Susan Myers
Praise God! People all over the state and country prayed. More than three hundred people cheered, waved banners, and let their thoughts be known by megaphone in the streets, and the courtroom was packed as Principal Frank Lay and Athletic Director Robert Freeman walked into the Federal court in Pensacola, Florida. The evening of Thursday September 17, a judge found these two brave Christians not guilty in connection to contempt charges for allegedly violating a judge's order against promoting school prayer.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Constitution Day Battle
Susan Myers
Today, 222 years to the day that our nation’s Constitution was signed, the future of religious liberty is on the line as never before! Is Christian conduct to be criminalized?
Matt Staver states, “The ACLU will observe the day seeking to destroy the Constitution by jailing two honorable men over a simple prayer. Liberty Counsel will observe Constitution Day defending freedom.”
Principal Frank Lay and Athletic Director Robert Freeman of the Santa Rosa County school system in Florida are appearing today, September 17, 2009, in a day-long hearing in federal court (before the same judge that sat on Dr. and Mrs. Hovind’s case) on charges of criminal contempt, the penalty for which includes $5,000 in fines, six months in jail, and the probable loss of their retirement benefits.
Their crime? Praying before a meal!
The ACLU bullies mean to make Christians fearful of expressing their faith in public settings. If the ACLU wins, millions of Christians will be cowed into silence.
Liberty Counsel urges us to please pray! This case is about prayer, and Matt Staver believes that “ultimately prayer will make the difference.”
He asks the following:
(1) Pray for their clients, Frank Lay and Robert Freeman.
(2) Pray for the legal team.
(3) Pray for the Lord to give them wisdom and even the words to say in court!
I am thankful for the show of support from fifty-four members of the U.S. Congress, including Florida’s Representative Jeff Miller. Their letter includes the well-documented statement: “The tradition of offering prayer in America has become so interwoven into our nation’s spiritual heritage that to charge someone criminally with engaging in such an innocent practice would astonish the men who founded this country on religious liberty.”
Today, 222 years to the day that our nation’s Constitution was signed, the future of religious liberty is on the line as never before! Is Christian conduct to be criminalized?
Matt Staver states, “The ACLU will observe the day seeking to destroy the Constitution by jailing two honorable men over a simple prayer. Liberty Counsel will observe Constitution Day defending freedom.”
Principal Frank Lay and Athletic Director Robert Freeman of the Santa Rosa County school system in Florida are appearing today, September 17, 2009, in a day-long hearing in federal court (before the same judge that sat on Dr. and Mrs. Hovind’s case) on charges of criminal contempt, the penalty for which includes $5,000 in fines, six months in jail, and the probable loss of their retirement benefits.
Their crime? Praying before a meal!
The ACLU bullies mean to make Christians fearful of expressing their faith in public settings. If the ACLU wins, millions of Christians will be cowed into silence.
Liberty Counsel urges us to please pray! This case is about prayer, and Matt Staver believes that “ultimately prayer will make the difference.”
He asks the following:
(1) Pray for their clients, Frank Lay and Robert Freeman.
(2) Pray for the legal team.
(3) Pray for the Lord to give them wisdom and even the words to say in court!
I am thankful for the show of support from fifty-four members of the U.S. Congress, including Florida’s Representative Jeff Miller. Their letter includes the well-documented statement: “The tradition of offering prayer in America has become so interwoven into our nation’s spiritual heritage that to charge someone criminally with engaging in such an innocent practice would astonish the men who founded this country on religious liberty.”
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