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Bible Study Title: Faith and Pro-Life Leaders to Challenge Obama Mandate by Praying and Risking Arrest in Front of the White House WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- The prayer vigil and public witness, will take place on Thursday, February 16, at 11:00 A.M. It will be on the 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW side. The name of the event is called, "A Time to Stand." "A Time to Stand" is in response to President Obama mandating religious institutions coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and contraception in their health plans. "A Time to Stand" agrees with United States Catholic Conference of Bishops when they state: "We note today's proposal (by the President) continues to involve needless government intrusion in the internal governances of religious institutions, and to threaten government coercion of religious people and groups to violate their most deeply held convictions. "In a nation dedicated to religious liberty as its first and founding principle, we should not be limited to negotiating within these parameters. The only complete solution to this religious liberty problem is for HHS to the rescind the mandate of these objectionable services." It is also important to send a clear message to the Obama Administration that the faith community will spend time in jail rather than be coerced into complying with an immoral and unjust mandate. Faith and pro-life leaders will be on a nationwide conference call this Monday discussing how to publicly respond to the Obama Administration mandates and the impact they will have on the 2012 elections. The leaders will also be asked to sign and distribute the "A Time to Stand Declaration" and plan for the February 16 event. The Declaration is included at the bottom of this news release. Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, says this about the planned arrests at the White House; "The Obama Administration has attacked ideals, principles, and protections for which Americans have fought and died for. Therefore, the reaction is not only in the press, in the courts, and in the Congress. It is, should be, and will be in the streets. Civil disobedience must be a part of the response." Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, adds; "The faith community can never be silent or indifferent when it comes to matters of justice, human rights and religious liberty. We want to make it clear to President Obama and all public officials that we would rather spend time in a dark prison cell than be coerced into complying with an immoral and unjust government mandate. "We will be peaceful. We will be humble. We will be prayerful. But, we will stand!" For more information or interviews call: "A Time to Stand Declaration" He went on to say, "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the right of conscience against the power of public functionaries..." In a letter from Archbishop Dolan to his fellow Bishops, he states; What should the response of the Church and people of goodwill be in this matter? The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops provides a clear and definitive answer to that question with this response: We will be peaceful. We will be humble. We will be prayerful. But, we will stand!
Poster Comment: 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
They already said they don't want working white folks votes, they've pissed off a lot of Jews and it looks like they don't want the Catholics votes either..... Pretty stupid for someone who wants to be re-elected..... Or is there plans in the works to not allow elections this fall???? HHmmmm....
There are a lot of bad Republicans; there are no good Democrats!!!
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