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Why Donald Trump is tearing evangelicals apart
By Michelle Boorstein - Washington Post Pastor Rick Scarborough has spent 20 years traveling the country to politically mobilize evangelical voters and knows better than most just how un-monolithic they are. In recent years, those differences have just gotten more pronounced, said Scarborough. “In the past when we’d talk about abortion, 90 percent said: ‘You’re right.’” Now half seem to have experienced it or know someone who has, he said. And “when Falwell spoke against gay marriage there was unanimity. Now half the congregation has a...
read morePastor Rick Scarborough: ‘Satan, Like a Roaring Lion, Is Coming After the Church’
By Michael W. Chapman | January 25, 2016 Pastor Rick Scarborough, who heads Vision America, said the attacks on religious liberty in America сialis generique are “by design,” and that Christians need to “stand up to this tyranny and begin pushing back” because “Satan, like a roaring lion, is coming after the church.” “We’re living in the age where the church is fair game,” said Scarborough in a Washington Watch radio interview with host Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council. “Satan, like a roaring lion, is coming after...
read moreU.S. religious freedom to be honored
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 14, 2016 As a colonial-era Virginia law upholding religious freedom reaches its 230th anniversary this weekend, traditional values groups are urging Americans to stand up for their rights to live out their beliefs in peace. Federal and state laws like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) are based on the words of founding fathers Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty said Thursday. These federal and state laws — which protect...
read moreCultural Impact Tour calls for action
November 30 2015 by K. Allan Blume, BR Editor - brnow.org Mark Harris is concerned about cultural shifts that have forced same-sex marriage on Americans and fostered anti-Christian sentiments. As the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Charlotte, he is traveling the state to mobilize pastors to take positive steps of action against destructive forces in the culture. The Cultural Impact Tour (CIT) is a series of events Harris has led in 2015, with plans to continue into 2016. CIT is sponsored by Family Research Council, North...
read moreQuote of the Day
POSTED AT 10:01 PM ON JUNE 29, 2015 BY ALLAHPUNDIT The religious schools are concerned that if they continue to ban gay relationships, the Internal Revenue Service could take away their tax-exempt status as a violation of a “fundamental national public policy” under the reasoning of a 1983 Supreme Court decision that allowed the agency to revoke the tax-exempt status of schools that banned interracial relationships… Rick Scarborough, the founder and president of Vision America, a conservative Christian organization based in Nacogdoches, Tex.,...
read moreSome Christian Pastors Vow Civil Disobedience if Supreme Court Approves Same-Sex Marriage
By Isaiah Narciso ([email protected]) A group of prominent Christian pastors have vowed to engage in acts of civil disobedience if the U.S. Supreme Court rules same-sex marriage to be a constitutional right. According to a report from WOAI, prominent Baptist pastor Dr. Rick Scarborough, who is the president of the activist group Vision America, indicated that he would follow God if it ever came to deciding whether to follow God’s law or law passed by politicians. He and other Christian evangelicals plan to deny recognition of any...
read moreThese 2 Supreme Court Justices Have No Business Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage Cases
Dr. Rick Scarborough, President of Vision America Action, is calling on Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg and Kagan to recuse themselves from cases challenging same-sex ‘marriage’ bans. Kagan and Ginsburg have both officiated at same-sex marriages (SSM), Kagan on Sep. 21, 2014 for her former law clerk Mitchell Reich and his ‘husband,’ Patrick Pearsall, and Ginsburg at ceremonies for SSM couples, some of which occurred at the Supreme Court. Justice Kagan opposed the U.S. Military’s “Don’t Ask,...
read moreDr. Rick Scarborough Demands That Supreme Court Justices Recuse Themselves from Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Cases
Kagan and Ginsburg have both officiated at same-sex marriages (SSM), Kagan on September 21, 2014 for her former law clerk Mitchell Reich and his ‘husband,’ Patrick Pearsall, and Ginsburg at ceremonies for SSM couples, some of which occurred at the Supreme Court. Justice Kagan opposed the US Military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which barred gays and lesbians from serving in the military. As dean of Harvard Law School she barred military recruiters from the school’s career office. In a...
read moreThe Real March (toward) Madness
By Rick Scarborough In six short years, President Obama has evolved from my position on marriage, to becoming the most radical same-gender marriage champion in the history of our Republic. In that same span 37 states have adopted laws allowing same-gender marriages. In 26 states, judges have overturned the will of the citizens after bans passed by overwhelming majorities were challenged in courts. In 8 more states the legislators have passed laws allowing same-gender marriages. In only three have the people actually voted for redefining...
read moreJames Dobson, Rick Scarborough, Mat Staver Address Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Threat
By JAMES ROBISON This Tuesday, March 10, I was asked to join more than 30 other deeply concerned church leaders on a conference call. The topic was the marriage and family-damaging decision the Supreme Court may soon make. If they follow present cultural trends and rulings of numerous lower courts, by June they will rule against the biblical and historical institution of marriage in favor of what is being called “same-sex marriage.” Below are excerpts from comments and concerns expressed by those who participated in the call. These comments...
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