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| 2016 list reveals 'hostility to religion rising like floodwaters' |
World Net Daily
Hostility toward religion in America has expanded dramatically in recent years, with florists targeted, bakers punished, nuns coerced and even retail companies facing discrimination for their faith, according to a new report from First Liberty Institute.
The new report, titled “Undeniable: The Survey of Hostility to Religion in America,” reveals a list that admittedly is not exhaustive but still totals 1,285 cases at the start of this year.
“These cases … show a clear expansion during this past year,” the report said. “Quantitatively and qualitatively, the hostility is undeniable. And it is dangerous.”
Kelly Shackelford, the chief counsel for First Liberty, explained that “hostility to religion in America is rising like floodwaters.”
“This flood is engulfing ordinary citizens who simply try to live normal lives according to their faith and conscience. It is eroding the bedrock on which stand vital American institutions such as government, education, the military, business, houses of worship, and charity. It has the potential to wash away the ground that supports our other rights, including freedom of speech, press, assembly, and government by consent of the people.”
As 2012 closed, at the end of Barack Obama’s first term, the organization documented 600 cases.
The list now is more than twice as long as candidates fight this year to replace Obama.
The tabulation divides the attacks into four categories: attacks in the public arena, attacks in the schoolhouse, attacks against churches and ministries and attacks in the military.
In one case, in the last category, “Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk, a 19-year Air Force veteran at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, returned from deployment and found that he had a new commander who was an open lesbian,” the report explained.
“Sergeant Monk’s commander asked Sergeant Monk what he thought about same-sex ‘marriage.’ Sergeant Monk initially refused to answer, stating that his views on same-sex ‘marrage’ were irrelevant to his job. When Sergeant Monk’s commander insisted that he tell her … Monk affirmed that he believed in the biblical view of marriage.”
She then relieved him of his duties and had him reassigned, the report said, and he later was charged by officials with making false official statements.
“The attacks … are sweeping away small businesses, careers and ministries. Behind the legalities are tears, anguish and the denial of basic human tolerance, compassion and common decency,” Shackelford wrote.
“It’s time for a national rejection of politically correct cruelty based on discrimination against traditional American forms of faith.”
Read more: http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/
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