April 10, 2009 - Washington, DC

The White House reserves slots at Easter egg hunt for children of lesbians / Obama "respects" Islam / Muslim pirates thumb nose at Obama, demand money / University of Maryland says violent porn for Easter is great but prayers for commencement must stop. Maryland legislature threatens University of Maryland over triple X porn show.

PETITION TO HILLARY CLINTON ON IRAQI CHRISTIANS - Read and sign the new Internet petition to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The petition urges Clinton to direct our embassies to assist Christians who have fled Islamic terror in Iraq. The petition is located at www.iraqichristianrefugees.org.

THE PRESIDENCY

WHITE HOUSE EASTER "INCLUSIVE" - Did homosexual and lesbian parents participate with their children in Easter egg hunts at the White House during the Bush Administration? Yes ... but the numbers are not known because there was no requirement of sexual "orientation" for a parent to bring a child. But President Barack Obama has set a quota system that will deny some children entrance into the annual Easter egg hunt at the White House because their parents are not homosexuals or lesbians. This is what liberals do not understand: setting quotas to assure representation of members of a certain group denies access to members of other groups. By setting aside a block of slots just for the children of homosexuals and lesbians, President Barack Obama has made it clear that their group is more important than all other groups of people -- blacks, Catholics, Jews, Chinese, whatever.

OBAMA'S RESPECT FOR ISLAM - At a stop in Turkey, President Barack Obama made the statement that he and America had "respect" for Islam. Unfortunately, the Islamic nations have no respect for America, for democracy or for Obama. Read this impressive analysis.

"TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI" - The first line of the Marine Corps Hymn talks of their first overseas battle. The Marines were sent to North Africa by President Tomas Jefferson to destroy the Muslim pirate operation that had ravaged shipping lanes for centuries. Fast forward: President Barack Obama dispatched a warship to "talk" to a group of Muslim pirates holding an American captive in a small boat that was floating and out of gas. When the captive, Captain Phillips, tried to escape, he was in the water for more than 30 minutes while the destroyer USS Bainbridge took no action to assist him. He was recaptured by the Muslim pirates.

THE CONGRESS

CONGRESS IN RECESS - There is no mention of the "Easter Recess" at Speaker Pelosi's Internet site. There is also no mention of the break at the site of the Majority Leader nor the Majority Whip. Congress is just sort of not there, and no reason is given at all. The Whip site does not even have a return date; the calendar page is just blank. Minority Whip Eric Cantor's Internet calendar shows the two week absence as a "District Work Period, but does show the Passover and Easter dates. The recess ends on April 20th.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

UNIV OF MARYLAND AND PORN - A triple X- rated porn film, Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge, is scheduled to show this Easter Weekend on campus as part of an officially approved event. After Maryland state Senator Andrew Harris learned of the porn showing, which contains violence against women, and varying degrees of rape and group sex, he introduced an amendment to a spending bill that would cut off funds to the school. Because of the outrage from the community, the showing of the film was canceled. Read more

UNIV OF MARYLAND AND PRAYER - The student Senate of the University of Maryland voted to ban any prayer at the commencement service this year. The decision was made, perhaps, because those viewing porn films on campus may have their feelings hurt by prayer. Once the news of the cancellation of a commencement prayer got out, the university's president, C.D. MOTE, Jr., was forced to overrule the Senate because of the adverse publicity. Read More Note to employers: If you plan on hiring graduates of the University of Maryland you may want to have porn filters on your office Internet servers.

NEW April CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new April 2, 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 our work on international issues. Help your Sunday School class understand these issues better. Print out and distribute to your class or fellowship this Sunday! Click here to view

INTERNATIONAL

CLINTON PETITION DRIVE - The Religious Freedom Coalition has begun a petition drive asking Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to formulate a policy to stop the persecution of Christians in Iraq and to aid those Iraqi Christians who have been forced to flee. More than 100,000 paper copies of the petition have been distributed, and an online version is now available. Click here to see petition! NOTE: This is part of a large petition drive and you may receive a copy in the mail.

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. You can help Iraqi Christians directly by making a donation at the Facebook cause page!

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March 13, 2009 - Washington, DC

President Obama lies about stem cells / Senator urges Clinton to help Iraqi Christians / Archbishop says Obama appointee is an embarrassment to Catholics / Congressman hounds FBI about CAIR / Congresswoman calls for nationalization of oil companies / Reagan tried to convert Gorbachev / Hillary Clinton is blind to abuse of women / British PM kisses Gaza Strip ground / Facebook cause for Iraqi Christians

NEW MARCH CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new March 11, 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 our work on international issues. Help your Sunday School class understand these issues better. Print out and distribute to your Sunday School class this Sunday! Click here to view in PDF.

THE PRESIDENCY

OBAMA'S STEM CELL LIE- There is a huge difference between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cell research has provided real cures for real illnesses. I have met and shaken hands with a man who had all his Parkinson's disease symptoms relieved by adult stem cell treatment. On the other hand, embryonic stem cells have provided no cures and have actually caused injury. The embryonic stem cell "science" is obsolete and there is just nothing there that will ever help anyone. Why then did President Obama begin taxpayer funding of this obsolete science? He claimed he did it to cure five illnesses he listed, but it was adult stem cells that have yielded the cures in all five areas. Is Obama just flat out ignorant on the subject, OR is he satisfying the pro-death lobby in the Democrat party that wants to play with embryos to prove they are just cells and not real people? If that is the case perhaps Obama should invite a snowflake baby to the White House. Snowflake babies develop from embryos adopted from suspended animation. Read US News, "Why Embryonic Stem Cells are Obsolete."

ARCHBISHOP HITS SEBELIUS NOMINATION - There is an angry reaction from the Catholic Church to President Obama's selection of Governor Kathleen Sebelius to head Health and Human Resources (HHS). "As a Roman Catholic, her appointment [as Secretary of Health and Human Services] is the source of the greatest embarrassment because she has publicly and repeatedly betrayed her Catholic Faith..." said Archbishop Raymond L. Burke. Read more

Meanwhile, yet another woman has been rushed to the hospital from the abortion clinic in Kansas run by George Tiller, whom Governor Sebelius honored at the governor's mansion with a party. He also faces criminal charges for late term abortions. Read more

THE CONGRESS

BROWNBACK TO CLINTON: IRAQI CHRISTIANS NEED HELP - Former Senator Hillary Clinton, who is now Secretary of State, is receiving numerous letters from congressmen and Senators about her human rights policy. I previously reported on a letter to her by Congressman Wolf, and now Senator Sam Brownback has also written her a letter concerning Iraqi Christians. Apparently the Obama Administration has no interest in human rights, and has dispatched Hillary Clinton to China and the Middle East to borrow money for the President's agenda. You read that right: Hillary Clinton has asked the Chinese and the Saudis to please continue to buy U.S. Treasury bonds so Obama can spend and spend and spend. Meanwhile people in China and the "Muslim world" suffer repression, as Obama and Clinton look the other way. See Brownback letter.

WOLF HOUNDS THE FBI - During most of the Bush Administration, the FBI turned for advice on "Islamic issues" to a group with terrorist ties, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Then, there was an investigation of American fund raisers accused of funneling money to Hamas. This case resulted in criminal convictions, and CAIR was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator. The FBI claimed it was severing its ties to Council on American-Islamic Relations, but it appears that may not be the case. Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) is demanding answers from the FBI, and all he is getting is the run around. What exactly is the FBI's relationship with this group? Read more

CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS TELLS THE TRUTH? - Can a liberal congresswoman like Maxine Waters actually tell the truth and expose the real agenda of the Obama/Pelosi regime? Waters, with a slip of the tongue, told oil executives exactly what the liberals (socialists) in the Congress want: the nationalization of the oil companies. View the video of her statement and you will be shocked. Please pass the link on for others to view as well. View here!

CULTURE AND RELIGION

REAGAN TRIED TO CONVERT SOVIET LEADER - An American whose job it was to take notes at a summit meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev, recalled an attempt by our President to convert the Soviet leader from atheism. Rudolf Perina said, "Reagan thought he could convert Gorbachev, or make him see the light." The President used a story about how his own son was an atheist and how he would like to convert him to a view of faith. Read the full story in the Wall Street Journal.

NEW MARCH CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new March 11, 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 our work on international issues. Help your Sunday School class understand these issues better. Print out and distribute to your Sunday School class this Sunday! Click here to view in PDF.

INTERNATIONAL

HILLARY CLINTON IS BLIND TO ABUSE OF WOMEN - In Saudi Arabia, a 75-year-old widow was sentenced to 40 lashes with a whip and four months in prison for "mingling" with two young men, one of whom was her nephew, because they brought her some bread. Don't hold your breath waiting for Secretary of State Clinton or President Obama to say a word about this injustice. Instead Clinton flew to the Middle East to beg the Saudis to continue buying U.S. Treasury Bonds so President Obama can continue his spending spree. Read more

BRITISH MP KISSES GAZA STRIP GROUND - Just a few weeks after the cowards who run the UK government refused entry to Geert Wilders, a member of the UK Parliament appeared in the Gaza strip and kissed the ground while railing insults toward Israel. Sort of puts things in perspective, doesn't it? Because of the Muslim influence in the UK, the nation has become officially anti-Semitic and it would be wise for Jews to get out while they still can. Read JPost story

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.

CHRISTIAN INTERNET SUPER STORE

ALL OCCASION GIFTS FROM A CHRISTIAN STORE How about birthday or anniversary gifts with a Christian theme? Our Internet Christian Super Store has tens of thousands of books, CD's DVD's, jewelry, food and more. AND ... Our store does not sell the atheist and satanist books that you will find on Amazon.com. When you buy from our store you help our work. Please take a look at our store today at www.rfcstore.com

Contributions to the work of the Religious Freedom Coalition can be made at www.rfcnet.org.