DOJ ‘actively’ working to see DOMA overturned
In Febuary, 2011 I wrote an article entitled, “A Breath-taking Violation of their Consitutional Duties.” I expressed my outrage that the President of the United States and his Attorney General would “cherry-pick” the laws they believed were worthy or unworthy of enforcement, depite the fact that each took an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” DOMA was one of those laws they deemed unworthy of enforcement.
In early 2011, the President said that his administraion would no longer defend DOMA. Now President Obama and General Attorney Eric Holder are actually working to overturn DOMA. Read about it in the following Baptist Press article … Continue reading
At the April 10 Executive Board Meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention, the Christian Life Commission presented its Distinguished Service Award to four Missouri Legislators: Senator Scott Rupp, Senator Bill Stouffer, Representative Stanley Cox and Representative Doug Funderburk. The legislators were insturmental in passing two bills of religious liberty importance to local churches in our state. David Krueger, CLC chairman (left) and Dr. John Yeats (right) presented the legislators plaques of appreciation. The MBC Executive Board gave the legislators a standing ovation.
The shape of things to come
The following article is a must read. It is written by Todd Starnes.
Proposed Law Would Force Churches to Host Gay Weddings
Religious liberty groups are blasting a proposed ordinance that would force churches in Hutchinson, Kan. to rent their facilities for gay weddings and gay parties.
The Hutchinson City Council will consider adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the protected classes in the city’s human relations code. They are expected to vote on the changes next month.
According to the Hutchinson Human Relations Commission, churches that rent out their buildings to the general public would not be allowed to discriminate “against a gay couple who want to rent the building for a party.”
Meryl Dye, a spokesperson for the Human Relations Commission confirmed to Fox News that churches would be subjected to portions of the proposed law. Continue reading
Christian Life Commission on YouTube
The CLC YouTube site is up and running! Now watch important videos, including videos from the Worldview Conference on March 29th at Memorial Baptist Church in Jefferson City, MO.
YouTube Up & Running!
http://www.youtube.com/user/MoBapCLC?feature=mhee
Be Faithful to Your Mate
A man, called his doctor’s office and virtually demanded that he get an appointment for that very day. The receptionist could tell from his voice that he was highly agitated and so she squeezed the man in.
A few hours later the man dashed into the doctor’s office still in a very nervous condition and explained to the doctor that he had been anxious all day long.
The doctor, in his best professional manner, asked if anything had happened to shock or upset his nerves. “No,” the man answered, “unless it was a letter I received this morning.” He showed the doctor a letter which read in part, “If you don’t stop running around with my wife, I’m going to blow your head off.”
The doctor answered, “Well, that’s a comparatively simple matter. Why don’t you just stop it?”
The patient’s face fell as he said, “But, Doctor, the fool forgot to sign his name!”
We can laugh at such an illustration. What we cannot laugh at is the fact that adultery is a serious and growing problem in America these days. Continue reading
The Truth “We” Knew all Along
A must read article by Alan Sears entitled First Abortion Pills For All, Now Surgical Abortions, Too?
… the Obama administration has now made it clear that the individual mandate in ObamaCare will contain a charge—an “abortion premium mandate”—to forcibly collect monies from millions of Americans who participate in state-administered “insurance exchanges” to pay for elective abortions. And nothing in the final rule that the Department of Health and Human Services issued March 12 concerning the establishment of exchanges required by ObamaCare alters that in the least.
Alan Sears, a former federal prosecutor in the Reagan Administration, is president and CEO of the Alliance Defense Fund, a legal alliance employing a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.
Life is Sacred
Of all the Commandments we have looked at so far, the 6th Commandment is probably the first one that you may think has little real relevance to your life. After all, how many times have you actually plotted someone’s demise—other than in wishful fantasies—let alone actually done somebody in? The good news about America’s murder rate is that, after spiking in the early 1990’s, it has continually declined. Even so, there are about 16,000 murders in the United States each year. And like the very first murder recorded in the Bible, in the majority of cases, the victim and the perpetrator knew each other. We have the story in Genesis 4:3-9
When God gives Cain the opportunity to confess and repent of Abel’s murder, he responds, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:9). The answer to that question is Yes! According to the Bible, human life is sacred; its wanton destruction is seen as a crime against God. To that end He commands: “Thou shalt not kill.” Continue reading
A Return to Pagan Depravity
In ancient Greece, the practice of exposing unwanted or physically deformed children to the elements was nothing unusual. Exposure was much more common among the Spartans, consistent with their disdain for flawed, weak physiques. Plutarch (46-120 A.D.) reported that Spartan fathers were required to have infant males inspected in order to receive the state’s clean bill of health before receiving permission to keep their babies.
Among the Romans an infant could be abandoned without penalty or social stigma for many reasons, including an abnormal appearance, being an illegitimate child or grandchild or a child of infidelity, family poverty, parental conflict or being one of too many children. Sometimes there were given to friends, but more often than not they were abandoned to the elements, and death resulted from hypoglycemia and hypothermia. Sometimes the infant was devoured by the dogs that scavenged public places. Continue reading
A Monstrous Assault upon American’s Religious Liberty
It is an unprecedented usurpation of 1st Amendment rights. In the name of “increased access” for reproductive services for women, the Obama administration has decided to shred to U.S. Bill of Rights. Remember that document? It’s the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution. The very first clause reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof … “ What part of that clause does the President’s administration not understand?
On January 20th Health and Human Services director Kathleen Sebelius announced the Obama administration’s decision that it will require most health insurance plans to cover preventive services for women including recommended contraceptive services without charging a co-pay, co-insurance or a deductible. This mandate would require all employers, including religiously affiliated colleges and hospitals that receive federal funds, to provide female employees the full breadth of preventative health care coverage, including birth control, abortifacients (the “morning-after pill”) and sterilization services. This government mandate demands that religious institutions provide such services to women employees even if doing so clearly violates the religious beliefs of the institution. Continue reading
Missouri Takes Lead in Defending Religious Liberty
RALLY FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
On Tuesday, March 27, St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson and Dr. John L. Yeats, executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention, will join other prominent religious leaders from around the state at a Rally for Religious Liberty at the rotunda of the Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.
The Missouri Catholic Conference (MCC), Missouri Baptist Convention and Missouri Right to Life are all working together to promote this rally. They will be inviting other religious organizations to participate. Continue reading
