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Born in 385 in Roman Britannia in the town now known as Dumbarton, Scotland, Patrick is rightfully considered one of the greatest evangelists in Christian history. Considered a Catholic holiday by many, Protestants need not be afraid of taking part in the less-debaucherous festivities…so long as they’re wearing the right color.
Patrick begins his autobiography by writing these lines:
My name is Patrick. I am a sinner, a simple country person, and the least of all believers. I am looked down upon by many. My father was Calpornius. He was a deacon; his father was Potitus, a priest, who lived at Bannavem Taburniae. His home was near there, and that is where I was taken prisoner. I was about sixteen at the time.
Patrick’s father was a bishop (pastor) in the ancient ‘British’ Church (he was a Roman who came to Britain to govern the colony, and made his way to Scotland), long before the Roman Catholic church reconquered the West for paganism. He was taken captive by Irish pirates, who took him to Ireland and left him more than 200 miles inland, selling him as a slave. Patrick took upon himself to farm labor, tending sheep. Six years later, Patrick made a break for freedom and traveled back to the coast, where he caught a ride home.
During Patrick’s captivity, his faith grew, as it had to in order to give him the courage and will to survive. As he arrived home, his attention turned from mere survival to compassion for his former captors. He became a clergyman like his father before him, but longed to return to Ireland with the Gospel. Unlike his native home, Ireland was almost thoroughly pagan, with no Christian influence or had not undergone evangelism whatsoever.
Although certain of the details have been distorted by history and stretched by Romanists who later claimed him as one of their saints, we know that Patrick returned to Ireland with a Bible and with a dagger, in case he ran into trouble. It appears he first went back to his slave-master, and God converted him. Then, Patrick set his eyes upon the wicked king of Ireland, Loegaire.
Marching dramatically near the King’s castle with an army of newly converted Irishmen, Patrick refused to relent despite threats of death. Surrounded with the Gospel and the fearless Scotsman, Loegaire appears to have been legitimately converted by the Holy Spirit. By the time Patrick died in 461, Ireland had become thoroughly Christianized and Druidism was entirely absent.
Myths about Patrick range from fanciful to plausible. Patrick didn’t scare away the snakes of Ireland (they are not native to the Island nation, but may be a metaphor for the eradication of Druid priests). However, he probably did use the Shamrock as an object lesson about the Holy Trinity so that the pagans could understand the Triune God.
Ireland is now mixed between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism and is a battle that is as much political as it is spiritual. On festive occasions, the Romanists decorate with green. But the Protestants decorate with orange. Protestants in Ireland (and around the world) revere William of Orange, the Protestant King who brought religious toleration to Great Britain. It’s for this reason that Protestants in Ireland have typically been loyalists to Great Britain and the Catholics have been dissenters from their union.
Most of the Irish immigrants to the Americas were disgruntled and disenchanted with the British empire adopting Protestantism, and so they brought with them their Irish tradition and the color green. So then, a green “St. Paddy’s Day” is all most Americans know.
For Protestants, however, we wear the color orange. So grab that orange-colored garment and throw it on this St. Paddy’s Day. When people try to pinch you for not wearing green, explain you’re a Protestant…and you preach the Gospel back at them.
While it is true that Patrick wasn’t a Protestant to the extent that his tradition came from the Protestant Reformation (he lived more than a thousand years before), he was no Roman Catholic. He was what Ian Paisley (a famous and sound Irish preacher) would call a proto-Protestant. Listen to that sermon here.
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If you had the chance to meet Joel and Victoria Osteen, two of the world’s most prominent purveyors of the prosperity gospel, would you beg them to stop twisting God’s word for profit? If you were able to sit down with Brian and Bobbie Houston, the founders of the worldwide prosperity movement that is Hillsong, would you rebuke them? If you had the opportunity to go on television with Matt and Laurie Crouch, who broadcast heresy into nearly every household in America through their TBN network, would you beg them to stop fleecing shut-ins for “seed money?” Each of the parties mentioned above are ravenous wolves. They are the very type of people that the Apostle Paul warned Titus about when he wrote the following:
For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach forthe sake of sordid gain.
Titus was under Paul’s instructions to appoint elders in local churches. Paul very clearly instructed Titus that he should appoint no elder who was fond of sordid gain. To the contrary, Titus was to appoint men to lead churches who could rebuke the kind of ravenous wolves who taught the type of false doctrines purveyed by the Osteens, Houstons, and Crouches. This rebuke was to be done out of a proper understanding of God’s word.
Beth Moore is perhaps the most popular Bible teacher in America. She is, being a woman, not eligible to hold the pastoral office. Nevertheless, she teaches the Scriptures to as many women, if not more, than any pastor in the country. Beth Moore should know how to handle heretics like the Osteens. Beth Moore should know what to do with wolves.
Beth Moore, I believe, is a wolf. Birds of a feather flock together, wolves run in packs, and bad company corrupts good morals. When Beth Moore literally embraces heretics like Brian Houston and the Osteens, what else can I think? Beth Moore is clearly in the God business, right along with the Crouches…and it is a profitable one. In the course of her business, Beth Moore is set to appear this month for one of her Living Proofconferences at the flagship church of the Southern Baptist Convention, Bellevue Baptist in Memphis. That church is pastored by former SBC President Steve Gaines, who was a member of the study committee that helped to draft the official confession of faith of America’s largest protestant denomination. That church was formerly pastored by the great Adrian Rogers, who chaired the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 Committeeand led the Southern Baptist Convention back from the brink of liberalism in the early 1980s.
Surely, Joel Osteen would never be allowed to host a conference or fill the pulpit at Bellevue Baptist Church…but Beth Moore is coming and being embraced with open arms. Is Steve Gaines letting a wolf in his pulpit? Sadly, that’s a moot point. Adrian Rogers’ old pulpit at Bellevue is already filled by a man who would preach prosperity theology. That man is Steve Gaines himself, who once warned his congregation that their children would get sick if they didn’t tithe (to his church).
Beth Moore isn’t someone to warn Bellevue Baptist members about, she is a judgement upon them. They already tolerate Steve Gaines. Surely the women there hunger to hear a speaker like Moore, and this March they will flock to her. God only knows if their kids, in the midst of allergy season in the south, will get runny noses.
*Please note that the preceding is my personal opinion. It is not necessarily the opinion of any entity by which I am employed, any church at which I am a member, any church which I attend, or the educational institution at which I am enrolled. Any copyrighted material displayed or referenced is done under the doctrine of fair use. I exhort you to read the powerful testimony of a pastor’s wife named Lauran who grew up at Bellevue and now seeks to warn other women about Beth Moore and her ilk.
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Pennsylvania –-(AmmoLand.com)- Pennsylvania Submits Firearms Registration Bill.A new bill introduced in Pennsylvania, HB0768, would boldly establish a gun registry within the state. The Democrats that introduced the bill areMary Louise Isaacson (D), Angel Cruz (D), and Mary Jo Daley (D). The Pennsylvania General Assembly has referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary.
This bill would require gun owners in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to register their firearms ANNUALLY with the Pennsylvania State Police. Owners would have to provide the police with the make, model, and the serial numbers of all their guns as well as pay $10/gun…every year.
The title tells you everything you need to know it's known as the Firearms Registration Act. This governmental cash grab will cost $10 per-gun and gun owners will have to go through another background check for each individual firearm that they already own and you know they're gonna make you pay for that. Oh, and the background check is the same one you have to go through to purchase the gun in the first place.
So you went through a background check to purchase the gun and now you have to have the same background check to register the gun and continue ownership!?! Hmm now that's not all, you have to also give the Pennsylvania State Police your home address, your work address, your telephone number, your social security number, your date of birth, your age sex and citizenship…most of which they should already have anyway from the process of you getting your permit. This is all more information than you need to give to vote.
Now if the State Police are so bold to reject your application of the firearm you're already own lawfully and legally own, you have 10 days to appeal and yeah you know where that's going. If you are rejected you have three days to turn in your firearms to the State Police and you know if you don't do it they are gonna come knock on the door.
Now some of you might say, “Yeah I'll just sell my gun.” Well, you can't sell it if it's not registered, nor can you buy one and not register it. They've also made it illegal, under this bill, to have a gun and not know that it's not registered! AND it's also going to be illegal to have a gun at a shooting range that's not registered.
It gets worse guys!!! The gun owner must keep all firearms unloaded and disassembled, or bound by a trigger lock. If you don't do that you're gonna be guilty of a crime! This even applies to homes without children in them!!
Now if you happen to try to better yourself in life and get another job change your phone number or whatever it is you have 48 hours to tell the state police otherwise they're gonna come to get you.
Oh, did I mention in addition to $10 bucks per firearm, that registration is only good for one year you have to re-register every single year if this passes? I think you know what's coming! There is no mention on how they're going to enforce this by the way.
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The world has no doubt been rocked by the horrific news of the mass shooting by a White supremacist that killed dozens of Muslims who were worshiping in 2 mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The racist attack shocked the normally quiet country and has sent the world reeling into mourning and much discussion of violence, gun control and politics. However, in all the anger, emotion and discussion about what motivated the killer to commit such an atrocity the spiritual clues and satanic influence behind this crime should not be ignored.
ONE OF THE WORST MASS SHOOTINGS IN HISTORY
Locals in Christchurch are still reeling from the worst tragedy in the nation’s history.
According to reports:
“One suspect has been charged with murder after at least 49 people were killed and more than 40 others were injured in mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday.
The attacks occurred while worshippers attended Friday prayers. The main attack happened at Masjid Al Noor in central Christchurch, the largest city on the country’s southern island, where 41 people were killed, police said. A second shooting took place at Linwood Masjid, in an eastern suburb of Christchurch, where seven people were killed. Another person died after being transported to a hospital.
A number of explosive devices attached to vehicles were reportedly defused after the attack.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called the incident a “terrorist attack.”
A 28-year-old man, who authorities identified as Brenton Tarrant, charged with murder, appeared in Christchurch District Court briefly on Saturday. Two other people remained in police custody Saturday, after a total of four people — three men and one woman — were initially detained as suspects.” (source).
Tarrant, who livestreamed the murders on Facebook, twitter and Instagram (while also posting on YouTube) is a self-described white supremacist, racist and fascist who carried out the attacks in response to immigration by non-whites and revenge for Muslim terror attacks in Europe. His “manifesto” was a likely intentionally confusing rant on politics and society. The alleged murderer referenced Norwegian white supremacist and mass murderer Anders Breivik who in 2011 killed 77 people at a youth camp in Norway and after posting a 1,500-page manifesto online. Tarrant also referred to himself as a “Knights Templar: invoking the name of the Crusaders as Breivik did in his own manifesto.
MURDER – THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF THE SIN NATURE
“But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.” – Proverbs 8:36
The Bible is very clear that it is because of our fallen, sin nature, that humans can commit murder. It is also a downward spiral as one’s heart moves continually way from God and towards one’s own desire for evil and satanic influence. The Cain, the first son born in human history, was also tragically the first murderer – killing his own brother Abel. After God’s accepted the offering of Abel and rejected Cain’s, the wicked son plotted to murder his own family. The Bible details the spirit operating within him:
“For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.” – 1 John 3:11-12
One of the numerous wounded victims who suffered at the hands of anti-Muslim bigotry.
Cain was “of that wicked one” – meaning Satan. Once a person gets so deep into sinful rebellion against God, the limited influence of God all people have – the conscience, gets “seared” and all manner of evil becomes acceptable. This is Satan’s goal for all people – to abandon any thought or fear of God in their hearts. Tarrant built his life around hatred for other people. Hatred for people of non-White races. Hatred for Muslims. Hatred for immigrants. This sinful lust in his heart soon grew into a desire to kill. The Bible speaks of this very descent:
“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” – James 1:14-15
Note once again that it is a process. Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, helping to frame The Lord and arrange His execution by Roman authorities, started off as a thief. But that sin soon led to helping to being complicit in murder. And to no surprise at the moment Judas prepared for the ultimate betrayal, Satan was involved:
“And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill [Jesus]; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.” – Luke 22:2-4
Jesus Christ said of the Devil: “…He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” (John 8:44)
Therefore, putting your faith and trust in God, reading and understanding the Bible, praying to God and keeping love for Him in your heart, is so critical. Not only will it save your soul from eternal damnation, it gives the power to overcome sin and a desire to live for God, not rebel.
THE NEW ZEALAND SHOOTER’S SATANIC CONNECTION
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – the heavy metal band whose music Brenton Tarrant was listening to as he carried out his murders.
After he returned in his car to head to the second mosque to find more victims, Tarrant played the song “Fire” by British rock band The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. The killer could be heard yelling the opening line of the song on his livestream:
“I am the god of hell fire, and I bring you!
Fire, I’ll take you to burn.
Fire, I’ll take you to learn.
I’ll see you burn!” (source)
Arthur Brown, the lead singer is often credit as being the father of heavy metal music. He was renowned for his obsession with occult imagery and performed with a colander with a flame ignited on it. This was done in the same fashion of the Baphomet:
Left: Heavy Metal “forefather” Arthur Brown with flaming collander on his head. Right: The Baphomet, a symbol for Satan, with a flame on his head.
Here is another picture of Arthur Brown’s group mimicking the shape of the Baphomet sigil:
The Baphomet Sigil
The Baphomet, a term originally coined by the Knights Templars, when they were on trial for heresy and confessed to worshiping an idol of that name. In describing the flame atop the head of the Baphomet, a researcher stated:
“Baphomet signifies Βαφη Μητεος, baptism of Metis, baptism of fire,[44] or the Gnostic baptism, an enlightening of the mind, which, however, was interpreted by the Ophites, in an obscene sense, as fleshly union .” (source).
And of course, as time progressed the Baphomet became synonymous with the Devil. In fact, the Church of Satan official adopted the Baphomet sigil symbol as their logo. Arthur Brown, who also had a song called “In The Devil’s Grip” was also renowned for using his rock concerts and music as a means to initiate an occult ritual. In an inteview, Peter Bebergal, author of Season of The Witch: How The Occult Saved Rock n’ Roll, he describes Arthur Brown’s beliefs:
“But for some, while they saw their music has having potential to work magic, they still saw themselves first and foremost as musicians. Arthur Brown, best known for his song “Fire” believed a rock concert could function as a shamanic rite. He used every element of the performance, from his makeup to the staging to the way he moved, as an attempt to channel and then release what he believed was magical energy. ” (source).
Brown, in a freemasonic pose popularized by luciferian Aleister Crowley.
What spirit was moving in the New Zealand killer to play this particular song as he committed such horrific acts? The same spirit that was working in Cain when he slew Abel, in Pharaoh wanting to kill the male babies in the days of Moses and Judas when he betrayed Christ. Do not be deceived.
PRAY FOR NEW ZEALAND
The nation of New Zealand desperately needs prayer right now.
“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” – 2 Corinthians 4:1-4
If you are a Christian, pray for New Zealand to heal in the wake of this unprecedented violence in their nation. Pray for the families of the Muslim victims to be comforted in this terrible time. Pray for the shooter, whose mind and heart were so twisted with sin and rejection of God that he could do this. And pray for the churches in Christchurch to live up to their city’s namesake and boldly and lovingly preach the Gospel to the many hurting people there.
Pray for the Gospel to shine in the hearts of the people in that nation. Christianity identifies the real problem in the world: sin. It is in the hearts of all people and there is nothing we can do on our own to stop it. But through faith in Jesus Christ, sin can be conquered. God wants to give all people a new spirit and heart that will seek to serve Him and do good, not evil:
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.” – Ezekiel 36:26-27
Racial and political strife feel like they are at an all-time high in society. Hatred is brewing all over social media. Families are divided. Workplaces are split in hostile anger. Brenton Tarrant’s agenda was right in light with the Devil’s: to sow discord, anger and more violence in society – all to drag as many people into true hellfire as possible.
This is not God’s way. This will not bring peace. True peace comes with being forgiven for your sins and reconciled with God. This is what Jesus died for. This is why Jesus rose from the grave after taking your punishment on the cross. If you are not a Christian, do not wait. This tragedy is yet another stark reminder that we do not know how long we have left on this Earth. Life like a vapor, can disappear in a moment. Believe the Gospel of free forgiveness of sins through faith in Jesus Christ and let your heart be filled with God’s love. The world could use a lot more of it right now.
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Predictions were that the New Zealand shooting would be used as a pretext to further stifle critics of Islam. So perhaps it’s no coincidence that Judge Jeanine Pirro, under fire recently for criticizing Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), just had the Saturday edition of her show unceremoniously pulled off the air by Fox News.
While Fox hasn’t explained the move, the timing is uncanny. It was Saturday, 3/9 that Pirro made her remark, “Think about it — Omar wears a hijab. Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?” Yet it wasn’t till this past Saturday, 3/16 — the very day her show was set to air again — that we heard about the cancellation.
This also happened to be just two days after China-loving, anti-capitalist, self-described “eco-fascist” Brenton Tarrant perpetrated the horrible Christchurch, New Zealand, massacres, killing 50.
But this was predictable — and predicted. Chronicles magazine wrote Friday that Muslim activists and their Thought Police enablers would use the shooting as a pretext to stifle “‘Islamophobia,’ effectively defined as any form of meaningful debate of Islam, its scriptural message, historical practice, and current ambitions.”
And, sure enough, writesAmerican Thinker’s Thomas Lifson, “New Zealand has changed the momentum of American politics, putting concerns about Jew-hatred in the back seat (or maybe the trunk), while ‘Islamophobia’ activists sit in the driver’s seat, turning us left.”
It doesn’t matter that, as I wrote Saturday, Muslim-on-Christian massacres are the norm in places such as Nigeria, that many thousands of Christians were thus killed in just the past year, and that a Christian is 143 times as likely to be killed for being Christian in a Muslim country as a Muslim is to be killed for being Muslim in a Western one. Perception isn’t reality, but it shapes policy — and isshaped by the media.
The mainstream media’s selective reporting means people don’t hear about massacred Christians, but it also gives us other double standards. For example, while it’s verboten for even a pundit to question Omar’s faith, senators Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) have in recent times suggested that certain judges may be too Catholic to sit on the bench, coming “close to imposing an unconstitutional ‘religious test’ upon [them],” as the Washington Examinerwrote last year. The Thought Police didn’t seem to mind, either.
Then there’s the headwear hustle. Pirro is a zero, supposedly, for questioning Omar’s hijab. But consider that Americans wearing MAGA hats have been attacked, and refused service in restaurants and elsewhere; also note that the poor Covington Catholic High School boys were targeted by activists and media for scorn, ostracism, and character assassination for wearing the caps.
Critics may say that MAGA hats represent something: ideas. But so does the hijab. These are symbols, which by definition are symbolic of something.
So the question is: What is it in the hijab’s case — and what, in particular, in Omar’s case?
American Thinker’s E. Jeffrey Ludwig weighed in on this yesterday, writing that Omar “poses an interesting case study in American cultural or civilizational consciousness. She is the first congressional representative to wear a scarf around her head, and that scarf is for some a symbol of the breadth and depth of our acceptance of others. For others, it is a symbol of alienation and rejection of the America she claims — simply by holding office — to represent. To those who see her this way, the hijab or head covering is seen as a hostile schmata (rag) whereby she is not merely carrying on one of her subculture’s customs, but, in essence, giving the finger to the country she now would participate in governing.”
If this seems a stretch, consider: The New York Timesreported last year that Omar “became a citizen in 2000, when she was 17. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, she decided to wear the hijab, as an open declaration of her identity.”
Striking. So Omar “put on the hijab after 9/11?” asksAmerican Thinker editor Monica Showalter incredulously. “Back [when] most Americans were draping themselves in the American flag, flags flying like crazy, flag pins, flag boxes, flag everything, and back when Palestinians were dancing in the streets about it? Yes, that happened, there were horrible people in hijabs dancing with glee when that terrible event happened. How strange she chose that moment to put on the hijab. For her, it wasn’t even a religious motivation, it was, as she said, all about her identity, who[m] she identified with.”
“It goes against the response normally seen at such times,” Showalter continues. “Normally, people tend to want to assimilate with the injured party or with the nation itself when it's had war declared upon it.”
A case in point, Showalter points out, is when “Japanese-descent Americans responded to their nationality under fire after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor by volunteering in vast numbers to join the U.S. military to fight the Axis.” But that was a different time — and Omar is a different kind of immigrant.
It’s not just that, according to some sources, she has been implicated in multiple felonies, including fraud relating to immigration, healthcare, taxes, and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid program. It’s that she exudes bigotry and ingratitude.
Omar has accused the United States of being complicit in “genocide” in “Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.” Moreover, reports the New York Times, from “‘the first day we arrived in America,’” Omar said, “she concluded that it was not the golden land that she had heard about.” (We really need to stop holding that gun to her head and keeping her here.)
Omar also tweeted in 2012 that “Israel has hypnotized the world, [sic] may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.” In a 2018 tweet she called Israel an “apartheid regime,” and she has demanded an end to the “occupation” of East Jerusalem. These are typical jihadist passions.
To the point of Pirro’s statement, however, the “hijab is in many cases, if not most, indicative of adherence to Sharia,” explainsJihad Watch proprietor Robert Spencer, one of America’s foremost authorities on Islam. “Sharia does contradict Constitutional principles in numerous ways, including the denial of the freedom of speech and the denial of the equality of rights of women,” he continues.
Note, too, that “the Center for Security Policy released a 2015 poll of Muslims in the US showing that ‘a majority (51 percent) agreed that “Muslims in America should have the choice of being governed according to Shariah,”’” as I reported in 2017 (related video below concerning the part of Omar’s district dubbed “Little Mogadishu”). Given these facts, was Pirro’s question unjustified — or logical and necessary?
The deeper issue is that we always should — and should be able to — question our leaders’ motivations. If someone is a Marxist, is it wrong to wonder if his worldview contradicts his constitutional duties? If you think this isn’t analogous, consider that what differentiates ideologies from each other is that they involve different values.
Yet so do different religions.
Thus, not all religions can be morally equal unless all values are. This value-equivalency error, known as “moral relativism,” not only has as a corollary that all faiths are morally equal, but that all ideologies (and everything else) are, too. Do we really believe that Marxism, Nazism, conservatism, liberalism, and every other ism are equivalent?
Since our Constitution also expresses specific values, it follows that the values of certain other “belief systems” — whether called “religion,” “ideology,” “philosophy,” or something else — may conflict with it. It therefore is not just wise to wonder if a leader’s beliefs are compatible with the Constitution. It’s also an imperative of good citizenship.
While I won’t hold my breath waiting, I’d like to see a reporter ask Representative Omar, “Do you believe that Muslims in the United States should be allowed to govern themselves with Sharia rather than civil law?” and, “Do you believe Sharia law should be subordinated to our Constitution?”
Perhaps only Catholic judges can be thus grilled, but it would be interesting to see if Omar could give a straight answer.
Outrage is mounting in the wake of Judge Jeanine Pirro's suspension from Fox News. The Center for Security Policy is now voicing its anger with the news outlet. One America's Neil W. McCabe sat down with the group's president and has this from Washington.
