AFA Action Alert warning...
Jun. 14th, 2007 01:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrI post the below "warning" so you can take such steps as you feel necessary to keep these bigots from getting their way...
Donald E. Wildmon
Founder and Chairman
*June 14, 2007*
*Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people
as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and
friends.*
A bill in Congress makes it a crime for pastors and churches to speak
against homosexuality
*Message to pastors and other Christians: Just keep your mouth shut*
Dear Leonard,
If pastors and other Christians don’t aggressively oppose a bill now
in Congress, in the near future they will be subject to huge fines and
prison terms if they say anything negative about homosexuality.
*The proposed law would make it a crime to preach on Romans Chapter 1
or I Corinthians Chapter 6. Or even to discuss them in a Sunday School
class.* If churches and individuals want to keep the government from
telling them what they can and cannot preach and teach about
homosexuality, they better get involved now!
House bill H.R. 1592
<http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/bills/?bill=9668611> and Senate
bill S. 1105 <http://www.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/bills/?bill=9642666>
would make negative statements concerning homosexuality, *such as
calling the practice of homosexuality a sin from the pulpit, a “hate
crime” punishable by law*. This dangerous legislation would take away
your freedom of speech and your freedom of religion. Consider what has
already happened:
- A California lawsuit which is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court *would
make the use of the words “natural family,” “marriage”* and *“union of
a man and a woman” *a* “hate speech”* crime in government workplaces.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled in favor of
the plaintiffs!
- CNN and The Washington Post both reported that *General Peter Pace,
former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired because he
publicly expressed moral opposition to homosexual behavior.*
For the Alliance Defense Fund’s summary of this bill, click here
<http://www.afa.net/pdfs/hatecrimespreventionact2007.pdf>.
Take Action
*We are looking for one million Americans willing to take a stand and
not allow a small group of homosexual activists to take away our
freedoms.* Can we count on you? *Click on the link below to sign our
Petition to Congress in Defense of Religious Freedom.*
*Please forward this to others, especially your pastor, and ask them
to get involved in protecting our freedoms of speech and religion.
This threat to our religious freedoms is real!*
Sign the Petition to Congress Today
<https://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/signpetition.asp?id=1680>
If you think our efforts are worthy, would you please support us
<http://www.afa.net/donate.asp> with a small gift?* Thank you for
caring enough to get involved.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association <http://www.afa.net>
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Donald E. Wildmon
Founder and Chairman
*June 14, 2007*
*Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people
as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and
friends.*
A bill in Congress makes it a crime for pastors and churches to speak
against homosexuality
*Message to pastors and other Christians: Just keep your mouth shut*
Dear Leonard,
If pastors and other Christians don’t aggressively oppose a bill now
in Congress, in the near future they will be subject to huge fines and
prison terms if they say anything negative about homosexuality.
*The proposed law would make it a crime to preach on Romans Chapter 1
or I Corinthians Chapter 6. Or even to discuss them in a Sunday School
class.* If churches and individuals want to keep the government from
telling them what they can and cannot preach and teach about
homosexuality, they better get involved now!
House bill H.R. 1592
<http://www3.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/bills/?bill=9668611> and Senate
bill S. 1105 <http://www.capwiz.com/afanet/issues/bills/?bill=9642666>
would make negative statements concerning homosexuality, *such as
calling the practice of homosexuality a sin from the pulpit, a “hate
crime” punishable by law*. This dangerous legislation would take away
your freedom of speech and your freedom of religion. Consider what has
already happened:
- A California lawsuit which is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court *would
make the use of the words “natural family,” “marriage”* and *“union of
a man and a woman” *a* “hate speech”* crime in government workplaces.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled in favor of
the plaintiffs!
- CNN and The Washington Post both reported that *General Peter Pace,
former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was fired because he
publicly expressed moral opposition to homosexual behavior.*
For the Alliance Defense Fund’s summary of this bill, click here
<http://www.afa.net/pdfs/hatecrimespreventionact2007.pdf>.
Take Action
*We are looking for one million Americans willing to take a stand and
not allow a small group of homosexual activists to take away our
freedoms.* Can we count on you? *Click on the link below to sign our
Petition to Congress in Defense of Religious Freedom.*
*Please forward this to others, especially your pastor, and ask them
to get involved in protecting our freedoms of speech and religion.
This threat to our religious freedoms is real!*
Sign the Petition to Congress Today
<https://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/signpetition.asp?id=1680>
If you think our efforts are worthy, would you please support us
<http://www.afa.net/donate.asp> with a small gift?* Thank you for
caring enough to get involved.
Sincerely,
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association <http://www.afa.net>
P.S. Please forward this e-mail message to your family and friends!
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