Transforming lives with Good News in the Nation’s Capital
Jan 29, 2021
"Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness." - James Wilson, Founding Father and original Supreme Court Justice
For three decades, Faith & Liberty has been your voice in Washington, DC, working to advance religious liberty. In all of that time, we’ve never witnessed as great a threat to our freedoms as we are seeing right now.
America is at a crossroads. It is up to us to determine if America will remain a nation that respects the rule of law and protects freedom. Read on. – Your Faith & Liberty team
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In California, it's criminal in 90-plus percent of the state to worship in church, and that worship ban extends to 100 percent of homes with anyone who does not live there. Each violation is punishable by up to a year in prison and stiff fines. Governor Gavin Newsom's outrageous church closure laws are intolerable!
Enough is enough!
Members of your Faith & Liberty team have stood with many of these threatened churches, including the pastors, staff, and attendees who face daily fines and jail — for opening and attending CHURCH...here in America!
Here is Governor Newsom's shocking nine-plus months of NO WORSHIP timeline:
Closing churches has literally killed people -- and we are not speaking of COVID itself. The reality is the very place where hurting people can turn in times of need has been closed or severely restricted.
The CDC reported that 25.5% of young Americans ages 18-24 have seriously considered suicide. That is one out of every four! Compared to the same time period in 2019, every age and demographic group experienced shocking increases in depression, anxiety and suicide. Drug and alcohol abuse, pornography, domestic violence and child abuse — are all off the charts since the closures began.
There is ONLY one group that did not experience a decline in mental health during the COVID shutdowns — people who regularly attend church. In fact, their mental health IMPROVED compared with 2019.
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These shutdowns and illegal church closures aren't just killing people...they're killing freedom.
The bedrock foundation of our freedom in America arises from our Judeo-Christian values. As Founding Father John Adams wrote in 1798:
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
As lawless governors continue to illegally close churches, some members of Congress now seek to illegally impeach a private citizen.
The core issue of the church closures is the same issue at the heart of the unconstitutional impeachment — lawlessness.
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Congress ONLY has the authority to impeach a president while he is in office. Congress has NO power to impeach or hold a trial to convict a private citizen. The Chief Justice has refused to preside over the Senate "impeachment" sham. Instead, in a banana republic-like move, Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy will preside over the trial! I have no words — other than "STOP IT!"
This is NOT a partisan issue – it is a Constitutional battle. If we devalue the Constitution by engaging in such a lawless act, we also devalue the rights enshrined in our Constitution, including our religious freedom!
With all of the battles that are before us—both moral and constitutional—without a doubt, for your missionary team at Faith & Liberty, 2021 is going to be much busier than 2020.
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Finally, we want to encourage you to keep praying for the heart and soul of our nation. Lawlessness and licentiousness may be on the rise, but we know God is more powerful than evil. Together, we are making a huge difference. And with God, all things are possible!
Your missionaries to Washington, DC,
Peggy Nienaber, Vice-President, Faith & Liberty
Mat Staver, Chairman
Rev. Gregory Cox, Lead Missionary, Faith & Liberty
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