Posted on 11/01/2004 6:04:25 AM PST by EternalVigilance
Yesterday morning, Alan Keyes spoke in one of the largest black churches on the South Side. Thousands stood to their feet and cheered as he came in. They love him. If the rest of the pastors of the other churches do their job, there may be some folks who are a bit surprised in Illinois tomorrow night.
I will pay anybody $50 to read that entire speech.
Ping...
I not only read it, I heard it in person.
Just send the check to FR.
[laughter]
That seems like strange behavior for Republicans.
But why would it do the most harm? Because I'm saying something against them? No. They'll do the most harm because the Democrat leadership has betrayed the faith and values of its most loyal supporters. That's why--I didn't cause that problem. I didn't. There are people who have voted loyally for the Democrats, and their fathers and mothers voted loyally for the Democrats. They have turned out at the polls, and every time they shut their eyes and just voted that "D." They didn't care what else was going on. They were loyal to the point of slavishness. And yet, they were the same people who would with loyalty and with faith, they would stand in their churches, they would pledge allegiance to God. They would walk faithfully in the lives of their families and in their workplace.
And then what have we seen? Did the Democrats show respect for that faith? Did they show respect for the faithful hearts that cherish the life of innocent children in the womb? Did they show respect for the faithful hearts that will stand by God's plan for the family, no matter what, because those are the words of the scriptures? No, they did not.
Instead, they have gone down a road of policy that day after day, more and more has declared war upon the values of faith, declared war upon the truths of our scripture, declared war even upon our right to call sin, sin--not as we, but as God Almighty see it.
I can understand why it is that some of the leaders on the Democrat side would be unhappy: "Alan Keyes is coming in here, he's going to talk about how we're going to stop traditional marriage. Stop him! He's coming in here, talking about how abortion is going to wipe out the black community. Stop him!"
I can understand why Democrats want me to stop talking about those things. Somebody will have to explain to me--maybe one of you all know--why are there some Republican leaders who want me to stop talking about it?
See, I don't know where that comes from. Do you all? But I know this: I think some folks in this state have begun to notice that I wear a Republican label proudly, but my heart belongs to God!
I don't care which powers that be, in the Democrat or the Republican Party, are offended by it. I will stand with all my heart for the things that God requires me to say and to do and to believe and to practice, no matter what.
The real question for me is whether Keyes will break 30%.
I've got a question:
Does this church he spoke at ahve tax-exempt status with the IRS?
And if so, why?
The real question for me is 'will the people of Illinois, who have heard straight talk, the truth about self-government, without equivocation, now do something with it'.
That may be a speech that is a bit hard to read, but appears to have been really fun to listen to!
There is nothing that prevents a church from hosting a candidate and letting them speak to the congregation. However, the minister or church leadership cannot specifically endorse a candidate or tell the congregation who they should vote for. There was nothing improper in this Keyes speech.
Send my payment to FR.
It wasn't a church service. It was a campaign event. The hall was rented.
But who cares anyway.
It's time we moved beyond the dangerous notion of thinking that the IRS or any other government agency has any right at all to decide what we do or say in our churches.
Wow. You're up to a hundred bucks. This could get expensive...
Will you donate $50 to Free Republic? If so, I'll give it a go and get back to you shortly....AK is a long shot but sometimes the longshots win.
Go Keyes!!!
Yeah, sometimes the voice inflections, the body language, and the humor are hard to pick up in a transcript. But Alan was really great!
Hey, after this is done, Jim may not need to do a quarterly fundraiser! ;-)
I will - Tomorrow.
You da man...
I want the cash upfront
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