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Re: Pentagon Forces Pastor Robert Jeffress’ Church to Remove Military Seals from Ad

prayfat — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:24:02 -0000

BTW, no one's going to seriously suspect that a church's using the seals implies endorsement. Especially since the DoD lets businesses use its seals without approval and with impunity. The allegation of implied endorsement is simply an excuse do discriminate against religion.

Re: Pentagon Forces Pastor Robert Jeffress’ Church to Remove Military Seals from Ad

prayfat — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:20:47 -0000

Yes, I understand the difference. The themed car accessories are using the seals for profit which is expressly forbidden by DoD policy for its seals, so that use is even more egregious than letting a non-profit religious group use them. Allowing the seals to be used for profit by a commercial group but not for non-profit by a religious group violates equal protection and discriminates against religion.

Re: Pentagon Forces Pastor Robert Jeffress’ Church to Remove Military Seals from Ad

prayfat — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:36:08 -0000

No, it doesn't depend. Church could have paid licensing fees too, but Pentagon didn't offer that to let them. That's anti-religious discrimination, letting their trademark be used by a secular group but not by a religious one.

Re: Pentagon Forces Pastor Robert Jeffress’ Church to Remove Military Seals from Ad

prayfat — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:49:57 -0000

https://uploads.disquscdn.c... . So will the Pentagon also go after eTraile(dot)com? And all the other clearly commercial and non-government sponsored uses of the military seals?

Re: Intolerance Fits Liberals to a T (Shirt)

prayfat — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:12:02 -0000

Since contemporary jurisprudence favors freedom of speech over freedom of religion, Christian owned businesses that want to support traditional marriage can discourage this kind of viewpoint oppression by advertising that profit gained from any transaction implying support for GLBT marriage will be donated to a ministry defending traditional marriage.

Re: Commission forces Christian company to print LGBT T-shirts, but that’s not the worst of it!

prayfat — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:10:56 -0000

Christian owned businesses that want to support traditional marriage can discourage this kind of viewpoint oppression by advertising that profit gained from any transaction implying support for GLBT marriage will be donated to a ministry defending traditional marriage.

Re: Judge Wants To Force A Printer To Make Pro-Gay T-Shirts

prayfat — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:05:01 -0000

Since contemporary jurisprudence favors freedom of speech over freedom of religion, I recommend Christian owned businesses that want to support traditional marriage advertise that profit gained from any transaction implying support for GLBT marriage will be donated to a ministry defending traditional marriage.

Re: What I Learned about Atheists from God’s Not Dead

prayfat — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:54:19 -0000

Well, Colorado College is private, but had you stayed through the credits you would have seen dozens of cases that have gone to trial or settled. Yes, this kind of "anecdotal" behavior is still illegal, and in the minority of instances when it is challenged, it usually loses.

Re: What I Learned about Atheists from God’s Not Dead

prayfat — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:19:49 -0000

Hi Deanjay, Had you stayed through the credits you would have seen dozens (probably more than a hundred) legal cases against universities and university professors scroll by. Many of these kind of anecdotes have gone to trial or settled. And you are right. That behavior is (still) illegal so the university usually loses in the minority of instances when they get challenged.

Re: What I Learned about Atheists from God’s Not Dead

prayfat — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 02:19:41 -0000

While all the thin Hollywood caricatures of devout Christians over the years are no excuse for distortion the other way, I think this author should be more introspective than defensive. While I can't testify to the authenticity of the character of the Chinese atheist, I can testify to the authenticity of some of the others. I recently met a professor at Colorado College here in Colorado Springs who actually told me that he sees it as his duty as a professor to try to get all of his students to see the stupidity of believing in God. Furthermore, I have occasionally personally faced the kind of ridicule dished out by the professor's colleagues against his girl friend. And I know an attorney who actually thinks the successful salesman with the line, "Always be closing," in the *Glengary Glen Ross* drama is a roll model. Furthermore, I have had a personal friendship with a girl who's parents tried to poison her for leaving Islam to become a Christian. The nonbelievers portrayed in the movie may not represent this author, but they are neither thin nor purely imaginary. And this author would do well to reflect on the impression some of his colleagues are making rather than assume they are all nice people like him.

Re: In New Mexico, A Stunning Ruling Against Religious Freedom

prayfat — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 23:03:23 -0000

Since the courts are complicit in sacrificing free exercise on the altar of free expression for a new fad in sexual identity and relationships, perhaps offended businesses can capitalize on the free expression band wagon by advertising that they will donate a certain percentage of profits gained from facilitating same sex events to a ministry that helps GLBT people escape behavioral bondage to that identity and orientation.

Re: TRANSCRIPT: Megyn Kelly’s Interview With Father of Former Navy SEAL Killed in Libya Attack

prayfat — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:36:02 -0000

I think President Obama chose inaction and to mix the video insulting Mohammed with his narrative on killing of his Ambassador for a deliberate and strategic purpose. I think he wants to discourage speech that offends Muslims and make offending Islam like using the "N" word. Since criticizing Mohammed equates to criticizing a government that represents him, discouraging speech that insults Islam also discourages speech that criticizes Muslim governments. That way he panders to emerging Arab leaders.

Re: Educating Children with Disabilities -- Navigating the Maze

prayfat — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:11:49 -0000

It's really great that you are offering your legal expertise on special education and also on religious discrimination in Colorado Springs, Denver, Pueblo, and all throughout Colorado.

Re: Crowds Flock To See The New Movie, “2016: Obama’s America”

prayfat — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:24:06 -0000

I can identify with Obama. Returning to America after living embedded in third world poverty against which even America's poor are rich can be traumatic and disillusioning. The amount of food Americans threw away made me sick, let alone how Americans shop and entertain themselves. He and I are Americans, but we are also global citizens. It looks, from the movie, like Obama has chosen law. I eventually chose grace. In this election, Americans will be voting on their own judgment.

Re: The Sins of the Father in ‘2016: Obama’s America’

prayfat — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:20:53 -0000

As a TCK (Third Culture Kid), I can identify with Obama. Returning to America after living embedded in third world poverty against which even America's poor are rich can be traumatic and disillusioning. The amount of food Americans threw away made me sick, let alone how Americans shop and entertain themselves. He and I are Americans, but we are also global citizens. It looks, from the movie, like Obama has chosen law. I eventually chose grace. In this election, Americans will be voting on their own judgment.

Re: Lawyer seeks to ease WTC bomber's conditions

prayfat — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:03:03 -0000

People can post prayers for Ramzi Yousef at https://atfp.org/adopt/terr...

Re: So You Still Think Homosexuality Is Sinful?

prayfat — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:56:22 -0000

The possibility that homosexuality is a natural human disorder is missing from this chart. In that case, it would not be sinful but gays and lesbians should still not be allowed to marry.

Re: Tennessee Mosque Finally Opening After Years of Opposition

prayfat — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:52:37 -0000

If Christians in Murfeesboro, TN had succeeded in undermining religious liberty protections for Muslims in order to halt the construction of that mosque, then they would reap a whirlwind of discrimination for everyone. http://religiouslawnetwork....

Re: http://religiouslawnetwork.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=322&Itemid=633

prayfat — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:27:30 -0000

So Bibles with logos and insignia that are the intellectual property of
the Department of Defense are being removed from military exchange
facilities, but what about other Bibles, and what about if those Bibles
with the insignia are sold off-post. This article does not address those
conditions.

Re: Oregon Library Bans Christian Group

prayfat — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:00:53 -0000

A friend of mine thinks it's fine if the ban applies to ALL religious meetings; not just those of Christian groups. What do you think?

Re: Burning the Koran, changing the Bible: The politics of religion

prayfat — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:57:02 -0000

If a Qur'an burns in the woods does it make any smoke?

Re: Hasan’s Motives – by Dennis Prager

prayfat — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:23:51 -0000

If public opinion starts deriding this kind of violence done in the name of Islam as a disease like alcoholism, then Muslims themselves may work harder to address it than they are working to excuse it. The killing spree at Fort Hood along with most responses from secular and Muslim institutions underscore a thesis posted at http://www.atfp.org/articles/9 that violence done in the name of Islam is like alcoholism in a codependent dysfunctional family. Both systems feature excuses, denial, and enabling behaviors of people inside and outside of the systems. Neither justice nor excuses for violence done in the name of Islam are deterring it. Underlying enabling systems and attitudes must be addressed and changed. Nothing impacts alcoholics and their dysfunctional families like a reformed alcoholic, and nothing changes an alcoholic better than prayer. Similarly, no one can preach better against violence done in the name of Islam than a reformed terrorist, and nothing can change these deranged people better than prayer. Pray for the miracle of seemingly impossible changes in these desperate lives and their dysfunctional system.

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Re: Pentagon Forces Pastor Robert Jeffress’ Church to Remove Military Seals from Ad

Re: Pentagon Forces Pastor Robert Jeffress’ Church to Remove Military Seals from Ad

Re: Pentagon Forces Pastor Robert Jeffress’ Church to Remove Military Seals from Ad

Re: Pentagon Forces Pastor Robert Jeffress’ Church to Remove Military Seals from Ad

Re: Intolerance Fits Liberals to a T (Shirt)

Re: Commission forces Christian company to print LGBT T-shirts, but that’s not the worst of it!

Re: Judge Wants To Force A Printer To Make Pro-Gay T-Shirts

Re: What I Learned about Atheists from God’s Not Dead

Re: What I Learned about Atheists from God’s Not Dead

Re: What I Learned about Atheists from God’s Not Dead

Re: In New Mexico, A Stunning Ruling Against Religious Freedom

Re: TRANSCRIPT: Megyn Kelly’s Interview With Father of Former Navy SEAL Killed in Libya Attack

Re: Educating Children with Disabilities -- Navigating the Maze

Re: Crowds Flock To See The New Movie, “2016: Obama’s America”

Re: The Sins of the Father in &#8216;2016: Obama&#8217;s America&#8217;

Re: Lawyer seeks to ease WTC bomber's conditions

Re: So You Still Think Homosexuality Is Sinful?

Re: Tennessee Mosque Finally Opening After Years of Opposition

Re: http://religiouslawnetwork.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=322&Itemid=633

Re: Oregon Library Bans Christian Group

Re: Burning the Koran, changing the Bible: The politics of religion

Re: Hasan’s Motives – by Dennis Prager

Re: The Sins of the Father in ‘2016: Obama’s America’