Posted on 03/29/2008 4:37:11 PM PDT by SkyPilot
"Hate crimes" laws were defeated in Congress just a few months ago. Just a few weeks ago, Frank Wright of the National Religious Broadcasters Association warned, "We must be one in Christ to face the days ahead" because "hate crimes" laws would create untold new liability for Christians.
Now a major Christian ministry has confirmed that such "hate crimes" laws already are setting limits on what it can broadcast.
The issue is "hate crimes" laws in Canada, and they are affecting U.S. Christian ministries that broadcast into that nation.
WND reported just a week ago on a Christian ministry based in Canada that essentially was ordered shut down under that nation's "hate crimes" laws which prevent Christians from expressing Biblical opinions on a wide range of issues.
So what used to be called MacGregor Ministries with offerings in how to recognize and eliminate "faulty fads" in Christian churches has been re-created in the United States, and now operates under the name MM Outreach Media Ministries, according to spokeswoman Lorri MacGregor.
"Canada has very strong hate laws," she told WND.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
I’ve lost much trust in Dobson over the past few years, as his organization has embraced too much false teaching.
Regarding Canada; I read recently of a Christian ministry up there that surrendered its charitable tax status rather than stop proclaiming Truth.
In the good-ol US of A, the time is coming when churches will have to choose between Truth and 503(c) status.
It illustrates the fact that "1984" is already in the past.
They really think they've hit upon a great method of silencing the pulpit. Can you imagine what God has in store for them?
Some survivors of the Jewish holocaust sp? are noting to some friends of mine . . .
that here in this country . . .
they are suffering deja vu . . . all over again.
If you listen to right-wing talk radio as much as I do, you will realize that we are already silenced. They NEVER mention the homosexual agenda, even when there are blaring examples in the MSM.
those who don’t learn from history... etc. etc.
I hear ya you guys. yes the churches are going to have to give up 501c3 soon.
I’m thinking this will hit the megachurches pretty hard... won’t it?
Haven’t we seen over the years various groups here on FR lobbying for the elimination of what they call hate posting? The recent row when Romney was a viable candidate comes to mind, though it is not the only example. It makes me wonder if these various groups realize what path they are wandering down. And, it makes me wonder if they realize that they are working the “leftist” agenda.
And, this is why I take a very free position on such things.
Amen. Generally, we’re most vulnerable not to things we know, but to things we don’t know.
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