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Wednesday, August 10, 2016, 5:30 pm | Randy Thomasson
STOP — THIS ALERT HAS EXPIRED. SEE THE LATEST HERE
If you support protective boundaries between what’s secular and sacred, and don’t want the private policies of Christian colleges dictated by California state government, please take quick action. SaveCalifornia.com makes it simple for you to leave short voicemail messages with key state assemblymembers (SCROLL DOWN FOR PHONE NUMBERS).
Please realize the latest amendments to SB 1146 still put religious colleges and universities at risk. While the latest amendments remove the crippling lawsuit provision, the bill still sets a very bad precedent by permitting the State to violate time-honored boundaries between secular and sacred.
The amended SB 1146 will force and regulate new public disclosures for religious-based colleges. It would require religious-format colleges to post new disclosures all over campus, to submit to State regulators on campus, and then report to the State when anyone is expelled for violating the college’s clearly-communicated biblical standards and moral code (which will invite a full SB 1146 back all over again).
Bottom line, if the amended SB 1146 becomes law, you can expect the harmful lawsuit portion of the bill to return next year, and after that, the even worse bill banning Cal Grants to students at religious colleges.
 THE NEXT VOTE IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN AND ANGER RIGHT NOW, FROM WEDNESDAY 6PM TO THURSDAY 8AM.
When you call, leave this message: “Oppose SB 1146 as amended. 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, say that you live in their district. If you don’t live a members’ district, call between 6pm and 8am to leave voicemail messages and DO NOT PROVIDE any identifiers (most offices ignore you if they know you’re outside their district).
CALL THE DECIDING VOTES ON THE ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
These 8 members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee will vote the morning of Thursday, August 11 on SB 1146, which is currently on the “suspense file.”
- 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
Want to do more? Share this alert with others and also leave voicemails for all the members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, which will vote August 11 on SB 1146.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…
First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016, 6:38 pm | Randy Thomasson
STOP — THIS ALERT BELOW HAS EXPIRED. SEE THE LATEST HERE
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.
 Why 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
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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Sunday, June 5, 2016, 8:31 pm | Randy Thomasson
SaveCalifornia.com provides this solely for educational purposes
and does not support or oppose candidates for public office.
When voting, do you have a minimum moral standard? For me, that minimum pro-family standard is the candidate must vote against murderous abortion, against the harmful “LGBT” agenda, for parental rights, and for religious freedom. I call these God’s non-negotiables.
But if your voting standard is “the lesser of two evils,” you can eventually vote for just about anything, right? Because “it’s all relative.”
My joke for professing Christians about the non-biblical “lesser of two evils” standard is to have them imagine a scenario where there are only two candidates: The Democrat candidate is the devil — and the Republican candidate is the Beast from the Book of Revelation. Professing Christians with a certain view of the end times, who have a lesser-of-two-evils voting standard, will justify voting for the Beast, saying, “He’ll give us three-and-a-half good years!” Listen to my SaveCalifornia.com Radio Minute on this
Now, all jokes aside, here’s something very important to think about this election:
 If you support the sanctity of human life or oppose the unnatural, unhealthy, unbiblical, tyrannical homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda, ask yourself — will you support or oppose Republican candidates who oppose God’s non-negotiable values?
Joining nearly all the Democrats in the California State Legislature, 16 Republican legislators voted in 2015 to “celebrate” “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month”:
State Senator Anthony Cannella: Modesto-Merced-Fresno area stretching to Salinas and 101 strip on coast
State Senator Jeff Stone: Riverside County
Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian: All of San Luis Obispo County and north Santa Barbara County
Assemblywoman Catharine Baker: Walnut Creek-Danville-San Ramon-Dublin-Pleasanton-Livermore
Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang: Chino Hills-Yorba Linda-Brea-La Habra-Walnut
Assemblyman Rocky Chávez: Northern coastal San Diego County
Assemblyman David Hadley: Los Angeles beach cities and south bay area
Assemblyman Matthew Harper: Coastal Orange County (Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Woods)
Assemblywoman Young Kim: Anaheim-Buena Park-Cypress-Fullerton-La Palma-Stanton
Assemblyman Tom Lackey: Lancaster-Palmdale area
Assemblyman Eric Linder: Corona-Eastvale-Jurupa Valley-Riverside
Assemblyman Brian Maienschein: Clairemont-Kearny Mesa-TierraSanta-Poway-Rancho Santa Fe
Assemblyman Devon Mathis: Tulare and Inyo counties
Assemblyman Chad Mayes: Yucaipa-Banning-Hemet-Morongo Valley-Yucca Valley-Twentynine Palms-Palm Springs-La Quinta
Assemblyman Marc Steinorth: Rancho Cucamonga-Redlands-Loma Linda-Highland-San Bernardino
Assemblyman Scott Wilk: Santa Clarita Valley and Simi Valley
 Also last year, 3 Assembly Republicans — Catharine Baker of Contra Costa County, David Hadley of the Los Angeles beach cities area, and Brian Maienschein of north San Diego and San Diego County — voted YES to make California a Suicide State via “physician-assisted suicide.”
See the harm | See the vote
 And who could forget last year’s vote to strip away parental rights and religious objections to controversial childhood vaccines that are a historically-high number of shots? Voting YES were 2 Assembly Republicans — Catherine Baker of Contra Costa County and Young Kim of Orange County — and 2 Senate Republicans Jeff Stone of Riverside County and Andy Vidak of Fresno, Kern, Kings and Tulare counties. See the harm | See the vote
 And then this year, 4 Assembly Republicans voted YES to tear down “men,” “women,” “boys” and “girls” signs and symbols from single-user restrooms statewide. They were Catherine Baker of Contra Costa County, Ling Ling Chang of Los Angeles County, Young Kim of Orange County, and Brian Maienschein of San Diego County. See the harm | See the vote
Please consider your own moral values. Will you vote for any California candidate — Democrat, Republican, or other — even if they attack your values? Something to think about as you prepare to vote June 7.
 [T]he time has come that Christians must vote for honest men and take consistent ground in politics or the Lord will curse them. . . . Christians have been exceedingly guilty in this matter. But the time has come when they must act differently. . . . Christians seem to act as if they thought God did not see what they do in politics. But I tell you He does see it – and He will bless or curse this nation according to the course they [Christians] take [in politics]. The great American evangelist Charles Finney (1792-1875)
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