The fact that they, as a group of LEGISLATORS (aka govt officials) sent a letter to a CHURCH written in an extremely negative tone ....
THAT denotes a threat that if the Church does not comply the GOVERNMENT, through these pigs and their progeny, will do something about the "upstart" Church.
This is what the First Amendment to our Constitution of the United Sates of America was written to safeguard against.
through their methods of subterfuge - activist judical fiats to force their socialist/communist ways on America.
If you do not see this, you have already succumbed to their brainwashing.
It is closer to the time that we take up arms to protect our country.
ok, I'll try once again, and spell it out for you:
WHAT did they write,
TO WHOM did they write it,
BEARING WHAT THREATS,
and PUBLISHED IN WHAT VENUE?
You do not need to react like a fool: I am asking for specific data, a transcript, a link to their published threats, etc... NOT arguing against your position that they are a pack of Statist buffoons.
Calm down, read what is written, and answer the actual question I posed - not what your reflexes tell you to read INTO it.
and, as a side-note, please explain what this has to do with the article at the head of this thread.
Take up arms? Who do you plan on aiming at?