Another Letter from Brad Dacus

Here is another letter I received from Brad Dacus of Pacific Justice Institute. 

Dear Friend,

This last weekend, we along with many of you celebrated Father's Day. It was a great opportunity to reflect upon all the good that has come from our fathers, father-figures, and our nation's forefathers.
We are now just days away—perhaps mere hours away—from two of the most significant Supreme Court decisions in years.  By the end of the month, we expect to get major decisions from the High Court on both Prop. 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).  These two lawsuits represent two of the greatest attacks on fatherhood—as well as motherhood—that we have seen in our lifetimes.  Beyond all the hype of so-called "marriage equality," the court imposed redefinition of marriage would create a sea change in public policy that insists fathers and mothers are interchangeable and irrelevant.  Already, in response to the never-ending demand for acceptance by homosexual activists, some schools no longer talk about Father's Day or Mother's Day, and some states are eliminating the words "father" and "mother" from birth certificates in favor of "parent 1, and parent 2."
We believe dads and moms are still crucial to healthy families.  That's why we have been fighting for years to defend the traditional definition of marriage.  Not only was PJI part of the ProtectMarriage coalition that vaulted Prop. 8 to voter approval in 2008, but we began years earlier by advocating for Prop. 22, the predecessor of Prop. 8.  Through our campaign to hold the Federal Department of Justice accountable for its egregious violations of basic attorney-client loyalty in its betrayal of DOMA (see NoWayDOJ.com) we are using every tool in our legal toolbox to restore the rule of law that is being threatened by these cases.
As we remember the importance of dads—and look ahead to these crucial decisions—I hope you will join me in saying a prayer for our nation and our families.  Thank you for your faithful support as we engage these crucial battles in the courts and on our knees.

Running the race,
Brad DacusPresident, Pacific Justice Institute

A Government Safety Net

Today many Americans look to the government for the answers to all our social ills. But  is this actually a wise approach to the problem? Many government welfare plans, such as President Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty caused more problems then they fixed. So, what is the government's proper role when it comes to welfare? Watch this video by Dr. Ryan Messmore of the Heritage Foundation as he explains the governments proper role as a safety net of last resort.

Threat to Your Children's Privacy

I recently received this email from Brad Dacus of Pacific Justice Institute, and I thought I'd share it with you. If you live in California, call your state senator and oppose this bill!

Dear Friends,

Please join us in taking action within the next 24 hours to oppose AB 1266, a bill that threatens the future of our children.

AB 1266 is an almost-unbelievable proposal in the California Legislature that would take "transgender rights" to such an extreme in our public schools that boys and girls could use any bathroom or locker room they wish, based only on their self-proclaimed "gender identity."  Perhaps the most shocking thing about this bill is that one half of the Legislature (the Assembly) has already voted to approve it!  The bill is now in the Senate, and that's where we need your immediate action.

The Senate Education Committee is scheduled to consider and vote on AB 1266 this coming Wednesday, June 12.  Please call and fax the Committee members at the numbers below to voice your concerns about this bill.  If you live in the Sacramento region, also consider joining us at the hearing, which starts at 9:00 a.m. in Room 2083 of the State Capitol.  A PJI attorney plans to attend and speak at the hearing.

Contact the Senate Education Committee Members

1. Senator Carol Liu (Chair) - Phone: 916-651-4025, Fax: 916-324-7543
2. Senator Mark Wyland (Vice Chair) - Phone: 916-651-4038, Fax: 916-446-7382
3. Senator Marty Block - Phone: 916-651-4039
4. Senator Lou Correa - Phone: 916-651-4034
5. Senator Loni Hancock - Phone: 916-651-4009, Fax: 916-327-1997
6. Senator Ben Hueso - Phone: 916-651-4040, Fax: 916-327-3522
7. Senator Bob Huff - Phone: 916-651-4029, Fax: 916-324-0922
8. Senator Bill Monning - Phone: 916-651-4017, Fax: 916-445-8081
9. Senator Norma J. Torres - Phone: 916-651-4032, Fax: 916-651-4932

If you've already called legislators about AB 1266, thank you and keep it up!  It only takes a few hundred calls—out of the nearly 40 million California residents—to make a difference, so the effect of each one is multiplied many times over.

Stay tuned to www.GenderInsanity.com for updates on this upcoming vote.

Running the Race,

Brad Dacus, Esq.
President, Pacific Justice Institute 

Announcing Free to Preach Project

One of the most influential social institutions in our nation is the church. And throughout American history it has been the churches that have been the most influential in making an impact for the betterment of society. Great preachers like John Witherspoon, George Whitefield, Charles G. Finney, and Martin Luther King Jr. stirred the people to do what was right by looking to what God said in His Word about current events and the issues in the parties platforms. The congregations then would vote their principles, based off of the truths found in the Bible. However, in 1954 then future president Lyndon B. Johnson pushed an bill through Congress forcing churches to have no place in the election process. Ever since then pastors have been forced to keep quiet about political issues or risk losing their tax exemptions. This act is a clear violation of the First Amendment. For almost 60 years churches have remained silent on such important issues as abortion and gay rights. Generations of church goers have grown up thinking that the Bible has nothing to say on this matters. But the fact is, it does.

In light of this, Restoring America is announcing our Free to Preach project. We hope that by July 2, 2014 the sixty year anniversary of this bill, we will be able to repeal the unconstitutional 1954 Johnson Amendment, and restore the right of free speech to our churches and non-profits. Please stand with us, right now there is a bill to repeal the Johnson Amendment, H.R. 127, being looked over by the Committee of Ways and Means, you can contact them at:

Ways and Means Committee Office
1102 Longworth House Office Building
Washington D.C. 20515
Phone: 202-225-3625
Fax: 202-225-2610

Also be sure to contact your local representatives, tell them to vote in support of H.R. 127 and restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment. We have a link to help you find your representatives on our take action page. Help us stand up for our churches and grant our pastors the freedom to preach once again.

The World's Greatest Love Story

     All month places like Amazon and Barnes&Noble have been celebrating Valentine's Day. It seems that they've dug up every book they could find on the topic of love. Interestingly, I have not seen the truly greatest love story anywhere in their lists of great love stories. It appears they have forgotten it... Well, what is this great love story they have forgotten? Is it one of Shakespeare's famous sonnets? No friend, it is not from Shakespeare, though Shakespeare quoted from it frequently. Though it is the world's greatest love story, it will not be found in any romance section of any bookstore in the world. Well then, what is this book? I tell you it is the Bible.

     The Bible is the greatest love story every written, for it is the story of God's great love for humankind.  As John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." The whole Bible is the tale of this love of God for us. From the beginning of creation to the day we turned from God and sin entered the world. From the day when God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to save us from our sins to the day when Christ will come to claim His "bride," the church, and take her home. It is the most glorious story of love, for what can surpass a story of a God whose creation rebels against Him and in so doing brings death to themselves and their descendants forever. Instead of crushing this rebellion and starting over, God leaves all the glory of heaven and makes himself into a man, lives a sinless life, is falsely charged as being an insurgent, and then is unjustly sentenced to death like a common criminal, then rises up from the dead three days later, all in order to save us from the wrath of God and the punishment we so justly deserve. 

     So, I want to leave you with these thoughts. As you go about your day, keep in mind God's wondrous love for you, his love so amazing that he suffered death, even death on the cross in order to be able to have a relationship with you. If you don't have a relationship with Him, would you take a few minutes right now and repent of your sins, ask God to forgive you for your sins, He will, ask Him into your heart and begin this new relationship with Him. If your already saved, do not forget to thank God today for what he has done.

Soli Deo Gloria!!
Adam

A God-less America = A Law-less America

     I saw this article in the Huffington Post yesterday. Very interesting. According to an exit poll done after the 2008 elections, 12% of Americans were religiously-unaffiliated. This article states it's gone up to 19%, and a Gallup poll done in 2012 says America is now 5% atheist, as in Richard Dawkins hard-core type Atheist. The shocking thing about these statistics is that those numbers are continuing to grow. So what? Why should we care whether people are becoming more atheistic or not? I mean, doesn't everyone have a right to believe whatever they want? 

     In America, we tend to have the belief that you can believe what you want, do what you want, and live however you want just as long as it does not keep someone else from living the way they want. As long as it doesn't hurt anyone else it is fine. So does atheism hurt anyone? Does it influence our society, for the worse? The answer is yes. Atheism can and does have a negative affect on society.

     Let me explain. Atheists believe that there is no God; and so because they deny the existence of a moral law-giver, they deny the existence of a universal moral law, and by denying the existence of a universal moral law, they deny the existence of good and evil. Richards Dawkins himself admitted this when he said,


"In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won’t find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference." - The Blind Watchmaker, pg. 133 (emphasis added)


     So as the number of people who believe this increase, so the number of crimes will increase, and the more "God-less" America becomes, the more Law-less she becomes. So how do we stop this? Well first the church must change her tactics, cause obviously what we're doing now is not working. You can look at the same article to discover that all other religious growth, except Mormonism, is at a stand still. The flashy lights, the rock music, and self-help styled sermons, do not save souls. But Jesus Christ does. We must preach the pure unadulterated gospel. Only the message of Christ can save our nation, and our world.

Solus Christus,

Adam

P.S. For more info. Watch this video by Ravi Zacharias on the existence of God. This is just part 1. Click the YouTube button to view the rest.

Restoring America

"The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without it there can be no virtue, and without virtue, there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments"                               

                                                   - Benjamin Rush  ,Father of the American public school



     Faith, virtue, and liberty. Those are the triumvirate of all free societies, and it doesn't take a long look at the situation of America today to see that we are undermining every one of them. All over the country Christians are being told that they can't share their faith, lawsuits are taking place to remove scripture, and the ten commandments especially, from court houses and other public areas. The crime rate is rising, as is the number of divorces, and out of wedlock births. The Democratic National Convention of 2012 chose a political platform of immorality, vowing to protect the people's "right" to promiscuous living, murdering innocent lives, and legalizing the self-destructive practice of homosexuality. As for liberty, just this month the Democrats in Washington have launched an all out attack on the second amendment.

     The foundations of America are crumbling, but they haven't fallen... Yet. Time is running out for America, and the only thing that can save her is Jesus Christ. We must renew our minds with a Christ-centered Biblical worldview, we must follow Christ's commands to form strong moral character, and we must stand for the protection of our God given rights of life and liberty. If we do not protect liberty we will oppress religion, and if we oppress religion we will squelch virtue, and our nation will collapse. Now is the time to act, now is the time to restore America, before it is to late.

Solus Christus,
Adam