Report From Washington - January 25, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

In this issue: Hillary: What difference does it make why they died? / Obama seeks "Peace in our time" / Obama supports death on Roe v. Wade anniversary / Senators support Right to Life March / House Majority Leader supports Right to Life March / More Arab Spring attacks / Syrian refugee girls taken for Islamic "pleasure marriages" / Arming the enemies of freedom / The Jewish terrorist
The Presidency
Hillary: What difference does it make why they died? - In one of the most bizarre testimonies before Congress that I have ever seen, the U.S. Secretary of State said about the murder of one of her Ambassadors, "What difference at this point does it make?" It might make a difference to a Coptic Christian whose trailer for a bad movie was blamed by the leader of the free world for a series of Al Qaeda attacks against American diplomatic facilities and who was sent to prison on the orders of members of the administration. Read more
Obama: "Peace in our time" - Apparently no one in the entire White House has ever studied any 20th century history at all. (If they had, there would be some realization that Communism failed). Beyond that, Obama used the term "Peace in our time" in his Inaugural Address. This phrase was first used by Prime Minister Neville Chamberland upon signing an agreement with Hitler in 1938, giving part of another nation to the Nazi's in return for "peace." What a gaff - or was it? Read more
Obama supports death on Roe anniversary - President Obama's statement on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade speaks for itself. He talks of a woman's right to make "decisions" about her own body ... but it is not the woman's body that is destroyed by an abortion; it is her baby's body.
Congress
Senators support Right to Life March - Pro-life Senators sent out tweets to mark the 40th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. This Supreme Court ruling legalized abortion on demand as a "privacy" issue. The decision has resulted in the killing of an estimated 50 million unborn babies since then. Only Mao Tse Tung has killed more human beings - an estimated 60 million. Read more
Republican Leader supports Right to Life March - Majority Leader Eric Cantor honored pro-lifers for their commitment to the right to life of every unborn child during a floor speech this week. In contrast, President Barack Hussein Obama, who is the best friend Planned Parenthood can buy, issued a proclamation celebrating the Roe v. Wade ruling as a victory for women, the "freedom to choose" and the right to privacy. Read more
Religion and Culture
Right to Life March - Hundreds of thousands of people descended on Washington, DC today to morn the loss of 55 million American babies who have been murdered since the Roe v. Wade decision which allows the termination of a pregnancy up to the moment a woman goes into labor. Most of the establishment news services will not report, or will under report, the significance of the size of the demonstration.
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International
EGYPT: More Arab Spring attacks - A thousand Muslims attacked the predominantly Christian village of el-Marashda (province of Quena, Upper Egypt). Incited by outside religious authorities, extremists burned down homes and shops and tried to demolish the local church. Read more
JORDAN: Syrian refugee girls taken for Islamic "pleasure marriages" - Syrian female refugees aged 14 and 15 who fled their country to Jordan and Iraq are being forced into "pleasure marriages. "Apart from being a cover for legalized prostitution (the marriage can last for as little as 30 minutes), Nikah al-Mut'ah (temporary marriage) deprives the "wife" of many rights. Read more
Arming the enemies of freedom - French cannon makers sold the Ottoman Empire the weapons which were used to conquer Constantinople in 1453. This week the United States began shipments of 20 new advanced F-16s and 100 modern Abrams tanks to Egypt. Soon Turkey will receive the newest American fighter, the F-35. My latest column at WND, and a video I have produced, explore the results of the the West arming the enemies of freedom. Read more
The Jewish Terrorist - In March, 2008 during the Jewish holiday of Purim a bomb exploded in the home of the Ortiz family in Ariel, Samara. The Ortiz family are dear friends of mine and I have stayed at their apartment numerous times. Only their youngest teenage son was home home at the time the bomb exploded, and he was just one foot from the bomb. He was severely injured and spent over a year in hospitals and had dozens of operations. Because his father David Ortiz took the Gospel to Arabs in the area, it was assumed that the attack came from them, but it did not. An American-born Jew who had become an extremist set off the bomb. He had also killed Palestinians and bombed a church. The strange case ended this week with his conviction for murder and attempted murder. The Israeli media coined the phrase "the Jewish terrorist" to describe him. Read more Note: The Religious Freedom Coalition raised funds for the Ortiz family to rebuild their lives.
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition New Chairman's Report - Now available, the January 18th, 2013 edition of the Religious Freedom Coalition Chairman's Report. In the current issue: William J. Murray writes on hot tub multiculturalism / Obama's gay inauguration - no evangelicals allowed / Obama sends tanks to the Muslim Brotherhood / More social conservatives in Congress, including two new Senators / Planned Parenthood got $542 million of your tax dollars last year / Al Gore and Rupert Murdoch make big bucks on Jew hating TV networks
My Life Without God - William J. Murray's first book, My Life Without God is now back in print as the 30th anniversary of his atheist mother's lawsuit to remove prayer form the schools approaches. Murray writes of his life in the dysfunctional home of infamous atheist/Marxist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Learn more
Christian Bookstore and more - books, CD's, DVD's, cards and much more available at the Religious Freedom Coalition Internet Store. Please visit today!

Report From Washington - December 14th, 2012

In this issue: Obama's Egypt now under martial law / Obama sends more F-16's to Muslim Brotherhood / Obama's Egypt: Judges gleeful he can order hands cut off / Survey shows most Egyptians against free speech / Obama says unions made Detroit what it is - duh / Rubio blasts UN on Human Rights and Trafficking / FEMA says Sandy damaged houses of worship deserve no help

The Presidency Egyptians can thank Obama for martial law - Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, by issuing a decree this week that allows the military to arrest civilians, has in effect placed that nation under martial law. Morsi will rule by decree as a dictator, he says, only until the vote on a new constitution is held. Then, of course, the new constitution will give him nearly dictatorial power. In September, 2011 at the United Nations, President Barack Obama praised the Arab Spring: "One year ago, Egypt had known one president for nearly 30 years," Obama said. "But for 18 days, the eyes of the world were glued to Tahrir Square, where Egyptians from all walks of life - men and women, young and old, Muslim and Christian - demanded their universal rights." In reality, as sharia law arrives, Christians and women will lose all of the rights they had under the government Obama helped to overthrow.
Obama sends more F-16's to Egypt - On January 13, 2013 the United States will send four of an ordered twenty new advanced F-16 fighters to Egypt. These will be added to the existing 200 that Egypt already has. Said House Committee on Foreign Affairs chairman, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, "The Obama administration wants to simply throw money at an Egyptian government that the president cannot even clearly state is an ally of the United States." There is growing fear in Israel of the weapons being handed over to Egypt by the United States. Malou Innocent, a foreign policy analyst at the Cato Institute said, "Should an overreaction [by Egypt] spiral into a broader conflict between Egypt and Israel, such a scenario would put U.S. officials in an embarrassing position of having supplied massive amounts of military hardware to both belligerents."
Obama: "Unions built Detroit" - Detroit has lost more than half its population over the last few decades. Virtually all industry has departed the city and the state of Michigan -- except for government supported auto makers. Unions and their arcane rules destroyed the industrial base of Michigan by refusing to allow industries to modernize. The current Republican governor wants to attract manufacturing back to the state with Right-to-Work legislation that would end forced union membership. Obama disagrees saying, "You only have to look to Michigan where workers were instrumental in reviving the auto industry to see how unions have helped build not just a stronger middle class but a stronger America." A psychiatrist would refer to this as "magic thought or "delusional thinking."
Congress
Senator blasts UN on Human Rights - Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Monday spoke out against human slavery and in support of religious liberty around the world. Monday was International Human Rights Day, which was created by the U.N. Declaration on Human Rights in 1948. The U.N., which is run by totalitarians and human rights abusers, seldom lives up to its own declarations. It is refreshing to see Sen. Marco Rubio sincerely denounce human slavery, the persecution of women and the violation of religious liberty around the globe. Read more
Religion and Culture
FEMA says no to churches and synagogues - In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many New York churches and synagogues have discovered that they are ineligible for financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA grants are available to a variety of nonprofit organizations; however, houses of worship are not included on the list. Ironically, many of the churches and synagogues of New York provided shelter for those forced from their homes during the storm.
International
Most Egyptians do not want freedom of speech - About 70 per cent of the Egyptian population will vote in favor of the constitution drafted by Islamists. This overwhelming support for the draft constitution was registered despite the fact that as my colleague Andrew McCarthy re-affirmed on12/8/12, the charter effectively, "denies freedom of conscience," and "denies freedom of expression." Read more
Obama's new Egypt: Secularist gets prison for blasphemy - A Cairo court sentenced activist Alber Saber to three years in prison for "contempt of religion." Prosecutors also accused Saber of running a Facebook page that "promoted extremist ideas" and atheism, as well as insulting the divine, prophets and Islamic and Christian religious rites and describing God as weak. Amnesty International called the ruling "an outrageous assault on freedom of expression."
Obama's new Egypt: Cut off hands for theft - The head of the Egyptian judges' "social club" gleefully describes how under Sharia law he will be able to order amputations for theft. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition

New Chairman's Report - Now available, the December 6th, 2012 edition of the RFC Chairman's Report is now online. In the current issue: A politician who robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the vote of Paul. The new central planning machine in Washington will run over the GOP / Obama has a vision of an American utopia not of equal opportunity, but of centrally planned equal outcomes / Jihadists target Christians in Syria / Saudi Arabia financing war on Syria / Obama's lesbian wedding at West Point / Benjamin Franklin: "When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic."
Constitution or Sharia DVD - This is the complete set of DVD's from the November 11, 2011 Constitution or Sharia conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The Constitution or Sharia: Preserving Freedom Conference was the first true national conference on Sharia and the Islamization of America sponsored by major freedom oriented organizations! It was not just another educational conference. How to deal with and stop implementation of Sharia law in the United states was outlined by speakers and in panels. Order today



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