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American pastors who traveled to Hong Kong to support the months-long pro-democracy demonstrations say they faced tear gas and water cannons as they stood in solidarity with student demonstrators during one of the most dynamic five-day stretches of the protests. Rev. Bill Devlin of the Infinity Bible Church in New York City and Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition were in Hong Kong from Nov. 13 until Nov. 18. They were present as police besieged Hong Kong Polytechnic University where students barricaded themselves in and clashed with riot police. Devlin and Mahoney say they spent time between PolyU...

Friday August 13, 2010 D.C. Admits Planned Parenthood 'Private Property' Sign was False By James Tillman WASHINGTON, August 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- Washington city officials have admitted that the sidewalk outside of a Planned Parenthood abortuary is in fact public property, not private property as Planned Parenthood had claimed.  The city has therefore retreated from its threat to arrest as a trespasser anyone who prays on the sidewalk. “Now that Planned Parenthood’s lie has been exposed, it is time for the City to demand that the signs that falsely claim the public land as private property be removed,” said...

Prominent conservatives tell HUMAN EVENTS they are troubled by the revelation that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts worked on behalf of Playboy Entertainment Group--the second time in one week information has come to light that Roberts helped a liberal cause. Last Thursday conservatives were hit with the news that Roberts, while a partner at Hogan & Hartson, did pro bono work for gay-rights advocates in the case Romer v. Evans, which challenged a Colorado voter-approved initiative on sexual orientation. Yesterday, HUMAN EVENTS documented Roberts’ similar involvement in a case involving Playboy and its challenge of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,...

Pro-Life Leaders Seek Face to Face Meeting with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to Begin Dialogue about Abortion and Abstinence Tue Feb 8,10:12 AM ET To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor Contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, 202-547-1735 or 540-538-4741 (cell) News Advisory: The Christian Defense Coalition will hold a news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 11 a.m., outside of the Russell Office Building on the corner of Constitution and 1st St. NE. The group will then go to Sen. Clinton's office to schedule a meeting and present the senator with a letter discussing reasons why a...

FORT WORTH, Texas - (KRT) - Secret Service agents protecting President Bush along the inaugural parade route Jan. 20 will be on the lookout not only for guns and explosives but also for coffins and crosses. The ban on crosses is drawing criticism from the director of the Christian Defense Coalition, which has carried large wooden crosses in pro-life demonstrations. "It is blatantly unconstitutional," the Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney said Monday. "For them to say that a cross could be used as a weapon is even more offensive than just listing the cross itself as a prohibited item." Mahoney's group,...

Crosses will be banned from this month's inaugural parade in Washington, D.C. The Jan. 20 presidential inauguration is causing controversy—and religion is at the heart of the strife. Not only is the phrase "under God" in the president's oath under attack from an atheist who has filed suit to stop any prayers from being said during the ceremony, now crosses have been banned from the inaugural parade. Critics are calling it religious discrimination and censorship. The Rev. Patrick Mahoney and the Christian Defense Coalition were granted a permit to hold a prayer vigil and demonstration during the parade down Pennsylvania...

President Bush's 2001 inauguration parade ( A Christian group is accusing the U.S. Secret Service of religious discrimination and censorship for issuing a memo that bans Christian crosses from the presidential inauguration parade later this month. Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Christian Defense Coalition, contends the Secret Service has "trampled the First Amendment and crushed religious freedom in the public square." "Simply put, it is religious bigotry and censorship," he said. "It is even more troubling when one realizes that it is only Christian symbols that have been excluded from the inauguration parade." Tom Mazur, spokesman...

Christian Defense Coalition Objects to Secret Service Prohibition of Public Display of Crosses at Inauguration Parade on January 20 The Secret Service prohibits the public display of crosses at the Presidential Inauguration Parade on January 20th. The Secret Service issued this prohibition in a December 17th, 2004 letter sent to the National Park Service and included it in an approved demonstration permit application sent to the Christian Defense Coalition on December 23rd. (To see the letter go to http://www.earnedmedia.org/permit.htm) The Christian Defense Coalition was granted a permit to hold a prayer vigil and demonstration at the Inauguration Parade. The group...

Oct 15 /Operation Rescue, along with a coalition of pro-life groups, will gather at City Halls, rallies, and demonstrations across the critical swing states of Pennsylvania and Ohio beginning Sunday, October 17, to affirm a Culture of Life and expose Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry's stand in favor of abortion and the Culture of Death. The Rev. Pat Mahoney from VA, Chris Slattery from NY, and singer David Vogel, of OH will speak at these events. The pro-life entourage, known as the Prayer for Life Tour 2004, will be on the road in these two states from now until Election...

Even before any of the Democratic hopefuls visiting his church service could utter a word, the Rev. Robert Dye, pastor of St. Paul AME Church in Canton, made it clear that no “stump” speeches would be allowed and that the church was politically neutral. Dye told the group that while they were more than welcome to visit, “Sunday mornings are for worship.” When it comes to politics, what can a clergyman say from the pulpit without getting into trouble with the IRS? The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition in Washington, D.C., is seeking a clarification on...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- The head of a national Christian ministry group has sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service asking whether it is legal for churches to pray for the reelection of President George W. Bush during its services. The Christian Defense Coalition, led by its director Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, asked the Virginia Beach-based American Center For Law And Justice to draft a letter to the IRS asking whether their upcoming two-week prayer tour across cities in the key battleground states of Pennsylvania and Ohio would be in violation of their 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. The letter...

Pro-life Activists to File Federal Lawsuit against Secret Service at Democratic Convention in Boston7/23/2004 12:24:00 PM To: City and Assignment Desks, Daybook Editor Contact: Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, 202-547-1735 or 202-538-4741 News Advisory: Pro-life activists will file a federal lawsuit against the Secret Service at the Democratic Convention in Boston. This lawsuit comes after the Secret Service informed the Christian Defense Coalition they would not be allowed to hold a prayer vigil on Sunday evening, July 25, at Sen. Kerry's house. The group had been granted a permit by the City of Boston for the vigil....

A campaign is underway to have God represented on the new World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. "In this beautiful memorial ... there is not one reference to God, not one reference to prayer, not one reference to faith, not one reference to religion," Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition said this week in launching the national effort. "I do not think that we are stretching history to say that one of the critical factors in winning the war against Germany and Japan was the collective faith of our people and our leaders," Mahoney said. The American...

Coalition of Pro-life Activists Announce Preliminary Schedule for Demonstrations, Protests at Democratic National Convention in Boston7/16/2004 11:33:00 AM To: City and Assignment Desks, Daybook Editor Contact: Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, 202-547-1735 or 540-538-4741 (cell) News Advisory: Events are being organized by the Christian Defense Coalition and Operation Rescue Boston, which filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Boston for unconstitutional restrictions in the permitting process for demonstrations. WHEN: Saturday, July 24 8 - 10 a.m. Prayer vigil and demonstration at Planned Parenthood. 1065 Commonwealth Ave. Allston. 12 p.m. Meet at State House and walk to...

On Sunday, October 5, 2003, I walked a block from my hotel in Washington, D.C. to St. Matthew’s Cathedral on Rhode Island Avenue. A 10 a.m. service was scheduled at the church, where the Red Mass would be celebrated—a service held prior to the beginning of a new session of the U.S. Supreme Court and which the Supreme Court justices normally attend. I was walking with two ladies with whom I had been travelling on the Spirit of Montgomery Save the Commandments caravan from Montgomery, Alabama to Washington, D.C. When we approached the block where St. Matthew’s is located, we...

Ten Commandments Judge: 'If I Go to Jail, I Go to Jail'Rally in Support of Judge Roy Moore Slated for August 16thBy Bill Fancher and Jody BrownAugust 8, 2003 (AgapePress) - The battle over the Ten Commandments monument in the Alabama Supreme Court building is heating up following a federal judge's order to remove the tribute to the Decalogue by August 20. Christians are being asked to take a stand a few days before that deadline in support of the public display of the Commandments.Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says he will announce next week how he will respond...

CNSNews.com) - Two ardent defenders of the Ten Commandments display at the Alabama Supreme Court are growing increasingly worried that the monument's days are numbered with a federal judge's decision expected as early as Tuesday controlling its fate. The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, and the Rev. Rob Schenck, president of the National Clergy Council, headed to Montgomery, Ala., where they laid the groundwork Monday to defend the monument. "The eyes of the nation are on Montgomery," Mahoney said. "We are going to see a very strong, massive response should these Commandments be ordered removed from...