For the past decade there has been an increase in attacks on churches and christens in other countries. The attacks don’t make the new and if they are reported, then the story is quick and swept over by a bigger story. There is a new attack on christens that happened within the past week in America.
The most disturbing attack is the one launched by the government. San Diego (a hot spot for underground Mexican tunnels) has threaten to close down a study group that consists of 15 members and lead by a local pastor, who is the home owner. The local inspector asked questions such as, ‘Do you…. pray, say amen, worship, and praise god?’ The family stated that they did all of the flowing during their study group. These actions lead San Diego to take action against the family because the study group violated zonings laws. The family is being accused of having a church in their home and that is how the San Diego is shutting them down.1.
The other attack comes from the state of Connecticut that attacks, “…any Roman Catholic Church.” With raised bill No. 1098. The bill considers the catholic church an organization and outlines how the church will be set up. The bill requires a lay person to act between the upper levels of the church and the members of the church. The upper level members of the church will have no set vote on any issues that are raised by the laymen. The church will not be free to spend their budget without the permission of the laymen. According to the bill, each church needs 7 to 13 laymen. When this first hit the media there was a large public protest. The bill that is to go into effect October 2009 went away and no one has been focusing on it. Now the state has launched another attack by stating the protesters were a lobby group and they are in violations against the state laws in regards to lobby groups. 2.
1.
http://blogs.cbn.com/ChurchWatch/archive/2009/05/29/government-threatens-bible-study-shut-down-rediscovering-god-in-america.aspx
2.
http://www.kofc.org/un/eb/en/news/legislative/detail/548357.html
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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