So, I obtained the sermon notes of Pastor Paul Blair from Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond. It’s his “hate and spread false information” script trying to rouse the rabble into opposing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. That’s the act Blair goes around calling the “Pedophiles Protection Act”. Of course it ended up passing and is now law. I love in the script how the imbecile has to put in instructions to himself to click the mouse to change a slide. Funny!

 

I should post some photos first I guess. Let’s see what I have… Oh here’s one of Blair and Fairview Baptist. Oooo, who’s this guy in the white dress coming out the rear of some building? He looks happy.

 

 

 

 

 

Now I want you to look very closely at the slide directly above from Blair’s presentation. Notice how it lists various items like opposition to same sex marriage, abortion, outsourcing of jobs, etc. But there in the list is “Violent Christian Identity Organization” as if he’s implying that’s one of the things okay for Christians to be a part of that’s being targeted. Adding "violent" to that is disturbing.

 

 

 

And now in Paul Blair’s very own words…

 

TEXT:  1 Peter 4:12-16 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

 

The title of this message is this: The Criminalization of Christianity

 

PRAY

 

When America was great, pastors tackled tough issues that affected their culture. 

Slides of Old Sermons – First Two Slides

 

Patriot Pastors preached on Issues of the Day.  We will do the same thing this morning. 

 

Slide 3 

Isaiah lamented the moral decline in Israel during his lifetime.  He said in Isa 5:20-21 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

 

Slide 4 

We are experiencing the same crisis as the World seemingly is turning upside down.

The Department of Homeland Security recently issued this report from their office of Intelligence and Analysis Assessment. 

 

Among its key findings, notice these statements:

 (U) Key Findings:  B part of Slide 4

“DHS…has no specific information that domestic rightwing terrorists are currently planning acts of violence, but rightwing extremists MAY be gaining new recruits by playing on the fears of several emergent issues.”

(Editor:  Note this is clearly stating that no threat currently exists.  They are clearly trying to create a crisis in the minds of law enforcement personnel)

 (Slide 5 “Threats (tic)…largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts.  NEVERTHELESS…COULD create a fertile recruiting environment for rightwing extremists and even result in confrontations…”

Slide 6 “The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities COULD LEAD to the POTENTIAL emergence of terrorist groups of lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent acts.”

Slide 7 “Debates over appropriate immigration levels and the enforcement policy generally fall within the realm of protected political speech under the First Amendment, but in some cases, anti-immigration or strident pro-enforcement fervor…has THE POTENTIAL to turn violent.”

Slide 8
You might be a terrorist if:  (press mouse button on each topic)

Concerned about the “perceived loss of US jobs in manufacturing and construction sectors and home foreclosures.” 

Illegal Immigration

Abortion

Same-sex Marriage

Economic recession

Outsourcing of jobs

Threat to US Sovereignty

Second Amendment Rights

Expansion of Social Programs

New World Order or Global Government

China’s investment in US

“end times” theories

Stockpile food, ammunition, and weapons

Violent Christian Identity organization

Missouri – Bob Barr, Ron Paul or Chuck Baldwin bumper-sticker   (Editor:  You can’t look twice at a full bearded Muslim, named Mohammed, boarding a plane saying anti-American slogans, but if someone has a Ron Paul sticker on their car…)

SLIDE 9 While calling for protection from possible terrorism from “right wing extremists” here in America,  Department of Homeland Security Director Napalitano will no longer use the term “terrorism” when referring to “Muslims” (mouse click)  instead calling that “Man-made disasters”. 


Slide 10  It is also “politically incorrect” to profile “Muslims” even though America’s Truth Forum reports that there have been 13,138 ISLAMIC Terrorist attacks around the world since 9/11, but we wouldn’t want to profile.

Slide 11  In fact even in America, at the Burlington Township School District in New Jersey, 2007, they had a terrorism drill at school cooperating with the local police, fire and SWAT teams.  That makes sense in this day and age, except the terrorists in this mock attack were fundamental Christians. 

 

America has turned upside down. 

 

If you support homosexual marriage, you are now on the right side.  If you support the slaughter of innocents, you are now on the right side.  If you believe in the Bill of Rights or preach about “end times” prophecy, you may be trouble.

 

Right is now wrong and wrong is now right.  Christians are now the enemies of the state.  This should be no surprise. Slide 12 – Scripture Text From John
 
John 15:18-16:3  If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.  19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.  20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; … 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.  3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

 

On Thursday of this week, I watched on C-Span as members of the House of Representatives debated Hate Crimes Legislation.  It passed narrowly out of committee, along party lines.  While in committee, SLIDE 13  Rep. Tom Rooney (FL, 16^th Dist., Republican) offered amendments to the Bill seeking to include Military Personnel as a protected class, Pregnant Women as a protected class, unborn babies as a protected class and elderly. SLIDE 13, PART B All of these were summarily shot down.

SLIDE 14  Rep. Steve King (R-IA) presented a final amendment that insisted would specifically exclude pedophiles under "sexual orientation."

SLIDE 14, PART B  Lesbian Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) spoke for House Judiciary Democrats in objection, saying that King's amendment was "unnecessary and inflammatory."

SLIDE 15  Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), a former judge, offered several amendments that would have provided religious-freedom protections from hate crimes prosecution, but they were all rejected by Democrats on the Judiciary Committee.

 

During the last few minutes of the hearing, an irate Rep. Gohmert (R-TX) again tried to limit "sexual orientation" to exclude pedophiles but liberals rejected the demand for specificity.  SLIDE 15, PART B In fact, liberal Democratic Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings read a list of “paraphilias” into the record, arguing that all “philias” should be protected including “pedophilia.”

SLIDE 16  This bill seeks to include the undefined terms “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” as this would add 30 different perversions to a protected groups with the same federal protection as you are guaranteed regardless of race.  Not only that, SLIDE 18, PART B the expression “real or perceived” is used throughout the bill. 

 

If a person’s  “gender identity” is real or perceived

If they feel threatened by your speech or actions – whether real or perceived

The bill will make every type of gay, lesbian, cross-dresser, bi-sexual, transsexual, transvestite, pedophile, necromancer, bestiality practice and any other form of sexual perversion a federally protected class under United States civil rights laws.

Meanwhile, if a left wing zealot shouts obscenities at a Veteran returning from Iraq and calls them a baby killer or murderer, those remarks will be considered free speech and protected by the First Amendment.   This is an outrage. 

 

Proponents of the hate crimes bill claim that Christians and others who speak out publicly against homosexuality are not threatened with the same type of prosecution that criminals would face for committing acts of violence against homosexuals and transgender people.
 
Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-Michigan), a co-sponsor of the measure, stated: "The bill only applies to bias-motivated violent crimes and does not impinge public speech or writing in any way."
SLIDE 17   However, during the Judiciary Committee markup, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) reinforced the notion that people could be prosecuted for having a particular belief. "We also need to protect those potential victims who may be the recipients of hateful words or hateful acts, or even violent acts."

 

We don’t want to see “acts of violence” happen to anybody, but what exactly is a “hateful act”?  And what are considered “hateful words”?  Are they real or perceived?

 

This is thought police.
 
This is wrong in so many ways, but as our Forefather Pastors equipped their flocks for effectively combating the dangers of their culture, I want to equip you in the remaining time to combat this attack on Christianity in America.

SLIDE 18  First, this Bill is Unconstitutional – because it violates the First Amendment.

When the Constitution was drafted, the Bill of Rights had to be added before the states would ratify it.  The Bill of Rights were ten “handcuffs” placing limits on this new “federal” government and insuring and protecting the rights of the people.  The number one item on their “Top Ten” list, the single most important issue included religious freedom, freedom of speech, assembly, petition and freedom of the press.  We might think that is an odd mix to be lumped together, but our Founding Fathers did not.

The speech which the British Government sought primarily to suppress was the speech of pastors.  The “press” in that day was not as in our day.  There wasn’t a USA Today or many daily newspapers.  The main thing that was “published” by the printing press was sermons from pastors like Mayhew, Edwards, Whitefield, Cooper, Muhlenberg, and countless others that were printed and spread throughout the Colonies.

The preaching of pastors, the publishing of sermons, the assembly of congregations, that was in the forefront of the minds of the crafters of the First Amendment.

Pastors were Biblically called to be the “Watchmen” by Almighty God.  Beginning with Enoch in Genesis 4 and continuing throughout the entirety of the Bible, pastors have been called to proclaim the Gospel and stand against immorality and corruption.

This Bill clearly violates a Pastor or any Christian’s ability to preach the Bible.

Consider what has happened in other countries already that have passed Hate Crimes Laws.

SLIDE 19   On June 29, 2004, Pastor Ake Green of Sweden was sentenced to one month in jail for showing “disrespect” against homosexuals by preaching a Bible message that on the subject of homosexuality.  Thankfully, ADF got involved and the case was overturned. 

SLIDE 19, PART B  Pastor Stephen Boissoin, a pastor from Alberta, CA, wrote a letter to the editor denouncing homosexuality as immoral and dangerous and calling into question gay-rights curricula permeating the provinces educational system.  He said in the letter, "Children as young as five and six years of age are being subjected to psychologically and physiologically damaging pro-homosexual literature and guidance in the public school system; all under the fraudulent guise of equal rights.”  A complaint was filed by an assistant professor from the University of Alberta.  On June 9, 2008, Pastor Boissoin was ordered by the Alberta Human Rights Commission to desist from his views on homosexuality, ordered to pay $7000 in fines commanded to personally apologize by public statement in the local newspaper.

SLIDE 19, PART C  Last Thursday, on a conference call, Congressman Steve King from Iowa said, “We have always punished acts, but have never punished thoughts.  This is thought crimes.”

SLIDE 20  Second, This bill violates the 14^th Amendment by creating a Special Class of People

The Declaration of Independence states that “All men are created equal.”   In other words, there is no distinction in class.  We don’t have royalty and we don’t have a caste system.  We are all created equally. 

That doesn’t guarantee equal treatment.  If you can afford to join Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club and I can’t, that is OK.  That is not what is talked about in the Declaration.  We are equal as men, but if you earn more money and are more successful, then you have greater privileges.  But in America – we are all CREATED EQUAL.  On top of that, the Fourteenth Amendment ensures “Equal Protection under the Law.”

The Hate Crime Bill does not provide equal protection; it CREATES A NEW SPECIAL CLASS to give additional protection. 

Example: 

If a man beats up a Pastor because he doesn’t like preachers.  That is simply assault.

If a man beats up an elderly person, that is simply assault.

If a leftist, curses at a veteran and calls him a murderer and a baby-killer.  That is considered free speech.

However, if a homosexual is the object of any crime – “REAL OR PERCEIVED” – then the (SLIDE 22, PART Federal Government will provide the State Government up to $100,000 to prosecute that case.   Do you see the potential of abuse here?

A District Attorney’s office has two crimes reported.  In one, a little old lady was beaten up.  In another, a Preacher offended a homosexual.  One case, I have to prosecute out of pocket and the other case I get a $100,000 subsidy and bonus to prosecute.  Which am I going to aggressively pursue?

In one case, I’ll need facts.  In the other, I will just need the “perceived” facts.

In one case, I’ll prosecute out of my own budget.  In the other, I get $100,000 subsidy.

This is not equal protection.  This is declaring “Open Season” on Christians.

SLIDE 21  Finally, this Whole Crisis is a Sham

The Democrats in Congress are throwing around numbers like 15% of all hate crimes are because of bias against homosexuals.   Wow!  15%?  But let’s examine those numbers.

According to the 2006 FBI Crime Statistics:  (PRESS MOUSE BUTTON FOR EACH POINT)

7722 incidents of “hate crimes” reported in 2006, with 9652 victims (We think the worst.  We think of people getting beat up or worse)

But, only 60% of that number was crimes against persons (vs. property)

Of that 60%, 46% were reports of “intimidation” – Question:  Was that real or perceived intimidation.

The truth is that of 860,853 reported cases of aggravated assault in 2006 less than 1200 were for “homosexual bias” - That is barely more than 1/10 of one percent.

Of 17,034 murders in 2006, only 3 were considered “hate crimes” and it is my understanding that none of those were for homosexual bias.

Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel said, “Never let a crisis go to waste.” 

 

In this case, if there isn’t really a crisis, make one up.

SLIDE 22   The purpose is to pose Social change, radically change America and criminalize Christianity.

You will continually hear references to the tragic death of Matthew Shepherd a decade ago.  Homosexual activists claim it was a case of “hate crimes” that led to murder.  But that is not true.  An ABC 20/20 investigation which included interviews with the two murderers stated that Shepherd’s murder resulted from a botched robbery by two guys high on meth, looking for more drug money.

 

They are both spending life in prison without parole.  What more could a “hate crimes” law do to exact justice in that case?  Nothing.

We have laws in America already to punish assault, aggravated assault, rape, murder, kidnapping and any sort of vandalism.  A crime of that nature should be prosecuted to same extent whether the victim is male or female, black or white, Christian or non-Christian, heterosexual or homosexual.

This Bill is currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee.  I will be keeping you posted and we will be working feverishly across America to see this defeated.

 

It is Unconstitutional – breaking the First and Fourteenth Amendment.

It is unnecessary, Ramming Liberal Social Change down the throat of America when there is no Crisis.

This is an attack on Christianity.  This is an attack on Jesus Christ.