March 6, 2009 - Washington, DC

Senator Tom Coburn tells the Abortion President "Put me in jail" / Obama appoints pro-abortionist as head of HHS / The new Obama bear market / Attempt to stop abortion funding with tax dollars fails / Bill entered to stop cloning / Azerbaijan pastor of seized church visits Capitol Hill / UK to yield further to Sharia law / More problems for Iraqi Christians
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THE PRESIDENCY

THE ABORTION PRESIDENT - President Obama has nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his choice to lead the Health and Human Resources Department. While she does have experience in the health management field, she is also a radical pro-abortionist who once threw a party in the Governor's Mansion for the staff of an abortion clinic owned by the notorious George Tiller.

SENATOR COBURN TO OBAMA: "JAIL ME" - Senator Coburn (R-OK) is a medical doctor, an OB/GYN, who has delivered thousands of babies. He is pro-life and will not perform abortions. Under the new rules, President Obama would force doctors such as Coburn to perform abortions. He says we will not and would go to jail first. Read more

THE OBAMA BEAR MARKET? - The stock market has lost 20% of its value since Inauguration Day. The market had been headed south for a month, but President Obama promised the American people that his policies would change the direction of America and stabilize the economy. He has indeed changed the direction of the Ship of State, which now appears headed toward an iceberg. His Stimulus and spending packages create temporary government jobs, but there is nothing to assist small businesses which provides 70% of America's jobs.

THE CONGRESS

ATTEMPT TO STOP FUNDING FORCED ABORTION - The huge omnibus spending bill (H.R. 1105) moving through the Congress contains a loophole to allow funding for UNFPA, under which funds would be used for coercive family planning including involuntary sterilization. An amendment offered by Senator Wicker (R-MS) to the bill would have stopped taxpayer funds from being used for forced abortions and forced sterilization. Watch Senator Wicker's appeal in the Senate for passage on Youtube. Senator Wicker's amendment was defeated which indicates the sad state of our society.

BID TO STOP CLONING - Current law does not prohibit human cloning. Congressmen Bart Stupak and Zach Wamp re-introduced the Human Cloning Prohibition Act, which would make it unlawful to perform human cloning for any purpose or to ship or receive the products of human cloning for any purpose. While it is a great bill, the Democrat controlled committees in the House will never allow a vote on it.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

NEW FEBRUARY CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new February 12, 2009 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains more information about our work on Capitol Hill with the new 111th Congress, and also about work on international issues. Print out and distribute to your Sunday School class. Click here to view February 12, 2009 edition!

INTERNATIONAL

AZERBAIJAN PASTOR OF SEIZED CHURCH IN DC - The Religious Freedom Coalition hosted Pastor Rasim Khalilov on Capitol Hill this week. Pastor Khalilov's evangelical church in Baku, Azerbiajan was seized last year by a state owned oil company. The church has the largest Christian congregation in Azerbaijan. Senator Sam Brownback agreed to send a letter to the the Azerbaijan president seeking an explanation of the seizure. Pastor Khalilov was accompanied by Christian Åkerhielm, Missions Director of Word of Life in Sweden. Word of Life planted the church in Azerbaijan many years ago and is the largest evangelical church in Sweden. Read more To see more photos please click here of on image.

UK TO ISSUE ISLAMIC SHARIA COMPLIANT BONDS NEXT? - The cowards who run the British government appear to be ready to sell their souls further to Islam, if that is possible. Capitulating to Islamic Law, the UK will issue Shariah Finance Regulations. The European Supreme Court has found Shariah Law " ... incompatible with the fundamental principles of democracy." A few weeks ago the British ran up their yellow flag to Islam by refusing entry into the UK by a Member of the Dutch Parliament critical of Islam. Read more

BAD NEWS FROM JORDAN - Christians were only 4% of the Iraqi population. At first it was reported that they were 24% of the refugees. Then it was reported that 44% of refugees were Christians. It now appears that in some areas upwards of 90% of the refugees from Iraq are Christians. We just sent more medical supplies to the clinic we support in Amman, Jordan. More help is needed. You can give funds directly at www.rfcnet.org/donate

FACEBOOK FOR IRAQI CHRISTIANS - The Religious Freedom Coalition has a new Facebook page to expose the crisis faced by Iraqi Christians. If you have a Facebook account, please become our friend at this link.

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