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Radical attack on Christian colleges in election year COULD be stopped

Tuesday, July 12, 2016, 6:38 pm | Randy Thomasson

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TAKE ACTION: Express your concern and anger

You want religious freedom protected and respected, right? And you want Christian colleges to be able to stay Christian, right?

This is why you and I and many other people of faith are opposing SB 1146, which would permit homosexual-bisexual-transsexual activists to SUE Christian colleges to FORCE upon them a raft of sexual perversity laws that will take the “Christian” out of Christian colleges.

The problem is, few people know how to fight to win. Now I admit, it’s very hard to win for anything good and true in the current, Democrat-controlled California State Legislature.

Yet I can tell you this — everything I know in my 20+ years of serving California families informs me that SB 1146 COULD be defeated on the Assembly floor. But to achieve victory, we must fight with the right targets, right tactics, and right message.

analysisWhy target the Assembly floor:

1. More freedom of conscience on floor for Democrats: Unlike committees where individual Democrats are expected to vote yes on the Democrats’ priority bills, to pass them through committee and send them to the floor, Democrats on the Assembly floor are “allowed” much more freedom to vote their conscience. This includes those who voted yes in committee!

2. Additional freedom for Democrats in an election year: Democrat bosses lose more control the closer Election Day looms because Democrats in swing districts don’t want to lose on something as popular as religious freedom or even violating their own liberal principle of “separation of Church and State.”

Therefore, the Assembly floor vote this August can be the perfect storm IF morally-sensitive Californians unleash a flood of outrage against the tyrannical SB 1146.

In the 80-member California State Assembly, there are currently 52 Democrats and 28 Republicans. Because passing SB 1146 requires a majority vote (41 “yes” votes), this immoral and completely un-American bill will be defeated IF:

  • At least 12 Democrat assemblymembers DO NOT support the bill
  • And NONE of the 28 Republican assemblymembers support the bill

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EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN AND ANGER RIGHT NOW. If you support religious freedom and don’t want yours or anyone else’s religious freedom punished, please take immediate action. SaveCalifornia.com makes it simple for you to leave messages with key state assemblymembers.

When you call, leave this simple message: “Oppose SB 1146. Protect ‘separation of Church and State.’ Protect the freedom of religious institutions to decide their own policies. Support true diversity — oppose SB 1146.”

Before you call, please heed these important instructions: If you live in their districts, call during daytime hours and identity that you live in their district. If you don’t live in their districts, call between 6pm and 8am to leave voicemail messages and DO NOT PROVIDE your name or any identifiers (most offices will ignore your voicemail if you reveal you’re outside their districts).

PHONE NUMBERS TO CALL 6PM-8AM  M-F AND ALL WEEKEND

JOB #1: Call these 8 members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, who will vote Aug. 11 or 12
(these 8 are also on the Job #2 and Job #3 lists)

  • Lorena Gonzalez (Democrat) (916) 319-2080 Capitol | (619) 338-8090 district
  • Susan Bonilla (Democrat) (916) 319-2014 Capitol | (925) 521-1511 district
  • Ling Ling Chang (Republican) (916) 319-2055 Capitol | (714) 529-5502 district
  • Tom Daly (Democrat) (916) 319-2069 Capitol | (714) 939-8469 district
  • Eduardo Garcia (Democrat) (916) 319-2056 Capitol | (760) 347-2360 and (760) 355-8656 district
  • Chris Holden (Democrat) (916) 319-2041 Capitol | (626) 351-1917 and (909) 624-7876 district
  • Miguel Santiago (Democrat) (916) 319-2053 Capitol | (213) 620-4646 district
  • Shirley Weber (Democrat) (916) 319-2079 Capitol | (619) 531-7913 district

JOB #2: Hold these 5 pro-‘LGBT’ Republicans:

  • Catharine Baker of Walnut Creek/San Ramon/Pleasanton/Livermore (925) 328-1515
  • Brian Maienschein of north San Diego/Rancho Santa Fe/Poway (858) 675-0077
  • David Hadley of Torrance/Gardena/Redondo Beach/Palos Verdes (310) 375-0691
  • Ling Ling Chang is running to represent state Senate district 29 (Walnut, Rowland Heights, Diamond Bar, Chino Hills, Yorba Linda, Placentia, Brea, La Habra, Fullerton, Anaheim, Stanton, Cypress) (714) 529-5502
  • Young Kim of Fullerton, Buena Park, Cypress, Stanton (714) 521-6505

JOB #3: Lobby these 22 Democrats who MIGHT be persuaded through voter uprising NOT to support SB 1146 (need at least 12 of them to abstain or vote no):

  • Adam Gray of Modesto/Merced (209) 521-2111 and (209) 726-5465
  • Joaquin Arambula of Fresno County (559) 445-5532
  • Cheryl Brown of San Bernardino/Rialto/Fontana (909) 381-3238 and (909) 350-7646
  • Patty Lopez of San Fernando/Sunland-Tujunga (818) 365-2464
  • Ken Cooley of Rancho Cordova/Carmichael/Citrus Heights (916) 464-1910
  • Tom Daly of Anaheim/Santa Ana (714) 939-8469
  • Sebastian Ridley-Thomas of Culver City/Ladera Heights (310) 342-1070
  • Freddie Rodriguez of Pomona/Ontario/Chino (909) 902-9606
  • Rudy Salas of Kern and Kings counties (661) 335-0302 and (559) 585-7170
  • Miguel Santiago of Downtown L.A./Koreatown/Huntington Park (213) 620-4646
  • Eduardo Garcia of Palm Springs area and Imperial County (760) 347-2360 and (760) 355-8656
  • Mike Gatto of Glendale/Burbank (818) 558-3043
  • Mike Gipson of Willowbrook/Compton/Carson (310) 324-6408
  • Shirley Weber of San Diego, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Otay Ranch (619) 531-7913
  • Jimmy Gomez of Eagle Rock / Chinatown / East L.A. (213) 483-5151
  • Das Williams of Ventura, Santa Paula, and most of Santa Barbara County (805) 564-1649 and (805) 641-370
  • Lorena Gonzalez of Chula Vista, National City, south San Diego (619) 338-8090
  • Susan Bonilla of Concord/Pittsburg/Vallejo (925) 521-1511
  • Ed Chau of Monterey Park/Temple City/El Monte/Arcadia/San Marino (323) 264-4949
  • Roger Hernandez of West Covina//Baldwin Park/Azusa/Glendora (626) 960-4457
  • Chris Holden of Pasadena/Monrovia/San Dimas/Upland (626) 351-1917 and (909) 624-7876
  • Jacqui Irwin of Thousand Oaks/Camarillo/Oxnard (805) 482-1904 and (805) 483-4488

Lastly, if the Christian-format colleges and universities opposing SB 1146 would direct all their donors and alumni to make these calls (and would collect important funds to fight campaign-style in these key districts), it would be the best and biggest army against SB 1146 and for religious freedom in California.

He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces…
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
Sun Tzu, Chinese general, author of “The Art of War” (544 BC – 496 BC)

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Democrats: You can have faith, but can’t practice it

Wednesday, July 6, 2016, 3:12 pm | Randy Thomasson

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Be disturbed. Be very disturbed. And please, express your concern and anger now.

Realize that the same devilish spirit that burned Christians alive and threw them to ravenous beasts in the 1st through 3rd centuries is now in 2016 demanding that California Christians abandon their obedience to Jesus Christ or be severely punished.

That’s what the Democrat politicians’ SB 1146 would do to Christian institutions in California. This intolerant, tyrannical bill would force Christian-format colleges, universities, and Bible schools to abandon their obedience to God on sexual matters — by imposing the unnatural, unhealthy, unbiblical homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda instead.

Stop and think about it. Evil forces are coming for your friends today. If you don’t stand up for them, these forces will come for you tomorrow!

At the last hearing on SB 1146 on June 30, a young homosexual activist demanded legal permission to sue his former Christian college for big bucks, saying, “As a religious, Christ-loving openly gay man, I believe I should have the legal right to a discriminatory-free education…[with] legal recourse…”

Also at the hearing, the head of the largest “LGBTQ” promotion group in California (Equality California) essentially said Christian colleges must submit to his tyrannical homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda: “SB 1146 makes it clear that our existing state discrimination laws should apply in these higher education settings.”

Defending Christian values and religious freedom was Dr. John Jackson, the president of William Jessup University. At the hearing, Dr. Jackson said, “Part of the beauty of the American experience is the foundational recognition of unalienable rights, which do not derive from government, but derive from our Creator. Jessup and other faith-based schools have clear religious convictions regarding gender, sexuality, and marriage. SB 1146 marginalizes students and schools whose beliefs do not align with the views of those holding the levers of government power…creating a society that does not value diversity of opinion and even punishing dissent from what politicians have determined are the correct beliefs.”

See the devilish spirit of the Democrats at the hearing, where author and his witnesses insisted religious practices must be eliminated in favor of the unbiblical “LGBTQ” agenda. And in corrupt fashion, the Democrats passed SB 1146 on “intent,” not based on the proposed language in front of them! SB 1146 will be heard in August in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, then the Assembly floor, and if it passes, the Senate floor.

EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN AND ANGER RIGHT NOW. If you support religious freedom and don’t want yours or anyone else’s religious freedom punished, please take quick action right now. SaveCalifornia.com makes it simple for you to leave a message with your own state assemblymember, state senator, and the governor.

When you call, leave a simple message, like, “Oppose SB 1146. Protect religious freedom. Protect ‘separation of Church and State.’ Protect the freedom of religious institutions to uphold their own values. Support true diversity — oppose SB 1146.”

Enter your addressorange-1-hi to bring up your own state assemblymember and state senator’s phone numbers. Call their district offices where they are receiving messages this month of July.

 

number-2-orange-mdCall and leave a message for Governor Jerry Brown at 916-445-2841. Follow the prompts to briefly talk to a representative and leave a message opposing SB 1146.

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill,
and to destroy. I have come that they may have life,
and that they may have it more abundantly.
Jesus Christ in John 10:10

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Children’s souls dissed by California Senate

Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 2:35 pm | Randy Thomasson

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It’s not only sad — it’s frightening and angering that the California State Senate has said giving a little more religious Released Time Education away from the iron-fisted grip of the public schools upon children’s minds, hearts, bodies, and souls… is a BADDDDDD thing.

The vote Monday in the 40-member California State Senate was 15 yes, 18 no on SB 1457 (21 votes are needed to pass), which would allow school boards to expand the hours of Released Time Education and give some school credit hours to attending students.

One of the most evil things that happened during the debate was that pro-perversity Democrats labeled religious education as bad:

Senate Bill 1457, which was opposed by the state’s powerful teachers unions, faced strong objections from Democrats who argued that it would undermine the secular foundation of public education and violate the Constitution’s “establishment clause” separating church and state. Several members noted that the state would have no influence over the content of the religious instruction, raising the possibility that students might receive credit for anti-gay or white supremacist teachings. Sacramento Bee story

Another evil thing was the massively wealthy California teachers union lobbied hard against the bill, even pulling a co-author, Democrat Jim Beall, into the abstain column. Can you say pimps and prostitutes? If the 7 senators that purposefully abstained voted yes, the bill would have passed!

What’s your reaction when the majority of state senators are against children learning to love their neighbor as themselves and learning stealing is wrong and that God is watching them? With this, you know that the majority of these legislators are evil, corrupt, anti-children, anti-God, and need to be replaced.

Fortunately, this is an election year, and half of these state senate districts are up for grabs (so are all 80 state assembly districts and all 53 California congressional districts).

So please, response to this attack upon the most sublime, basic, traditional religious freedom bill imaginable for children:

1. REPORT: Let other people know who voted for or against moral standards for children. See the 15-18 Senate floor vote and Democrat floor analysis

2. CALL SACRAMENTO: Since SB 1457 was approved for “reconsideration” — meaning the bill could return for a second vote within a week — please call the 7 swing votes to urge them:”Vote yes on SB 1457. Children need to be taught do not steal and treat others as you ought to be treated. This bill is optional for school districts. Please do what’s right and vote yes.”

Benjamin Allen — Democrat
Call especially if you live in the Hollywood/Beverly Hills/Santa Monica/Redondo Beach/Palos Verdes area of Los Angeles County) map
(916) 651-4026 Capitol / (310) 318-6994 district

Jim Beall (pronounced “Bell”) — Democrat
Call especially if you live in Santa Clara County map
(916) 651-4015 Capitol / (408) 558-1295 district

Robert Hertzberg — Democrat
Call especially if you live in or near the sprawling San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles map
(916) 651-4018 Capitol / (818) 901-5588 district

Ben Hueso — Democrat
Call especially if you live in the Palm Springs area, the south Riverside County area, Imperial County, and the southern part of San Diego County map
(916) 651-4040 Capitol / (619) 409-7690 district / (760) 335-3442 district

Connie Leyva — Democrat
Call especially if you live in or near Pomona, Bloomington, Chino, Colton, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Montclair, Muscoy, Ontario, Rialto, San Bernardino map
(916) 651-4020 Capitol / (909) 591-7016 district / (909) 888-5360 district

Richard Pan — Democrat
Call especially if you live in Sacramento, West Sacramento, Arden-Arcade, Elk Grove, Florin, Fruitridge Pocket, La Riviera, Lemon Hill, McClellan Park, North Highlands, Parkway, Rosemont, Vineyard map
(916) 651-4006 Capitol / (916) 262-2904 district / (916) 651-1529 district

Sharon Runner (may have been absent) — Republican
Call especially if you live in Lancaster, Palmdale, Santa Clarita, Adelanto, Victorville, Apple Valley, Hesperia, Castaic Lake, Pyramid Lake map
(916) 651-4021 Capitol / (661) 729-6232 district / (760) 843-8414 district / (661) 286-1471 district

3. HELP ELECT PRO-FAMILY LEGISLATORS: Because you have an opportunity to replace frustration with satisfaction, evil with good, inaction with love, and despair with hope, please visit and share the SaveCalifornia.com Election Center so that you can make your own voter guide to share with your friends via email, Facebook, and Twitter. Be creative and aggressive to multiply good votes — this week!

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:20

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble,
it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck,
and he were thrown into the sea.
Jesus Christ in Mark 9:42

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