion itself was put on trial. Plaintiffs’ witness Gary Segura, a Stanford University political science professor with expertise in the area of the political power of minorities including homosexuals, summed it up when he said “religion is the chief obstacle for gays’ and lesbians’ political progress.”

In trying to make the case that homosexuals are a vulnerable minority with no ability to achieve and secure success in the political system for their interests, Professor Segura blamed hostility, political opposition and even violence towards gays and lesbians on the teachings of major religious denominations. He further testified that there is no more powerful organization in the United States – save the government – than the church. Particular scrutiny was given to the official religious doctrines of the Catholic Church and Southern Baptists about marriage, family and sexual relationships. Therefore, according to his logic, gays and lesbians must be given special legal protection by the U.S. Constitution against religion itself.

So – Prop 8 hurts people’s feelings, overturn the will of the people… when that doesn’t work – smear the Church.

At least the professor is honest about it. (Unlike the AP)

California Proposition 8 Trial Update – Biased Media Coverage / Witnesses Getting Exposed

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Jan 172010

Curious isn’t it? Wonder why the media coverage of the Proposition 8 trial has been so scarce?

The only coverage was of some “psychologist” talking about how proposition 8 needs to be struck down ‘for the good of the children’. Funny. The Psychologist – while degreed hasn’t treated patients… in fact Dr. Lamb is pretty much an academic. (facts omitted from the AP wire /LA Times)

Funny – Children raised by two same-sex parents seem to perform just as well as parents raised in a heterosexual household.

In fact – two earlier witnesses, also celebrated by the media were exposed for their long histories of activism. This is significant as it would be like asking a pit boss to testify that gambling is not harmful.

The key part of the trial this week – actually the two key parts were:

1. Aside from badgering the Chinese pastor for words written in Chinese 5-10 years ago – an assault on the Church seems to not be forthcoming. It may yet come as their witnesses thus far are being embarrassed.

2. The defense (yes on 8 ) – quoted Obama’s own book where he wrote that it is possible to support traditional marriage without showing moral disapproval of homosexuals. The ‘expert’ witnesses had to concede that point.

In addition the defense has been repeatedly questioning and gaining witness to admissions that society has grown a lot more tolerant of homosexuals.

These are huge blows to the case…

Now of grave concern – Judge Vaughn Walker is showing in my opinion contempt for the 9th Circuit Court and the U.S Supreme Count in two ways:

1. He has figured out how to get around the 9th Circuit Court staying his order to force yes on 8 to turn over all sensitive campaign data about targeting and strategy. Thus far, the Yes on 8 team has responded by asking the same from No on 8. I expect that the judge will rule against Yes on 8 – continuing his pattern of using his bench to help the No side as much as he can.

2. He is still taping the proceedings even though the Supreme Court stayed his order. Even though the Yes on 8 lawyers said he’d be in contempt of the Supreme Court if the tapes got out – it would not surprise me to see them on Gawker or Qweerty some day.

I still can’t believe we are seeing this in America.

Prop 8 Fight Heads to Pro-Homosexual Federal Court and The Anti-Religious Agenda Comes Out

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Jan 082010

Proposition 8 passed 14 months ago – but the opponents are on an obsessive rampage to get a court to usurp the voters. After losing in California Courts, they have filed an Equal Protection attack in Federal Court.

The Judge, Vaughn Walker has ruled against the Yes on 8 crowd in almost every pre-trial motion, including ruling that the case will be televised. Judge Walker is doing the bidding of the No on 8 crowd as the televised proceedings could lead to harassment and persecution of the witnesses brought by the yes on 8 side.

But, the agenda of the No on 8 crowd has become clear – advance Homosexual rights and do so by exterminating religious freedom. In Canada, hate crimes laws are being used to bludgeon Churches and ministries in to silence and the Democrats in Congress have attached hate crimes legislation to defense appropriations bills.

The case hitting Walker’s Courtroom is based on proving that Homosexuals are a protected class and as a result, your choice of sex act is the equivalent of your race.

They seek to prove that Homosexuality is unchangable – and here’s the truly scary part – that people who voted yes on 8 tied their religious views to their moral views and their votes should be invalidated as a result.

The agenda finally comes out in the open – having worked on campaigns and seen up front what happens in practice, I have been convinced of a pure hatred of the Church by the core of the Homosexual movement.

Prop 8 is driven by religious animus they say. Need more info – a Pastor was forced to go to court to defend himself after a human rights panel in Canada lynched him. He won, but the fact he ended up there is scary enough.

When Prop 8 donors were harassed, the media was absent, and a new round is being ushered in. The defenders of Prop 8 are in court again – with a motion to overturn this deliberate ruling by Judge Walker.

The absurdity of the concept that the No on 8 people will bring to this court about Homosexuals being a persecuted minority has been borne out over the last 14 months. Activist Dan Savage said, “We’ll just wait for them to die” – referring to the overwhelming majority of seniors that voted yes on 8 and of course the threats and vandalism against the homes and businesses of Prop 8 donors.

The persecuted minority? Anyone heard of Barney Frank? The new speaker of the California Assembly is gay? Unlike Christian Legislators in California who get put in the worst capitol offices and are targets of ridicule – the Speaker sits in the largest office and is celebrated.

It seems apocalyptic. They have gone so far as to have gotten one judge to rule that the Yes on 8 campaign had to turn over internal communication and strategy… and in this federal case, they are going back there. This is Orwellian thought-police type of stuff and unprecedented in legal circles.

The Trial should last 4-6 weeks. Listen and look at what comes out of the trial – the group the screams the loudest for tolerance wants to exterminate free speech in the process.