The people who populated the English colonies in
North America were Christians with deeply held beliefs. They were nonconformist who wished to
practice their religion without fear of persecution by those who would wield political
power to coerce uniformity of thought.
The Library of Congress published the following on
their website:
Many of the British North American
colonies that eventually formed the United States of America were settled in
the seventeenth century by men and women, who, in the face of European
persecution, refused to compromise passionately held religious convictions and
fled Europe. The New England colonies, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland
were conceived and established "as plantations of religion." Some
settlers who arrived in these areas came for secular motives--"to catch
fish" as one New Englander put it--but the great majority left Europe to
worship God in the way they believed to be correct. They enthusiastically
supported the efforts of their leaders to create "a city on a hill"
or a "holy experiment," whose success would prove that God's plan for
his churches could be successfully realized in the American wilderness. Even
colonies like Virginia, which were planned as commercial ventures, were led by
entrepreneurs who considered themselves "militant Protestants" and
who worked diligently to promote the prosperity of the church.
Even the federal government recognizes Christianity
played an important role in forming these United States. So why have they forsaken the very foundation
that made this country great? Why are
they persecuting Christians who wish to practice their religion by using the
force of political power?
The Obama administration has made it quite clear
Christians, who own a business, are not allowed to practice their faith in the
public square. Many have been sued and
bankrupted. WND has made a case there is
a hunt for Christian business owners whom refuse to participate in gay
marriages. This has caused a crisis of
conscience and a usurpation of First Amendment rights.
This hostility has permeated our military. Chaplains are being punished for presiding
over private religious counseling sessions.
One in a Ranger battalion was reprimanded for using the Bible and
promoting Christianity. Another in the
Navy lost his career. The word is out:
if you’re a Christian, you’d better think twice before entering the military.
Even funding websites has renounced Christian
causes. TownHall.com reported the
following:
Sure enough, after
a GoFundMe site was set up to help the Kleins defray their legal expenses, the
thought police went into action. Under pressure, GoFundMe quickly shut down the
site that had raised over $110,000 for the Kleins. It also shut down a site created
to help Arlene's Flowers, another company whose owner, Barronelle Stutzman, has
faced civil fines for refusing to provide services to same-sex marriage
ceremonies, citing her religious faith.
Most recently, the site shut down fundraising efforts to help
the families of Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
The company issued a statement saying that they had changed
their policy, which now bans any fundraising campaigns "in defense of
formal charges or claims of heinous crimes, violent, hateful, sexual or
discriminatory acts." Competitor site IndieGoGo soon followed suit.
Here's the magic formula: Make a claim of a "hateful"
act (easy enough; every policy disagreement is "hate" these days),
use social media and litigation to threaten and financially devastate your
target, and then prevent any financial support from reaching them.
Progressive Torquemadas see Christians as a threat
to their social order. Anyone who
doesn’t conform to their utopian mosque is considered a heretic. There is no freedom of religion with these tormentors. Worship will be contained at your home or
church with their blessings, of course.
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