Our church has a prayer-request email distribution list. Today, a member forwarded this email to us on the list:<\/p>\n
Dear [Name removed]<\/em>,<\/p>\n
This is urgent … we could see a vote in the Senate anytime this week! Your freedom of speech has literally never been so threatened as it is today.<\/p>\n
Senate Bill 1 and House Resolution 4682 are clearly the work of politicians who want to control, limit, and silence Christians and conservative groups. <\/p>\n
By classifying and regulating any Christian organization or church, which you may be a part of, as a ”lobbyist” … <\/p>\n
… this legislation will forcibly restrict your right to free speech – which is absolutely<\/u> unconstitutional<\/u>. <\/p>\n
I urge you to join our nationwide campaign by reading and signing our online PETITION OF PROTEST today and make your voice heard in this critical matter!<\/a><\/p>\n
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading the charge of Congress on this legislation, and it is moving fast<\/u>. <\/p>\n
We’ve<\/u> got<\/u> to<\/u> fight<\/u> back<\/u>, and<\/u> QUICKLY<\/u>. Here’s what I am doing: <\/p>\n
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- I am launching our nationwide campaign via email, radio, television, and the Internet, urging the House and Senate to reject this legislation.\n<\/li>\n
- I have also assembled a legal and legislative team to focus on this dangerous legislation; we have already produced a legal analysis (posted on our website)<\/a>
\n that details the dangers of the bill.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nI am personally leading three senior attorneys and our entire Government Affairs team – working with Congress around the clock. <\/p>\n
We’ve distributed significant legal memorandums throughout Congress, and we are preparing a complaint to file in federal court if necessary.<\/p>\n
By supporting our nationwide PETITION OF PROTEST campaign with your online signature today, you are saying NO to those who would think nothing of taking away our right to speak freely.<\/a><\/p>\n
No one has the right to regulate and restrict your free speech … your pastor’s free speech … your church’s free speech – nor to stop anyone from speaking out on the issues<\/u>. <\/p>\n
This is exactly the opposite<\/u> of what the Founding Fathers intended when they included in the Constitution the right ”to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”<\/p>\n
Make no mistake – this may be the greatest threat to freedom of speech that Congress has ever considered … one of the most significant violations of the free exercise of religion and the freedom of political speech in our nation’s history.<\/strong><\/p>\n
It will effectively silence conservative Christians and eliminate political discourse on the most crucial issues of the day. <\/p>\n
Act today! Add your name to our online PETITION OF PROTEST,<\/a>
\n then use our website’s forward-to-friend tool
\n to encourage your friends to join our nationwide campaign as well.<\/p>\nOnly<\/u> you<\/u> can<\/u> preserve<\/u> your<\/u> freedom<\/u>. Thank you for supporting the ACLJ.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I wasn’t exactly sure how I was supposed to pray, so I read the House<\/a> and Senate<\/a> legislation.<\/p>\n