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The Coming Assault on Religious Freedom
American Spectator ^ | January 2, 2020 | George Neumayr

Posted on 01/03/2021 9:53:20 AM PST by ebb tide

The Coming Assault on Religious Freedom

Modern-day Thomas Beckets are needed to stop it.

Joe Biden’s view of religious freedom is exceedingly narrow. Where religious freedom conflicts with the goals of liberalism, he supports suppressing it. He has promised Planned Parenthood that he will resume the Obama-era harassment of the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious groups if they don’t conform to his mandates. During the campaign, he opposed “broad exemptions” for those who resist his view of LGBTQ rights.

One of Biden’s transition officials is Chai Feldblum, who has spoken openly of her opposition to religious freedom. She has written, “Protecting one group’s identity may, at times, require that we burden others’ belief liberty.”

Under Biden, secularists in the mold of Feldblum will enjoy influential positions across the federal government. We can also expect his judicial appointments to share his cramped view of the First Amendment. Obama famously stacked the courts with ACLU-style judges, which is a preview of the kind of judges Biden will select. One of those judges was Michael Urbanski, who once proposed that the Ten Commandments be reduced in public settings to the Six Commandments, omitting the ones that mention God.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aclumia; antichristian; atheismandstate; biden; civilrights; courts; feminazis; godlesscommunists; homofascists; islamicimperialism; jivebiden; joebiden; persecution

1 posted on 01/03/2021 9:53:20 AM PST by ebb tide
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2 posted on 01/03/2021 9:53:50 AM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

I honestly think the end result of all this is that many “religious” organizations will disappear, and those that remain will be REAL ones.


3 posted on 01/03/2021 9:58:49 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: ebb tide

How about a modern day Roger Williams, or modern day William Brewster? Or modern day Peter Muhlenberg or Samuel Adams?

Far too often America’s heroes are overlooked. No wonder we can’t defend America, we don’t even know our own history. But we sure know Europe’s!


4 posted on 01/03/2021 10:12:43 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica (Public meetings are superior to newspapers)
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To: Alberta's Child

“I honestly think the end result of all this is that many “religious” organizations will disappear, and those that remain will be REAL ones.”

I think they will keep the name, but further water down the message. The balance between love and obedience will shift further toward “love” and obedience will only be discussed for items currently acceptable to the culture.


5 posted on 01/03/2021 10:14:07 AM PST by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: ebb tide

Any Christian who is surprised by this has not read the Bible. We Christian will be hated just as our Lord Jesus was. However, there is good news. A revival is foretold to ensure every person on Earth hears the word of God and will be afforded on LAST opportunity to accept Jesus. Those who rebuff him will forever be tormented in the lake of fire. Don’t be one of them.


6 posted on 01/03/2021 10:16:45 AM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Alberta's Child

They can close churches and shut down religious organizations but they will never be able to affect my personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.


7 posted on 01/03/2021 10:19:23 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: TonyM
However, there is good news. A revival is foretold to ensure every person on Earth hears the word of God and will be afforded on LAST opportunity to accept Jesus

The bad news is that many worldwide will come to faith during the Tribulation and only after the Rapture of the church. There will be many who come to faith, but it will probably cost them their lives.

8 posted on 01/03/2021 10:26:07 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Alberta's Child
I honestly think the end result of all this is that many “religious” organizations will disappear, and those that remain will be REAL ones.

That would be wonderful (this election has certainly separated some of the sheep from the goats in the churches) but I look around and there are so many unchurched. . .children not in Sunday School and the churches not taking a stand for righteousness. . . going along to get along on social issues,. Parents don't seem to care and most are not informed. When God gives Jesus the high sign to come for His Church, there will be only one religion for those left behind. The anti-Christ's with help from the false prophet. Any believers during that time will be martyred for the cause of Christ .

9 posted on 01/03/2021 10:26:35 AM PST by Maudeen (GOD DOESN'T NEED OUR PRAYERS. WE NEED OUR PRAYERS.)
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To: ebb tide

10 posted on 01/03/2021 10:26:55 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Alberta's Child

I believe the opposite. Real ones will go underground while apostate ones will be allowed to flourish.


11 posted on 01/03/2021 10:36:11 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

The apostate ones will disappear because nobody will bother supporting them anymore. Why support secular charities when the government already taxes you to do the same things they do?


12 posted on 01/03/2021 10:40:04 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: ebb tide

The naive believers who voted Dem “for the little guy” and “to be charitable to the poor among us” and all that nonsense will soon see how America will be the new China or Iran. Any dissent from the godless tyrants will be met with crackdowns. Hard ones.


13 posted on 01/03/2021 10:49:40 AM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: frank ballenger

Crying time is right down the road. It will probably start around June, Frank. By August the tears will be flowing freely. But what can you say. Some people can’t stand prosperity.


14 posted on 01/03/2021 10:59:48 AM PST by sport
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To: ebb tide
I'm starting to see now how America is not mentioned in prophecies of the end times.
The way it is now, the government of the United States won't lift a finger to defend God's people.
Perhaps the church might speak up (or maybe just a few churches, or maybe none).
America may not even exist by then.
15 posted on 01/03/2021 11:12:32 AM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: metmom; All
"They can close churches and shut down religious organizations but they will never be able to affect my personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ."


16 posted on 01/03/2021 11:16:14 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: metmom

The “they” I’m referring to is the churches and religious organizations themselves. The government won’t have to shut them down. They will shut down on their own because they don’t serve any religious purpose anymore.


17 posted on 01/03/2021 11:20:03 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: ZOOKER

The way it is now, the government of the United States won’t lift a finger to defend God’s people.

The way it is now, the government of the United States
doesn’t recognize the unborn as God’s people.


18 posted on 01/03/2021 11:27:17 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: ebb tide

Can Hatred of Christians Lead to Support of Sexual Minorities?
https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2019/03/50399/


19 posted on 01/03/2021 11:32:59 AM PST by tbw2
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