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Subject: FW: Losing our Rights? Freedom of Speech?
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:40:44 -0400

My brother sent me an email, it follows my reply below.

• USA PATRIOT ACT
  Legislation signed into law 2001, reauthorized in 2006
• EXECUTIVE ORDER 13438
  Issued July 2007   Entitled 'Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq' this Executive Order provides the President, in association with the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of Defense the authority to confiscate the assets of 'certain persons' who oppose the US led war in Iraq, the US led economic reconstruction and political reformation in Iraq and/or the US government sanctioned humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people.
• NATIONAL SECURITY AND HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE
  (NSPD 1/HSPD 20)
  A form of Executive Order issued May 2007
  Allows the sitting president to declare a 'national emergency' for any reason, including a terrorist attack, without Congressional approval. NSPD 51 would result in the suspension of the Legislature and the militarization of justice and law enforcement in America. NSPD 51 supersedes the National Emergency Act, eliminating Congressional oversight.
  
• MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT
  Legislation signed into law September 2006
  
  • Allows the suspension of Habeas Corpus (a suspect’s right to challenge his detention in court) for non-citizens, including legal permanent residents.
  • Allows officials to detain anyone, including US citizens, by declaring them enemy combatants.
  • Allows the use of evidence obtained by coercion (torture).
  • Gives the President authority to determine what constitutes torture.
  • Authorizes retroactive immunity for US military and intelligence officials as well as higher officials who authorized or ordered illegal acts of torture and abuse. 
  • Also  violates the Geneva Conventions.
• And many more the whole list would be too long.

 Can you believe this?  What is happening to our
 Rights and Freedom of Speech?
 
Click the link below for the complete newspaper article
in the Hickory, NC Newspaper:

(Correction to link below:)

 http://www.hickoryrecord.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HDR/MGArticle/HDR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173355822450


 

From:	Warrior for Christ
Date:	Jul 5, 2008 12:16 AM
Subject:	URGENT!!!
Body:	Brothers and Sisters; Your prayers are needed urgently!  Please read the following sent to me from a blessed Brother in Christ, Pastor Shawn Holes. Pastor Shawn and his family are on the road spreading God's Word. It is unfortunate what this country has turned into. Please show your support and respond to the links below. God Bless, Brother Neal Luke Ten Two .. wrote: Hello Fellow Believers - this just in from Jesse: Dear Friends, Click on the link below. This article was on the front page of the Hickory paper this morning. It is very clear what course the city and the Hickory Police Department are taking: http://www. hickoryrecord. com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HDR/MGArticle/HDR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173355822450 This is a bit discouraging, but I will let my record and reputation in hundreds of United States' cities and towns and 19 foreign countries (i.e. doing the same thing we were doing in Hickory last Friday night) speak to the charges that we were harassing people and disturbing the peace. This is not the way we do things, we follow the exhortation found in II Timothy 2:25-26, and nowhere else in America have we had problems with the police that even come close to this. Besides, Matthew and I were not charged with disorderly conduct; we were charged with trespassing. Clearly, this is an attack against the Gospel and is rooted in disdain for the biblical message of Jesus Christ.  For this reason, and this reason alone, we were discriminated against. My friend, Kent, was told several times by the police that night (i.e. before I approached with the video camera) that we could stay there and talk to whoever we desired, but you cannot distribute Gospel tracts! As for the appeal for us to sit down and talk with city officials to reach a compromise: This is not an option as long as we are facing criminal charges. Such would be foolish considering that anything I say in such a sit-down can and will be twisted and used against us in a court of law. We are simply following our attorney's advice. This has nothing to do with an unwillingness to talk. Once the criminal charges are dropped, I am happy to talk to anyone, for I see such as an opportunity to share the Gospel. This is a sad day, especially considering it is July 4th.  I have to agree with Thomas Jefferson: 'I fear for my country when I reflect that God is just, and His justice does not sleep forever.' Again, please continue to flood the Police Department, the Jaycees, the Mayor's Office with your comments and concerns. Also consider responding to the Hickory Daily Record. You can reply to the story online. I am reposting the contact information: Hickory Police Department Tel: 828-328-5551 Email: tadkins@ci.hickory.nc.us Hickory Jaycees Tel: 828-322-2080 Email:  hickoryjaycee@yahoo.com Mayor Rudy Wright Tel: (828) 466-1044 Email: signs1320@charter.net Richard Gould, Reporter Hickory Daily Record rgould@hickorydailyrecord.com PLEASE show up tonight at Union Square in Downtown Hickory at 7:30pm as a peaceful statement against these discriminatory atrocities.  If Christians do not speak out now, then next time, it will be you or your children.  Next time, it will be your freedom to homeschool. Next time, it will be your freedom to preach certain texts of the Bible that make bold statements about what this society deems politically incorrect. Next time, it will be your freedom to gather as believers for worship and fellowship. Next time, it will be your freedom to possess the Scriptures. The pure church in America is asleep in the light. It's time to wake up. ONLY IF CHRISTIANS SHOW UP IN DROVES WITH A READINESS TO SHARE THEIR FAITH WILL THIS STATEMENT CARRY ANY WEIGHT!  Please pass this on to as many Christians as possible in the Catawba County area! Regardless of what happens, I will be there with Bishnu and Kent (Matthew and Paul are out of town).  The three of us will either be there alone or with many of you. Notwithstanding, I am ready to go to jail for my faith this night.  Pray for us. Many of you live far away. Please commit to praying specifically about this at 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time. The will of the Lord be done. 'We ought to obey God rather than men' (Acts 5:29). Again, sincere thanks for all your prayers, support, and emails/phone calls to the city officials. Claims that we were harassing people and causing a public disturbance are to be expected. Jesus said this: 'Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you' (Matthew 5:11-12). Keep sounding the alarm! This kind of stuff makes me want to permanently move to Nepal. Yeah, the Maoists Communists have an overwhelming majority in the government body there, but there we have much more freedom to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ than in my own hometown. Peace be with you, Jesse Boyd Jesse Boyd, President Full Proof Gospel Ministries P.O. Box 791 Conover, NC 28613 Tel: 828-292-0045 Email: jboyd@fpgm.org Web: www. fpgm. org Jesus Christ, the ONLY WAY to Eternal Life (John 14:6; Acts 4:12)