Obama Opposes NDAA’s ‘Rights of Conscience’ for Military Chaplains & Members, Vows to Protect Rights of Gays
President Barack Obama signed the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act into law on Wednesday, but he did so while also noting that he opposed a number of provisions held within it. Among them: Section 533, a portion devoted to ensuring religious protections for servicemen and women. According to the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, this section of the document “may require the military to accommodate the religious objections of military personnel.”
The text makes it clear that the military must respect the moral views and conscience held by its members. Additionally, it goes on to say that these beliefs may not be used to discriminate against or to deny promotion for those who embrace them (read the entire law, including Section 533, here).

President Barack Obama (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
“The Armed Forces shall accommodate the beliefs of a member of the armed forces reflecting the conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs of the member and, in so far as practicable, may not use such beliefs as the basis of any adverse personnel action, discrimination, or denial of promotion, schooling, training, or assignment,” the provision reads, in part.
The provision appears aimed at protecting against forced gay marriage ceremonies and other contentious practices, as the section also states, “No member of the Armed Forces may require a chaplain to perform any rite, ritual or ceremony that is contrary to the conscience moral principles, or religious beliefs of the chaplain.”

A screen shot from H.R. 4310
In his official signing statement, Obama made his opposition to this portion of the law known, calling it “unnecessary and ill-advised.” He also noted his belief that the Armed Forces already protects conscience freedoms of chaplains and service members, alike.
“The Secretary of Defense will ensure that the implementing regulations do not permit or condone discriminatory actions that compromise good order and discipline or otherwise violate military codes of conduct,” Obama wrote. “My Administration remains fully committed to continuing the successful implementation of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and to protecting the rights of gay and lesbian service members; Section 533 will not alter that.”
But it wasn’t only religious protections that Obama targeted in his signing statement. He also spoke out against restrictions on the movement of detainees out of military prisons. The New York Times reports:
President Obama set aside his veto threat and late Wednesday signed a defense bill that imposes restrictions on transferring detainees out of military prisons in Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. But he attached a signing statement claiming that he has the constitutional power to override the limits in the law.
The move awakened a dormant issue from Mr. Obama’s first term: his broken promise to close the Guantánamo prison. Lawmakers intervened by imposing statutory restrictions on transfers of prisoners to other countries or into the United States, either for continued detention or for prosecution.
Now, as Mr. Obama prepares to begin his second term, Congress has tried to further restrict his ability to wind down the detention of terrorists worldwide, adding new limits in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, which lawmakers approved in late December.

President Barack Obama (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
You can read president Obama’s entire signing statement to see rationale against these ideals, despite still signing the bill into law. As for religious protections, his opposition is intriguing and will likely rile some free speech advocates. It comes after the Obama administration has already imposed a contraceptive mandate — sparking a battle that continues to rage, with lawsuits against the government coming from businesses, colleges and the Catholic Church, among others.
In early 2011, the administration also lost a Supreme Court battle in which it attempted to strike down the ministerial exemption, a long-held and assumed right of religious employers.
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am123
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:49pmThis country is in need of God’s help more than ever before and we don’t have a President who knows how to entreat the favor of the LORD, we have a President who only knows how to thumb his nose at God by promoting perversion.
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Leopold
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 4:44amObama is just using the gay community to transform the military and the US,
Do men really don’t care to share close quarters and showers with gays? They do not mind seeing two men even just kissing? Really? I find it extremely offensive.
I’m sorry to sound so harsh, but I bet 80% or more of society feels the same. They just don’t have the guts to say so, after all we are to be tolerant and also want to be accepted.
The gay community will never be satisfied with society. They keep pushing and pushing, and hope that if they could just shut down any opposition to gays, that then they feel better about themselves. No fix on the outside can fix what is wrong on the inside.
It started with coming out of the closet. Then came: all we want is relationships out in the open. In the eighties they said “No” we don’t want marriage. Then it was marriage, but no children. Now they can adopt. The irony, they are still not happy. Trying to increase their #s by telling our kids in schools that it is OK to be gay;.just try it, wont work either, They will get more frustrated, bitter and even suicidal because nothing is working to help them feel better about who they are. They have no idea, that it iconscienceoncience that denies them peace.
I feel sorry for them, this must be very hard on their soul.
They need God and prayers much more then our acceptance.
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Crusader101
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 7:27amYes, that’s for sure. How does he have the boldness to call himself a Christian, when he gives credibility to sodomy? Sodomy, same sex couples, is an abomination to God. That’s not what has created. It’s the devil’s doing. After over 35 years of researching homosexuality, the National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, or NARTH, comprised of doctors who specialized only in that category of research, concluded, just a few years ago, that they were convinced there is no ‘gay’ gene. Now California, with pressure from the homosexual activists, had stopped Narth from helping young people with therapy, who have been drawn in to a homosexual experimentation. This is the danger; acting out homosexual sodomy leads to a bonding–a bonding normally found between a man and a woman who have sex together. But a homosexual bonding is an abnormal one. Anyone who says that anal sex is normal is a liar. Yet, we have schools teaching children, who have no interest in sex, being forced to learn about it.
This is just one of the grave sins that America has trapped itself in, with the credibility of the media supporting it. It is why America is being infiltrated by its enemies, and we have sinful leaders we have elected in our own sinful blindness. God is the same today as He has always been. Sodom and Gomorah was a city destroyed by the rain of flaming cinders. Those cinders are still on that site today.—not in some storybook. see http://www.narth.com and the B
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Wolf
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 7:58amYes, we certainly are, AM. But… I’m of the opinion God isn’t listening until this nation falls on its face before Him and begs for help.
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justangry
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 9:18amKeep your eye on the ball. The section that addresses gays in the military or what chaplains think about it is small potatoes compared to throwing us away like we’re not even human. Due process is the only issue that needs to be addressed and changed. Don’t let the media pukes distract you.
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rangerskippy
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 10:01amTransforming America one step at a time.
Obama and crowd in the not so far off future will look to change the oath of office. They will be looking to remove swearing to support and deffend the “constitution”, and replace it with something like “the people”
Obama needs a military that is willing to go door to door to take guns and Bibles. he can not have these morally minded chaplains teaching that homosexuality is bad, or going against his transformation of America.
That first and second amendment are becoming a real thorn in Obama’s craw, and he is looking for way to bypass them.
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Sue J.
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:29pmCan you say ANTI CHRIST?
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muffythetuffy
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 3:47pmsatan is the name
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muffythetuffy
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 5:47pmWHEN AMERICA LEGALIZED ABORTION AND PRO-LIFE PEOPLE SURRENDERED…
God could have turned his back on us. Only Islam violently opposes abortion, so think about it.
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Mulder1
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 4:34pmObama hates Christians, as most liberals do.
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Quester55
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 6:07pmWho ever heard of Satan worshiping GOD? Besides, as shown over the last 4+years, Obama’s True god is the STONE IDOL they call Allah & His Own actions of Befriending the ISLAMIC MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD is well Known! However, As President, He can HIDE behind the AMERICAN CONSTITUTION when he feels Threaten & our Armed forces are sworn to Protect his sorry ****. But on that wonderful day when this TRAITOR goes too far & declares himself, Ruler, King or Dictator of these United States, ALL Bets are OFF! As per the U.S.Constitutional LAW Provides! Then those Duties revert Back to the CITIZENS!! BY LAW!!
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TMOverbeck
Posted on January 7, 2013 at 7:41amLeopold: “Do men really don’t care to share close quarters and showers with gays? They do not mind seeing two men even just kissing? Really? I find it extremely offensive.”
Doesn’t bother me in the least. I went to a nightclub one time and two guys decided to make out right in front of me. They kept it PG at least, no hands roaming. I wasn’t disgusted, just “meh”.
I know a lot of people hate when the gay-rights movement is compared to the civil-rights movement, but I AM seeing a parallel here… where people are fearing that the villains are all uncivilized savages who’ll run wild in the streets disrupting the general order… but in reality we find out the vast majority of them are just as well-behaved as the rest of us.
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antitheism
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:59pmObama is simply showing his pro Israel stance by imitating Israel’s pro gay military.
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FeralHuman
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 6:39amWhat?
President Barry Soetoro, or whoever he is, was elected by hook or by crook again to bring this country down.
There are approximately 207,643,594 eligible voters in this wonderful country of ours. Only 65,899,660 votes were cast for this imposter. The rest of the eligible voters did not want him as president, I can only assume. Why stay home if you are for this man? I guess Acorn did not reach enough sluggards with money and cigarettes and rides across state lines. Step it up Acorn, I am disappointed in your efforts.
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 7:19pmYou couldn’t join the Isreali army because you are not Jewish….LOL at all the Zionists!
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zoro51
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:51pmONLY SOCIALIST DICTATORS have rules liek thids HITLER MOUSOLINI STALIN… HEROHETO now OBAMA.,.. IMPEACH N THROW OUT OF THGE USA OBAMA.. HES NOT PRESIDENT FOR LIFE N WERE NOT A SOCIALIST NATION
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P8TR10T
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:24pmI can’ wait for Christ to show up. All you libs and boneheads who worship yourself are gonna have a bad day.
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Leopold
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 4:46amhear, hear.
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Free_Thought
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 9:28pm“Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles… If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink… He who rejoices at calamity shall not go unpunished.” [Prov. 24:17; 25:21; 17:5]
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.” (Leviticus 25:44-45)
We should fear God (Matthew 10:28)
We should love God (Matthew 22:37)
There is no fear in love (1 John 4:18)
“Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.” (Mark 12:19)
Keep praying and reading your good book. I may be an atheist but at least i have the decency to nut up not hide behind an 1800 year old storybook. I really wish you could just stop hiding behind your book to justify your bigotry and low intelligence. Stand up people. At least you would be respectable.
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P8TR10T
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:23pmHey Free_Thought_Less……. the bad news for you: Another civil war is coming. The good news for us: We have the guns.
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barber2
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 10:58pmFREE: And what name did you previously use to post your semi-religious Troll comments before your December 2012 rebirth as Free Thought ?? You are so ” radically ” transparent .
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FeralHuman
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 6:30amReply to Free_Thought who said, ” I really wish you could just stop hiding behind your book to justify your bigotry and low intelligence. Stand up people. At least you would be respectable.”
So Free Thought wants people of the book, which is the Tanach and is older than 1800 years ago, to do what we are told by Free Thought. We must comply with his/her thoughts. What is free about that?
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 7:45pmYou’ve never even read the bible all the way through!!! I can spot a thinker in name only from a mile away.
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Free_Thought
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 9:09pmI guess glenn did not want to post my response. What a shock.
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conservative cyclingfan1
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 9:45pmUmmm, your post is up, it just takes time. And you are a whiner btw.
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 7:17pmThere are other websites like the ACLU that would welcome you!!!!
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TX_45_ACP
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:56pmIt’s explained here very well. Watch here: http://vimeo.com/52009124
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:51pmFree Thought: you are no different than the thing you hate….CINO. Where is your love and mercy….you have none.
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Zombee
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:49pmWhy would anyone with any moral standards or decency want to serve or remain in Obama’s rainbow military ? Tolerance usually works both ways except when it comes to ****-nazi’s. They don’t care how offensive their abnormal behavior is to others … normal folks are forced to accept it and embrace it …or else. I say ‘to hell with that’. Stay away from the military recruiters office and don’t re-up until they reverse the gayification of the military.
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 7:16pmIf all the moral people leave the military or not join, then all the ****’s and immoral people will have all the weapons, and will be the only ones that know how to use them.
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JEANNIEMAC
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:53pmOne wonders why Obama is so protective of homosexuals.
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Walkabout
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:00pmHe can only protect them so much. There is a limit to what he can do as shown by CDC statistics. I reviewed them yesterday.
And yes the homosexuals are still out performing the rest of the population in HIV & syphilis transmission. Real go getters.
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decendentof56
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:23pmWalk…..
I like your subtle humor! Very funny……really!
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TX_45_ACP
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:55pmDon’t wonder any more. Watch here: http://vimeo.com/52009124
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barber2
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:51pmJust more of the Chicago radicals’ ” changes ” which divide America . Very “transparent ” what the Chicago radicals have as their goal.
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CONTUMACY
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:36pmThe left are all about freedoms, pro choice, free speech, etc, only their “freedom” requires you to listen to their point of view only. Only a one way street with them.
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NOBALONEY
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:09pmObama denies “right of conscience” once again. Chief Justice Roberts majority opinion ruled on the “Affordable Care Act” as being a tax. Roberts, one of five catholics on the high court betrayed his faith, country, and the constitution with his activism on this law. The Republic, and the Constitution have been rendered irrelevent. Actions taken by the executive, and judicial braches, and inaction by the legislative branch have led to no budgets, no checks and balances, and the breakdown of separation of powers. If your not free do think, believe, and act accordingly. Then liberty and freedom are lost.
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Sharon Rose
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:58pmGod help us, government running wild. Stop the insanity.
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pilgrim249
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:58pmHe loves the evil and hates the good. Sound familiar?
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alpha2omega47
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:56pmObama is a worthless, corrupt, lying fraud.
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alpha2omega47
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:55pmObama supports gays (queers) because he is gay (queer). Obama is also a liar, corrupt, a fraud, a Muslim, anti-American and a homegrown terrorist of the worst kind.
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TheCalmOne
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 5:42pmIs there any insane delusion you are not subject to?
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:49pmThe President is correct military Chaplains are already covered by existing regulations. Chaplains do not have to do anything that is against their religious beliefs.
Repealing DADT was very expensive….the mandatory training (AKA Reeducation) for the entire force cost millions. I get paid 37/hr…..mind numbing gibberish. I took that 37 to the bank.
They even told Chaplains that if they wanted out because of DADT, they could. I thought that was really nice.
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whatthecrazy
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:39pmNo surprise here, the only highways and byways he protects are the hershey highways.Now i gotta go repent,stupid leader.
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Hoax And Chains
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:36pmBeing gay himself, Obama “evolved” on the whole issue. He is afraid to let anyone think for themselves and make decisions based on their own beliefs and conscience. He believes that government should be able to force you to think what they want you to think, say, and do.
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The-Monk
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:33pm“Obama Opposes NDAA’s ‘Rights of Conscience’ for Military Chaplains & Members, Vows to Protect Rights of Gays”
**** **** ****…. **** **** ****….**** **** ****…..**** **** ****….. **** **** ****….
Oh…. I get it now… it’s the new “**** **** **** rule”.
Read the Bill’s….. do word searches and post results…
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TIMEBOMB
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:30pmAs your Marxist gay ruler I will always have the back sides of all gays everywhere,it’s my duty to stand behind them and provide input on these issues.
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Hotconchick
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 10:51pmPraise be to you BHO. Can I kiss your ring now?
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AvengerK
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:28pmDidn’t little Barry promise he wouldn’t use signing statements? More worthless talk from the empty chair.
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Fubared
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:47pmLower sea levels, half the deficit, close gitmo, blah, blah, union and special interest money blah. Pathological comes to mind.
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Walkabout
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:31pmFubared
Read the Book review tiled Herbert Hoover’s Long Awaited Magnus in the February 2012 The American Spectator.
FDR told General John J. Pershing that “he (Roosevelt) was better informed on war strategy than anyone inn the Army “including you General”"
BHO said he was smarter than his speech writers. except when TOTUS is gone he seems lost.
Same pride / Same delusions
FDR & BHO also ran up a lot of debt.
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sizzlinsexybeckster
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:27pmWhy don’t they just make special military uniforms for all the gays. That way when you see one you’ll have to open up the back flap of his pants and kiss his rear since that’s basically what they do now. Oh wait, you don’t need colored uniforms, just look for rupaul.
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Walkabout
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:50pmThey already have special uniforms. They have people in the army that are part of the My Little Pony fan club. They have patches for their military uniforms, which are in bright colors for snipers.
It signals to all the Al Qaeda terrorists that they are easily owned.
http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2012/07/bronies-love-my-little-pony.html
Just remember their was no love or tolerance until Bronies came along.
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kickagrandma
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:27pmIn the name above all name, JESUS THE CHRIST and covered by HIS HOLY BLOOD, I rebuke you bho or bs or whatever your name really is! GOD KNOWS it and HE KNOWS you, and you’ve no place to hide.
JESUS, I beg YOU to come quickly, to encourage YOUR children, to empower us to serve YOU in the darkness that is rolling in all around us. LORD, we thank YOU for the LIGHT YOU BRING to this sick world. We love YOU. We serve YOU. We obey YOU; and ONLY BECAUSE YOU SAID for us to do this do we pray for this vile, evil man, for his healing, for his redemption.
HOLY FATHER GOD, we YOUR children are so saddened by the mess we are in; most of it is our own fault. So, FATHER, we ask and accept YOUR FORGIVENESS, PARDON AND MERCY in JESUS’ SWEET AND MIGHTY NAME, amen.
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SonOfThunder
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:43pmYes come quickly Lord Jesus!
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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:45pmAmen.
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Walkabout
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:12pmWhat is wrong with “Wishing others well and others misery.”
After hearing the other side wish you misery so many times, a person will lose their cool. Civility was lost a long time ago.
Julieanne Malveaux ““You know, I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early like many black men do, of heart disease.” …. “Well, that’s how I feel. He is an absolutely reprehensible person.”
So where are we? … Yes, people will get angry. I’ll let them vent. Other times I will tell them to relax & to let it go “like water off a duck’s back”. I may remind them that they are a Christian. But contrary to popular belief that does not entail that you subject yourself to abuse.
For every quote that you have I can come with one from the left.
We have been put through a lot. After the election the lame duck politician was still fund raising. He never stopped campaigning. We are in a perpetual campaign cycle. The left is already smearing Rubio. We are some where between the Marius/Sulla conflict & the later conflicts between Caesar, Anthony & Augustus.
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:19pmVirgil Goode in 2016!!! Or Ron Paul!!!!
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:25pmFree Thought if you want do some theological battle we can. Since you are so confident about who is and who isn’t a Christian. I doubt you even know how many books are in the bible…..you would be taken to the woodshed boy…
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palerider54
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:36pmVery well said “kickagrandma?.
My Pastor asked us to pray for our President last Wed. night, and I did.
LORD, you know Obama’s heart, and you know what he is and what he is not.
I know that you can, and HAVE, raised up KINGS & NATIONS, and took them down.
I pray that YOUR WILL be done and that you use Obama as you see fit.
AMEN !
Got a round of applause from my Church family.
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Free_Thought
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:48pmListen you wannabes. Here is a quote. “I will not pray for her (clinton). But i will pray for the families.” Very christian of you grandma. Its easy to be a miserable old sack and spew hate when you put your “christian” hat on. So people, do you believe that not praying for someone with a bloodclot because you dont like her is christian? Who did your lord jesus pray for? Oh yeah. Even the people that were executing him. That is why you are a worthless CINO. I hope there is an afterlife for you and jesus slams the gates in your miserable fake christian faces. Jesus would be tempted to not even look at you.
Godisimaginary.com
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Walkabout
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:58pmFree_Thought
Poor, poor Free_Thought trying to berate Christians because they are not perfect & they are at wit’s end & exasperated. Who put them there?
Very few perfect Christians if any. Very few perfect people of any persuasion. Run along now.
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barber2
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:12pmFREE: Who is no doubt a radical Lefty atheist, is running the old Alinsky Rule 10: hold Christians up to their high standards ( which radicals do not share ) which Christians can not hope to achieve . Oh, those old Rules For Radicals ! And those anti-capitalist radicals who ” employ ” them !
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 8:39pmLOL…..I always think it’s hilarious when people who do not believe in the veracity of scripture try to pontificate upon it……that’s good….since you don’t believe the word of God and then attempt to use it to prove your point…..well played…..you speak the scriptures with such authority you made me think you believe them.
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YOURSENSEI
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:10pmThis is what you must know:
Those who beg for Jesus to come soon cannot see that he is here already.
It is so.
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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 7:51pmYOURSENSEI:
Face-palm…….did Jesus not ascend into heaven? Yes. Did he send the comforter? Yes. Is he coming again? Yes……Come Lord Jesus was the first creed of the Church……Jesus second advent is at hand… prepare your heart. YOU ARE A TERRIBLE THEOLOGIAN! just stop it dude.
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