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Governor Rick Perry
'The Response'
August 6, 2011
Governor Rick Perry's prayer during 'The Response' - A Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis
"Lord, You are the source of every good thing, You are our only hope. And we stand before You today in awe of your power, and in gratitude for Your blessings; in humility for our sins.
Father, our heart breaks for America. We see discord at home. We see fear in the marketplace. We see anger in the halls of government. And as a nation we have forgotten Who made us, Who protects us, Who blesses us, and for that we cry out for Your forgiveness.
We pray for our nation’s leaders, Lord -- for parents, for pastors, for the generals, for governors -- that You would inspire them in these difficult times. Father, we pray for our president, that You would impart Your wisdom upon him, that You would guard his family. We pray for our military and the families who love them. Father, especially for those special operators who lost their life yesterday in defending our freedoms.
You call us to repent, Lord, and this day is our response. We give it all to You. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen and amen."
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July 14, 2011
Federal Judge Suspends NYC Ordinances
Targeting Pregnancy Centers
by Catherine Snow
In the “abortion capital” of the nation, a federal judge offered a surprising rebuke against New York City officials on Wednesday for violating the free speech rights of local pregnancy centers.
The city council had approved in March, by a vote of 39-9-1, a requirement for pregnancy resource centers to post signs and tell clients what services are not offered — specifically abortion and contraception. The ordinance also puts the centers at risk of costly legal action.
Judge William Pauley of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York also granted the pregnancy centers’ request for a temporary injunction — or suspension — from the ordinance.
The judge wrote that the law’s “over-expansiveness is evident from its very language,” and would “upend established free speech protections.
“While Defendants apparently regard an assembly of people as an economic commodity, this Court does not. Under such a view, flyers for political rallies, religious literature promoting church attendance, or similar forms of expression would constitute commercial speech merely because they assemble listeners for the speaker.”
CeCe Heil, senior council for the American Center for Law and Justice, which represented the centers, called the court’s action a resounding victory and is confident the law will ultimately be struck down. In January, a U.S. District Court in Baltimore struck down a similar law in Maryland.
“This law, which forces crisis pregnancy centers to adopt and express views about abortion and contraception that they strongly disagree with, is constitutionally flawed,” Heil said. “The court clearly understood that this law punishes pro-life advocates.”
The Alliance Defense Fund also sued against the city over the law, as it threatens nonmedical, pro-life centers with steep fines and potential closure if they don’t post signs and publish in their ads that the city health department encourages women to go elsewhere.
The Centers for Disease Control has reported that nearly 41percent of all pregnancies in New York City end in abortion. Yet, the pregnancy centers are saving lives. Expectant Mother Care Centers, the plaintiff in the case, has served more than 100,000 women since 1985, and helped save over 40,000 pre-born babies.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Read the District Court's Decision, granting preliminary injunction.
Read the ordinance passed by the New York City Council targeting pregnancy centers.
Read the 2009 Baltimore City Council Ordinance targeting pregnancy centers.
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Mass Litigation for Citizen Rights by the Justice Foundation
After being contacted by JoAnn Fleming of "Grassroots America - We the People," discussing the need for litigation with
supporters of the San Antonio Tea Party, spending time in prayer and fasting, and at the request of many other citizens, The
Board of Trustees of The Justice Foundation has authorized the attorneys of The Justice Foundation to represent a group of at
least 10,000 individual Citizen Plaintiffs to assert their constitutional rights as individuals to oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its companion Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 on the grounds that they:
* Exceed Congress's contitutional legislative power, specifically the power to regulate interstate commerce
(Article I, Section 8, clause 3) and the taxing power (Article I, Sections 2 and 9) of the Constitution
* Violate individual liberties under the FIrst Amendment, including the right of individuals to object to being
forced to pay for abortions which they consider murder, thus violating the free exercise of their religion under
the First Amendment
* Violate the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution which reserves rights to the indivuduals and the states
The Citizen Plaintiffs seek to join initially with 10,000 others before the lawsuit is filed in an appropriate venue (probably in
Texas). More Plaintiffs may be added in the future.
This litigation will be unique in several aspects:
* It will allow individual citizens to stand for the limitation of federal government power and assert the rights of
the states (federalism) rather than only relying on State Attorney Generals
* It will combine the structural federalism constitional objections to this unprecedented expansion of
government power and encroachment on the power of the states with a First Amendment religious liberty
claim related to abortion which has already been shown to resonate at the U.S. Supreme Court
* The People themselves will be asserting the natural rights reserved directly to the People under the
Constitution
Any individual of any state who wishes to be represented by The Justice Foundation can sign up online via the Plaintiff Intake
& Representation Agreement form. An enrollment fee of $100.00 will be required for individual plaintiffs. Plaintiffs may contribute greater amounts if they desire. Contributions in excess of $100.00 are tax-deductible, but the $100.00 fee to become a member
of the Plaintiff group will not be tax-deductible since the value of legal services received will vastly exceed the $100.00 contri-
bution. Payment plans are also available for individuals who need them. Post-abortive women who have testified concerning
their abortion trauma in a manner admissible in court may request a waiver of the $100 fee, in recognition of the immense
sacrifice they have already made to the Cause of Life.
click here to join the lawsuit - www.projectlibertyusa.org
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