Rev. Rob Schenck
President
Faith
and Action
(P.O. Box 96204, Washington, D.C. 20090-6204)
Military Religious Rights Project
A Project of Faith and Action
P & R Schenck Associates in Evangelism, 109 2nd Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20002
"Defend
our Chaplains' Constitutional Rights"
Dear Friend in Faith,
Barack Obama has just
Declared War on
Christian Chaplains in the military!
As
the Washington Examiner reports,
"In a stunning attack on the speech rights and free religious exercise of
U.S. soldiers, the Obama administration has released a statement confirming the
unthinkable: Any soldier who professes Christianity can now be court-martialed
and may face imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge from the military...even
if they are a military chaplain."
Already
Christian Chaplains have been court-martialed, forced out of the U.S. military,
been stripped of their military pensions, and even had their health benefits
taken away ...
... for the "crime" of praying with soldiers and in
public "In Jesus' Name."
That's
right, Christian
Chaplains in the U.S. military
now face the full wrath of Obama's military "justice" for
"daring" to pray in Jesus' name.
Many
Christian Chaplains with whom I've spoken have been intimidated into remaining
silent about their plight for fear of being "dishonorably" discharged
from the military altogether.
Some
of these Chaplains have even "gone underground" in a desperate effort
to avoid punishment!
These
are good Christian men who only want to serve their country and their God. And
they are being persecuted by Barack Obama and his band of anti-Christian
zealots!
It's
an outrage.
That's
why I'm writing to ask for your help today. Specifically, I need you to do two
(2) things to support our Christian military Chaplains:
1. Please sign the [requested] enclosed "Defend our Chaplains' Constitutional Rights" Petition
to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Your Petition asks Chief Justice
Roberts to take up the case of our military Chaplains and issue a clear ruling
protecting the First Amendment religious rights of these Chaplains.
2. I'd also like you to please sign the [requested] enclosed
"Prayer Card" to our
persecuted Christian Chaplains. I will be personally meeting in private with
several of these courageous and honorable military Chaplains as soon as
possible. And I'd like to bring thousands of "Prayer Cards" to let
these Chaplains know how much the American people appreciate their sacrifices
for our country.
So
please sign your "Defend our Chaplains' Constitutional Rights"
Petition to John Roberts and your "Prayer Card" to help me fight back
on behalf of our military Chaplains!
My friend, let me tell you exactly how dire this situation
really is for our military Chaplains. Top officials from Barack Obama's Defense
Department recently held a high level meeting with "fanatical
anti-Christian activist Mikey Weinstein, who helped design the new punishments
for Christians who commit the now-criminal offense of sharing their faith with others," per the Washington Examiner.
Associated Press reports Mikey Weinstein "says even a Bible on an officer's desk
can amount to 'pushing this fundamentalist version of Christianity on helpless
subordinates'" and is "urging the Pentagon to court martial officers
whose subordinates feel they're being proselytized."
Breitbart News
reports that Weinstein "is the head of the Military Religious Freedom
Foundation, and says Christians -- including chaplains -- sharing the gospel of
Jesus Christ in the military are guilty of 'treason,' and of committing an act
of 'spiritual rape' as serious a crime as 'sexual assault.' He also asserted
that Christians sharing their faith in the military are 'enemies of the
Constitution.'"
Treason? Spiritual rape? Enemies of the
Constitution? That's what Barack Obama and his anti-Christian allies
think of our Chaplains in the military!
My
friend, you can't reason with people like this. Our only hope is to defeat them
if we want to save our Christian Chaplains!
That's
why I'm asking you to please sign the [requested] enclosed "Defend our
Chaplains' Constitutional Rights" Petition to John Roberts and your "Prayer Card" to our persecuted Christian
Chaplains RIGHT NOW.
I
want to deliver tens of thousand of "Defend our Chaplains' Constitutional
Rights" Petitions to John Roberts at the U.S. Supreme Court -- which is
right across the street from our National Ministry Center!
Your
"Defend our Chaplains' Constitutional Rights" Petition is urgently needed
to help convince the Supreme Court to take up the case of our military
Chaplains and issue a clear ruling protecting the First Amendment religious
rights of these Chaplains.
And
your "Prayer Card" for the persecuted Christian Chaplains is urgently
needed to let these Chaplains who are in hiding right now know how much the
American people appreciate their sacrifices for our country!
Can
I count on you to help me fight this battle by signing and rushing back your
"Defend our Chaplains' Constitutional Rights" Petition and your
"Prayer Card"?
And
can I count on you to support this critical work of Faith and Action's Military
Religious Rights Project with a gift of at least $25?
Faith
and Action and I have been fighting these kinds of religious freedom battles
for more than 25 years.
We
launched our Military Religious Rights Project specifically to fight for the
religious rights of our military, who are under heavy assault from the Obama
Administration and anti-Christian zealots.
I am
hoping and praying that I can count on you for a donation of $25 to Faith and
Action -- just $1 for every year we've been battling to protect religious
rights.
Or,
if you can possibly afford a larger donation, please rush $50, $100, $250, $500
or even $1000 or more to Faith and Action's Military Religious Rights Project
to support this critical campaign to protect the religious rights of our
military Chaplains.
Your
gift of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500 or even $1000 or more will help us launch
this campaign to stop the persecution of Christian Chaplains in the military.
Your
gift will help us print, distribute and collect more of these "Defend our
Chaplains' Constitutional Rights" Petitions and your
"Prayer Cards".
We
want to deliver at least 100,000 "Defend our Chaplains' Constitutional
Rights" Petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court. And we want to deliver
another 100,000 "Prayer Cards" to these persecuted Christian
Chaplains that I'll be meeting with in the coming days.
Together
this will cost our Military Religious Rights Project at least $50,000! That's
why your contribution gift of at least $25 is so urgently needed for this
historic effort!
Please
help Faith and Action's Military Religious Rights Project defend Christian
Chaplains in the military by sending an urgently needed gift of at least $25 --
just $1 for every year we've been fighting for religious freedom.
And
please don't forget to rush me your signed "Defend our Chaplains'
Constitutional Rights" Petition and your "Prayer Card" in today's mail.
Thank
you very much, and God bless you.
Sincerely,
Rev.
Rob Schenck
President
[Please request for "Defend our Chaplains' Constitutional Rights" Petition and your "Prayer Card" (FA, P.O. Box 96204, Washington, D.C. 20090-6204)!]
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(Sample Petition)
Defend our Chaplains'
Constitutional Rights
A Petition to Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts
Dear Chief Justice Roberts,
Christian
chaplains have been court-martialed, forced out of the U.S. military, been
stripped of their military pensions, and even had their health benefits taken
away, all because they prayed with soldiers and in public "In Jesus'
Name."
Even
worse, Christian chaplains have been intimidated into remaining silent about
their plight for fear of being "dishonorably" discharged from the U.S. military altogether!
The
fact that Christian chaplains in the U.S. military have faced the full wrath of military
discipline for "daring" to pray in Jesus' name is a clear violation
of their First Amendment religious freedom rights.
Therefore
I, the undersigned citizen, do hereby respectfully request that you and the
Supreme Court take up the case of our military chaplains and issue a clear
ruling protecting the First Amendment religious rights of these chaplains.
Thank
you and God bless you.
Signed:____________________________________
City/Town:_____________________ State:_______
Printed and distributed by Faith and Action's
Military Religious Rights Project
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Dear Friend of Faith and
Action,
Congressman
John Fleming has now stated openly what you and I and our Faith and Action
family all know to be true:
The
While House is now endorsing
military
reprimands of members
who
keep a Bible on their desk
or
express a religious belief.
This
administration is aggressively hostile
towards
religious beliefs.
And
Congressman Fleming's clear and compelling evidence of President Barack Obama's
attacks on the rights of Christians in the military keeps pouring in
·
The Air Force
censored a video created by a chaplain because it include
the word "God." The Air Force feared the word might offend other religions
and atheists.
·
A service member
received a "severe and possibly career-ending reprimand" for expressing
his faith's religious position about homosexuality in a personal religious blog.
·
A senior military
official at Fort Campbell sent out a lengthy email officially instructing
officers to recognize "the religious right in America" as a "domestic hate group" akin to
the KKK and Neo-Nazis because of its opposition to homosexual behavior.
·
A chaplain was relieved
of his command over a military chapel because he would not allow
same-sex weddings to take place in the chapel.
That's
right, Christians
in the U.S. military
now face the full wrath of President Obama's military "justice" for
"daring" to express their deeply held religious faith.
Many
Christian Chaplains with whom I've spoken have been intimidated into remaining
silent about their plight for fear of being "dishonorably" discharged
from the military altogether.
Some
of these Chaplains have even "gone underground" in a desperate effort
to avoid punishment!
These
are good Christian men who only want to serve their country and their God. And
their rights are under attack from President Obama and his allies!
It's
an outrage.
That's
why I'm writing to ask for your help today. Specifically, I need you to do two
(2) things to support our Christian military Chaplains:
1. Please sign the [requested] enclosed "Support Religious Freedom"
Petition to Congressman John Fleming. Congressman Fleming has introduced a
Religious Liberty Amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that would
protect the Christian rights of our military men and women. Your Petition
supports this Religious Liberty Amendment and encourages the FULL Congress to
pass it.
2. I'd also like you to please sign the [requested] enclosed
"Prayer Card" to our
Christian Chaplains under attack. I will be personally meeting in private with
several of these courageous and honorable military Chaplains as soon as
possible. And I'd like to bring thousands of "Prayer Cards" to let
these Chaplains know how much the American people appreciate their sacrifices
for our country.
So
please sign your [requested] "Support Religious Freedom" Petition to
Congressman Fleming and your "Prayer Card" to help me fight back on
behalf of Christians in the military!
I
want to deliver tens of thousand of Faith and Action's "Support Religious
Freedom" Petitions to Congressman Fleming's office -- which is just
minutes away from our National Ministry Center!
Your
"Support Religious Freedom" Petition is urgently needed to help
Congressman Fleming convince his fellow Members of Congress to protect the
First Amendment religious rights of Christians in the military.
Congressman
Fleming's Religious Liberty Amendment and his other efforts to defend the
rights of Christians in the military would do just that.
But
President Obama "strongly objects" to this Amendment, claiming it
would have a "significant adverse effect on good order, discipline,
morale, and mission accomplishment."
And
with that clear signal you know that President Obama's allies in Congress are
going to go full bore to DEFEAT this Religious Liberty Amendment.
So
please rush me your signed "Support Religious Freedom" Petition to
help us overcome this opposition and protect the rights of Christians in the
military!
I am
also asking for your signed "Prayer Card" for the Christian Chaplains
under attack, to let these Chaplains who are in hiding right now know how much
the American people appreciate their sacrifices for our country!
As I
mentioned, I will be personally meeting in private with several of these
courageous and honorable military Chaplains as soon as possible.
And
I'd like to bring thousands of "Prayer Cards" to let these Chaplains
know how much the American people support them in their time of need!
Can
I count on you to help me fight this battle by signing and rushing back your "Support
Religious Freedom" Petition and your "Prayer Card"?
And
can I count on you to support this critical work of Faith and Action's Military
Religious Rights Project with a gift of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500 or even
$1000 or more?
As
you know, Faith and Action and I have been fighting these kinds of religious
freedom battles for 30 years.
With
your help, we launched our Military Religious Rights Project specifically to
fight for the religious rights of our military, who are under heavy assault from the Obama Administration and his
anti-Christian allies.
I am
hoping and praying that I can count on your CONTINUED backing -- in the form of
a donation of at least $25 to Faith and Action -- to support this vital work on
behalf of our Christian military men and women.
Or,
if you can possibly afford a larger donation, please rush $50, $100, $250, $500
or even $1000 or more to Faith and Action's Military Religious Rights Project
to support this critical campaign to protect the religious rights of Christians
in the military.
Your
gift of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500 or even $1000 or more will help us continue
this critical campaign to stop the attacks on the rights of Christians in the
military and support our Christian chaplains.
Your
gift will help us print, distribute and collect more of these "Support
Religious Freedom" Petitions for Congressman Fleming and these
"Prayer Cards" for the military Chaplains.
We
want to deliver at least 100,000 "Support Religious Freedom"
Petitions to Congress. And we want to deliver another 100,000 "Prayer
Cards" to these Christian Chaplains that I'll be meeting with in the
coming days.
Together
this will cost our Military Religious Rights Project at least $50,000! That's
why your contribution gift of at least $25 is so urgently needed for this
historic effort!
Please
help Faith and Action's Military Religious Rights Project defend Christians in
the military by sending an urgently needed gift of $25, $50, $100, $250, $500
or even $1000 or more.
And
please don't forget to rush me your signed "Support Religious Freedom" Petition and your "Prayer Card" in today's mail.
Thank
you very much, and God bless you.
Sincerely,
Rev.
Rob Schenck
President
[Please request for "Support Religious Freedom" Petition and your "Prayer Card" (FA, P.O. Box 96204, Washington, D.C. 20090-6204)!]
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(Sample Petition)
Support Religious Freedom
A Petition to Congressman
John Flemming
Dear Congressman Flemming,
You
have courageously been sounding the warning bell about President Obama's
unconstitutional assaults on the rights of Christians in the U.S. military.
As
you stated, "this administration is aggressively hostile towards religious
beliefs that it deems to be politically incorrect."
And
you have reported example after example of attacks on the rights of Christians
in the military by the Obama Administration, to the degree where you say
"the White House is now endorsing military reprimands of members who keep a
Bible on their desk or express a religious belief".
I
have been told by Faith and Action that you introduced a Religious – Freedom
Amendment to protect the rights of Christians in the military. I've also been
told that President Barack Obama "strongly objects" to it.
I,
the undersigned citizen, do hereby FULLY SUPPORT your Religious Freedom
Amendment and all future efforts to protect Christians in the military from
further assaults on their rights by the Obama Administration. Please use this
signed petition to rally a majority of Congress to join you in this cause.
Thank
you and God bless you.
Signed:____________________________________
City/Town:_____________________ State:_______
Printed and distributed by Faith and Action's
Military Religious Rights Project