8 WAYS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS BEING THREATENED IN AMERICA PUBLIC LIFE

8 Ways The Christian Faith Is Being Threatened In American Public Life

Mar 03, 2017 by Will Maule - GOSPEL HERALD

Throughout the last presidency, the Christian faith has been attacked in the public sphere, and threatened on all sides. Now, the Council for National Policy is calling on President Trump to protect religious freedom's once and for all. "For the last eight years, Americans of all backgrounds have suffered the loss of their religious freedoms because of destructive Obama-era policies," the CNP wrote in a letter to the president, according to Charisma. 

Todd Starnes highlights 8 ways that Christianity is under attack in the US:

1. Federal grantees like World Vision, the Salvation Army, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency and Samaritan's Purse face the prospect of the government forcing them to violate their faith or give up their role serving the disadvantaged and poor around the world.

2. "Adoption providers such as Bethany Christian Services and Catholic Charities have been forced out of Massachusetts, Illinois and D.C. because they are committed to placing needy children with a married mom and dad."

3. "The Obama administration's solicitor general declared before the Supreme Court that religious schools that fail to embrace the Court's redefinition of marriage could see their tax-exempt status fall into jeopardy."

4. "Schools like Gordon College and Brigham Young University Law School have had their accreditation come under scrutiny because of their beliefs about marriage, and the threat of federal action against religious schools remains."

5. "Service members like Navy Chaplain Wes Modder have been disciplined for counseling according to their Christian beliefs about natural marriage."

6. "The Little Sisters of the Poor as well as other religious groups and colleges have been forced under the HHS contraceptives mandate to choose between paying crushing federal fines or violating their deeply held beliefs."

7. "Family business owners around the country have been punished by state and local governments because of their religious views. Earlier this month, the Washington State Supreme Court affirmed the penalties imposed on florist grandmother Barronelle Stutzman for following her faith in the marketplace. She and others like her need to be assured that the federal government will not similarly punish them-whether through tax policy, denial of grants or contracts, or otherwise-because they act in accordance with their beliefs."

8. "Under a policy issued by the Obama administration's agriculture secretary, a USDA official threatened to remove all USDA inspectors if West Michigan Beef Company owner Donald Vander Boon didn't permanently refrain from placing in the company's break room religious literature supporting marriage between one man and one woman that the department deemed "offensive." The Vander Boons were forced to choose between their religious beliefs and having their plant closed and their employees left jobless."

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My comments: President Trump must do all he can to Reverse this Trend or his Administration will FAIL.