Stand Against Hate Toward Christians

July 10 & 11 in Washington D.C.

By Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas

Recently, I reported that I received a press release that revealed yet another disturbing sign of a growing trend in our civil government as it relates to Biblical Christianity.  It comes from a ministry called Repent America, www.repentamerica.com.  Some of you may remember this ministry as the Philadelphia 11.  They were the first, I believe, that were charged with a "Hate Crime" as they preached the Gospel at a homosexual parade in Philadelphia a few years ago.

Here is a portion of that press release they sent. It stated, “Repent America (RA) has learned from a law enforcement official that the U.S. Department of Justice has been using its ministry as an example of a Christian "fundamentalist hate group" because of its Biblical opposition to homosexuality during its law enforcement "mediation and conflict resolution" training classes.
During this class, Timothy Johnson, Sr. Conciliation Specialist for the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service, falsely characterized "Repent America" as a Christian "fundamentalist hate group" and had law enforcement officials participate in a role-playing activity to illustrate this point. Johnson directed a number of police officers to stage a campus dramatization before the class between a mock Repent America evangelism team and a group of upset homosexuals. While these officers were role-playing the two groups, another officer was instructed to “mediate the conflict” by removing the Christians, instead of affirming their constitutional rights to be on a public campus. The removal instruction was because the homosexuals were hurt and offended by the Biblical message of repentance and call to believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The same dramatization occurred on at least one other occasion before a previous training class.”

As a result, several ministries are coming together to confront this growing, disturbing trend in our government.  We are calling Christians to Washington DC on July 5th and 6th to privately and publicly deal with this travesty.

Michael Marcavage, from Repent America, is setting up a private meeting with the Department of Justice over this unfortunate situation on July 5th. There will be a contingent of Christian leaders to redress this grievance and challenge them to cease and desist this portrayal of Christians. The same day we are needing folks to lobby their Senators to deal with the dangerous “Hate Crimes” legislation that has already passed the House.  If they have already voted on this before we arrive, we will change our lobbying efforts to publicly call upon the President to veto this tyrannical piece of legislation.

On July 11th, we will be conducting a public rally and press conference to openly deal with this deplorable situation as well. To those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, please make preparations to join us. Now more than ever your witness, protest, and stand is needed if our Christian liberties are to continue in the land of the free and the home of the brave.

For more information contact Michael Marcavage of Repent America at 1-800-373-7368, Ext. 5 or Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas of Elijah Ministries at (254) 715-3134. You can also e-mail Rev. Thomas at elijahmin@ifriendly.com or visit his website at www.elijahmin.com

NOTE TO READERS...THIS IS A CORRECTED VERSION OF THE

ARTICLE WHICH WAS PRINTED IN OUR JULY 2007 ISSUE.

Shortly after our July issue was distributed, we received an e-mail alert from Rev. Thomas informing us that the dates of his rally in Washington had changed from July 5th and 6th to July 10th and 11th. The above article reflects those corrected dates.