Time: Fri May 30 07:49:49 1997
by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA03543;
Fri, 30 May 1997 07:23:49 -0700 (MST)
by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA05340;
Fri, 30 May 1997 07:23:43 -0700 (MST)
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 07:46:27 -0700
To: <the290@spawn.flanet.com>
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Matthew 10:22
"Brother shall betray brother to death,
and fathers shall betray their own children.
And children shall rise against their parents
and cause their deaths. Everyone shall hate
you because you belong to Me. But all of you who
endure to the end shall be saved."
Matthew 10:21-22
>New ad sheds light
> on persecution of
> Christians
>
> By Larry Witham
> THE WASHINGTON TIMES
>
> American television viewers today will be greeted
>with a
> grisly reminder that perhaps millions of
>religious believers
> worldwide, especially Christians, face "persecution,
>slavery,
> torture and murder" for their faith.
> . . . . The graphic TV spot, unveiled by the
>conservative think
> tank Empower America, is the latest move to defend
>believers
> abroad.
> . . . . "Very little is being done to address the
>issue," said
> William Bennett, former education secretary and
current
> president of Empower America. "We don't think it is
>just one
> more thing for the government to look at. This
cries for
> attention."
> . . . . At a news conference debuting the 60-second
spot
> complete with images of mutilation and lynchings,
>Sen. Joseph
> I. Lieberman, Connecticut Democrat, and Jeane
>Kirkpatrick,
> former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, also
>said the
> problem is a leading human rights issue.
> . . . . "As Americans, we have a unique obligation to
>speak out
> and act against religious persecution," said Mr.
>Lieberman,
> who appears on the video with Mr. Bennett.
> . . . . The spot opens with words about persecution
and
> murder, with Sudan, Egypt, China, Saudi Arabia and
>Pakistan
> named as nations responsible for such abuses.
> . . . . "You probably didn't know," Mr. Lieberman
says on
> screen, "that this century has seen more
anti-Christian
> persecution than any other."
> . . . . The spot invites viewers to call an 800
>number to learn
> the scale of the problem, and how they can help
solve it.
> . . . . Empower America also will hold a summit in
>Washington
> on June 23, bringing together clergy, lawmakers and
> foreign-affairs specialists to highlight religious
>persecution.
> . . . . "The most important action we can take as
>Americans is
> to call attention," Mrs. Kirkpatrick said.
> . . . . She cited the extermination of Jews in Nazi
>Germany and
> Muslims in Bosnia, and noted that Buddhists in Tibet
>are just
> barely better off.
> . . . . While Empower America proposed no policy
>solutions, it
> urged the president, Congress, religious leaders and
>churches
> to combat religious persecution. And at yesterday's
press
> conference, Mr. Bennett urged the news media to
>report the
> story more vigorously.
> . . . . The Freedom From Religious Persecution Act of
>1997,
> introduced last week by Sen. Arlen Specter,
Pennsylvania
> Republican, and Rep. Frank R. Wolf, Virginia
Republican,
> would require the United States to penalize nations
that
> instigate such persecution and calls for a White
>House adviser
> on the issue.
> . . . . The movement against religious persecution
>began with a
> few editorials in 1995 and some discussion at the
State
> Department. Then a summit of evangelical, Catholic
>and Jewish
> lay leaders formally declared it a crisis early this
>year.
> . . . . In November, the State Department
established a
> 20-member advisory committee. The Clinton
administration
> has rejected, however, the idea of a White House
adviser.
> . . . . An international day of prayer was held in
>September,
> and another is set for Nov. 16. Jewish leaders also
have
> advised Christians on how to emulate the network
that was
> established to liberate Soviet Jewry.
> . . . . Mr. Bennett noted that the persecution of
>Christians in
> many countries has drawn little attention in the
>United States,
> even as Germany's persecution of Scientologists has
>stirred
> protest by big names in Hollywood.
> . . . . "[Christians] are not politically correct
>victims," he
> observed.
>
>
>Douglas N. Hill
>The "On Fire" John T. Lesley Camp # 1282
>Tampa, FL.
>
>
>SAVE THE MALES!
>(Impeach Darth Bader!)
>
>````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
>`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
>
> I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That
>"all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor
>prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people"
>(10th Amendment). To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus
>specifically drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a
>boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to any definition.
> --- Thomas Jefferson, To President Washington, 15 February,1791
>
>````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
>`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
>
> "Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which
>no age nor nation has set an example."
> ---Thomas Jefferson, Query XIX, Notes on the State of Virginia
>
>````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
>`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
>
> "We've gone from being a country of bean growers to that of bean counters.
>Ay! There lies the rub!"
>
>
>
>
>
> ** DEO VINDICE **
>
>
>
========================================================================
Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness
email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.2 on Intel 586 CPU
web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration
ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best
Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone
Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this
========================================================================
Return to Table of Contents for
Supreme Law School: E-mail