Posted on 07/30/2004 11:41:14 PM PDT by cpforlife.org
U.S. Church Sermons Being 'Monitored' for Anti-Homosexual Views
American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the National Education Association behind harrasment
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2004 (http://www.LifeSiteNews.com) -The head of the Christian Seniors Association (CSA) asked U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate reported harassment of churches in Kansas and Missouri.
CSA Executive Director James Lafferty said a report by the Associated Press and the website of a group calling itself The Mainstream Coalition says it has over 100 members who "monitor" sermons and worship at targeted churches.
Lafferty said he has delivered letters to Attorney General Ashcroft and to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division asking that federal agents be dispatched to Kansas and Missouri to observe the coalition's activities against churches there.
"Churches in those states are being strong-armed and pushed around because of their beliefs," said Lafferty in a press release. "We want those religious citizens to get the protection they are promised in the Constitution. It is time somebody pushed back at the liberal bullies."
"This is harassment, pure and simple," he said. "Churches in Kansas and Missouri which oppose homosexual marriage go to the top of the coalition's target list for some 'monitoring.'"
The Mainstream Coalition calls itself a political watchdog, saying they monitor sermons for evidence of pastors endorsing specific political candidates -- which is against the law according to the Internal Revenue Service. In fact, the Mainstream Coalition's website reveals its leftist agenda of pro-abortion support, homosexual activism, and anti-prayer in schools, among others. Many of the members of the Mainstream Coalition are current or former members of the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the National Education Association.
"They don't want to monitor anything; they are there to intimidate pastors and worshippers." Lafferty said. "Christians shouldn't be forced to surrender any of their rights as citizens including the right to public worship and the right to express sincerely-held religious beliefs."
Visit the Mainstream Coalition web-site: http://www.mainstreamcoalition.com/
They probably believe they're doing "wonderful works". I pity them.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Congress passed McCain-Feingold, abridging Freedom of Speech, they passed the Internal Revenue Code now being used to attack the free exercise of religion clause. Be certain we are under attack. Fight back!
When I was a kid it would have been unheard of for a preacher to preach a sermon on this issue at all. Even the most 'fundy' of fundamentalists would not dream of preaching against sodomy.
Of course they were against it, and it was around somewhere, but why refer to offensive things just to state the obvious? It wasn't a 'fundy' issue, it was obvious.
I dare them to monitor John Hagee. He'll give them a fight they'll be sorry they started.
"This is harassment pure and simple. Churches in Kansas and Missouri which oppose homosexual marriage go to the top of coalition's target list for some monitoring"
"Christians shouldn't be forced to surrender any of their rights as citizens including the right to public worship and the right to express sincerely-held religious beliefs"
In case anybody needs it spelled out for them:
Welcome to American Communism
(brought to you by the DemocRAT party. )
Did you ever think you'd see Christmas banned in our nation? Did you ever think the Ten Commandments would be labeled so "offensive" they'd have to be removed? How about the tiny cross on the seal of LA that represents the Mission history of California?
MY RANT HERE *does contain implied swearing
Here is where this is all headed : ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE LEFT
Wake up America- the writing is on the wall. If some thing isn't done about this now,(while we still can do something about it), we will pay dearly later.
Every time we let them get away with taking another of our freedoms- we fail our nation. We fail those who serve, and those who have died, so that we can be free. We fail our children. Tremendous damage has been done to our country, But, we still have choice. We can vote. Vote every single last democRAT out of office.
THERE IS NO DEMOCRAT PARTY. THERE IS ONLY THE GLOBAL- SOCIALIST PARTY-
(which disguises itself as the demacRAT party.)
Do you need proof of what's happening - what's already happened, to our nation at the hands of the left? Put in the word "banned" in the Search area here on Freerepublic and read everything that comes up. Then do an archive search. Do the searches again with the word "removed". It's quite an eye opener just to look at the titles of the results.
If we take care of this problem at the voting booth now, maybe we can spare future generations from having to reclaim our freedom through bloodshed. There's no doubt the seeds of civil war are being sewn .
Fight the Tyranny of the Minority- Vote a democrat out of office.
A veritable devil's spawn of LiberalNazism.
These are the local "Committees for Defense of the Revolution" if Hillary ever seized power in a another trial lawyer coup, like Gore's failed 2000 shyster coup.
fyi
And yet, Americans don't seem to be able to see or understand this.
Good Lord (and I do mean that)...how long before America is no longer recognizable AT ALL???
This fight is such a SCARY fight...I have to battle very hard against outright hatred...not for the duped people(God help me if I ever begin to hate people, regardless of their believes!!), but for the system they support and for the very evil spirit behind it determined to destroy this last bastion in the world for freedom and Godliness.
You're very welcome.
Be sure and look at the Board, the Advisory Board, and the organizations which they claim to represent
http://www.mainstreamcoalition.com/about-board.html
Includes PTA, NEA, the Council of Jewish Women and of course, Planned Parenthood.
* ACLU
* Boy Scouts
* Johnson County Charter Commission
* Church leadership positions
* Democratic Party
* Girl Scouts
* GOP Club of Johnson County
* Governor's Commission on Education for Parenthood
* Jewish Community Relations Bureau Board
* Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees
* Johnson County Community College Foundation
* Kansas Association of School Boards
* Kansas Action for Children
* League of Women Voters
* Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)
* Midwest Bioethics Center
* Midwest Center for Holocaust Education Board of Directors
* NAACP
* National Council of Jewish Women
* National Education Association
* Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)
* Partnership for Children
* Planned Parenthood
* Shawnee Mission School Advisory Board
* Truman Medical Center Board of Directors
* United Community Services (UCS)
* United Way
* Women's Political Caucus
"Beware of the savage roar of 1984." David Bowie.
Here it comes in America, now the people will find out just who the "Nazi's" are.
Hitler's Nazi party name was "The National Socialist Party"
I guess now we get to see who stands for the truth!
Check this out....
Wonder if Winchester has any new faces.
Semper Fi
How true. A house of worship is not a public accommodation.
#11..I hope your perception is mistaken too.
But here's the thing, Free Excercise Clause jurisprudence has been a sweeping success for those who believe that freedom to worship is only freedom to believe, i.e. you can think it but ya better not take action. Now hopefully, Free Speech coupled with Free Exercise will trump this nonsense, but so far actions (polygomy), have not been upheld by the Supreme Court when it comes to religion. Of course polygomy may be the wave of the future if homosexual marriage is legalized...and it will be. There is no real reason not to legalize homosexual marriage anymore. Once marriage was divorced from the procreative act, the writing was on the wall.
I'm glad you do. My pastor and the other priests who help out at our parish also preach that homosexuality is a sin but most Catholic priests and Protestant pastors I have heard don't. In fact they don't preach much about sin at all. They preach about love and acceptance...good things, but they forget to tell their flocks that sin is unacceptable to God. That is not love on their part, it is neglect.
" U.S. Church Sermons Being 'Monitored' for Anti-Homosexual Views "
And who is monitoring the radical militant anti-breeder queer vitriol?
It's like a Nazi policing force. They're oppressing the innocent citizens in their own churches. The Satanic demons on the left should be escorted out by police if they interfere with any sermon, no matter what the issue.
It's obvious they're not there to worship the great I Am, and that's the role of church. If they're not going to behave, ask them to leave, so others can get on with their freedoms.
These are the people who have the nations children.
Support school choice. A child is a terrible thing to waste.
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