Don’t say you weren’t warned –
As much as the majority of “us religious-type” folks would prefer to simply be left alone, we each need to decide if this is where we say “no mas“. The fight is being brought to us; we need to respond in kind.

Over the years, it has become apparent (to me, at least ) that the mere existence of people practicing their religion really just ticks some Progressives off….

We first saw this reported over at That Mr. G Guy’s Blog, but there’s a write-up from the local news, too.

For more than a year, Prudhomme’s Lost Cajun Kitchen in Columbia, Lancaster Countyhas offered a Sunday special: Diners who bring in a current church bulletin receive 10 percent off the purchase of their dinners.

But, the promotion has rubbed some people the wrong way, including John Wolff of Manheim Twp., Lancaster County, an atheist and member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Wolff, who said he’s never been to Prudhomme’s, recently filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission claiming the 22-year-old restaurant should not give discounts based on religion. “I bear them no ill will but they shouldn’t…

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Public Catholic Comment: Lying Snakes, Kabuki Dancers and Useful Idiots

Peanut Gallery: Before going any further, please read Public Catholic’s “Stop Slogan-Voting…. Part 1.” My comments address Rebecca Hamilton’s (Public Catholic) post.

COMMENTS: Lying Snakes, Kabuki Dancers and Useful Idiots

I’m an old guy who is new to the public political arena (4 yrs) but well versed in the arena of church politics (35 yrs). I am not a newcomer to the “culture wars.”

My relatively recent foray into the public political arena began as a Tea Party activist after the election of Barack Obama; I had recently retired from active ordained ministry in a mainline protestant denomination. As a church pastor, I limited my public political activities to the Pro-Life movement, but was an intrepid culture warrior within the church – to little or no avail. (In retrospect, I was like the little Dutch boy trying to plug the holes in the dike with his fingers. Eventually I ran out of fingers.)

I’ve retired from both my local Tea Party and my denomination and now I’m free to express my opinion from the “cheap seats” in The Peanut Gallery – hence this blog.

That’s why I’ve found Rebecca Hamilton’s blog – Public Catholic – so refreshing. The parallels between our personal experiences, although worlds apart, are remarkable. The purpose of this brief introduction is simply to provide some context for my comments on Hamilton’s blog – Stop Slogan-Voting… Pt 1.

1. Lying Snakes –

“Politics is about power. The two political parties are not political parties as we once knew them. They are consortiums of special interests. They operate on behalf of these interests for one purpose: to get and keep power…. Power is what they want, and they will tell you anything it takes to get you to give it to them.” – Public Catholic

A friend of mine recently called one of our local politicians “a lying snake.” She couldn’t have been more accurate – the guy had just promised to vote one way in our local City Council Meeting and then did just the opposite. Another recently told my wife, with a straight face, that he never made any money off his position as City Councilman – when his construction firm had its sign outside a city rehab project only a few hundred yards away. Continue reading “Public Catholic Comment: Lying Snakes, Kabuki Dancers and Useful Idiots” →

Sweet Wind – blow over me

Sweet Wind – David Ruis

“Like a mighty rushing wind”… Public Catholic speaks to the grassroots

Peanut Gallery: Rebecca Hamilton (Public Catholic) speaks “truth to people.” She is passionately pro-life, a practicing Christian (Catholic) and an Oklahoma State Representative (Democrat, District 89.) She is term limited in 2014.

If you care about the political state of our nation… she is an important blogger to follow. As a term-limited insider to OK state politics, Hamilton is “telling it like it is” from her unique point of view. Her current series is a must read – it describes the sorry state of politics in America and the necessity of looking to Jesus Christ for hope and help.

Public Catholic is “like a mighty rushing wind.” Acts 2.2 ESV

STOP SLOGAN-VOTING. STOP HATE-VOTING. STOP BEING MANIPULATED. INTRODUCTION

July 3, 2012 · by Rebecca Hamilton · in Abortion, Christian Living, Christian Lobbying, Christian Persecution, Christian Walk, Christianity, HHS Mandate, Political Campaigns, Pro Life, Witness for Jesus

Stop slogan-voting. Stop hate-voting. Stop being manipulated.

We are in a fight for religious freedom in America. Religious freedom is sometimes called the “first freedom.” It is, after all, enshrined in the First Amendment. But there is another reason to call it the “first freedom.” Religious freedom is the basic human freedom on which other freedoms are built. It strikes to the core of our souls, of who we are as individuals and how we view ourselves and other people. All the questions of human worth and the proper relationship of government to the individual person have their genesis in the right to religious freedom. Continue reading ““Like a mighty rushing wind”… Public Catholic speaks to the grassroots” →