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Calling Christian Rebels – "Spiritual people inspire me; religious people frighten me."

May 25, 2007

Calling Christian Rebels

By Marcia Segelstein

5/24/2007

Christian Worldview and Culture

Like it or not, being a traditional Christian in our current culture means being a rebel. It means taking unpopular stands on highly charged issues such as abortion, homosexuality, and divorce. It means risking derision, humiliation, and scorn. It means looking at the way things are and—when they undermine the Word of God—challenging them.

Peter Kreeft, in his book The Snakebite Letters: Devilishly Devious Secrets for Subverting Society as Taught in Tempter’s Training School, includes the following advice from a senior demon to his apprentice regarding the person he’s trying to ensnare: “Your patient, like most Americans, is a conformist (though he fancies himself a freethinker). He fears being different, eccentric, or (worst of all) ‘a fanatic,’ much more than he fears being wicked.”

It reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw recently that read “Spiritual people inspire me; religious people frighten me.” Deeply held religious beliefs are out of fashion in America at the moment.

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Legislative Alert

May 2, 2007

Legislative Alert: Two action items need immediate attention. The House of Representatives is planning to schedule votes on two separate bills today, May 2, and perhaps tomorrow (the National Day of Prayer). BOTH MUST BE OPPOSED.

1) Head Start Reauthorization. While this may be a worthwhile program, there is no legislative language to protect the hiring rights of faith-based organizations wishing to participate and help high risk children from low income families. Congressman Shuler offered a “fig leaf” amendment in committee, praising the work of faith-based organizations but telling them they have to give up their rights if they want to participate in Head Start.

The landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act explicitly protects the rights of religious organizations to take religion into account in their hiring practices. In fact, the Civil Rights Act made clear that when faith-based organizations hire employees on a religious basis, it is an exercise of the organization’s civil liberties and does not constitute “discrimination” under federal law. Faith-based organizations have a federally protected right to maintain their religious nature and character through those they hire and nothing in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that a religious organization loses its rights merely because it receives federal funds. These organizations willing to serve their communities by participating in federal programs should not be forced to give up that right.*

CALL TO ACTION: Please call your Congressman immediately and urge him/her to vote NO on the Head Start bill (H.R. 1429) because it does not protect the hiring rights of faith-based organizations.

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