New Report Shows Hostility Towards Christians On The Rise In America

I just came across a report put out by Liberty University and the Family Research Council. This report shows the alarming rise of hostility against Christians in America. This is something that I have been trying to educate people about for a while. The church in America has been lazy and complacent when it comes to standing up for it’s heritage and rights within this country and as a result, people have been duped into believing that anti-religious bigotry and religious discrimination is acceptable in this country. Let me share with you a few examples out of this report for you to see.

Examples of Hostility towards Christians.

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  A federal judge threatened “incarceration” to a high school valedictorian unless she removed references to Jesus from her graduation speech.
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  City officials prohibited senior citizens from praying over their meals, listening to religious messages or singing gospel songs at a senior activities center.
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  A public school official physically lifted an elementary school student from his seat and reprimanded him in front of his classmates for praying over his lunch.
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  Following U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ policies, a federal government official sought to censor a pastor’s prayer, eliminating references to Jesus, during a Memorial Day ceremony honoring veterans at a national cemetery.
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  Public school officials prohibited students from handing out gifts because they contained religious messages.
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  A public school official prevented a student from handing out flyers inviting her classmates to an event at her church.
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  A public university’s law school banned a Christian organization because it required its officers to adhere to a statement of faith that the university disagreed with.
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  The U.S. Department of Justice argued before the Supreme Court that the federal government can tell churches and synagogues which pastors and rabbis it can hire and fire.
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  The State of Texas sought to approve and regulate what religious seminaries can teach.
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  Through the Affordable Healthcare Act (“ObamaCare”), the federal government is forcing religious organizations to provide insurance for birth control and abortion-inducing drugs in direct violation of their religious beliefs.
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  The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs banned the mention of God from veterans’ funerals, overriding the wishes of the deceased’s families.
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  A federal judge held that prayers before a state House of Representatives could be to Allah but not to Jesus.

And these are just a few of the examples of how hostility has increased against Christians in this country. There were over 600 cases involving this type of stuff over the last few years. This is why it is so important that Christians start standing up and speaking out against what is happening. It is why it is so important for us to use the power that is available with social media and getting the word out.

You can read the entire report by clicking here or you can go to the website religioushostility.org

Do you part to turn the tide of atheism and secularism in our country. None of us want a state run church or a church ran state, but we all want to have the freedoms to follow God according to the dictates of our conscience.

Blessings!

Pastor Duke