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Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Chuck Colson :: Townhall.com Columnist
Check Your Faith at the Door
by Chuck Colson
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The bill also includes phony religious protection language that does not exempt all religious schools and universities (even K through 12).

Pro-ENDA lawmakers are being especially disingenuous. Many congressmen are going to the floor to make speeches about the value of faith groups in American life. The idea seems to be to create the appearance of how much they care about religious communities—records they can point to later for cover as they vote for bills like ENDA. It’s astonishing how easily they think Christians can be fooled, isn’t it? Do they still think evangelicals are poor, ignorant, and easy to command, as the Washington Post once said?

The Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual rights group, is having their annual gala (a dinner) this weekend—and congressional leaders want to hand them a big victory. You and I need to get to our telephones immediately, especially if you own a business, and call our members of Congress. We must tell them that we are not fooled by any of this religious protection language, that this bill discriminates against religious business owners, and that we want them to vote against this invasion of religious freedom. If you visit the BreakPoint website, you will find more information about ENDA and how it will cut into the rights of faith communities.
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Chuck Colson was the Chief Counsel for Richard Nixon and served time in prison for Watergate-related charges. In 1976, Colson founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, which, in collaboration with churches of all confessions and denominations, has become the world's largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Oct 10, 2007 - 1:52 PM EST
du writes: 09, 2007 7:53 PM


Why sow distrust and dishonesty and bad faith...and then expect to never reap it upon yourself?

DESKJOCKEY WRITES

Do you mean that if I’m not honest about your perversion, I won’t have to worry about one of you trying it on me. So if I lie along with you then you promise to not try that Analtheism on me.

du writes: 09, 2007 7:53 PM


You know you have benefitted from the power structure in this country. At this point in time, all this mytholizing ENDA make Chicken Little look like General McArthur. Is there NOTHING you can't argue that isn't based on a sermon or exaggerated conjecture about what YOU won't get to have?

DESKJOCKEY WRITES

I haven’t benefited at all. I remember growing up in public housing and my first friend Junie Bug (Black nickname) had the same tricycle I had. Then years later dad, a floor sweeper, got $600 dollars from his boss to buy a house and we done moved right in the ghetto and there went the neighborhood. Now they had White honkie trash in a small house half the size of theirs with no car. The Po black folks were thinking they finally had gotten away from the man and then he moves across the street and ruins their property values.

But I looked at my neighbors big two story 1400 sq ft homes and said to myself someday I can be Black and have a home like that. And although I never became Tiger Wood, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Parsons of TWC, Raines of Fanny Mae, John Thompson of Symantec, etc. I eventually became a great soul brother and soul dancer and would be the only honkie at the college Black dances with 800 folks. Now I did sun tan all day in the summer so I sort of looked the part. Who says you can't change you skin tell me or Michael Jackson that. And I eventually got my 2 story house without the benefit of giver-ment. They just didn’t believe me when I pleaded I had 1/64th black blood and wanted my helping hand up.

Nope, got no benefit from the man here my friend.
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Date: Oct 10, 2007 - 1:48 PM EST
du writes: 09, 2007 7:53 PM


There is no elected official who can uphold the laws of the Bible precisely because it's personal and so is interpretation which has been abused and abusive before. So caution is fair when it comes to QUALITY OF LIFE issues for minorities.

DESKJOCKEY WRITES

I agree that elected officials can’t uphold the laws of the Bible. Therefore Jesus gave them grace instead of law.

Granted many abuse and misappropriate the Bible. I would suggest that you find some good Bible Commentaries like Matthew Henry that are accepted around the world so you aren’t hoodwinked.

du writes: 09, 2007 7:53 PM

Minorities are wholly dependent on fairness and goodwill in a country like this.

DESKJOCKEY WRITES

That is exactly how John Gotti and Michael Vic felt.

du writes: 09, 2007 7:53 PM

I don't see justifying workplaces issues on this as if gay people aren't intellegent, fair, dedicated or trustworthy.

DESKJOCKEY WRITES

Some folks don’t trust Analtheist because they lack common sense, good judgment and unhealthy life styles that send the health plan cost out the roof. In fact alcoholics,who like Blacks can’t change, also are discriminated against by the airline Pilots association and other employers. Granted many Analtheist are alcoholics but in any case there are many that can perform well on the job, but why gamble if you have a candidate without the baggage.

du writes: 09, 2007 7:53 PM

And to see these postings, being gay is synonymous with all things bad and inferior the way black skin was considered to make someone that way.

DESKJOCKEY WRITES

I guess that is why Blacks have the highest percentage of themselves in Analtheism. They are already discriminated against so there is nothing to loose.
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