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[Lawyer Ordered To Stop Praying For Help With Trial On Facebook by L.P. Phillips cbslocal.com Dallas] "Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial, and Facebook postings have stirred-up a hornet’s nest in Ellis County.

It starts with Waxahachie lawyer Mark Griffith, who doesn’t mind telling anyone he prays for help before court, during a trial and on Facebook.

It’s the Facebook part that is at issue, another new twist in the odd world that social media has created.

Twice, in separate trials, the Ellis County District Attorney’s office has convinced judges to stop Griffith from posting running commentary of a trial in his prayers on Facebook.

“No lawyer is allowed to make running commentary in the public forum regarding witnesses, the character of witnesses, the opinion of the guilt or innocence of defendants or suspects in criminal cases.” said Patrick Wilson, Ellis County District Attorney. He claims it’s basic legal ethics.

The argument doesn’t hold water with Griffith. He contends his office has a history of tweaking the DA in criminal cases, and he sees the argument over his prayers on Facebook as an effort by the District Attorney’s office to throw him off balance..." Full text: Texas Lawyer Ordered To Watch What He ‘Prays’ For On Facebook Jn 8:36, He 10:25, Re 13:17

Crucible View Post
Lawyers aren't supposed to do such things anymore than a doctor and his patients. They have oaths for that sort of thing...

Q: What's the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead lawyer in the road?

A: There are skid marks in front of the dog.  

Jerusalem: Synagogue Defaced with Crosses Jn 13:35

The Horn View Post ...I wish they [Christians] would stop whining about nothing .

I don't know any Christians whining (your word) about increased censorship and persecution (1 Cor. 12:26; Phil. 1:29, Ac 5:41). 

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The Horn View Post Patrick Jane, you're missing the point. The fact that Christians are the majority and have most of the power etc totally contradicts the ludicrous claim that Christians are being "persecuted " in America.

America is post-Christian (Mt 7:14).

Crucible View Post [To a lib'] You all know exactly what you all are doing-- the manipulation is damnable.

They don't overcome (Rev. 2:7) because they can't get over being offended by the gospel or their lot in life (Jn 6:67).

You have never faced persecution in your life and neither have liberals at large.

Why would they? They're headed in the same direction as Satan. 

State of Georgia's $225,000 Payout to Pastor a Victory for Religious Freedom  

Obamacare:  Trump administration has agreed to end this unnecessary and harmful assault on religious liberty

America View Post

[Ez 13:9] 

    “A.      Ezekiel condemns the false prophets (13:1–23).

      1.      The male prophets (13:1–16)

         a.      Their perversions (13:1–7, 10, 16): They assure the people that God will not punish them but rather will send peace their way!

         b.      Their punishment (13:8–9, 11–15): God’s wrath will crash down upon them like great hailstones.

      2.      The female prophets (13:17–23)

         a.      Their perversions (13:17–20, 22): Prompted by greed, they deceive the people by their magic charms and veils.

         b.      Their punishment (13:21, 23): God will rescue the people from their grasp.” Willmington, H. L. (1999). The Outline Bible (Eze 13:1–21). Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.

[Jer 23:16]    

 “I.      TENTH SERMON (23:1–40)

    A.      Regarding Judah’s politicians (23:1–8)

      1.      The ruthless (23:1–2): Jeremiah condemns Judah’s godless shepherds, who destroy and scatter their flocks.

      2.      The responsible (23:3–4): God appoints faithful leaders to govern his people.

      3.      The righteous (23:5–8): “He will be a King who rules with wisdom.” This is a reference to the coming Messiah.

         a.      What he is called (23:5a, 6a)

           (1)      King David’s righteous branch (23:5a)

           (2)      “The LORD Is Our Righteousness” (23:6a)

         b.      What he does (23:5b, 6b–8)

           (1)      Rules over the world (23:5b, 6b): The people are safe.

           (2)      Regathers Israel (23:7–8): They live again in their own land.

    B.      Regarding Judah’s prophets and priests (23:9–40)

      1.      Their perversions (23:9–11, 13–14, 16–38)

         a.      Adultery (23:9–10): The land lies under a curse.

         b.      Blasphemy (23:11) : They do wicked things—even in the Temple.

         c.      Idolatry (23:13–14): The prophets of Jerusalem are worse than the evil prophets of Samaria.

         d.      Falsely representing God (23:16–32)

           (1)      During the day (23:16–24): They claim he speaks through them, but they make up the words.

           (2)      During the night (23:25–32): They tell false dreams, telling lies in God’s name.

         e.      Ridiculing Jeremiah, making light of God’s warnings about judgment (23:33–38): People use the Lord’s name to give authority to their own ideas.

      2.      Their punishment (23:12, 15, 39–40)

         a.      Their paths are made dark and slippery (23:12) : They are chased till they fall.

         b.      They are fed with bitterness and are given poison to drink (23:15) : It is their fault that wickedness fills the land.

         c.      They are forever cast out of God’s sight (23:39–40): They are an object of ridicule throughout the ages.” Willmington, H. L. (1999). The Outline Bible (Je 23–25). Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers. 

A ka. wall o' text to stave off feeling convicted by scripture.

:yawn:  Eph 4:14

      But to the wicked God says:

    “What right have you to declare My statutes,

    Or take My covenant in your mouth,

    Seeing you hate instruction

    And cast My words behind you?

    When you saw a thief, you consented with him,

    And have been a partaker with adulterers.

    You give your mouth to evil,

    And your tongue frames deceit.

    You sit and speak against your brother;

    You slander your own mother’s son.

    These things you have done, and I kept silent;

    You thought that I was altogether like you;

    But I will rebuke you,

    And set them in order before your eyes. Ps 50:16–21

[John 16:13]

“Jn 16:13 all truth. This verse, like 14:26, points to the supernatural revelation of all truth by which God has revealed Himself in Christ (vv. 14, 15), particularly. This is the subject of the inspired NT writings.” MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.). (1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed., p. 1617). Nashville, TN: Word Pub.

SciGuy42 View Post

My wife and I are about to start trying for a baby (by about I mean within the next 6 months, she means within the next six weeks). I was put in charge of making sure we have all the medical coverage that is needed. I came to the conclusion that if the GOP succeeds at banning abortion after a certain time period, we need to plan to be in some other country during the last month or 2 of the pregnancy just in case something goes wrong.

You're thinking about murdering your baby like Sarah Palin? :squint: Pr 8:36 

ignatius View Post

[Finding a country that lets you murder your child] ...[I]f people are so unhappy here they should go find their joy where they belief it can be found.

We'll buy their airline ticket. :idunno:

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Aagcobb View Post

If a woman is considering getting pregnant despite being in a high risk category, then the fact that she might die because the state won't let her get an abortion...

It’s never necessary to murder the child (Pr 8:36). :dizzy:

Aagcobb View Post

Businesses are denying their employees birth control coverage...

Why should a business be obligated to murder your child? Pr 8:36

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Why should birds be obligated to give their lives cleansing houses of sickness? Lev 14:7

You believe businesses should be required to murder your child (Pr 8:36).  I do not. 

“I prefer clarity to agreement.” ~ Dennis Prager

“Lev 14:1–32 This section explains the cleansing ritual for healed persons.” MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.). (1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed., p. 173). Nashville, TN: Word Pub. 

Atheists Give Trump ‘Lump of Coal’ for Christmas for His Support for Religious Liberty

Sodomite Alarm as President Trump Signs ‘Religious Liberty’ Executive Order

Trump Picks ‘Christians United For Israel’ Regional Director For Commission on Religious Freedom

Feds begin project to protect worship!

Did Jeff Sessions Just Let Slip That the DOJ’s New Religious Liberty Task Force Will Target the Left-Wing Smear Group the SPLC?

Christian Student Group Refuses University’s Sodomite Demands

Warning: The Democrats’ Sinister Plan To Destroy Religious Liberty As We Know It

Churches Could Be Forced to Hire Sodomite Employees—Including Pastors

American city slapped down by the courts for forcing Christian churches to bow down to the Sodomite agenda

Christians Outraged As State Worker Fired For Signing Emails ‘In Christ’

Fed investigation sought into San Antonio ‘bigotry’

Bans of Chick-fil-A Under Investigation By the U.S. Government 

Court Blocks Gov’t From Enforcing Obama’s Contraception Mandate 

Kansas Judge Stands by Constitution, Rules Churches Can Stay Open Under 1st Amend.

Drive-in church services now allowed in California after lawsuit

California’s Indoor Religious Worship Suspended Indefinitely, State Health Department Says

California Governor Newsom Bans All In-Home Bible Fellowship, Church Services, Meetings, Singing, and Church Gatherings

Church sues California Governor after he bans home Bible studies

Supreme Court denies Nevada church’s appeal of attendance restriction amid coronavirus pandemic

California Churches Defy Lockdown Order: Christ Is Head of the Church

While Allowing BLM Protesters, Rioters to Scream at Cops, California Bans Singing in Church

CA church reacts to restraining order with packed pews 

Churches continue to challenge governors’ attacks 

Judge Orders School District to Halt Prayers, Bible Reading after ACLU Suit

Idaho Police Arrest 3 While Singing Hymns Outside, Defying Mask Mandate

Some politicians are using Covid-19 to engage in ‘overt hostility’ toward religion: Al Mohler

Virginia Forces Christian Ministries to Adopt ‘Government Ideology’ or Pay $100K

‘Religious Institutions Have Been a Problem’: Andrew Cuomo Threatens to Shut Down Churches, Synagogues

Religious discrimination, Bible removal claims at housing complex

Jews, Christians Unite to Battle New York’s Anti-Religious Covid Restrictions

Justice Alito decries Covid overreach, ‘disturbing’ trend against religious liberty

Kentucky governor sued over ban on in-person learning for religious schools

‘Diminished in the name of equality’: Legal scholars discuss America’s shifting religious freedom landscape

"President Biden" IRS Declares Christian Activism Too Political For Non-Profit Status

24 GOP AGs Ask Supreme Court to Uphold First Amendment Rights of High School Coach Fired for Praying on Field

Florida Christian School Urges LGBT Students to ‘Leave Immediately’ — Asks Teachers to only Refer Students by ‘Biological Gender’

Christian student at risk of losing license to practice psychology after professors protest graduation speech

Court rules Christian adoption agency can refuse to place children with same-sex couples 

Nevada just voted a law into existence that will make it a crime to criticize transgenderism, even for children

Prosecutor: Bible passage ‘no longer appropriate in modern society’

Federal Judge Permanently Blocks "President Biden" Order Forcing Doctors To Perform Gender Transition Surgeries

UK’s Thought Police arrest a woman because of what she “might” be thinking while standing on a street near an abortion clinic 

Court Forces Jewish University to Go Against Torah Teaching

Court Upholds Pregnancy Center’s First Amendment Rights

American Jewish Committee Joins Amicus Brief in Religious Liberty Supreme Court Case 

Ministry Sues State After Washington Outlaws Hiring Solely Christian Employees 

County Forced to Pay Pro-Life Advocates Thousands After Arresting Them for Praying at Abortion Clinic  

State of Oregon Denies Woman’s Application to Adopt Based on Her Christian Faith

Parents and Christian Schools Sue Minnesota Over New Law

Supreme Court Hands Religious Freedom Win To Postal Worker Who Refused To Work On Sunday 

...Sabbath Wins

Parent wins back job after voicing objection to school’s gender ideology lessons

The Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) Suspends Christian Councillor for Calling Pride a Sin

Christians arrested for maskless outdoor church service to get payout from liberal college town

AutoTrader fires Toronto mom after she condemned ‘pride stickers’ at Catholic school board meeting 

Congressman Insists It’s ‘Too Far’ For Christians To Call Jesus ‘The Only Way’

Federal Judge Sides With Christian Activist Banned By University For Calling Transgender Student ‘Male’

The EEOC (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) has sued two businesses that fired workers over Covid vaccine refusal

"President" Biden admin forces transgender acceptance in the workplace:  If you disagree with a transgender orthodoxy, you might not be able to run a businesss

Canada: Alberta Conservatives to debate school pronoun policies during upcoming convention 

Court In Finland Rules God’s Word Is Not ‘Hate Speech’

San Diego Mayor Sued for Anti-Christian Retaliation

Unlawful DEI discrimination policies lose momentum in the US 

Canada: bill seeks to eliminate religious belief as a defense against ‘hate speech’ 

Physicians org disbars Canadian doctor for three months after ‘misgendering’ a biological woman 

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