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This month, read about how attorneys for CLA are defending churches banned from conducting religious services in community buildings and a public park, how public schools are teaching Islamic prayer and banning Christian expression, and how homosexual activists are now trying to redefine marriage in several key states. Your prayers undergird the efforts of our staff to defend the faith of Christians and ministries who stand firm on the Truth of God's Word.
CLA
Win in Ohio:
Keeping Christ in Assignments: Praise the Lord that after
attorneys for CLA intervened with the school principal over a student's right
to choose a religious topic for a school project in Ohio,
a parent was able to get her child's religious project approved by the teacher.
CLA
Win in South Carolina: Islam in School: Praise
the Lord that attorneys for CLA were able to assist a South Carolina
family whose student was being required to pray an Islamic prayer in school. When attorneys for CLA intervened, the
principal was horrified to learn that the prayer had occurred and stopped the
practice immediately. Please pray for a
similar situation in Texas where
middle school children are not only studying Islam in a required social studies
class, but the textbook also teaches incorrect information about
Christianity. Parents were not notified
that their children would be taught religion in school.
CLA
Standing Againt New Science Standards that Oppose
God: Please pray that Florida will
not set new science standards for schools that will require the teaching of
evolution as a philosophical worldview.
The state education board is considering making these changes and
attorneys for CLA are working with state board members as they consider this
issue. This change is being considered
for many states, and if it is adopted in Florida,
other states are very likely to fall in line with the modern science
establishment.
Family Units Continue to Be Redefined Contrary to Scripture: New Hampshire has become the fourth state in the nation to legalize same- sex
unions. That state joins Vermont, Connecticut,
and New Jersey
in recognizing civil unions, while Massachusetts
continues to be the only state to recognize same sex marriage. New
Hampshire estimates that 3,500 to 4,000 civil unions
will be performed in the first year. Despite
the change in terminology, in practice, civil unions and marriages provide
equivalent benefits for nontraditional couples.
Please pray that Americans will realize the negative effects of these
policies, not only on these couples, but on society as a whole.
CLA Helping Churches Meet in Public Facilities: Please pray for
churches in Nevada, Ohio,
North
Carolina and in many other states who are
experiencing increasing difficulty in finding churches and other public
facilities for meeting places. Adverse
court decisions in New
York and California
(the Second and Ninth federal circuits) have emboldened local governments to
turn away churches needing temporary meeting locations. Please pray that local officials will be
elected across our nation who realize that churches are good for a community
and who will want to provide places for them to meet. The latest court decisions do not require
schools and other public facilities to reject applications from churches, but
strong equal access principles followed for many years have clearly been eroded
by these courts.
CLA Defending Church Meetings in the Park: Please pray for a Michigan
church that was told it could not have religious meetings in the local park
even though non-religious groups are permitted to have programs there.
CLA
Helps Educators Who Want to Pray: Pray for a new teacher in an Illinois
public school who is starting a before-school prayer group for fellow teachers. Also pray for school board members in one Texas
district as they are working to keep prayer on their meeting agenda.
Children's
Clubs Stop Praying:
Pray for 4-H clubs in Virginia who
are being told that the children may no longer pray during meetings as they
have done during opening devotions ever since the program was founded.
Homosexual
Activists Fight Boy Scouts: Pray for the Boy Scouts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who are now being charged
hundreds of thousands of dollars to use city facilities that were previously
provided free-because the city claims the Scouts discriminate against
homosexual scoutmasters.
CLA
Helps Christians Standing Against Sin in Their Cities. Pray as CLA stands Nationwide with concerned Christians who oppose adult businesses,
inappropriate billboards, and gambling establishments in their
communities. Sinful activity is
aggressively expanding across our nation.
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