How ironic that on this Constitution Day, Barack Obama and his leftist associates are ...

Liberty Counsel Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman 9/17/2013 How ironic that on this Constitution Day, Barack Obama and his leftist associates are focused on policies that will further subvert the Constitution!  Right now, they are skirting the constitutional requirement that the President prepare budgets for congressional review and approval.   With the current Continuing Resolution (CR) about to expire, we are entering the high drama that getting a CR passed brings to our nation’s political life.  Article I of the U.S. Constitution requires Congress to pass a federal budget. Despite the clear priority the Constitution gives to maintaining discipline in federal spending, the last time Congress enacted a budget was April 29, 2009! Further underscoring the crucial importance of fiscal control, the Congressional Budget Act requires the President to submit a budget to Congress by February 1 every year.  But now, we have fallen into the habitual use of Continuing Resolutions, with Congress ceding more and more power to the Executive Branch in order to get past another cliff-walking, bitterly partisan experience. The CR process is yet another front in the escalating war liberal “progressives” are waging on America’s core values and institutions.  Please read my Constitution Day message below – Mat.  Joseph,  Before starting this important message, please join the entire Liberty Counsel family of ministries in prayer for the families, co-laborers, friends, and associates of those cut down in yesterday’s brutal assault at the Washington, DC, Navy Yard.  Our nation has suffered yet another severe tragedy, and we pray that anti-liberty forces will not succeed at exploiting this event for anti-Second Amendment or other purposes. Sadly, the atmosphere in our nation has become so divisive that we must expect opportunists to attempt to make political gain out of even the tragic loss of twelve patriotic, faithful public servants. Whether we like it or not, war has been declared on our shared values.  For instance, our religious convictions and rights of conscience are routinely being attacked and people of conviction now stand perilously close to experiencing outright persecution.  You know the litany of moral losses our nation has endured at the hands of godless socialists… Marriage between one man and one woman has been marginalized. Parental rights are being actively undermined. We are being forced to pay for the killing of babies. Prayer is being sequestered in the public square.  Christians are being prosecuted for merely standing on their godly convictions. We are being told there are no “absolutes.” What was once right in our culture is now somehow wrong.  Radical cultural groups are shaping our national policy discourse, imposing their liberal agenda upon the society at large. This process is empowered by a powerful lobbying machine and emboldened by a President whose stated goal is to radically transform our nation.  President Obama and his administration have proven to be the most hostile executives in American history toward marriage, the family, and other revered values and institutions.   In fact, this administration’s radical social agenda and advocacy of anti-family and anti-marriage policies have led to a disgraceful mockery of what it means to be an American!   We must choose to fight this war together – or simply succumb to the “transformational” forces which seek to diminish and squelch our voices for life, liberty, and family. May God help us to boldly answer His call! ++Liberty Counsel is fighting at the epicenter of the battle for the soul of America. Liberty Counsel has the most weighty and challenging docket of lawsuits and other legal matters since our founding in 1989. As I’m sure you know, we have the most comprehensive lawsuit in the nation to rid the country of the scourge of ObamaCare. This case is the only one in the country that challenges the entire employer mandate for all employers.   ObamaCare represents a frontal attack on religious freedom. ObamaCare is a being used by this administration as a weapon to destroy the fundamental right of free conscience in this nation.  The Lord has placed us at the forefront of efforts to eliminate this immoral law from the statutes of our nation!  Liberty Counsel is also fighting against the implementation of California and New Jersey laws banning “change therapy,” which aim to stop any counseling to minors seeking to diminish or eliminate unwanted same-sex sexual attractions, behavior, or identity.  Under these bizarre “laws,” Christian counselors are prohibited from counseling against the homosexual lifestyle – even if the client sought help to break free! These outrageous edicts place parents and counselors on the wrong side of the law and are a gross infringement on parental rights.    I have time and space to address only a few of our leading cases, but we are currently pressing forward in scores of lawsuits, administrative actions, legislative initiatives, and other legal actions.  You can visitlibertycounsel.com to learn more about the breadth of our current legal activities. ++We are literally at war and only one side can win!  Joseph, whether we like it or not, war has been declared on our Christian values and the pillars of American society.  We fight these battles one at a time.  That’s how wars are won.  But the fact is, our war chest is under great pressure right now, especially as we confront enemies of liberty on so many vital fronts.  We need your financial help now more than ever to stand against the legal bullies pushing forward the Left’s radical agenda.  Please, Joseph, I encourage you to stand with us and send a special gift today as we take on the leftist organizations and individuals who fully intend to squash our inalienable rights as Americans and marginalize our values as Christians.   Every gift – whether large or small – helps us engage in these intensifying battles.  Please go here to help: http://www.libertyaction.org/1310/offer.asp Right now, our litigation docket is full to overflowing with crucially important cases. 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