The Growing Harrassment Against Christians
"We now return you to your regularly scheduled harassment."
Reality television may be a huge success, but the U.S. Supreme Court is more than happy to leave the courtroom drama to Judge Judy. Yesterday, the high court pulled the plug on a controversial broadcast of Perry v. Schwarzenegger until at least Wednesday when the justices have had a chance to weigh the arguments on both sides. The order came just days after Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker agreed to an unprecedented webcast of the Proposition 8 case, ignoring a ban on courtroom cameras that had been in place for years. For the defendants, who are understandably concerned about becoming targets of harassment because of their testimonies, it was a temporary victory. Only one high Justice objected to the court's intervention--Stephen Breyer, who disagreed that the cameras posed a risk to the impartiality of the trial.
With all due respect to Justice Breyer, where has he been these last three years? This isn't a question of whether conservatives will face harassment but how much. After all, this is a state where militant homosexuals have a long rap sheet of " harassment, intimidation, vandalism, racial scapegoating, blacklisting, angry protests, violence...death threats, and gross expressions of anti-religious bigotry" against locals who vote or donate to pro-marriage causes. In truth, the only video this court should allow are security cameras outside the defendants' homes. Maybe then the country could see what these "agents of tolerance" are really capable of.
The Heritage Foundation's Thomas Messner took a crack at documenting the abuse conservatives took during the 2008 campaign in his "The Price of Prop 8" paper, and it took him 16 pages to outline the assaults on businesses, churches, and individuals. Simply posting "Yes on 8" bumper stickers or yard signs resulted in all kinds of backlash--ranging from trespassers urinating on homes and spray-painting cars to being egged, toilet papered, threatened, vandalized, stalked, and sworn at in the classroom. Others who dared to show up at rallies were punched in the face, hit over the head, forced to resign, or had their pictured plastered on public posters. Of the 25,000 "Yes on 8" signs distributed, at least one-third was destroyed.
Unfortunately, this campaign of intimidation isn't unique to California. The public square isn't any safer for Christians in Maine, Washington, Massachusetts, or anywhere else Americans have a vote on this issue. In any given state, the Left will try to sabotage a person's accreditation, business, career, house of worship, or safety. Are these witnesses right to feel camera shy? You betcha.
With all due respect to Justice Breyer, where has he been these last three years? This isn't a question of whether conservatives will face harassment but how much. After all, this is a state where militant homosexuals have a long rap sheet of " harassment, intimidation, vandalism, racial scapegoating, blacklisting, angry protests, violence...death threats, and gross expressions of anti-religious bigotry" against locals who vote or donate to pro-marriage causes. In truth, the only video this court should allow are security cameras outside the defendants' homes. Maybe then the country could see what these "agents of tolerance" are really capable of.
The Heritage Foundation's Thomas Messner took a crack at documenting the abuse conservatives took during the 2008 campaign in his "The Price of Prop 8" paper, and it took him 16 pages to outline the assaults on businesses, churches, and individuals. Simply posting "Yes on 8" bumper stickers or yard signs resulted in all kinds of backlash--ranging from trespassers urinating on homes and spray-painting cars to being egged, toilet papered, threatened, vandalized, stalked, and sworn at in the classroom. Others who dared to show up at rallies were punched in the face, hit over the head, forced to resign, or had their pictured plastered on public posters. Of the 25,000 "Yes on 8" signs distributed, at least one-third was destroyed.
Unfortunately, this campaign of intimidation isn't unique to California. The public square isn't any safer for Christians in Maine, Washington, Massachusetts, or anywhere else Americans have a vote on this issue. In any given state, the Left will try to sabotage a person's accreditation, business, career, house of worship, or safety. Are these witnesses right to feel camera shy? You betcha.
More recent stories about the growing attacks on those standing up for their Christian faith:
New Hampshire Poised for Landmark Homeschool Vote (Fortunately that attempt failed:Huge Victory for Homeschoolers in New Hampshire)
Fox News' Brit Hume Blasted for Inviting Tiger Woods to Consider Christianity (You know full well that Brit Hume would be applauded had he suggested Tiger become Muslim or join some other "New Age" or non-Christian sect/cult.)
posted by Al @ 1:21 AM
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