Governor of California Criminalizes Christianity

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Does anyone know about this supposedly "new" law in CA. I got this in an e-mail today from "The Rick Scarborough Report on the War on Faith." I make it a point to monitor the enemy. Of course I understand that what he is talking about cannot be applied to regular church service as he doesn't actually say but alludes to in this article. I just want to know if such a law in CA has been enacted because if it upsets the fundies this bad it has to be good for the community.

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In a remarkably arrogant breach of his responsibility to be Governor of all the people of California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yielded to homosexual demands and signed into law a law that criminalizes Bible believing people in the state.

On the surface, SB 1441 would add "sexual orientation" to an anti-discrimination statute dealing with how state funds are handed out. The bill's sponsor, state Sen. Sheila James Kuehl, an openly gay legislator, claims the law will "close an important gap in California's nondiscrimination laws." But in reality, what has transpired will result in giving radical homosexual activists in the state the legal ammunition to shut down and criminalize any preacher who happens to believe and practice Romans 1 as a matter of conscience, and thereby gives a homosexual activist cause to “feel” threatened by such preaching.

Mona Passignano, state issues analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said what the bill really does is insidious.

"What it will actually do is create an atmosphere in which businesses and organizations that receive state funding cannot speak about homosexuality in any way which might be perceived as being negative," she said. "Funding could be taken away if somebody perceives that they have been discriminated against for their gender identity."

Passignano pointed out that the law could arguably include a church no longer being able to get police or fire protection from a city, if the pastor preaches from Romans 1 about the biblical view of homosexuality.

Neither preacher nor any follower of Christ should ever condemn or ridicule another human being for any practice or behavior, as our Lord commands us to love all people the same. We do, however, have a Biblical mandate to confront sinful behavior, always with a sense of compassion and spirit of love that recognizes the truth, that but for the grace of God, there go I. As of Monday, in California, that kind of preaching could be an indictable offense. Christianity has been criminalized in California.

California reminds us all of what happens when the church fails to engage the culture. We are not winning the war for the soul of America because we are too few or our God too weak. We are losing because we don’t show up for the battle. It is time for all Pastors to consider becoming a Patriot Pastor. And it time for all of you reading this alert to consider becoming a Patriot Partner.

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