July 2, 2010 - Washington, DC

Obama OK with Saudi hate crimes / Obama's "moderate" Supreme pick / ALCU gets one right / Reaffirming In God We Trust / Christian "terrorist" given asylum / Court says Christians can't require leaders be Christians / The shame of Afghanistan / Middle East Mission Report
 
NEW JUNE 23, 2010 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT NOW ONLINE- The June 23, 2010 Chairman's Report is now available online. This issue contains: a full report on the June mission trip to the Middle East organized by the Religious Freedom Coalition. Features include visits to the Ortiz family ministry in Ariel, Samaria and their bombed apartment; Visits to school and ministry supported in the "West Bank;" the ministries and summer camp supported in Jordan, and other important updates. Click here for PDF version 

PRESIDENCY


OBAMA OK WITH SAUDI HATE CRIMES - This week Barack Obama meets with the Saudi royalty in Washington, and they will receive royal treatment from the White House despite the fact that the Kingdom distributes books filled with hatred and despicable anti-democratic lies throughout the world. In a recent column Nina Shea of the Hudson Institute wrote: "Saudi textbooks teach, along with many other noxious lessons, that Jews and Christians are "enemies," and they dogmatically instruct that various groups of "unbelievers" - apostates (which includes Muslim moderates who reject Saudi Wahhabi doctrine), polytheists (which includes Shiites), and Jews - should be killed. Under the Saudi Education Ministry's method of rote learning, these teachings amount to indoctrination, starting in first grade and continuing through high school, where militant jihad on behalf of "truth" is taught as a sacred duty. These textbooks are used not only in Saudi Arabia but in Saudi-funded schools around the world." Read full article  
OBAMA'S "MODERATE" SUPREME PICK - As Dean of Harvard Law School, Elena Kagan demanded that Blue-Cross - Blue-Shield cover sex-change operations as an "equal right." She also agreed to the Lambda Transgender Task Force demand to force women to share bathrooms and locker-rooms with cross-dressing men. While promoting the homosexual agenda, "moderate" Kagan also supported a multi-million dollar donation from Saudi Arabia to promote Sharia law at Harvard. She apparently sees no contradiction in these positions, even though homosexuals are hung in Saudi Arabia under Sharia law. Kagan claims to be a Jew, but she is a secularist who just hates Christianity. Since both Sharia law and homosexuality are contrary to the Bible, she supports both. Kagan will be confirmed by the Senate and become the most radical Justice on the Supreme Court ever.

THE CONGRESS

ACLU ON THE RIGHT SIDE? - The so called "Disclose Act" passed recently by the House, allegedly to "reform" political campaigns, is the most undemocratic bill ever passed by Congress and is so unconstitutional that even the ACLU is against it. The Disclose Act prohibits the Religious Freedom Coalition, and all other non-profits with a membership of less than one million from publishing comments on candidates for public office up to four months before an election. Why were large organizations allowed to do what the rest of us can't? It's because the far left wing Moveon.org has over one million members, while all conservative groups except the NRA have less than one million. Liberal AARP can comment on candidates, but conservative 60 Plus cannot. Under the proposed law, beginning today, July 2nd, this Religious Freedom Coalition Update would be prohibited from mentioning the pro-abortion views of Senator Harry Reid, for example. (Note that the bill has not yet passed the Senate.) Read the ACLU letter here.  
REAFFIRMING IN GOD WE TRUST - ''In God We Trust'' is the official motto of the United States. Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA) introduced H.Con.Res.274, not only to reaffirm the national motto, but to call on America to trust God once again. The Democrat controlled House has referred the resolution to the Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. The resolution has 72 cosponsors, most of whom are in the Prayer Caucus. Please contact your congressman about H.Con.Res.274.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

CHRISTIAN "TERRORIST" GIVEN ASYLUM - This was the strangest immigration case I have seen in some thirty years of working on religious freedom issues. THE FACTS: A young man, born into a high ranking Islamic terrorist family, converted to Christianity and worked undercover for Israeli intelligence to stop terror attacks against Israel and the United States, then sought asylum here. The Obama Administration tagged him as a "terrorist sympathizer" and ordered his deportation to the West Bank where he would, of course, be immediately murdered. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-CO organized a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano signed by 22 House members urging her to grant asylum to Mosab Hassan Yousef. Israel sent Mr. Yousef's Shin Bet handler, Gonen Ben-Itzhak, to San Diego to testify on behalf of his former agent, but by the time the hearing started this week the Obama Administration realized the publicity was so damning that the Immigration Judge granted Yousef asylum with no witnesses called. But the question remains: Why did the Obama Administration want to send this young hero who had stopped numerous terrorist attacks against Israelis and Americans to his death? Yousef's book, Son of Hamas details his conversion to Christianity. Jerusalem Post version of story is interesting. 
SUPREMES: CHRISTIAN GROUPS CAN'T DEMAND CHRISTIAN LEADERS - This week the Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote held that recognized student groups at universities do not have a right to choose members and leaders who adhere to their core beliefs. The Court stated that public universities can require student groups to accept any student as a member or leader regardless of that person's beliefs. Christian groups must accept atheist members and Jewish groups must accept Muslim members, according to the Court. Read more

INTERNATIONAL

THE SHAME OF AFGHANISTAN - At the order of Afghan president Karzai, more than 20 Afghan Christians have been arrested. The arrests were made after Abdul Sattar Khawasi, a deputy of the lower house, demanded that Muslim converts to Christianity be executed. He was outraged over an Afghan TV report showing men reciting Christian prayers and being baptized. There are almost 100,000 NATO troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan; however, the government we put in power there is just as intolerant of religious freedom as the Taliban. Read report  
MIDDLE EAST MISSION REPORT - The current Chairman's Report contains information on the Religious Freedom Coalition's June mission trip to the Middle East. Click here to read.

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Week Ending August 15, 2008 - Washington, DC

President visits church in China / Did Bush underestimate Russia? / McCain and Obama rattle swords at Russia / MCCain and Obama open to pro-abortion VP's / Pelosi may want to drill for oil / Republicans to shut down government? / China and Russia compared by Paul Weyrich / Iraqi Christians need our help / Senator Obama says the $4,000 a minute Exxon pays in Tax is not enough

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new July 31, 2008 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains a full report on the July mission to the Middle East to assist Iraqi Christian refugees. There are new facts on the condition of Christians in Jordan. The bombing in Ariel and the recovery of David Ortiz's son is also covered. Click here to view new issue.

THE PRESIDENCY

PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH VISIT CHINESE CHURCH - While in China for three days at the Olympics, President Bush made several statements on human rights. He and Mrs. Bush attended services at a church sanctioned by the Chinese government. Read more

MCCAIN AND OBAMA ATTACK RUSSIA - Ask either John McCain or Barack Obama and they will be happy to tell you that oil rich Saudi Arabia, the single most despotic nation in the world, is our true friend and ally of the United States. Both will also be happy to state that oil rich Russia, with a democratically elected parliament and President, is pure evil and an enemy of the world that must be contained. Virtually everything said by both men about the current conflict in Georgia was misinformed, as they tried to out do each other in saber rattling. Fortunately neither man is currently president. French President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to have the only rational mind available in the West right now and was working out a deal with Russia and Georgia to stop the fighting in the Caucuses. Read more

IS OBAMA BEYOND LIBERAL OR JUST IGNORANT? - Being a Washington insider, I hear politicians say a lot of dumb things every day. At an event in Titusville, Florida this week Barack Obama said that Exxon made a profit of $1,500 a second. He then said that the "record profits" should be taxed for the purpose of putting a "$1,000 emergency energy rebate in the pockets of working families." Currently Exxon pays $4,000 a second in taxes or almost three times as much as its profit. Exxon's cost of doing business is $15,000 a second. Exxon employs hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. Those "profits" that Obama wants to take for taxes are mostly paid out as dividends into IRA's and other retirement accounts that own the stock. We have to keep in mind that Senator Obama has never held a job in the private sector.

MCCAIN AND OBAMA MAY BOTH PICK PRO-ABORT VP - It is a sure bet that Barack Obama will pick a VP who will want to personally supervise the construction of abortion clinics in every neighborhood in America. Now it seems that John McCain may do the same. In statements this week he said he saw nothing wrong with a pro-abortion pick for VP such as former governor Tom Ridge (R-PA). Read more

THE CONGRESS

PELOSI MAY BACK OIL DRILLING- Last week radical San Francisco leftist Nancy Pelosi, who rules over the House of Representatives, told a news outlet that she personally would "save the planet" by not allowing any further drilling for oil in the United States, particularly offshore drilling. Oops! Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama now says offshore drilling would be OK to "temporarily" reduce high gas prices. His change of heart came about as polls showed 70% of Americans wanted offshore drilling. Now Nancy Pelosi says she would allow and even vote for offshore drilling if it is with a "package." Perhaps the energy from Pelosi's and Obama's fast flip flops can be somehow harnessed as a solution to the shortage.

REPUBLICANS TO SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT? - Republican congressmen continue to demonstrate in the House chamber despite the fact that Congress is in recess for the entire month of August. They are demanding that Speaker Nancy Pelosi call back the House to vote on a bill to allow more oil drilling in the United States. Meanwhile 36 GOP Senators say they will block a vote on any government funding bills until there is a vote on offshore drilling. Such a move would shut down the government. Meanwhile Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) has begun an energy freedom day web site.

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CULTURE AND RELIGION

HAMAS LEADER'S SON TURNS TO JESUS - Mosab Hassan Yousef was born the son of one of the leaders of HAMAS, an Islamic terror organization. He was raised in the West Bank where many young men grow up to be Jihadists and even suicide bombers. But the person of Jesus Christ has changed his life and he now attends an evangelical Christian church. Read more See video

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new July 31, 2008 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains a full report on the July mission to the Middle East to assist Iraqi Christian refugees. There are new facts on the condition of Christians in Jordan. The bombing in Ariel and the recovery of David Ortiz's son is also covered. Click here to view new issue.

INTERNATIONAL

CHINA AND RUSSIA COMPARED - My dear friend Paul Weyrich has one of the greatest political minds of the past hundred years. He is one of the founders of the conservative movement as we know it today. After President Bush spent three days in China at the Olympics, Paul Weyrich did a comparison of that nation to modern Russia. Everyone who thinks China will reform because it has turned somewhat toward free enterprise should read his analysis. Read more

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