Legislative Updates
On another front, starting on radio tomorrow, you will be hearing quite a bit of discussion on the issue of Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act (HR 235). For far too long, groups like Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the ACLU have intimidated churches into silence during election season. It used to be in this country during the Colonial Period that Election Day sermons were given encouraging voter participation and, for those who were going to vote, to vote a Biblical worldview. This is no longer the case. Instead, groups like Americans United and others have attempted to intimidate churches into silence on the critical moral issues of the day. Congressman Walter Jones will be our guest on our radio program, Jay Sekulow Live!, this week. He is the author of the Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act. This Act is constitutionally correct and restores the proper First Amendment protection to churches, including pastors and other members of the clergy. We feel that this initiative is vital. Our Office of Government Affairs has worked on the language in this particular legislation, and we are confident that it will be deemed constitutional. There is a growing groundswell of support for this legislation, and we think the time is right for it to pass. For updates on this and other issues, please go to www.aclj.org.