Atheists Force 9/11 Sign Down, Kansas Locals Rebel

Since the local post office yielded to the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) last month by removing a "God Bless America" banner placed by postal workers 15 years ago, residents of Pittsburg, Kansas have displayed thousands of such signs throughout town.

“This just infuriates me.  [The removal of the banner] tore my heart out."
-- Ruth Wegner (husband Richard was 20-year postal worker)

“I don’t see what it’s hurting. But I guess we need to be politically correct. It’s just sad.”
-- Mike Lewark, retired postal worker and Vietnam War veteran

“I’ll miss it. It showed the post office was part of America, and God got us to where we’re at. We were proud of it.”
-- Jim Scott, 32-year retired postal worker and former U.S. Marine

For background, read After City Bans 'God Signs' Florida Residents Display MORE

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Ohio School Board Wants Prayer, Ignoring Atheists

Prayer Stays in Florida School, Opposing Atheists



-- From "Post office banner removal sparks reaction in Pittsburg" by The Associated Press 2/1/16

The Pittsburg post office took the banner down Wednesday after hearing complaints about it from the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation. The organization said hanging the banner at the post office violated the principle of separation of church and state.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Post Office [Twana Barber] said the postal service removed the banner because postal policy prohibits the placement of notices on postal property unless they’re official government notices.

The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports that a similar banner appeared at a couple of local businesses by Thursday, and a local sign company says requests for more signs have been pouring in.

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From "Pittsburg residents unhappy with removal of 'God Bless America' banner" by Andra Bryan Stefanoni and Sarah Okeson, Joplin Missouri Globe 1/27/16

Postal workers [about 60] paid for the 12-foot-long vinyl banner after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that took down the Twin Towers and killed 2,996 people in New York, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.

Ed Hinde watched as employees took out the eight screws holding the red, white and blue banner to the southeast corner of the post office at Seventh and Locust streets. They rolled up the banner because it was brittle after more than a decade outside.

“After the Sept. 11 attacks, a group of employees came to me and said, ‘Let’s do something’,” recalled Hinde, who served as postmaster from 1987 to 2003. “The employees paid for half of it, and I paid for half of it.”

About a dozen people, including retired letter carriers, members of the American Legion and other Pittsburg residents, watched in silence.

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From "Blessings — More than 1,000 'God Bless America' signs given away as backlash grows" by Michael Stavola, Pittsburg Morning Sun 2/1/16

. . . Jake's Fireworks responded by printing 1,200 "God Bless America" yard signs and 300 similar banners. The company began handing out signs at 11 a.m. and by 11:45 a.m., the signs were gone.

Cars stretched over two blocks. Drivers were eventually met with rows of American flags and a digital sign saying "God Bless America" as they pulled into the company’s driveway at east industrial park, where Marietta and other employees directed traffic and greeted the drivers.

The company had a crew work overnight printing signs, [retail sales director Jason Marietta] said. Marietta knew the demand would be high after a Facebook post was shared 1,500 times. He just didn’t imagine it would be this big.

It took roughly 45 minutes for community members to clear out 1,500 signs, but employees continued to take down contact information to distribute additional signs and banners as they are printed.

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From "Banner Backlash — 'God Bless America' banners proliferate following removal of original from post office" by Sarah Gooding, Pittsburg Morning Sun 1/28/16

Thursday morning, a very similar banner appeared on the fence next to local business Jayhawk Signs and Graphics, another at CDL Electric Company and social media marketing by Jake’s Fireworks promised more to come.

“We hung the banner in support of our troops and to commemorate the 9/11 attacks on America,” said Shea McLaughlin, with CDL Electric. “That banner has nothing to do with religious values or political correctness. It has everything to do with freedom of speech and the foundation that this country was built on.”

McLaughlin said that foundation is the God-given right to be free, along with free speech.

“Sometimes you have to stand up for what’s right,” McLaughlin continued. “In the day and age of political correctness someone has to be a leader and stand up for what they believe in.”

. . . Area residents also showed up at the post office with sandwich boards and flags, earning cheers of support from passers-by.

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Also read 'God Bless Planned Parenthood,' Says President Obama

And read Supreme Court Justice Scalia Says Government Should Favor God of the Bible

Wichita State Chapel Muslim Conversion = Uprising

The Wichita State University administration is backtracking as a result of public reaction to recent renovations of the Harvey D. Grace Memorial Chapel that removed the Christian cross, altar and pews in favor of a more mosque-like atmosphere complete with Muslim prayer rugs.  The university is also being pressured by naïve students and other liberals for more "inclusive" construction projects including additions of Islamic-compliant restrooms, showers, etc.

"This is Islamophobia [that's] coming from off-campus, not from the students here."
-- Joseph Shepard, Wichita State Univ. student body president

For background, read about overt indoctrination of Islam in public schools across America.

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Former Christian University Announces Muslim Prayers

Texas Sharia Tribunal Judge Gives Muslim Prayer at Rodeo

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Lawmakers Counter Islamic Teaching in Tennessee Schools

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Allah Worshiped in Virginia Methodist Church

Also read about atheist and humanist "chaplains" hired at more American universities and colleges.





-- From "Wichita State criticized for changing chapel for Muslims" by The Associated Press 10/7/15

The [donor] family that made the chapel possible in 1964 specified that it remain open to all creeds and races. But dozens of Wichita residents learned about the renovation after Wichita State alumna Ann Cusick posted the changes to her Facebook page Friday and said taking out the pews marginalized Christians.

After that, university donors, alumni and others began posting comments and contacting university administrators.

Wichita State President John Bardo said Tuesday in a statement on the university's Facebook page that the school will consider changing the chapel's furnishings once again.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "News of Wichita State chapel renovation to help Muslims sparks backlash" by Roy Wenzl, The Wichita Eagle 10/6/15

[WSU’s vice president for student affairs, Eric] Sexton vowed on Tuesday to spend “whatever time it takes” to talk to students, donors, alums and the Wichita community.

[Alumna Ann] Cusick posted about the chapel renovation as soon as she learned of it, on Friday, six months after it was settled. She included a photo from inside the chapel, showing the absence of pews. “The Muslims are ecstatic” about the renovation, she wrote in the post. “Sumpin’ NOT right here.”

By Monday, donors, alums and others were contacting WSU administrators, including Sexton, who serves a dual role as both student affairs vice president and executive athletic director.

. . . There was a more recent story in the campus paper reporting that hundreds of Muslim students had signed a petition asking WSU to install bidet shower heads in WSU restroom and showers. A hand-held bidet is used among Muslims as part of cleansing habits.

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From "Minority Muslim students take over Christian chapel in Kansas university" by Hazel Torres, Christian Today 10/9/15

Right in the American Heartland, in the state of Kansas, a minority group of Muslim students have succeeded in taking over what used to be the Christian chapel of their university to the dismay of the school's majority Christian population.

But the Muslims now in control of the facility are dismissing the Christian outrage, calling it "Islamophobia," or prejudice against Muslims.

The Muslim students have also apparently taken over the university's student body and publication, the Wichita Eagle. Student body president Joseph Shepard told the Wichita Eagle that the Christian outrage is "coming from off-campus, not from the students here."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Some would prefer that Muslims not use Wichita State chapel" by Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star 10/9/15

It should also be underscored that Christian students who used the chapel also favored taking out the pews to make the space more inviting to Bible study groups and interfaith events. The request came through the student government association.

Why not accommodate Muslims at Wichita State? They number about 1,000 out of the nearly 15,000 in the student body. As The Wichita Eagle also explained, most of the foreign Muslim students pay three times the tuition rate of in-state students.

Obviously, alumni of any university or college have an important role to play. They have a vested interest in the stability of their alma mater. But alumni who are good stewards understand that they shouldn’t meddle by imposing their prejudices.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

From "Heartland fury as university renovates chapel to accommodate Muslims" by Todd Starnes, FoxNews.com 10/8/15

. . . what happened at Wichita State wasn’t so much a renovation as it was a Christian cleansing. Anything remotely related to the décor of a Christian church was given the heave-ho.

The chapel’s stained glass windows are still intact – for now. But I would not be terribly surprised if they’re boarded up – for the sake of inclusivity.

This is what the Islamic transformation of a nation founded on Judeo-Christian values looks like, folks. The Christian faith is marginalized while the Islamic faith is given accommodation.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

Also read President Obama Praises Islam for Making America What It Is

And read Muslim Beheads Christians in New Jersey per Koran

Kansas Gov. Protects Liberty, Homosexualists Attack

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court blessed the Gay Agenda, Kansas Gov. Brownback issued (executive order) EO-15-05 "Preservation and Protection of Religious Freedom" to shield (only some) Christians from persecution by the state government for refusing to be associated with same-sex "marriages."

“We have a duty to govern and to govern in accordance with the Constitution as it has been determined by the Supreme Court decision.  We also recognize that religious liberty is at the heart of who we are as Kansans and Americans, and should be protected.”
-- Gov. Sam Brownback

For background, read Kansas GOP Governor Rescinds 'Gay Rights' of Democrat Governor and also read Gov. Brownback Promotes Marriage to Reduce Poverty as well as Atheists Condemn Kansas Governor for Acting Christian





From "Kansas Governor Issues Order To Protect Gay Marriage Foes" by Associated Press; Nick Viviani WIBW-TV13 (TOPEKA, KS) 7/7/15

Shortly after the executive order was signed, the ACLU released a statement calling the Governor's unnecessary.

The state and U.S. constitutions protect religious liberties, and Kansas enacted a law in 2013 saying that state and local agencies can't substantially limit someone's exercise of religion without a compelling reason.

But the order says state agencies can't alter contracts with individuals or religious groups, change their tax status or deny them licenses or tax breaks based on their refusal to perform same-sex marriages or provide services for such marriages.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says gay marriage order narrow" by Associated Press 7/10/15

The executive director of the leading gay rights group in Kansas is calling Republican Governor Sam Brownback's recent executive order on same-sex marriage an "unconstitutional power grab."

Tom Witt of Equality Kansas issued a lengthy statement Thursday criticizing the order Brownback issued to protect clergy, churches and religious groups from state sanctions for refusing to participate in same-sex weddings or provide goods, services or accommodations for them.

The order covers religious groups with state contracts to provide social services. Its definition of state government includes "political subdivisions."

Witt said that language applies the order to cities, counties, school districts and other local governments. Witt said Brownback declared himself their "supreme ruler" and is allowing them to refuse to recognize legal same-sex marriages.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Kansas governor: state can’t punish religious groups over same-sex marriage objections" by Sandhya Somashekhar, Washington Post 7/7/15

Gay rights groups immediately condemned the executive order. In a statement, Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, said the order both feeds false rumors that clergy will ultimately be forced to officiate same-sex marriages, and invites hospitals and other religiously affiliated organizations to refuse to recognize gay couples’ marriages.

In announcing the order, Brownback said the order was necessary to defend the rights of religious Kansans in the wake of the Supreme Court decision. “Today’s executive order protects Kansas clergy and religious organizations from being forced to participate in activities that violate their sincerely and deeply held beliefs,” he said in a statement.

The order bars the state from acting against any individual clergy or religious leader who declines to participate in a same-sex ceremony, or any religious group that declines to provide services for or recognize a same-sex marriage if it conflicts with their faith or moral conviction. An example of a prohibited action would be to revoke the tax-exempt status of a religious organization.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Gov. Sam Brownback issues executive order on religious liberty after same-sex marriage ruling" by Bryan Lowry, The Wichita Eagle (Topeka bureau) 7/7/15

Gov. Sam Brownback issued an executive order Tuesday prohibiting state government from taking action against clergy members or religious organizations that deny services to couples based on religious beliefs.

Among other things, the order is intended to protect religious organizations that provide adoption services for the state from having to place children with gay couples if that conflicts with their beliefs.

The order explicitly protects religious organizations that provide “social services or charitable services,” meaning that it extends beyond the wedding ceremony.

The order means “a homeless shelter that received a state contract or grant could refuse family housing to a gay couple with a child, or a foster care agency could refuse to place a child in their custody with the child’s family member just because the family member was in a same-sex relationship – and the state could not require them to treat all families equally,” said Micah Kubic, executive director of the Kansas chapter of the ACLU.

Attorneys said it was difficult to know the full impact of the governor’s order just yet.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Gov. Sam Brownback: Religious liberty under attack in America" by Jonathan Shorman, Topeka Capital Journal 7/9/15

Last week, the Republican governor said he is considering to propose new religious liberty legislation. This week, Brownback offered few specifics on what a potential bill should do, but said he wants issues of religious liberty “fleshed out” and called on lawmakers to hold hearings next year.

“You’ve got this fundamental value, this fundamental right that the Founding Fathers came in search of on religious liberty,” Brownback said. “And during the years when I was in the Congress, in the Senate, this was one of the things I fought for a lot for people overseas, was religious liberty, religious freedom.

“Because it’s one of the basic hallmarks of a society that allows you to develop societally. And now you’re looking at this very fundamental right being attacked in the United States. It was an odd circumstance for me to start fighting for it at home when I’ve been primarily fighting for it overseas.”

Brownback’s suggestion that lawmakers should take up the issue of religious liberty next year has drawn opposition from the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. The organization called further legislation “unnecessary.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Click headlines below to read other recent articles:

Religious Liberty in Homosexualists' Crosshairs

ACLU Sues Christians for Refusing 'Gay Marriage'

Homosexuals Force Closure of Iowa Christian Wedding Chapel

Pastors Face Fines, Jail for Refusing 'Gay Wedding'

Louisiana Supreme Court Slams U.S. Supreme Court on 'Gay Marriage'

U.S. Catholic Bishops vs. U.S. Supreme Court Gay Agenda

Abortionists Stymied by New Oklahoma & Kansas Laws

Whereas abortion advocates routinely challenge virtually every new state law limiting abortion, they appear starkly hesitant to sue to block first-of-a-kind second trimester pro-life laws enacted this month in Kansas and Oklahoma.  Apparently abortionists are reticent to defend, publicly in court, the gruesome D&E procedure wherein the unborn baby dies as he/she is literally torn limb-from-limb.

For background, read Illegal to Rip Babies Limb From Limb in Kansas, New Law

-- From "Oklahoma Governor Signs Measure Banning Abortion Procedure" by The Associated Press 4/13/15

Oklahoma has become the second state to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus.

Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed the legislation Monday after it was overwhelmingly approved by the House and Senate.

The abortion measure prohibits doctors from using forceps, clamps, scissors or similar instruments on a live fetus to remove it from the womb in pieces. Such instruments are used in dilation and evacuation [D&E] procedures performed in the second trimester.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Doctors condemn Oklahoma banning ‘safest’ abortion practice" by Payton Guion in New York, UK Independent 4/14/15

“With this law, Oklahoma has joined Kansas in an alarming trend toward substituting politicians’ agendas for the judgment and expertise of doctors, and then threatening those doctors with criminal charges if they disagree,” Nancy Northup, CEO of the Centre for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement.

Twenty two doctors sent a letter to Steve Brunk, the chairman of the House Federal and State Affairs committee warning the state government about the implications of the law.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Kansas Limits Abortion Method, Opening a New Line of Attack" by Erik Eckholm and Frances Robles, New York Times 4/7/15

In the procedure, the cervix is dilated with medication and the fetus is removed with forceps, often in parts. With a new legal approach intended to highlight what for many are uncomfortable aspects of abortions, groups like National Right to Life hope to expand their efforts.

“The Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act is the first of what we hope will be many state laws banning dismemberment abortions,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “This law has the power to transform the landscape of abortion policy in the United States.”

“The law raises very grave constitutional concerns,” said Janet Crepps, a lawyer with the Center for Reproductive Rights in New York.

It might also be possible, some experts said, for doctors to comply with the law by killing the fetus with an injection of the heart drug digoxin before starting a dilation and evacuation procedure. This is commonly done in very late abortions, after perhaps 18 weeks, but not earlier because, experts say, it seems unnecessary and adds uncertainties to the procedure.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill to Ban Dismemberment Abortions Tearing Babies Limb From Limb" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 4/14/15

[Gov.] Fallin issued a statement Monday afternoon: “HB 1721 is an important pro-life measure that outlaws gruesome mid-term abortions. I am proud to sign a law that will strengthen protections for unborn children in Oklahoma.”

Rep. Pam Peterson, R-Tulsa, and Sen. Josh Brecheen, R-Coalgate, sponsored the bill and thanked Governor Fallin.

Brecheen said: “I am more than pleased with the passage and signature on the bill. In the last 15 years, over 1,500 unborn children in Oklahoma were aborted through the dismemberment procedure.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Oklahoma becomes second state to ban dismemberment abortions" Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews.com 4/14/15

The bill, which takes effect on November 1, passed the state legislature by lopsided majorities, clearing the state House of Representatives 84-2 in February, and the state Senate last week by a 37-4 margin.

D&E abortion accounts for approximately 96 percent of all second trimester abortions, according to the National Abortion Federation – an estimated 100,000 abortions a year.

“So, yes, a dismemberment ban would stop many babies from being aborted,” pro-life newshound Jill Stanek wrote. But she adds that the educational value may be more important yet, since it was during the time that bills banning partial birth abortion were “introduced throughout the states and federally during the 1990s that public opinion began to change on abortion.”

Dr. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist, graphically described D&E abortions on the floor of the House of Representatives in 2012, from removing each part of the body at the joint to finally decapitating the child and extracting the skull and body fragments. “Many times a little face may come out and stare back at you,” he said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Abortion Rates Plunge: Liberals Fume, Call for More Access

But, according to a new Gallup poll, Americans Want Abortion Laws Changed

Now Illegal to Rip Babies Limb From Limb in Kansas

Today, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback may have reduced abortions in the state by 8% as he signed into law the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act that outlaws second trimester abortions using dilation and extraction methods (D&E) that remove the “unborn child one piece at a time.” It's the first such law in the nation.

UPDATE 4/15/15: Abortionists Stymied by Laws Outlawing D&E as Oklahoma Law Passes

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

U.S. Abortion Rate Declines: Only 1 In 5 Babies Killed per Pregnancy

75% of U.S. Abortion Clinics Closed: Jan. 2015 vs. 1991

As Pro-life Laws Sweep America, Liberals Battle Back

Abortion Rates Plunge: Liberals Fume, Call for More Access

Gallup Poll: Americans Want Abortion Laws Changed

Also read Federal Appeals Court OKs Kansas Defunding Planned Parenthood

-- From "Brownback signs bill banning abortion procedure" by Jonathan Shorman, Topeka Capital-Journal 4/7/15

That Brownback would sign the bill had not been in serious doubt. The Republican governor has signed about a dozen anti-abortion measures since assuming office in 2011. The Legislature also passed Senate Bill 95 with robust majorities: the House approved 98-26 and the Senate passed 31-9.

In a news release, the governor’s office acknowledged Brownback had signed the legislation, but did not offer further comment in the statement. The governor did offer a brief comment on social media.

“Proud to sign SB95 protecting life at its most vulnerable stage with bipartisan support from #ksleg,” Brownback posted to Twitter.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Kansas lawmakers pass nation’s 1st ban on abortion procedure" by John Hanna, Associated Press Political Writer 3/25/15

The bill redefines dilation and evacuation as “dismemberment abortion” and outlaws it except when necessary to save a woman’s life or prevent irreversible damage to her physical health. Doctors could not use forceps, clamps, scissors or similar instruments on a fetus to remove it from the womb in pieces.

Kansas already bans most abortions at or after the 22nd week of pregnancy. But other legislators said Wednesday they want to ban abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected. One anti-abortion group, the Kansas Coalition for Life, is pushing a separate bill to ban suction abortions, which account for more than half of pregnancies terminated in Kansas.

Elsewhere, the Oklahoma House has approved a ban on the procedure and its Senate is expected to debate it next week. Similar bills have been introduced in Missouri and South Carolina.

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From "Kansas legislature approves ban on second trimester abortion procedure" by Brittany Felder, Jurist 3/26/15

The procedure, dilation and evacuation, is used in about 8 percent of all abortions conducted in Kansas. The measure was drafted by the National Right to Life Committee, which described the procedure as "brutal."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Kansas abortion bill passes, would break new ground" by Brad Cooper, The Kansas City Star 3/26/15

. . . abortion-rights supporters remain unsure of the impact of the legislation, also under consideration in Missouri and Oklahoma. They could not say whether they would challenge it in court.

“We’ve never seen this language before,” said Elizabeth Nash, senior state issues associate for the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights. “It’s not medical language, so it’s a little bit difficult to figure out what the language would do.”

. . . the U.S. Supreme Court has signaled it might uphold the ban based on previous cases testing prohibitions of so-called partial-birth abortion, a procedure in which a fetus is partially removed intact from the woman’s body before being terminated.

Other methods for performing a second trimester abortion include inducing labor or using a technique where medicine is used to terminate the pregnancy.

In Missouri, [the dismemberment procedure] was used in 629 out of 5,624 abortions during 2012, state figures show.

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From "Kansas Passes Pro-Life Bill to Ban Dismemberment Abortions Tearing Babies Limb From Limb" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 3/25/15

D&E dismemberment abortions are as brutal as the partial-birth abortion method, which is now illegal in the United States and which was upheld in the Supreme Court. But would such an abortion ban be constitutional given the Roe v. Wade decision? National Right to Life points to the high court’s ruling in the partial-birth abortion case as grounds for banning dismemberment abortions too.

In his dissent to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2000 Stenberg v. Carhart decision, Justice Kennedy observed that in D&E dismemberment abortions, “The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would: It bleeds to death as it is torn limb from limb. The fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off.” Justice Kennedy added in the Court’s 2007 opinion, Gonzales v. Carhart, which upheld the ban on partial-birth abortion, that D&E abortions are “laden with the power to devalue human life…”

“When abortion textbooks describe in cold, explicit detail exactly how to kill a human being by ripping off arms and legs piece by piece, civilized members of society have no choice but to stand up and demand a change,” added [National Right to Life Director of State Legislation Mary] Spaulding Balch. “When you think it can’t be uglier, the abortion industry continues to shock with violent methods of abortion.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Kansas Gov. Brownback Promotes Marriage to Reduce Poverty

And read Kansas GOP Governor Rescinds 'Gay Rights' of Democrat Governor

Not surprisingly, Atheists Condemn Kansas Governor for Acting Christian

Kansas GOP Gov. Rescinds 'Gay Rights' of Dem. Gov.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed an executive order last week striking down the 2007 Gay Agenda action of the previous Kansas governor, Democrat Kathleen Sebelius (the ObamaCare queen).  Brownback's order removed the protected status for state workers who labeled themselves based on deviant sexual behavior (i.e.: sexual orientation or gender identity).  A second order affirmed protection of state employees against discrimination based on race, religion, gender, age or national origin.

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

New Law Against 'Gay Rights' Ordinances in Arkansas

Mississippi Religious Liberty Law Infuriates Liberals

Democrat Missouri Governor Signs Religious Liberty Law

Tennessee GOP & Democrats (both) Pass Religious Liberty for Schools

Pastors Lead Local Battles Against 'Gay Rights'





-- From "KS Governor Brownback rescinds order protecting gay state workers" by The Associated Press 2/10/15

Kansas’ anti-discrimination law covers private employers and housing, but it doesn’t extend to gay, lesbian or transgendered residents.

Brownback says legislators should approve any expansion of anti-discrimination laws, and that Sebelius — who later became President Barack Obama’s health secretary — acted unilaterally

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Gov. Sam Brownback rescinds protected-class status for LGBT state workers in Kansas" by Bryan Lowry, The Kansas City Star 2/11/15

“This Executive Order ensures that state employees enjoy the same civil rights as all Kansans without creating additional ‘protected classes’ as the previous order did,” Brownback said in a short statement that did not specifically refer to sexual orientation or gender identity. “Any such expansion of ‘protected classes’ should be done by the legislature and not through unilateral action.”

He said the order also reaffirmed commitment to “hiring, mentoring and recognizing veterans and individuals with disabilities.”

Rep. John Rubin, a Shawnee Republican, a former federal judge, defended the governor’s decision from a legal standpoint, saying that if sexual orientation isn’t a protected class at the federal level, then the issue should be up to the Legislature to decide.

“Until sexual orientation is either added in Kansas as a protected class under our law or added federally, which it isn’t now … I think that’s the Legislature’s prerogative,” Rubin said. “Whether they should be a protected class is a separate question. … But it isn’t a protected class until we say it is.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Kansas governor removes protections for LGBT employees" by Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times 2/10/15

Brownback's removal of sexual orientation and gender identity protections was greeted with instant outcry by LGBT advocacy groups and comes at a time gays and lesbians around the country have been fighting for nondiscrimination laws and the right to marry. A federal judge struck down Kansas' ban on same-sex marriage in November, and the state has appealed the ruling.

The legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas called Brownback's move "a sad day for Kansas" and said it was unusual to see a state take away legal protections from gay and lesbian residents rather than add them.

Fewer than half the nation's states have statewide nondiscrimination laws protecting sexual orientation or gender identity, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, though many large companies have created their own policies and some cities have protections that go beyond state laws.

Sebelius' 2007 executive order did not change discrimination policies for private employers. It applied only to state workers.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Gov. Brownback Promotes Marriage to Reduce Poverty as well as Atheists Condemn Kansas Governor for Acting Christian

And read Federal Appeals Court OKs Kansas Defunding Planned Parenthood

Court OKs Defunding Planned Parenthood in Kansas

A law enacted in Kansas in 2011, effectively forbidding any taxpayer funding of organizations that provide abortions, was immediately halted by a federal district judge, but yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit lifted that injunction.  The legal battle over the law will continue, but in the meantime, the annual flow of more than $330,000 of state tax dollars to Planned Parenthood has ended.

For background, read Kansas Restricts Abortion, Defunds Planned Parenthood and also read Planned Parenthood Defunded by More States as well as Pro-life Laws Sweeping States (including Kansas)

In addition, read Atheists Condemn Kansas Governor for Acting Christian

-- From "Kansas can strip Planned Parenthood funding, appeals court rules" by Roxana Hegeman, The Associated Press 3/25/14

At issue in Tuesday’s ruling is money distributed to states under Title X, a federally financed family planning program. A Kansas law requires the state to first allocate the Title X money to public health departments and hospitals, which leaves no funds for specialty family planning clinics like Planned Parenthood.

[The court rejected] Planned Parenthood’s claims that losing the money amounted to a violation of free-speech rights for associating with abortion providers.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Kansas can pull Planned Parenthood funding -U.S. appeals court" posted at Reuters 3/25/14

"Planned Parenthood's theory raises the prospect of every loser in a political battle claiming that enactment of legislation it opposed was motivated by hostility toward the loser's speech," Judge Harris Hartz wrote.

The ruling overturned a Kansas federal judge's preliminary injunction that stopped the state from eliminating the federal funding to family planning clinics Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri operates in Wichita and Hays.

The Kansas law limits the entities that can receive funding the state allocates out of federal government subsidies it receives for family planning services to low-income residents.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Ruling: Kansas can strip Planned Parenthood funds" by Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press 3/25/14

U.S. District Court J. Thomas Marten blocked enforcement of the state law in 2011, ruling that it unconstitutionally was intended to punish Planned Parenthood for advocating for abortion rights and would likely be overturned. He ordered Kansas to continue funding Planned Parenthood until the case was resolved. He also found the state law violates the U.S. Constitution's supremacy clause, saying states cannot impose additional requirements for entities to qualify for federal programs.

A divided panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver overturned Marten's rulings, saying Kansas can halt the funding. Tuesday's decision is not a final ruling on the merits of the case itself, and the appeals court sent the case back to the lower court for further proceedings. Given the split 2-1 ruling and the issues at stake in the litigation, it is also likely that the panel's decision could be appealed to the full court for a rehearing.

Kansas had argued Marten's ruling "emasculates the state of Kansas' autonomy and sovereignty rights" in the Constitution's 11th Amendment. The state contends the law restricting the distribution of federal family planning funds does not target Planned Parenthood because the statute itself does not name the group or even mention abortion.

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From "Kansas can strip Planned Parenthood of taxpayer funds, appeals court rules" by Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews.com 3/25/14

Planned Parenthood had objected that its “feeder” offices in the cities of Wichita and Hays, they argued, only referred women for abortion.

“To say that the feeder clinics don’t have anything to do with abortions is an outrageous misrepresentation of the truth,” said Troy Newman, president of the Kansas-based Operation Rescue, when Planned Parenthood filed the lawsuit. “The Wichita and Hays clinics actually solicit abortion business for their Overland Park counterpart and serve as partners in the abortion business. Blocking funding to them is consistent with the federal law against spending tax money for abortions.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read President Obama Forces Indiana to Fund Planned Parenthood because the Left Fears a Take-down of Planned Parenthood

In addition, read Republican RINOs in Congress Fund Planned Parenthood as well as Illinois GOP Congressman Protects Tax-funding for Abortionists

GOP Coalition For 'Gay Marriage' in Appeals Court

Twenty prominent Republicans, including former U.S. senators Alan Simpson of Wyoming and Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas, are filing a document with the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals saying that citizens of Utah and Oklahoma had no constitutional basis to define marriage as one man and one woman.  These RINOs go further by arguing that government-sanctioned deviant sexual behavior is good for American society.

"Marriage is strengthened and its benefits, importance to society, and the social stability of the family unit are promoted" by same-sex marriage.
-- Republicans for "Gay Marriage" tell court

For background, read how activist judges across America are forbidding voters the right to define marriage as between one man and one woman.

Also read Lawless Obama Administration: States Should Violate Oath for 'Gay Marriage'

For further background, read GOP Strategy: Dump Old Uneducated Christian Voters and also read GOP Funds Pro-abortion Homosexual Candidates as well as Biblical Beliefs Unacceptable to Illinois GOP Leaders

UPDATE 6/26/14: Tenth Circuit Court upholds rulings favoring same-sex "marriage" -- GOP wins!!

-- From "Western U.S. Republicans to urge appeals court to back gay marriage" by Eric M. Johnson, Reuters 3/4/14

The Republican group cited constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law, proper limits to government's role in citizens' personal lives, and individual freedom, among other reasons.

. . . 17 states plus the District of Columbia recognize same-sex marriage, including eight states where it became legal in 2013.

Utah and Oklahoma would be added to that list if federal court rulings overturning gay marriage bans on constitutional grounds are upheld by the U.S. Appeals Court in Denver. Hearings are slated for April.

Rulings there could render same-sex marriage legal in states within the court's circuit - namely Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming, although an opposing decision by the U.S. Supreme Court could bar them.

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From "Republicans From the West Give Support for Gay Marriage" by Erik Eckholm, New York Times 3/3/14

The brief was the latest sign of widening cracks in Republican opposition to same-sex marriage, even deep in the country’s conservative heartland.

Sean Gallagher, a lawyer and Republican Party activist in Denver who helped prepare the brief, said many Republicans were rethinking their positions. “The themes of liberty and freedom resonate especially well in the West,” said Mr. Gallagher, who was chief counsel in Colorado for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign in 2012.

In December, a federal court in Utah overturned the state’s amendment restricting marriage to a man and a woman. In January, a federal court in Oklahoma struck down that state’s ban on gay marriage.

In Nevada, the state prevailed in court in 2012 in its defense of marriage restrictions. The gay and lesbian plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, and last month Nevada’s Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, agreed to withdraw from the case, saying that defense of a same-sex marriage ban was not legally tenable.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs. Christians as well as Homosexualists Admit Goal to End Religious Liberty

American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs Christians

As most church leaders model cowardice, and their flocks dutifully follow, ravenous wolves are poised to devour America's First Amendment religious liberty. Because millions of Christians refuse to risk the inevitable persecution of standing on the foundation built by the God-fearing framers of the Constitution, nine unelected jurists will soon outlaw the Great Commission.

UPDATE 9/29/15 - President Obama Speech: Gay Agenda Trumps Christianity

UPDATE 7/28/15: Gay Agenda Destroys Everything it Contacts

UPDATE 6/27/15: President Obama's Gay 'Untied' States of America

UPDATE 2/18/15: President Obama Ignores Hate Crimes Against U.S. Christians

UPDATE 2/11/15: President Obama = Liar in Chief RE 'Gay Marriage'

UPDATE 2/6/15: President Obama Compares Christians to Islamic Terrorists

UPDATE 2/1/15: Mrs. Obama Thanks Hollywood for Gay Indoctrination

UPDATE 12/25/14: President Obama's Christmas — Behold, a Message is Born

UPDATE 10/19/14: Idaho Pastors Face Fines, Jail for Refusing 'Gay Wedding'

UPDATE 7/15/14: President Obama Favors the One Percenters (Homosexuals)

UPDATE 7/5/14: Obama Provokes Second 'In God We Trust' Movement

UPDATE 4/24/15: Congressional Democrat leader Steny Hoyer Says Same-Sex Couples Are Endowed ‘By God’ With Right to Marry (video):

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Senator Ted Cruz Says Gay Agenda Ends Christian Liberty

Homosexualists Admit Goal to End Religious Liberty: Arizona Bill

Republican Party Strategy: Dump Old Uneducated Christian Voters

Lawless Obama Administration: States Should Violate Oath for Gays

President Obama's Pentagon Says Following Jesus' Command is a Court Martial Offense

Supreme Court Repeatedly Enables Gay Agenda

Christians Snooze as Same-sex 'Marriage' Sweeps Nation

America Going to Hell; Christians Lose Convictions

UPDATE 8/15/14: Study Finds Pastors Conceal Culture Truth to be Successful

-- From "Who's behind 'religious freedom' push? The answer is hard to find" by Greg Botelho, CNN 2/27/14

Arizona's divisive SB1026 -- which supporters claim protected religious freedom, and critics say served as cover for businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians -- didn't come from nowhere. . . . But from where, or from whom, did the impetus come?

It took time to hash out among both state lawmakers and interest groups. In this case, advocates from the Arizona Center for Policy and Alliance Defending Freedom -- whose website says it "coordinates legal efforts (for) Christian legal and policy organizations" all across the United States and in 31 countries -- were among those who played a part in crafting the legislation.

But from where, or from whom, did the impetus come? And who paid for the Arizona push and similar ones in a host of other states?

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Georgia lawmakers pushing for religious liberty bills" by Jon Gillooly, Marietta Daily Journal 3/2/14

. . . state Rep. Sam Teasley (R-Marietta) and state Sen. Joshua McKoon (R-Columbus) [say] their religious liberty bills filed this session . . . have been ripped by critics for targeting gay people, a charge the lawmakers deny.

The Georgia Municipal Association and the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia have also opposed the bills. McKoon said cities and counties have been able to enact rules and policies hostile to religious liberty.

Major companies such as Delta Air Lines have wrongly denounced the bills, Teasley said he believes, because they haven’t bothered to take the time to understand them.

Mike Griffin, lobbyist for the Georgia Baptist Convention, said a conversation is underway among conservative groups about conducting an economic boycott of companies such as Delta and Home Depot for opposing the bills.

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From "31 states have heightened religious freedom protections" by Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post 3/1/14

. . . 18 of which passed state laws based on the 1993 federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act [RFRA]. The protections in an additional 13 states came through court rulings.

"These state RFRAs were enacted in response to Supreme Court decisions that had nothing to do with gay rights or same-sex marriage," explained University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock in an e-mail. "And the state court decisions interpreting their state constitutions arose in all sorts of contexts, mostly far removed from  gay rights or same-sex marriage. There were cases about Amish buggies, hunting moose for native Alaskan funeral rituals, an attempt to take a church  building by eminent domain, landmark laws that prohibited churches from modifying their buildings – all sorts of diverse conflicts between religious practice and pervasive regulation."

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From "Kansas Senate balks at religious liberty bill" by Brad Cooper, The Kansas City Star 2/13/14

Senate President Susan Wagle [R] took the unusual step Thursday night of issuing a statement saying the bill — which has drawn an avalanche of national criticism — didn’t have the support of a majority of Republicans in her chamber.

The Kansas House passed the bill Wednesday, spurring a national outcry that it was tantamount to state-sanctioned discrimination. The critics gained traction on social media, where a Facebook page set up opposing the measure received nearly 40,000 “likes” by late Thursday.

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From "Kansas Senate Refuses to Consider 'Religious Liberty' Bill for Gay Marriage" by Katherine Weber, Christian Post Reporter 2/20/14

After House Bill 2453 passed the House, Senate Vice President Jeff King (R-Independence) announced that the Senate would not be considering the bill, saying briefly that the bill was "kaput." King went on to assure concerned Kansas residents that religious exemptions regarding same-sex marriage will be addressed next month during Senate hearings.

Those supporting the bill argued in response that although the legislation was vilified as being discriminatory and ultimately killed, it is still necessary for legislators in the state to pursue protection of religious liberty as the possibility of same-sex marriage legalization looms in the future.

When the bill first passed the House Committee, Gov. Sam Brownback said he was a "strong proponent and supporter for religious liberty."

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From "Indiana dips toe in national debate over religious liberty, discrimination" by Dan Carden, (Northwest Indiana) NWI Times 3/3/14

It started innocently enough, according to House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis.

Indiana Wesleyan University, a Christian college with a Merrillville location that hires employees on the basis of religion — as permitted by federal law — wanted to continue receiving state workforce training grants.

So state Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero, suggested adding a provision to Senate Bill 367 that would permit religious entities to receive state contracts even if they discriminate in hiring based on religion. The proposal was approved 6-5 Monday by the House Ways and Means Committee.

Faced with the prospect of Indiana being lumped with Arizona on the religious discrimination issue, Bosma sent Senate Bill 367 back to the Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday. The panel deleted the provision allowing state contractors to discriminate in hiring based on religion.

"It's not a productive discussion right now given what's happening in some other states," Bosma said.

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From "The Citizens United of the Culture Wars" by Gabriel Arana, The American Prospect 2/28/14

The failure of these anti-gay discrimination bills amounts to a stern rebuke to the religious right, which sees defeat on the horizon in the gay-marriage fight. . . .

The ease of this win came as a surprise of some gay-rights supporters, accustomed to waging years-long guerrilla warfare in states across the country. . . . Marci A. Hamilton, a professor of law at Cordoza Law School who advises lawmakers on Church-State issues, says social conservatives fundamentally misread the public's appetite for such laws. "I don't expect these laws to make it and I don't expect there to be much more on this issue,” Hamilton says. "The window for getting laws to discriminate against gays and lesbians has essentially closed.”

. . . The challenge to the contraception mandate in Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby, scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court next month, shares the same rationale as the Arizona law: That for-profit companies and employees should be exempt from laws that conflict with their religious beliefs. "It's really important to connect what's going on in Arizona with the Hobby Lobby case," says Sally Steenland, director of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank. "It's giving religious liberty to for-profit corporations, which has never been done and has no precedent, and allowing them to pick and choose which laws they want to obey."

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

From "Our legal heritage favors religious freedom" by Dwight G. Duncan, University of Massachusetts Law school, posted at the Boston Globe 3/2/14

The argument has been made that since corporations don’t go to heaven or hell, family businesses should not be able to freely exercise religion. This argument is flawed in many ways. It also ignores our own legal history, which is replete with examples where corporate charters have indeed been legal vehicles for the practice of religion.

During the colonial period, those in dissent from the established Anglican Church were able to use existing civil and secular legal entities to create a space to practice their religion in accord with the dictates of their consciences.

In Massachusetts, the colonial Legislature in 1692 approved a law mandating that each town use general taxation to provide for an “able, learned orthodox minister” of the Congregational church. In 1728, the Legislature granted an exemption from taxes to support local Congregational ministers to Baptists and Quakers, but they had to get a special certificate denoting their status from their town clerks.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Supreme Court Rules Bible as 'Hate Speech' in Canada as well as European Union High Court Rules Gay Agenda Trumps Christianity

In addition, read Corporation Opposes Gay Agenda, Causes Media Storm

For further background, read President Obama Raises Gay Agenda above Religious Liberty

And read how President Obama, et. al., have mounted a massive Gay Agenda assault on America's First Amendment religious liberty through the military, and the Dept. of Justice, and the court system nationwide.  For example, read about President Obama's hypocritical speech at his recent annual National Prayer Breakfast.

UPDATE 3/28/14: American decline is result of President Obama's Gay Agenda & equality utopianism (video:)

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Christian Girl Muzzled, Sues Kansas City School

A seventh-grade student at Robert Clark Middle School in Bonner Springs, Kansas, a suburb of the Kansas City area, has sued her school in federal court for restricting her free speech rights by forbidding her to give fellow students a flier with Bible verses this past September.

Banned: The distribution of “religious materials…on school grounds or in any attendance facility before, during, or after the school day or a school activity.”
-- Bonner Springs/Edwardsville Unified School District No. 204

For background, read Christmas Banned in Schools Across America and also read Atheists' Lawsuits Force Jesus Out of Ohio Schools as well as 'Creepy' Pastors Banned from Washington School

In addition, read God NOT Your Idol, Says Teacher; Michael Jackson Is

Click to view TV News report from Kansas City

-- From "A dispute over a prayer group flier has lead to a federal lawsuit" posted at KMBZ (Kansas City radio) 12/3/13

Lawyer Jeremy Tedesco filed the lawsuit [on behalf of the student].

"They said because of separation of church and state, our fliers were illegal. That's was the explanation she received from the teacher who actually enforced the restriction and their policies confirm that. Their policies expressly say no religious materials can be distrusted at school. Well that's a flat ban on religious materials," said Tedesco.

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From "Kan. school reportedly prohibits student from posting fliers with Bible verses" by The Associated Press 12/3/13

The Alliance Defending Freedom [ADF], a conservative Christian group based in Scottsdale, Arizona, that advocates for religious rights, contends a counselor at Robert E. Clark Middle School in Bonner Springs violated the student's rights to free speech and equal protection by refusing to allow the student to post fliers promoting the Sept. 25 "See You at the Pole" event, a national event in which teens pray around their school flagpoles.

The group contends in the lawsuit filed Nov. 26 in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, that the counselor told the student the fliers, which contained Bible verses, could not be posted or distributed at school because of their religious content. The ADF, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the student identified only as "K.R.," also said the district has a policy banning distribution of religious materials on school grounds but allows other types of materials to be posted and distributed.

The district has a policy prohibiting distribution of religious materials on school grounds because "different entities request to distribute information to students constantly. If all entities who requested were allowed it would be disruptive to the school environment," [school superintendent Dan] Brungardt said in an email.

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From "Kansas school bans fliers with Bible verses" posted at Alliance Defending Freedom 12/2/13

The school has allowed the posting of a variety of materials, including a hand-made poster of a tombstone with the words “RIP” and a poster of rap artist Lil’ Wayne with the words “Good Kush and Alcohol.”

A school counselor confronted the student at a school dance in front of her friends and informed her that the fliers were “illegal” because of the Bible verses and could not be posted or distributed at school.

The Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit, K.R. v. Unified School District No. 204, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, explains, “Students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate. Non-disruptive, private student expression is protected by the First Amendment.” Moreover, “the government may not discriminate against speech based on its viewpoint, regardless of the forum.”

The lawsuit also notes that the student’s posting of the material did not “interfere with the orderly conduct of educational activity within the school.”

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From "Seventh grader files lawsuit after school staff destroys prayer flyers" by Melissa Stern, WDAF-TV4 (Kansas City) 12/3/13

The lawsuit states other students were permitted to post flyers containing other material. The lawsuit cited one student flyer of a tombstone that read “RIP” and “Here Lies K-STATE … I AM GLAD YOU ARE GONE FOREVER BECAUSE YOU TRY TO BE GOOD AS KU BUT YOUR ARE NOT.” Another example included flyers promoting rap artist Lil’ Wayne with the words “Good Kush and Alcohol.”

The lawsuit also alleges that the Clark Middle School newspaper “The Panther Press” sent home an issue in November with a ‘glowing’ review of “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” an M-rated video game that is “replete with graphic violence, profanity, drug use and nudity.”

K.R.’s posters were handmade with colored markers. One read, “For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16?

A second flyer read, “But God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

The root issue is American Religious Liberty vs. Anti-Christian Totalitarianism

Public Prayer OKd by Liberal, Kansas School Board

Initially, the school board had approved an 11-word motion to allow Liberal High School (LHS) students to pray over the public address system before athletic events, but after prominent atheist lawyers threatened, the board then created a legal document to allow students to speak their "pre-game message" of "opinions and philosophies" over the P.A.

For other examples of Christian citizenship, read Randleman, North Carolina Citizens Pray at Game Despite ACLU Threat

For background, read Atheists Threaten to Sue Every School in Mississippi but admit they're Short on Lawyers to Sue ALL Christians

In addition, read Texas Law Tells Schools to Ignore Atheist Threats

-- From "Kansas school board allows student-led prayer over intercom" by Kristen Butler, UPI 9/26/13

School prayer was not on the agenda for Monday's meeting in Liberal, but board member Nick Hatcher brought it up at the last minute, saying he really missed prayer at football games.

. . . after the board's vote, students will again be allowed to initiate prayers over the intercom prior to games.

Superintendent of Schools Paul Larkin warned board members before the vote that they hadn’t considered possible problems.

"We can have student-led prayer, but if we turn away certain groups -- if you have someone who wants to serve up a prayer or a thought that isn’t the mainstream thinking -- you’re going to have a problem,” Larkin said. He suggested they get advice from the school board attorney.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Board votes unanimously to allow student-led prayer" by Rachel Coleman, Leader & Times (Liberal, KS) 9/24/13

Several years ago, LHS discontinued prayer at events like football games. Administration voiced concern that, by making the P.A. system available for prayers led by students or community members, the district could be perceived as sanctioning or even promoting traditional Christian prayer in violation of federal law. Student-led prayers then moved to the football field itself, prior to the game. However, no microphone or speaker system allowed spectators to hear such prayers. Monday night's vote will permit students to utilize the P.A. system for prayer before football games and all other special activities in the district.

. . . Board member Matt Friederich supported the motion, noting that “we make it a priority to open every board meeting with prayer.”

“We sit up here like hypocrites, and we pray,” said [board member Tammy] Sutherland-Abbott, “but we won’t let our kids do it.”

Sutherland-Abbott said she understood the federal law that prohibits school officials from leading prayer, but that she was tired of allowing the opinions of a few in America dictate what “the rest of us” could do. She made a motion to add the item “Student-Led Prayer” to the evening’s agenda.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "District replaces prayer with broader definition to meet legal standard" by Rachel Coleman, Leader & Times (Liberal, KS) 10/3/13

In its second special meeting within a week, the Liberal USD 480 school board voted Wednesday to rescind the previously-adopted “Motion to allow student-led prayer at all USD 480 activities,” then replaced it with a narrower and more detailed policy.

Board member Nick Hatcher, who introduced the idea of student-led prayer at the board’s last regular meeting Sept. 23, presented a motion to rescind his sincere but hasty [previously-passed] 11-word motion.

. . . Hatcher followed with a new motion [which passed], crafted to pass muster with legal requirements [referencing a new "Pre-Game Message Procedure" -- excerpts below]:

* On the day of the game, the principal or assistant principal shall randomly select a student’s name from the list of names of students who have signed up to deliver the pre-game message.

* A time shall be set aside (no more than two minutes in length) prior to commencement of the game in which the selected student shall be entitled to deliver on the public address system a message entirely of the student’s choosing, the content of which shall be prepared by the student and not otherwise reviewed by the USD 480 Board of Education or its employees or agents. The subject of the student pre-game message must be related to the purpose of the event, and to the purpose of marking the opening of the game, honoring the occasion, the participants and those in attendance, bringing the audience to order and focusing the audience on the game; provided however, the message shall not contain racist material; threaten or bully any individual or group; incite violence or breach of the peace; contain any vulgarity, obscenity or profanity; or otherwise disturb or disrupt the educational process.

To read the entire article above, and the entire "Pre-Game Message Procedure," CLICK HERE.

Because of the intimidation tactics of atheist lawyer organizations, state governments across America are educating its citizens on constitutional religious liberty by passing laws in Texas, and Louisiana, and North Carolina, and South Carolina, and Missouri, and Mississippi, and Florida, and Tennessee.

The root issue is American Religious Liberty vs. Anti-Christian Totalitarianism

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