Week Ending June 5, 2009 - Washington, DC

Obama says America is large Islamic nation / Obama gives OK to threaten voters / Obama "saves" GM with 18,000 more layoffs / Florida students rebel against ACLU / Muslim man forces 12 year old girl in Christian area to marry him / Iraqi Christians still need help

PETITION TO HILLARY CLINTON ON IRAQI CHRISTIANS - Read and sign the 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

OBAMA GIVES OK TO THREATEN VOTERS AT POLLS - Last November three Black Panthers with billy clubs threatened voters in Philadelphia with violence unless they voted "the right way." The Justice Department had won two cases against the Black Panthers in court; however, when the Obama Administration took over, the Justice Department ordered that the case be dropped. If the three men had been members of the KKK, I am very sure the Obama Justice Department would be seeking life in jail for them. Apparently justice is not blind to race in the Obama Administration. Read more

OBAMA CLAIMS AMERICA IS A LARGE ISLAMIC NATION - During a French TV interview Obama said: "I think that in the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world". Of course this is untrue. Muslims claim eight million in the USA and that is blatantly false because they claim all Arabs even though most Arabs in the USA are Christians who fled the terror of Islam. Read more

DESTROY THE COMPANY TO SAVE IT - This week the Obama Administration forced General Motors into bankruptcy. The original idea to save GM and Chrysler was to keep American manufacturing jobs. The day GM filed for bankruptcy, 18,000 employees were permanently fired. The Obama GM will import small cars from China next year. In addition the Obama run Chrysler shut down the plant that makes motors for Chrysler cars and moved it to Mexico. And of course Chrysler is being merged with an Italian company that will cut even more American jobs. Our tax dollars at work to save American jobs? The bond holders received 10 cents on the dollar under the Obama bankruptcy plan for GM and Chrysler. The bonds are held for the most part by municipal and other pension funds. Obama saved the companies by moving the jobs overseas and destroying pension funds of the elderly.

THE CONGRESS

NO CONGRESSIONAL UPDATE THIS WEEK - As I am traveling and not on the Hill this week, there is no congressional update.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

STUDENTS REBEL AGAINST ACLU - About 400 graduating seniors at Pace High School in Florida stood and recited the Lord's Prayer during their graduation ceremony this last week. Many also painted crosses on their graduation caps. The rebellion against the iron fist of the ACLU occurred after a lawsuit to block any reference to religion at the graduations in the Santa Rosa County School District, Read more

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ALL NEW MAY 14th CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new May 14th, 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

MUSLIM MAN FORCES 12 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN TO MARRY HIM - When I heard about this story and ran a Google search, I came up with several stories of 12 year old girls being forced to convert to Islam and to marry Muslims. One story was about an 80 year old man who forced a girl at gunpoint to convert.

The most recent story is about a 12 year old girl in Pakistan who was forced to convert and marry a 37 year old Muslim. The police are refusing to assist the Christian parents because they say the girl has converted to Islam. Read more

IRAQI CHRISTIANS NEED HELP - The Religious Freedom Coalition is receiving virtually no funds for our Iraqi Christian Refugee Project from Internet sources. Just a few hundred dollars have been generated at our Facebook page. Virtually no funds are being received from the publication of this email update, even though thousands of people subscribe. Your help is genuinely needed. Please help. Donation link

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! Learn more here!

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