New Video Slams Obama on Religious Freedom: ‘We Refuse to Beg for Our Constitutional Rights’
- Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:28am by
Billy Hallowell
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The Catholic Church isn‘t backing down in the ongoing stalemate it has reached with the Obama administration over the government’s birth control mandate. Last week, The Blaze told you about the “Fortnight for Freedom,” a two-week campaign that is part of the Church’s massive plan to uphold religious freedom. The initiative will continue through July 4, with events being led by faith leaders across America.
(Related: Beck Calls for Support for Catholics as Soros-Funded Organization Encourages Media to Attack)
CatholicVote.org, a non-profit group that works to organize Catholic voters, recently produced a video that encourages believers to stand up against the government’s new-found regulation, while warning of the consequences that inaction could breed. In it, Catholics and non-Catholics, alike, are encouraged to “stop the mandate.”
“President Obama has managed to do something the Church has struggled to do on its own. His attack on religious freedom has awakened the consciences of millions of Catholics and united them in demanding the freedom to spread the Gospel in every corner of our land,” CatholicVote.org President Brian Burch said in a press release announcing the video.
“We refuse to beg for our Constitutional rights. We’ve gone to federal court, and now with this video we’re hoping to build greater momentum with the American people with a simple message: religious freedom for all,” Burch continued.
In the clip, Cardinal Timothy Dolan is quoted and Catholics are encouraged to register to vote, study the Bible and pray. “Mr. President, you’ve awakened a sleeping giant,” part of the video proclaims.
Watch it, below:
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Individualism
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:23amResearch what Iceland did we can do it here to. Iceland protested overthrowed the goverment and arrested the bankers and reconstructed the goverment we can do that here to.
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:10amA little off topic here but interesting how the media isn’t covering it. But then again it’s Iceland, which has been a dependent of the IMF (you and me, assuming you’re American) for years. Now what are they going to do in default? Sell ice to Eskimos? Let’s see how it plays before you get out your pots and pans, as if Obama and Gietner will just run for the hills!
Report Post »Leopold
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:40pmI wonder if the scandal that is developing at the Vatican and Obama’s attack on the Cathlic Church are a coincidence.
Anybody have any thoughts on that?
Report Post »Unix
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:55pmThis is not just about religious freedoms, it is about of freedoms under the constitution, and they are being eroded every day…Obamacare, Patriot Act, NDAA, et al…..
We have to put a stop to the Progressives in power, they can have R, D or I behind their names, but all liberals are progressives, RINO’s are progressives…you can ID them by their votes! Vote them all out of office and let’s start over, with regular folks, no more career pols….Come November, let’s start at the top and vote the Marxist that occupies the WH OUT!!
Report Post »Simple-James
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:35amAmericans have, for the most part, become too docile and comfortable to overthrow anything…. purposefully. Capitalism breeds consumerism. Consumerism effectively leads to complacency. Our gov’t knows this, and exploits it quite well.
Report Post »JimL
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:14amCardinal George of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Report Post »“If you haven’t already purchased the Archdiocesan Directory for 2012, I would suggest you get one as a souvenir,” wrote Cardinal George. “On page L-3, there is a complete list of Catholic hospitals and health care institutions in Cook and Lake counties. Each entry represents much sacrifice on the part of medical personnel, administrators and religious sponsors. Each name signifies the love of Christ to people of all classes and races and religions. Two Lents from now, unless something changes, that page will be blank.”
Longinthetooth
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:26amActs: 34 & 35…
….”In Truth I percieve that God shows NO partiality.
35) “But in every nation WHOEVER fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him”.
Daniel: 25- 27…
25) He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.
26) “But the court shall be seated,
And they shall take away his dominion,
To consume and destroy it forever.
27) Then the kingdom and dominion
And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole of heaven,
Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High,
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey Him.”
“The is NO SUCH THING as ”the lesser of two evils!!!!”
“Cut the head from the snake and the body will die…”
Ron Paul 2012- End the Fed
“Man is only governed by his own consent.
Either by Virtue,
or by Lies, Deceit and Deception; his own or by others……..”
Love fulfills the Will of God
Report Post »Ayla_me
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:13pmTo Long in the Tooth: You are so incredibly right. Yet, I am still not convinced that Obama is The Anti-christ. However, as a Christian, I will stand with the Catholic Church in defence of its “moral mandate” to reach out to the poor, sick, hurt, imprisioned, widows, and orphans”. Many of the best hospitals, orphanages, social outreaches, have been promelgated by those who felt the “call of God” on their lives. And Obama ought to remember: the very colleges he (supposedly) studied at….by what “endowments, we are not sure….were established in order that those who felt a “calling” in their life, might be educated in combination with the dedication of God in their lives. Is Obamam THAT ignorant of even BASIC American History?? So sad….
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:42pmSomething’s very wrong here, people. This Obama fake is a narcissist and wants to be re-elected, so there‘s no way that he would do something purposeful to piss off the US’s largest religion. Either his handler’s are forcing him to do this against his will, or he has something himself up his sleeve. He wants votes and he’ll do/say anything he can to get them so what is the other hand doing that we do not see here?
Report Post »crazyoz
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:07amTime for the anti Christian obama administration to go.
Report Post »YourVoiceMatters
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:17pmI hate the fact that a sitting potus makes the statement
Report Post »the United States is no longer a Christian Nation!
It is like mandating us to ‘the curse’…
by telling the whole world and the country
Christ no longer matters in America! (as the President of the country)
It is appalling and whatever curse is to follow
it is at his hand alone!
Our country was founded on Godly principles
that are written in the foundations of the very buildings
that house these usurpers of hate, lies, and division..
The Founders knew that sooner or later there would be evil
that might sit in the leadership of this country and
their beliefs dictated that they publicly display their faith and
they did so in marble and stone! And we are clearly indebted
to their forward thinking that is an edifice to the Truth
there is NO SEPARATION of CHURCH and STATE!
Only in a stacked supreme court and spineless legislators
who refrained from overturing by law the edict of the court!
And so we find ourselves having to fight again and again in the courts
as they continue to try to strip away our first amendment rights
This has been going on since I can remember…
Let’s not forget who is proporting these stands..
but liberals, progressives, marxists and communists..
they alone want to destroy America from within
in a continuous onslaught!
Know your enemy and do NOT compromise!
BlackCrow
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:03amQuestion is are you willing to exercise your Second Amendment rights to protect your First Amendment rights? If not then kiss the whole thing goodby.
Report Post »MILiberty
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:17amI agree with you on this statement.
Report Post »JediKnight
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:21pmMy answer is YES!
Report Post »myway
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:48amThou shall not kill. The health scare is going down today! I believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Pray for our country. Semper Fi
Report Post »MILiberty
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:19amTO: MYWAY,
Report Post »It’s not “Thou shall not kill”, It’s “Thou shall not MURDER” Use your concordance.
MILiberty
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:20amIt’s “Thou shall not MURDER”. Use your concordance
Report Post »AmericanFightingMan1
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:30pmRight, the accurate translation is “Thou Shalt not Murder”. If it was “kill”, every person who defends his country with deadly force, every person who repels a home invader with deadly force, etc. would be committing a sin. Not so.
The Catholic catechism says the same; that it is not a sin to protect one’s family with deadly force.
Our nation is being attacked. This attack has been planned for years. The leftists/marxists see their window of opportunity as being now. They are moving. Full assault. The armies are in motion. Obama is their fool in chief; a figure-head really for those who are planning to do Christians in. This IS war. Make no mistake about it.
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:24amIf atheists begin to troll your comments, *do not respond*. That’s exactly what they want. They get a rise out of making the people they hate miserable. In matters of faith, you can’t have a debate with someone who simply refuses to believe, so do not play into his/her hand.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:39amI’m an agnostic and your ally on this. Just so you know. Now help us stand up for our other rights, PLEASE!
Report Post »JimL
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:11amIf we do not engage our neighbors (Great Commission) we will be engaged in a battle that will likely be without regard of the Great Commandment.
Report Post »davecorkery
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:07pmyou can’t have a debate with someone who simply refuses to believe, so do not play into his/her hand.
I agree. You can’t have a debate with someone who simply refuses to listen to facts, such as: Men wrote the buybull, not god. Nobody built a boat and put 16 million animals on it (how did the kangaroos get there?), Snakes don’t talk, etc. Why in Darwins name should I believe your legends as fact? Childish nonsense. We’re winning. You’re losing. Get used to it.
Report Post »Conservative-Atheist
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:17pmYou’re wrong goat, I don’t hate religious people. I think they are brainwashed and misguided, I feel pity for them but I don’t hate them. I sure do see a lot of religious people hating on atheists here though. Hate is a very common theme among the religious.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:20amWhile I agree in principle, where were they when all our other freedoms were being voted away? Speaking up only for the right they deem important seems a little disingenuous to me. Stand up for all our rights not just the ONE that makes the Catholic church spend more of its money.
Report Post »2gether
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:03amWhat freedoms are you talking about? The right to own a gun and protect yourself? The right to free speech? These are fought for and people protest for them all the time. The tea party activists are not who the media say they are! they are out there trying to stop the government from killing our country with debt.
Report Post »People should have been more up in arms when Bush enacted the Patriot Act! From not being able to feed the homeless in cities across this country to being told what food we can put in our mouths…even though the government wouldn’t dream of stopping the tabacco industry from selling a KNOWN KILLER because of the damn tax revenue. The Catholics are the largest healthcare provider for women and children in this nation! If we all don‘t get it through our thick skulls that the government doesn’t intend to try and shrink itself, but rather continue to grow in leaps and bounds to first destroy everything we hold dear and sacred and then control everything it can then we are doomed! We have got to elect individuals that are willing to make the tough choices now and americans have to be willing to help each other out when government is eventually cut back. Take a look at what the bus aide received from people. Are you telling me that we cannot do that on a regular basis to help those up who are in truly desperate situations? We need to control our spending and help those among us in need. People, take a look around, open your mouths and stand up for the US
justangry
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:37amYou hit upon one. The Patriot Act essentially threw away our freedoms guaranteed under the 4th. Of course the NDAA did away with 5th and 6th. Brady Bill the 2nd. HR347 attacked another clause in the 1st the right to peaceful assemble/protest. It’s even a felony charge, which would totally strip away anyone convicted of his or her 2nd amendment rights. Eminent domain, property rights, death taxes… 9th and 10th amendments rights are gone. There’s a short list off the top of my head.
Report Post »JediKnight
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:26pmThe Church has been speaking out in favor of protecting the lives of the unborn for years (Pro-Life position). Do not blame the heads of the church because the laity ignores what a candidate says and votes for him anyway. A few churches even said, after Obama was elected, that those parishioners that voted for him had better get their butts to confession. By electing someone that was clearly Pro-Choice and in favor of abortion, they had by extension committed a grievous sin.
Hopefully a majority of Catholics have learned from this grievous mistake and will be a huge force kicking him out of office.
Report Post »Snaker
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:19amIt’s not just by, for, about, or concerning Catholics, folks. Soon they will come for all of us!!! Very soon, the Baptists won’t be able to have their “carry-in” dinners (because of food inspectors) and YOU KNOW what that will do!!!
First they came for the gypsies (and no one did anything.)
Then they came for the political objectors ( and no one did anything.)
Then they came for the academians (and no one did anything.)
Then they came for the Catholics….and…. sound familar….???
We must ALL stand up against this government oppression or we ALL surely will
lose our country…
Very powerful video, btw!!!!
Report Post »Warpspeedpetey
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:15pmHang together or hang apart.
Report Post »coloneloliver
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:17amChristians, stand up and be counted! We can no longer afford to sit on the sidelines waiting for God to do what he has empowered us to do for ourselves. Speak the truth, spread the Gospel and vote. Remember, don’t argue with fools and walk away from those who would advocate violence. God will give us the strength, knowledge and the power to do His work.
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:45amOh we will stand up and be counted in NOVEMBER and the next morning the ‘ Talking Heads ’ ( drive by news / ideology ) will be asking ” What Happened ? ” . The experiment is over and will be a long time coming until another political organizer is elected no matter what color her is !
Report Post »DomingoCafe
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:12amRemember, it was the Catholic Church committing spiritual apostasy by overwhelmingly supporting Obama’s ascension to power manifested by giving the “anointed one” an honorary degree from ND!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:21amOK, but the R’s are seemingly happy with the police state, no?
Report Post »MILiberty
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:21amYes, they are.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:57pmIt was one university. There was much opposition to this among some of the hierarchy and many of the Catholics.
Report Post »JediKnight
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:46pmOther than one university, the ENTIRE hierarchy of the church (save one crazy Fr. Pfegler) was against Obama. I’m not even sure if Fr. Pfegler was in favor of Obama or if he was just in favor of a black man getting the nomination over a white woman because it would prove to the world that America was not a racist nation.
Those that voted to “make history” are the most to blame. They voted for him simply because he was black. Years from now, they will, hopefully, ask themselves “What the hell was I thinking?”
Report Post »momrules
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:09amI belong to no denomination but I am a child of God and a soul saved servant of Jesus Christ. As such I will stand with anyone who is fighting this war on religeous freedom and God.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:27amI’m standing with you on that.
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:35amAs will I!
Report Post »jettson
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:26amAmen
Report Post »normalmom
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:32amI agree, right now the government is allowing the whining athiests free reign to attack all Christians. They are not attacking the muslims in the country just the Christians. This isn’t just the catholics not wanting to supply birth control but all Christians to be able to pray anywhere, sing clean non-violent songs, ect. The government is attacking all Christians don’t allow it to continue, otherwise we will be thrown in jail for having a page of the bible just like in China.
Report Post »theblazerunner
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:07amCNBC Admits We’re All Slaves to a Global Government Run by Bankers
http://www.infowars.com/cnbc-admits-were-all-slaves-to-a-global-government-run-by-bankers/
CNBC Admits We’re All Slaves To ROTHSCHILD CENTRAL BANKERS GLOBAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1KnJbBJTE0&feature=player_embedded#!
you are slaves…
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:06amAwesome video; the issue speaks for itself but that was a very powerful delivery.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:00amCatholics just like Jews….gonna vote for Dems even when it is against their best interests…..
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:14amDon’t think so!!!!!!!
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:55amCatholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon……and others……your religion is under attack because there is no religion in a Communist dictatorship…..let’s stop this mandate by the un-American pos government to bash religion…….I believe all religions will join with the Catholic religion!
Report Post »Totally Domestic
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:54amMakes me proud! Catholics have always stood up for the unborn children &
Report Post »it seems they are leading the way in protecting Religious Freedom. Baptist,
where are you????? We should ALL stand with them.
BurntHills
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:53amBack in the Chicago 1960s, the Southside nuns taught us to “DEFEND THE FAITH”. we never knew what from.
Until now.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:52amWell that’s TWO things that WE can attribute to Obie’s time in office..
Report Post »Boosting ….The Christians resolve…….and Firearms sales.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:51amObama and Soros are commited to the ending of freedom of all thought, moral and social value and of speech when it comes to religion; they know that free faith and worship is their worst nightmare and will stop at nothing, as will their father the Devil, to ensure its destruction if at all possible.
They have sewn the wind, now let them reap the whirlwind in return.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:48amWhy would a small department of the Fed. government …run by unelected federal workers….people with no medical experience….apparently people with no religious foundation….try to take away religious freedoms from American citizens unless they are working for ‘the other side’ ? There is only one side on this issue…that is God’s side. Stand and be counted.
Report Post »davecorkery
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:13pmWhy would a small minded bishop with no medical experience get to pick and choose what is covered under a general insurance plan? Why was that one bishop so adamant that women not get the pill, but he sure was glad that VIAGARA was covered! Why would a priest need viagara? Oh, yeah….
“Look, if god didn’t want priest to anally rape 5 year old boys, He wouldn’t have made them so cute”
Father McFeely, 2007
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:44amAnd the comments from the atheist trolls will begin in 3, 2, 1, …go!
Report Post »momrules
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:04amReddirttexas………..oh they are out there waiting to pounce and *teach* us how wrong we Christians are.
Report Post »eternal_vigilance
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 9:07amWay to early in the morning on a Monday for their likes to appear.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:41amI stand with the Catholics….obama is attacking the churches and the constitution. He does this because he is not Christian…he is a Muslim.
Report Post »911Patriot
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:37amWOW! Amen!!!
Report Post »Attila
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:34amI could never imagine a “leader” so so disgraceful as to force the Catholic Church to violate its own laws to satisfy the dictatorial rants of an unamerican Obama.
Report Post »This guy is the personificatkion of EVIL, May GOD help us.
JimL
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:27pmState intrusion into the Church is rare?
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:33amVery Powerful..
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