FREEDOM: 2015

AMERICANS WANT CHRISTMAS, MORE RELIGION IN SCHOOLS.

Americans continue to strongly support the celebration of Christmas in public schools, places that most already believe lack enough religion.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 76% of American Adults believe Christmas should be celebrated in public schools. Just 15% disagree. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

These findings are unchanged from surveys for the past two years.

Also little changed from previous surveys is the 54% of Americans who say there’s not enough religion in the public schools. Just 12% say there’s too much religion in public schools, while 27% say the level of religion in schools is about right.

Among adults with school-age children at home, 82% favor celebrating Christmas in public schools, and 61% believe there should be more religion in those schools.

Support for more religion in school appears to mostly concern Christianity. In March, 96% of Americans felt Christmas should be observed in schools, while 75% said the same of Easter. There was significantly less support for observing the major Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist holidays in schools.

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Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Americans favor prayer in public school. Seventy-three percent (73%) support giving parents a choice between a school that allows prayer and one that does not.

Significant majorities of adults across most demographic categories believe Christmas should be celebrated in public schools.

Eighty percent (80%) of adults who celebrate Christmas in their family support its presence in schools, compared to just 27% of those who don’t celebrate Christmas.

Sixty percent (60%) of adults 40 and over think there is not enough religion in public schools, a view shared by just 45% of younger adults.

Republicans (70%) feel much more strongly than Democrats (44%) and adults not affiliated with either major party (52%) that there is not enough religion in the public schools.

Seventy-one percent (71%) of all Americans say their religious faith is important in their daily life, with 49% who consider it Very Important. Most adults (57%) say it is not possible to have a healthy community without churches or a religious presence.

Seventy-one percent (71%) think Christmas should be more about Jesus Christ than about Santa Claus.

Two-out-of-three Americans (66%) also believe public schools should allow children to wear costumes to class in celebration of Halloween.

Forty-two percent (42%) of U.S. voters believe that when it comes to the concerns of racial, ethnic, religious and social minorities in America, the government is too sensitive. Twenty-nine percent (29%) say the government is not sensitive enough to those groups. Eighteen percent (18%) think the level of government sensitivity is about right, while 12% are not sure.

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BILL OF RIGHTS MOST IMPORTANT LIBERTY - RELIGION

Written by Bethany Blankley

The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, listed non-negotiable constitutionally guaranteed freedoms in specific order, unchanged since 1791. James Madison, its chief architect, listed freedom of religion first; then speech, press, assembly, petition, right to keep and bear arms, and freedom from forced quartering of military members in one’s home.

Freedom from civil government overreach and interference was essential to establishing sustainable civil order and a just rule of law; the first ten amendments — only 468 words — were added to protect what the founders considered “preexisting rights” from federal government “encroachment.”

Freedom of religion was un-mistakenly listed as the first freedom of the Bill of Rights. And the term “religion” was well understood from its original context derived from the State of Virginia’s Bill of Rights. In Article 1, Section 16, Virginia’s Bill of Rights defines “religion” as “the duty which we owe to our Creator… the manner of discharging… [of which] can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.”

(Many significant words and phrases used to write the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution were selected from preexisting documents and individual state constitutions’ declaration of rights, which provided more detailed definitions.)

Virginia’s Bill of Rights legally defined “religion” as a means to secure freedom from government coercion, which enabled a foundational protection for other freedoms.

The Bill of Rights, by defining religion, allows people to believe and act by “reason or conviction” without fear of being coerced to violate their “dictates of conscience.” In this way, religion is jurisdictional– the Bill of Rights ensures that the government cannot force a citizen to violate his/her conscience.

James Madison articulated in Memorial and Remonstrance:

“The Religion … of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as they may indicate. This right in its nature is an unalienable right. It is unalienable; because the opinions of men … cannot follow the dictates of other men: It is unalienable also; because what is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator. … This duty is precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society.”

Madison believed that citizens were first “subject[s] of the Great Governor of the Universe,” who must first make his/her “allegiance to the Universal Sovereign” before they could consider being a “member of Civil Society.”

He considered religion first and foremost “immune” from any and all civil authorities. The wording used for the First Amendment’s two religion clauses were specifically straightforward: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” All matters of religion were exempted from civil authority.

Madison asserted:

“In matters of Religion, no man’s right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance.”

As a legal and jurisdictional matter, Madison asserted that all men are first subject to God as an immutable fact based on the Christian worldview (Mark 12:17, Psalm 24:1). It was imperative to specify that no government could ever have authority over one’s relationship with God. Understanding that even governmental authority itself originates from God (Romans 13:1) — moral standards could not be mutually exclusive from rule of law.

Furthermore, freedom of conscience, under the jurisdiction of freedom of religion, established the next four freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. They include freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to peacefully assemble, and freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances. These four freedoms granted constitutional security for “residual sovereignty” of the people, not the government.

The Bill of Rights ensured freedom of religion as the foundation for all other liberties. No other amendments were possible if freedom of religion had not first been guaranteed as an unalienable right.

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WHILE DR'S KILL BABIES INSIDE THE ABORTION CLINIC, THESE DOCTORS HELP WOMEN OUTSIDE

by SHAWN CARNEY
Planned Parenthood is in the news again this week as the federal investigation into harvesting and trafficking aborted baby body parts heats up.

A recent poll showed that 50% of Americans do not know that Planned Parenthood does abortions. That’s a frustrating statistic, since they are the largest abortion business in the United States. They do more than 325,000 every year!

However, you can do something about that!

Here’s how three 40 Days for Life teams that hold their peaceful vigils outside Planned Parenthood facilities are drawing their communities into the campaign.

“We are off to a great start!” said Monica in Bloomington, Indiana. “We have no reports of babies saved … because we’re not even sure if they did abortions last week!” The business was closed several days.

The Bloomington team did stage a major event outside Planned Parenthood – a Doctors for Life rally. About 200 people attended, Monica said, including “28 local physicians who put their names out there as being pro-life and committed to the protection of the unborn child. What an inspiration these doctors were to all of us!”

Some of the doctors were photographed near a mobile help center that offers free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds.

“As fruit from our 40 Days for Life campaigns, we announced that we are getting our own unit, paid for by a generous donor,” Monica said. “We can’t wait to have it there regularly to help the women going in!”

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THE KIM DAVIS SITUATION; A FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONALLY-MANDATED SEPARATION OF POWERS

BY David Barton/WallBuilders

Perhaps the single most important issue in the Kim Davis situation (the County Clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses) -- an issue about which most observers and commentators have been completely silent -- is the flagrant violation of the constitutionally-mandated separation of powers.

By way of background, Federal Judge David Bunning ruled that Davis was in contempt of court, which a court can legitimately do. But he then ordered federal marshals enforce his decision and take her into custody, which he cannot do. Federal marshals are part of the Executive Branch, not the Judicial Branch; he has absolutely no authority to order any federal marshal to do anything.

Significantly, the Founders -- and thus the Constitution -- did not give power to the Judiciary to enforce any of its decisions -- they deliberately made it powerless in this regards. They made the Executive Branch alone responsible for enforcement.

So while Judge Bunning can (and did) issue his personal opinion regarding Kim Davis, his personal opinion does not have the force of law. (By the way, check any civics book: a law must originate as a measure proposed in the House or Senate, be passed by both, and then signed by the president. Only then and by this means does anything become law.) Bunning must thus ask (not order) the Executive Branch to enforce his opinion, and if it agrees, it can order its marshals to do so, but the Judicial Branch may order no such thing.

Sadly, not only did the Judicial Branch first take on itself the role of the Legislative Branch by issuing its ruling in the homosexual-marriage decision, but now it has assumed the role of the Executive Branch by attempting to enforce its own opinion. The Founding Fathers vehemently objected to this practice. As George Washington warned:

"[T]hose entrusted with its [the nation’s] administration [must] confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism."

James Madison similarly charged:

"The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be universally maintained but more especially that neither of them be suffered to overleap the great barrier which defends the rights of the people. The rulers who are guilty of such an encroachment exceed the commission from which they derive their authority and are tyrants. The people who submit to it are governed by laws made neither by themselves nor by an authority derived from them and are slaves."

Samuel Adams agreed:

"In all good governments, the Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary powers are confined within the limits of their respective departments. If therefore it should be found that . . . either of the departments aforesaid should interfere with another, it will, if continued, essentially alter the Constitution, and may, in time, . . . be productive of such convulsions as may shake the political ground upon which we now happily stand."

Thomas Jefferson thus admonished that we must "cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [i.e., the Constitution] has established" and that if we ever move away from its separation of powers that "we shall be in danger of foundering."

Perhaps political philosopher Charles de Montesquieu -- a favorite of the Founders, and the most-cited human source in the political writings of the Founding Era -- said it best when he declared:

"There is no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers."

So while the Kim Davis travesty continues, perhaps the most dangerous aspect of the entire controversy is that Judge Bunning personally ordered her to jail, thus blatantly violating one of the Constitution's most important provisions for securing the liberty of the entire people.

KENTUCKY CLERK KIM DAVIS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

A defiant county clerk rejected a proposal that would have allowed her deputies to grant same-sex marriage licenses, hours after she was sent to jail by a federal judge for disobeying a court order.

Embattled county clerk Kim Davis in her
offices prior to being taken into custody.

Through her lawyer, the clerk, Kim Davis of Rowan County, said she would not agree to allow the licenses to be issued under her authority as county clerk. Had she consented, the judge would have considered releasing her from custody.

Five of the six deputies told Judge David L. Bunning of Federal District Court that they would issue the licenses, though some of them said they would do so reluctantly. The lone holdout was Ms. Davis’s son, Nathan.

Ms. Davis had argued that the Supreme Court order that she issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples infringed upon her religious beliefs and liberties. But after a hearing, Judge Bunning said that “her good faith belief is simply not a viable defense,” and ordered Ms. Davis to jail.

“The court cannot condone the willful disobedience of its lawfully issued order,” said Judge Bunning, who was appointed by President George W. Bush. “If you give people the opportunity to choose which orders they follow, that’s what potentially causes problems.”

The clerk’s stance has put her at the center of political storm that has divided the country.

The White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, said he had not discussed the developments with President Obama. But he said Ms. Davis should not defy the Supreme Court.

“Every public official is subject to the rule of law,” Mr. Earnest said. “No one is above the law. That applies to the president of the United States and it applies to the clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, as well.”

Rand Paul, the Republican presidential candidate and a senator from Kentucky, said it was “absurd to put someone in jail for exercising their religious liberties.”

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, another Republican candidate, said the jailing of Ms. David “removes all doubt of the criminalization of Christianity in our country.”

“We must defend religious liberty and never surrender to judicial tyranny,” Mr. Huckabee said, adding that “the Supreme Court is not the Supreme branch and it’s certainly not the Supreme Being.”

Judge Bunning’s ruling also drew sharp condemnation from one of Ms. Davis’s lawyers, Roger Gannam.

“Today, for the first time in history, an American citizen has been incarcerated for having the belief of conscience that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, and she’s been ordered to stay there until she’s willing to change her mind, until she’s willing to change her conscience about what that belief is,” he said. “This is unprecedented in American law.”

But a lawyer for the couples who sued, William Sharp, said the ruling signaled that “religious liberty is not a sword with which government, through its employees, may impose particular religious views on others.”

Two couples who had previously been denied licenses by Ms. Davis’s office said they would seek the licenses on Friday.

Earlier Ms. Davis, an Apostolic Christian, tearfully testified that she had not hesitated to follow her religious beliefs and defy the courts. “I didn’t have to think about it,” she said. “There was no choice there.”

Ms. Davis was asked how she defined marriage.

“Marriage is between one man and one woman,” she replied, before a lawyer asked her whether she had “the ability to believe marriage is anything else

Ms. Davis offered a terse response: “No

Later, one of the women who has unsuccessfully sought a marriage license in Rowan County, April Miller, told Judge Bunning that Ms. Davis’s stand “marginalizes us again.”

Judge Bunning left little doubt about his thinking, and said Ms. Davis’s explanation for disobeying his order was “simply insufficient.”

“It’s not physically impossible for her to issue the licenses,” he said. “She’s choosing not to.”

Lawyers for the same-sex couples seeking licenses had asked Judge Bunning to fine Ms. Davis and not send her to jail, but the judge said he thought that a fine would not be enough to prompt the clerk’s compliance.

As marshals led her from the courtroom, Ms. Davis said, “Thank you, Judge.”

The hearing Thursday was the first since the Supreme Court on Monday turned down Ms. Davis’s appeal of an Aug. 12 ruling by Judge Bunning directing her to issue marriage licenses. The justices’ decision was expected to clear the way for same-sex marriages in Rowan County. But on Tuesday, the clerk and her employees again refused to issue licenses in Morehead, the seat of Rowan County.

Within hours lawyers for the couples who had initially sued Ms. Davis asked Judge Bunning to hold her in contempt.

Legal experts said it was uncertain how long Ms. Davis could kept in jail.

“Civil contempt is not supposed to be punitive, it’s supposed to coerce the person to obey the judge’s order,” said Adam Winkler, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. “Once she promises to obey, or once the judge determines that more jail time will not encourage her to obey, they’ll let her out. But she could be in there for a year, it’s conceivable. Judges really don’t like it when people disobey their order.”

The standoff in Kentucky, many law professors said, is reminiscent of the 1960s civil rights battles, with Ms. Davis in the role of George C. Wallace, the segregationist Alabama governor who stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama to block two black students from registering.

“In a way, she’s out George Wallace-ing George Wallace,” said Howard M. Wasserman, a law professor at Florida International University. “It does now feel like the civil rights era, with people ignoring court orders, taking a stand and being held in contempt.”

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MIKE HUCKABEE OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THIS ISSUE

Free Kim Davis Now

Having Kim Davis in federal custody removes all doubt of the criminalization of Christianity in our country. We must defend religious liberty and never surrender to judicial tyranny. Five, unelected Supreme Court lawyers did not and cannot make law. They can only make rulings. The Supreme Court is not the Supreme branch and it's certainly not the Supreme Being.

I am proud of Kim for standing strong for her beliefs. Who will be next? Pastors? Photographers? Caterers? Florists? This is a reckless, appalling, out-of-control decision that undermines the Constitution of the United States and our fundamental right to religious liberty.

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HUCKABEE CELEBRATES KENTUCKY CLERK'S REFUSAL TO ISSUE MARRIAGE LICENSE TO GAY COUPLES

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee

By Seth McLaughlin

The Kentucky county-clerk saga and the clash between gay marriage and religious freedom has entered the national political stage.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, came to the defense Wednesday of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who has defied the Supreme Court by refusing to issue marriage licenses because of her religious objection to gay unions.

Mrs. Davis has refused “under God’s authority” to issue licenses to any couples — gay or otherwise — in the wake of the June Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, though her efforts to seek relief in federal court have failed.

She says issuing marriage licenses to gay couples would make her complicit in sinful action and this is a “heaven or hell” matter for her.

In an email blast, Mr. Huckabee said he “visited” with Mrs. Davis, a Democrat, over the telephone Wednesday to offer “my prayers and support.”

Mr. Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist pastor, said Mrs. Davis is “standing strong for religious liberty” and said the Supreme Court “cannot and did not make the law” on marriage.

“Because Congress has made no law allowing for same sex marriage, Kim does not have the Constitutional authority to issue a marriage license to homosexual couples,” Mr. Huckabee said.

Mr. Huckabee is running ninth in national polls, and eighth in Iowa, which opens the nomination contest and is seen as crucial to Mr. Huckabee’s chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination next year.

The 60-year-old rode the support of religious and social conservatives to victory in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, but faces stiff competition this go-round for that powerful slice of the GOP electorate, including from Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, winner of the 2012 caucuses.

A spokeswoman for Mr. Jindal said her boss approves of Mrs. Davis’s action, but would not go so far as to call for clerks to refuse court rulings.

Mr. Jindal thinks “every person should be able to follow their conscience, and clerks who cannot in good conscience participate in same-sex marriage should not be forced to violate their beliefs,” campaign spokeswoman Shannon Bates told The Associated Press.

On the other side of the issue, both businesswoman Carly Fiorina and Sen. Lindsey Graham said that while they back religious-liberty concerns in private disputes, Mrs. Davis is a government official who must abide by a law she is refusing to carry out.

“The rule of law is the rule of law,” Mr. Graham said Wednesday on the show of conservative talk-radio host Hugh Hewitt.

“I appreciate her conviction, I support traditional marriage, but she’s accepted a job in which she has to apply the law to everyone,” Mr. Graham said. “[She] should comply with the law or resign.”

In a Tuesday appearance on the same show, Mrs. Fiorina said that while “it’s clear religious liberty is under assault in many, many ways,” this case is “a very different situation for her than someone in a hospital who’s asked to perform an abortion or someone at a florist who’s asked to serve a gay wedding.”

“This woman now needs to make a decision that’s [about] conscience: Is she prepared to continue to work for the government, be paid for by the government, in which case she needs to execute the government’s will … [or] sever her employment with the government and go seek employment elsewhere where her religious liberties would be paramount,” Mrs. Fiorina said.

The dispute itself dragged on Wednesday in Kentucky, with Mrs. Davis again refusing requests for marriage licenses by several couples and her lawyers asking for another stay in the order by U.S. District Judge David Bunning that she issue marriage licenses to gay couples.

The Davis team’s argument this time, according to legal papers filed Wednesday, is based on a dispute over Gov. Steve Beshear’s order that she issue the marriage licenses.

Barring a stay, Mrs. Davis will appear in court Thursday in which Judge Bunning will decide whether to hold her in contempt of court for refusing to carry out his order.

Mr. Huckabee applauded Mrs. Davis for her stand Wednesday, using both the Christian language of martyrdom and the Declaration of Independence’s wording about the source of rights.

“Kim is a person of great conviction,” Mr. Huckabee said. “When people of conviction fight for what’s right they often pay a price, but if they don’t and we surrender, we will pay a far greater price for bowing to the false God of judicial supremacy.”

“Government is not God. No man — and certainly no unelected lawyer — has the right to redefine the laws of nature or of nature’s God,” Mr. Huckabee said.

DECORATED GREEN BERET BEING FORCED OUT OF MILITARY

By Lucas Tomlinson

A decorated Green Beret being forced out of the military in a matter of months was taken to task in 2011 by a top Army general for confronting an accused Afghan rapist, according to an official reprimand obtained by Fox News – bolstering claims he is being discharged over the incident.

Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland

Fox News first reported last week that Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland is being kicked out, and that his supporters suspect it is because of his actions standing up for a young Afghan rape victim. This has outraged his colleagues, as well as Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who calls it a “black mark” for the U.S. Army and wants Defense Secretary Ash Carter to reverse the decision.

The October 2011 “memorandum of reprimand” obtained by Fox News indeed makes clear that Martland was blasted by the brass for his intervention after the alleged rape.

In the memo, Brig. Gen. Christopher Haas, then-commander of Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command Afghanistan, accused Martland and his Green Beret team leader of a “flagrant departure from the integrity, professionalism and even-tempered leadership” expected of Special Forces soldiers.

“Your behavior is inexcusable and incompatible with the high standards of performance, military discipline and operational readiness of Special Forces,” the memo states.

This, because Martland and Capt. Daniel Quinn shoved an Afghan local police commander, Abdul Rahman, after an investigation implicated him in the rape of a 12-year-old Afghan boy.

The boy allegedly had been assaulted for 7-10 days while chained to a bed, Quinn told Fox News' Megyn Kelly. Quinn and Martland confronted Rahman after learning he also allegedly beat the boy’s mother for reporting the crime. Rahman apparently confessed but then “laughed about it,” after which the Green Berets reportedly shoved him to the ground.

Another witness has since come forward defending the Green Berets’ actions.

The witness, a cultural adviser and linguist who was in Kunduz, Afghanistan, where the incident took place, told Fox News that Rahman faked his injuries after the confrontation with the Americans.

“Everything is a lie. He only had a minor scratch,” said the linguist, who asked to remain anonymous.

Martland is an 11-year Green Beret veteran of three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The linguist said the Americans were the mother’s “last hope” as she couldn’t go to the local authorities.

“The mother was persuaded to go to the Green Beret base to seek American help,” the source said.

He said the provincial police chief even sided with the Green Berets in the incident, and was “furious” when he learned the Army sent Martland and Quinn home from Afghanistan.

The linguist said the Kunduz provincial governor liked the Green Berets and was sorry to see them go.

When asked why Rahman was never arrested, despite the Afghans taking the side of the Americans, the linguist called it a “politically sensitive” situation since Rahman was Uzbek.

“To put Abdul Rahman in jail would mean a lot of chaos. It would send a bad signal to [the] Uzbek community because of the conflicting political loyalties,” he said.

In February 2015, the Army conducted a "Qualitative Management Program" review board. Martland’s supporters suspect because Martland had a "relief for cause" evaluation in his service record, the U.S. Army ordered Martland to be "involuntary discharged" by Nov. 1, 2015. Martland has since been fighting to stay in the Army.

When asked about Gen. Haas’ memo, the U.S. Army did not return a request for comment. Reached for comment last week, an Army spokesman could not confirm the specifics of Martland's separation from service due to privacy reasons.

When Fox News read aloud the 2011 reprimand memo about the incident claiming the Green Berets lacked “integrity,” the linguist expressed shock.

“That is bulls---,” he said.

Hunter says the “incident that was seriously misrepresented by Army leadership, without even taking into account the moral necessity to intervene—is now the determining factor in SFC Martland’s career.”

BILL OF RIGHTS' MOST IMPORTANT LIBERTY IS RELIGION

Written by Bethany Blankley

“The Religion … of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as they may indicate. This right in its nature is an unalienable right. It is unalienable; because the opinions of men … cannot follow the dictates of other men: It is unalienable also; because what is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator. … This duty is precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society.”

Madison believed that citizens were first “subject[s] of the Great Governor of the Universe,” who must first make his/her “allegiance to the Universal Sovereign” before they could consider being a “member of Civil Society.”

He considered religion first and foremost “immune” from any and all civil authorities. The wording used for the First Amendment’s two religion clauses were specifically straightforward: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” All matters of religion were exempted from civil authority.

Madison asserted:

“In matters of Religion, no man’s right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance.”As a legal and jurisdictional matter, Madison asserted that all men are first subject to God as an immutable fact based on the Christian worldview (Mark 12:17, Psalm 24:1). It was imperative to specify that no government could ever have authority over one’s relationship with God. Understanding that even governmental authority itself originates from God (Romans 13:1) — moral standards could not be mutually exclusive from rule of law.

Furthermore, freedom of conscience, under the jurisdiction of freedom of religion, established the next four freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. They include freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to peacefully assemble, and freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances. These four freedoms granted constitutional security for “residual sovereignty” of the people, not the government.

The Bill of Rights ensured freedom of religion as the foundation for all other liberties. No other amendments were possible if freedom of religion had not first been guaranteed as an unalienable right.

THE CHRISTIAN PURGE HAS BEGUN

By Todd Starnes

It wasn’t so much a choice as it was a demand.

Chaplain David Wells was told he could either sign a state-mandated document promising to never tell inmates that homosexuality is “sinful” or else the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice would revoke his credentials.

“We could not sign that paper,” Chaplain Wells told me in a telephone call from his home in Kentucky. “It broke my heart.”

The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice revoked his volunteer credentials as an ordained minister – ending 13 years of ministry to underage inmates at the Warren County Regional Juvenile Detention Center.

Chaplain David Wells was told he could either sign a state-mandated document promising to never tell inmates that homosexuality is “sinful” or else the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice would revoke his credentials.

“We sincerely appreciate your years of service and dedication to the youth served by this facility,” wrote Superintendent Gene Wade in a letter to Wells. “However, due to your decision, based on your religious convictions, that you cannot comply with the requirements outlined in DJJ Policy 912, Section IV, Paragraph H, regarding the treatment of LGBTQI youth, I must terminate your involvement as a religious volunteer.”

Wells said that every volunteer in their church received the letter – as did a Baptist church in a nearby community.

The Kentucky regulation clearly states that volunteers working with juveniles “shall not refer to juveniles by using derogatory language in a manner that conveys bias towards or hatred of the LGBTQI community. DJJ staff, volunteers, interns and contractors shall not imply or tell LGBTQI juveniles that they are abnormal, deviant, sinful or that they can or should change their sexual orientation or gender identity.”

For years, Wells and his team have conducted volunteer worship services and counseling to troubled young people – many of whom have been abused.

“I sat across the table from a 16-year-old boy who was weeping and broken over the life he was in,” Wells said. “He had been abused as a child and turned to alcohol and drugs to cope. He wanted to know if there was any hope for him.”

Wells said he had been abused as a young child – so he knew he could answer this young man’s question.

“I was able to look at him and tell him the saving power of Jesus Christ that delivered me – could deliver him,” he said.

But under the state’s 2014 anti-discrimination policy, Wells would not be allowed to have such a discussion should it delve into LGBT issues.

“They told us we could not preach that homosexuality is a sin – period,” Wells told me. “We would not have even been able to read Bible verses that dealt with LGBT issues.”

For the record, Wells said they’ve never used hateful or derogatory comments when dealing with the young inmates.

“They are defining hateful or derogatory as meaning what the Bible says about homosexuality,” he told me.

Mat Staver, the founder of Liberty Counsel, is representing Wells. He said the state’s ban on Biblical counseling is unconstitutional religious discrimination.

“There is no question there is a purging underway,” Staver told me. “The dissenters in the recent Supreme Court decision on gay marriage warned us this would happen.”

Staver is demanding the state immediately reinstate Wells as well as the other volunteer ministers.

“By restricting speech which volunteers are allowed to use while ministering to youth detainees, the State of Kentucky and the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice have violated the protections given to private speech through the First Amendment and the Kentucky Constitution,” Staver wrote in his letter to state officials.

He said the policy “requires affirmation of homosexuality as a precondition for ministers providing spiritual guidance to troubled youth, and singles out a particular theological viewpoint as expressly disfavored by the State of Kentucky.”

In other words – Kentucky has a religious litmus test when it comes to homosexuality – and according to the Lexington Herald-Leader – they aren’t going to back down.

The DJJ told the newspaper that the regulation “is neutral as to religion and requires respectful language toward youth by all staff, contractors and volunteers.”

State Sen. Gerald Neal, a Democrat, dared Christians to challenge the law in court.

“I’m just disappointed that the agendas by some are so narrow that they disregard the rights of others,” he told the newspaper. “Let them sue and let the courts settle it.”

Among those backing Wells is the American Pastors Network.

“Pastors and all Americans must wake up to the reality of expanding efforts to cleanse our nation of all moral truth,” APN President Sam Rohrer said in a statement. “When pastors and all Christians…are forced by government agents to renounce sharing the very reality of sin, they are in fact being prohibited from sharing the healing and life-changing potential of redemption.”

Folks, I warned you this would happen. The Christian purge has begun – and it’s only a matter of time before all of us will be forced to make the same decision Chaplain Wells had to make.

Will you follow God or the government?

HUCKABEE IN IOWA; RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OUR LIBERTIES

by Leah Jessen

In FORT DODGE, Iowa—Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee—who won Iowa’s Republican caucuses in 2008—joined a room full of Iowans this morning to lay out the policies he would promote during his latest presidential run.

Huckabee, who especially succeeded in winning over evangelicals in 2008, focused much of his speech on religious liberty, which he called “the foundation of all our liberties.”

He questioned the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage.

Huckabee said the Supreme Court, or “the extreme court” as he calls it, decided “that 5,000 years of human history in regards to what marriage meant didn’t matter anymore.”

“The Supreme Court [voted] away the common sense and the common understanding of the family,” Huckabee said.

According to Huckabee, the gay marriage ruling shows “how quickly we have spiraled out of control.”

But, he said, “every human being ought to be treated with dignity and respect.”

Huckabee proposed broad protections for religious liberty if he were elected president.

He said; "Every person, business owner, hospital, adoption agency, church, synagogue, mosque, etc. will have its religious liberty protected.
The attorney general will be instructed to protect religious liberty on behalf of every American and every institution.

The defense secretary will be instructed to make sure that every soldier, sailor, marine, airman, coast guardsman and every chapel in the military is free to express his or her religious viewpoint, display the bible and pray."

While Huckabee crafted his message around religious liberty, he said the economy and military are the wings that help propel the country forward.

“Folks I learned how to govern,” Huckabee said. “The government is there to serve the people. It is a government of the people.”

HE RAISED A JOHN 3:16 SIGN AT A BASEBALL GAME. WHAT THE POLICE DID IS SHOCKING.....

by Randy DeSoto

Everyone who goes to sporting events in large venues or watches them on television has likely seen the sign “John 3:16” being held by a fan.

Image credit: Skyco/Flickr

It is a biblical reference to the book of John, chapter 3, verse 16:
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (NKJV)

According to Biblegateway.com, it is the most popular verse looked up on the site, which had 1.5 billion page views in 2014.

Displaying the sign is just one way some believers like to spread the good news about Jesus Christ.

Gino Emmerich was trying to do so in front of the San Francisco Giants ballpark last summer, when four police officers surrounded and detained him. The officers informed him that he would not be able to exercise his First Amendment right to free speech and threatened to arrest him.

The Rutherford Institute, which is representing Emmerich, described what happened in a statementreleased on Thursday.

On Sunday, July 27, 2014, prior to the start of a Giants v. Dodgers baseball game, Gino Emmerich arrived at Willie Mays Plaza carrying a “John 3:16” sign, a religious reference to a central tenet of Christianity. Other people were in the plaza, some displaying signs and otherwise communicating messages. Also in the plaza was a makeshift broadcast booth put together for a live broadcast and discussion of the Giants v. Dodgers game for ESPN SportsCenter.

As Emmerich neared the broadcast booth, he was approached by one of the show’s producers and four uniformed San Francisco police officers. Emmerich was allegedly warned by the producer that if he showed his sign, he would be arrested based upon the fact that he was known to the producer as one who displays religious signage. After the producer walked away, Emmerich stationed himself in view of the camera, behind the commentators, and held up his John 3:16 sign.

While Emmerich was holding up his sign, a police officer grabbed him from behind by his shirt and neck and moved him out of the view of the camera. Once Emmerich was clear of the cameras, he was surrounded by four police officers and warned, “If you go over there and hold that sign again, we will arrest you and the sergeant will come over here and decide where we are going to take you.” Emmerich then left the plaza as to avoid the possibility of arrest.

“Much of what used to be great about America—especially as it pertains to our love of freedom and our commitment to First Amendment activities—has been overshadowed by a greater desire for security and an inclination towards political correctness,” said John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute.

“That this incident, with its police intimidation tactics, overt discrimination and censorship, took place in a public plaza dedicated to Willie Mays, a legendary baseball player who lived through an era of police tactics, discrimination and censorship, is a powerful indictment of all that is wrong with America today,” he added.

In addition to the City and County of San Francisco, the Rutherford Institute is suing the four police officers accused of intimidating Emmerich. Rutherford attorneys note that the officers had no lawful or probable cause to arrest, detain, or seize Emmerich, who was simply trying to exercise his First Amendment rights as an American.

THE WAY CAFE HOSTS DRIVEN 11

This Friday July 17th "The Way Cafe" in Austin MN, will be hosting Dominick Cox of DRIVEN 11.

Dominick Cox is a Solo Artist and Speaker under the name DRIVEN 11. DRIVEN 11 was created for one task, inspire faith in action. Through this mission Dominick feels blessed to have participated in many ministries. This includes writing songs for the Book Release The Blue Print®, touring nationally, sharing the stage with various artists and speakers and co-hosting Albany’s Got God Talent radio program just to name a few.

Each original song performed by Dominick is the expression of the real life of a believer in Jesus Christ. He enjoys meeting people and having the privilege to spread the good word. Dominick Cox is also the Music Direct at Mt. Moriah Church in TN. In the past few years Driven 11 has expanded its reach and Dominick now performs across America.

Dominick is coming to the newly opened "The Way Cafe" located in the FREEDOM EVENT CENTER at 210 4th St NE in Austin MN.

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OREGON FINES & GAGS CHRISTIAN BAKERS FOR REFUSING TO CELEBRATE GAY WEDDING

by DAVID FRENCH

Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian issued his long-awaited ruling against Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of the since-closed Sweet Cakes by Melissa. Finding them guilty of sexual orientation discrimination for refusing to bake a cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding, Avakian not only ordered the Kleins to pay $135,000 in “emotional damages” to the complaining lesbian couple, he also slapped a gag order on them, ordering them to “cease and desist” from “publishing, circulating, issuing or displaying, or causing to be published … any communication to the effect that any of the accommodations … will be refused, withheld from or denied to, or that any discrimination be made against, any person on account of their sexual orientation.” In other words, if the Kleins continue to proclaim their unwillingness to celebrate gay marriage in their business activities, they’re in likely violation of Avakian’s order.

This ruling is absurd and dangerous. It’s absurd to think that the complaining couple is entitled to six figures in emotional damages simply because a Christian couple refused to bake a cake for their “wedding.” In an ideologically, culturally, and religiously diverse country, the idea of encountering a person who disagrees with your life choices is hardly traumatic, and women who can’t handle a brief encounter with bakers who don’t want to help cater their wedding don’t need “damages,” they need counseling.

Further, Avakian is dangerously — and likely intentionally — obfuscating the law. In a world of reason and logic, the Kleins simply aren’t guilty of unlawful sexual orientation discrimination. They would happily serve gay customers, but they will not use their talents or their business to advance a message they find deeply offensive. That’s not invidious discrimination, it’s free speech. If the Kleins refused to bake a Confederate battle flag cake for a white couple from Tennessee, would Avakian find them guilty of race discrimination? Of course not. He’d back the Kleins, and they’d all be toasted at The Huffington Post.

In my own law practice, I’ve represented gay clients, but I would never use my legal training to advocate for same-sex marriage. Does that mean I’m guilty of sexual orientation discrimination? If I lived in Avakian’s world, would I be subject to a gag order preventing me from speaking about the cases I won’t take? In my Fourth of July piece today,

I made the case that this is exactly the right time to be an American. We are at a hinge point in history. We should want to be here, now, to fight to preserve the land we love, and way to make a difference is through defiance. The Kleins are unbowed:

According to the state of Oregon we neither have freedom of religion or freedom of speech. We will NOT give up this fight, and we will NOT be silenced. We stand for God’s truth, God’s word and freedom for ALL Americans. We are here to obey God not man, and we will not conform to this world. If we were to lose everything it would be totally worth it for our Lord who gave his one and only son, Jesus, for us! God will win this fight!

It’s a bittersweet Independence Day weekend. Petty public officials disregard the Constitution, and our fundamental freedoms start to slip away. As we ponder our own response, may we show even half the courage of Aaron and Melissa Klein.

THE REVIVAL OF A CHURCH; EL PARRAL BEING TURNED INTO A CHRISTIAN CENTER

Pastors Raymond Tuck, left, and Rory Synoground stand across from what is
now the International Word Fellowship Church, formerly the El Parral Ballroom
and The 1910. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

By Trey Mewes Austin Daily Herald

The International Word Fellowship Church is creating a new Christian event center in Austin.

Pastors Raymond Tuck and Rory Synoground have successfully purchased the El Parral Ballroom at 210 Fourth St. NE and are looking to transform the former Mexican-themed property into a Christian entertainment and event center.

“There’s a niche that needs to be here in this area, and that’s positive Christian entertainment that the whole family can enjoy,” Synoground said.

The church began negotiating to buy El Parral last March after Synoground and Tuck were moved by the property’s history. In the 1910s, the site was home to a large tabernacle constructed by Pastor Billy Sunday, who held large revivals there for up to 3,500 people.

It’s that spirit of Christian revival which is driving the pastors to offer a Christian center, which will have a faith-based coffee house, a bookstore, and a radio station broadcasting live Christian events as they’re booked.

The main ballroom area of what was the El Parral Ballroom is now

the main worship center for the International Fellowship Word Church.

Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

“We just want to make a positive impact on the city,” Tuck said.

While the coffee shop will likely start up at the end of the month where the 1910 Restaurant used to be, the church has bigger plans for the space, which they are already renting out for events.

The church has launched a GoFundMe online campaign to raise $70,000 to renovate the space for its congregation, from putting down carpeting inside the center to renovating the 1910’s space into a non-alcoholic cafe setting featuring Christian entertainment.

In the future, the pastors hope to renovate the property further, including putting in a park next to the center.

For now, Synoground and Tuck hope the community will embrace the smaller church’s goals to provide a Christian environment for the area.

“That’s our goal, is to just be a blessing and be a positive influence on the Austin community,” Synoground said.

THE ARMY IS REFUSING TO SEND HONOR GUARD FOR CHURCH'S JULY 4TH CELEBRATION

by Todd Starnes Fox News
For nearly two decades, the U.S. Army has provided an honor guard for an Independence Day celebration at a Baptist church that predates the founding of the nation. But this year – that tradition has come to an end.

Officials at Fort Gordon say they will not be able to send an honor guard to a July 5th service at Abilene Baptist Church because it violates a military policy banning any involvement in a religious service.

“While there are conditions under which the Army can participate in events conducted at a house of worship, we cannot participate in the context of a religious service,” Public Affairs Officer J.C. Mathews told me.

He said officials at Fort Gordon as well as the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate reviewed the church’s request and determined they were in fact holding a “religious service.”

So it’s OK to invite the troops so long as you don’t pray, talk about Jesus or read the Bible?

“As a result, the Army is not permitted to take part,” Mathews said.

That policy would be an offense to most churches in America – but it is especially offensive when you consider the Army just refused to provide an honor guard for a church whose first pastor was a chaplain in the Revolutionary Army.

Abilene Baptist Church was founded in 1774 – one of Georgia’s most historic churches and the second oldest in the state. The founding pastor was arrested by a colonial magistrate for “preaching in Georgia” and the first pastor, Reverend Loveless Savage, was a chaplain in the Revolutionary Army.

“It was an absolute shock,” said Brad Whitt, the current pastor of Abilene Baptist Church. “What a sad commentary on the state of affairs in America – when we cannot even allow the flags to fly if they are in a church building.”

“We’ve had a tremendous working relationship with the fort,” he told me. “We’ve hosted all sorts of events for military families. We really try to show our love and respect and we try to honor our military folks.”

The July 5th church service is scheduled to be a “God and Country”-themed celebration with patriotic music and lots of red, white and blue. Afterwards, the church is hosting a Sunday picnic – complete with hot dogs and hamburgers. And for the sake of full disclosure, I’ve been invited to speak at the church service – as well as eat a hamburger afterwards.

Pastor Whitt said they were genuinely confused by the Army’s slight – seeing how Fort Gordon has been providing an honor guard for the past 20 years.

“They have participated for the past two decades and now they are saying – no,” he said. “This is just another example of the secularization of America.”

The church sent me photographs of the honor guard on the main platform of the church in 2007 and 2010. Last year, the church held their service in a local park – and once again – the military sent an honor guard.

So what changed?

Fort Gordon’s Public Affairs Office pointed me to Army Regulation 360-1 – dated May 2011.

The lengthy regulation states Army participation must not selectively benefit (or appear to benefit) any religious group. It also mandates that Army Public Affairs not support any event involving the promotion, endorsement or sponsorship of a religious movement.

According to public affairs, the 2007 church service was designated by the military as a “non-sectarian musical and patriotic program.”

According to the military’s calculations, 80 percent of the program was musical and the other 20 percent included narration and other patriotic elements.

“Because this was not a religious service, our participation was permitted,” he said.

He said the key is not whether the event is sponsored by a religious organization or held in a house of worship.

“Instead, the key factor is, whether or not the event is an actual religious service,” Mathews said.

So it’s okay to invite the troops so long as you don’t pray, talk about Jesus or read the Bible?

“That’s what makes this so sad,” Pastor Whitt told me. “This is what we’ve come to in our nation – where even just representing the colors is some sort of political thing.”

While the Pentagon won’t allow an honor guard to set foot in a church, they have no problem allowing them to march in a gay pride parade.

Last year the Department of Defense gave permission for an honor guard to participate in Washington, D.C.’s gay pride parade – a historic first. An honor guard is also expected to march in the 2015 Capital Pride parade.

So if a military honor guard can celebrate gay pride in a public parade, why can’t they celebrate American pride inside a Baptist church?

MUSLIMS LEAVING ISLAM

by BSU
Islam is the dominant religion in many Middle Eastern countries and its influence has been spreading. In fact, many people once believed that Islam was on its way to overtaking Christianity as the world’s largest religious group. However, it seems as if the tides have changed.

45,000 Muslims Attend Lahore Rally; 10,000 Are Saved

More Muslims than ever are leaving Islam. Ironically, many of them cite the horrific actions of ISIS as the reason for their defection, even though ISIS claims it strengthens Islam. In fact, many missionaries who serve Muslim countries have reported that more Muslims have converted to Christianity in the last 14 years than in the entire 14 decades since Islam was established. The increase in conversions began after the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11, and have continued to rise.

“When the people understand who Jesus is, they will love Him and follow Him more and more. And when the Muslims understand more and more what Mohammed is, what the Koran is, what the history is, then they will go farther and farther away from Islam.”

The true number of conversions are unknown, as many remain silent for fear of death or persecution. One British College student, named Imran, left Islam for these reasons and says that he isn’t the only one. “Every week I meet one or more persons who come to me and want to know more about Christianity and the Bible because they are very angry about being a Muslim,” Imran said. Another Christian convert, Nassim Ben Iman, who is now an evangelist, offers hope saying, “When the people understand who Jesus is, they will love Him and follow Him more and more. And when the Muslims understand more and more what Mohammed is, what the Koran is, what the history is, then they will go farther and farther away from Islam.”

Sadly, not all former Islamic followers have turned to Christianity. Many have simply lost their religious belief altogether and become atheists. Others do not identify with a religion, but are still searching.

Why It Matters
The defection of Muslims from Islam is a historic event that has never happened before. It brings hope and validation to the world that not all Muslims agree with ISIS’ terrorist ways. It should also encourage Christians to take swift action to reach those who are now searching for the one true God.

Take Action
Pray the eyes of all Muslims will be opened to the truth and exposed to true salvation and Christianity.

FOREVERLIN IN CONCERT

Austins’ new FREEDOM EVENT CENTER at 210 4th St NE in Austin MN will host Wyoming based Christian Alternative Rock Band FOREVERLIN IN CONCERT JUNE 25TH 2015 at 7pm.

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FOREVERLIN was formed in 2012, and since that time, they have released two recording projects including an EP and a full length entitled “Long Lost”. The title track from the album gave the band their first national radio single, which charted on the Billboard charts for five weeks.

Pando Records have released the bands forthcoming album titled “Still After” on May 19th both physically and digitally. “Still After” features eleven handcrafted heartfelt songs that push the band not only musically, but also spiritually. Foreverlin’s influences include Copeland, Thrice, Snow Patrol and As Cities Burn, though the band is most often compared to Switchfoot.

Foreverlin has toured numerous times around the United States playing over 200 shows in 3 years of being a band. They have shared the stage with many talented bands including, Thousand Foot Krutch, Disciple, Spoken, and Project 86. Their live show is described as energetic, emotional, and sure to leave you wanting another song.

This new album will set Foreverlin’s career to a whole new level in Christian music industry. The album “Still After” has been described as an ablum to fill the Christian music void that has been missing for years.

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THEY TOLD KARIS PETERS "GOD DOES'NT BELONG IN AMERICA", HER RESPONSE

By Elizabeth
The Bible says “Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.” (Proverbs 22:6). If America is going to survive for generations to come, we must have a moral revolution in our nation. And that revolution begins at home and in our children and youth.

Karis Peters [ACE International Convention]

As we have seen from great leaders of old, God often uses children and young people to bring about a cry that will wake up nations. Samuel, David, Daniel, Esther, Josiah… these people stood up from a young age and answered the call of God to be like John the Baptist, “a voice crying in the wilderness” to prepare the way of the Lord.

Karis Peters is one such girl who is standing for modern day America when she spoke at the 2015 ACE International Convention in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She recited a revised version of Carman’s “We Need God In America Again”. And boy do her words ring true and timely for our nation today. Listen to Karis’ amazing rallying cry:

“Our country was founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We eliminated God from the equation of American life. Thus, eliminating the reason this nation first began. From beyond the grave, I hear the voices of our founding fathers plead: ‘You need God in America again.’”
We need more young people like Karis to stand up and proclaim the light of the Gospel and love people well so that God might be welcomed in America again.

We Need God In America Again - Karis Peters [ACE International Convention]

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