If you America dont take a stand then your freedom will fall, is that what you want? A Move in the Rights Direction The U.S. Supreme Court could rule any day on the decades most significant religious liberty case -- but that doesnt mean conservatives are just twiddling their thumbs waiting for it. Instead, House Republicans are moving forward with a debate of their own -- working to protect the First Freedom of everyone from cake bakers to company owners. Thanks to Judiciary Subcommittee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the issue finally took a turn in the legislative spotlight in a special Tuesday hearing of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justices. Conservative stalwarts like Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Randy Forbes (R-Va.), and Steve King (R-Iowa) tried to rebuff this modern (and misguided) take on the wall of separation and its place and meaning in history. In America, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) explained, every individual has the right to religious freedom and First Amendment expression so long as they do not deny the constitutional rights of another. True tolerance does not mean that we have no differences, it means that we are obligated as members of the human family to be kind and respectful to each other in spite of those differences, religious or otherwise. To Barry Lynns suggestion that religious liberty should only be accommodated in limited circumstances, Franks countered the longtime head of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. This administration seems to casually ignore the historical fact that religious liberty involves much more than freedom of worship alone, and that the fundamental rights of free speech and the free exercise of religion do not stop at the exit door of your local house of worship, but instead, extend to every area of life. The crackdown on Christianity has to stop -- and it will take the bold leadership of conservatives like these to make it happen. Lets hope the full House is watching and works to give the issue the priority status it deserves. Nothing, John Adams once said, is more dreaded than the National Government meddling with Religion. And right now, thats exactly what we have. Frc.org
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:05:09 +0000
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