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Conservative leader Pat Buchanan is urging Christians to fight the \u201cLGBT fanatics\u201d who are demanding they betray their faith, even if it means civil disobedience.<\/p>\n
And the conservative grassroots is showing signs it is ready for a showdown, supporting a pizzeria targeted by left-wing activists with donations rapidly approaching $1 million.<\/p>\n
In an exclusive interview with WND, Buchanan, the author of \u201cSuicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?\u201d and other bestsellers, spoke on the controversy over the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act.<\/p>\n
Buchanan forcefully condemned defeatism among social conservatives and rejected retreat or even compromise. Instead, the one-time presidential contender and Reagan White House aide urged Christians to put the laws of God above the laws of man.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis battle can be won, but it cannot be won if we do not stand our ground and fight against this moral onslaught from the left,\u201d he said. \u201cThe hill to stand on and fight on is the God-given natural right and the constitutional principle that people of faith may choose not to associate with those whose actions are abhorrent and whose lifestyle is insulting and offensive to that faith.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buchanan dismissed arguments that \u201cgay\u201d-rights activists are simply asking for political freedom or the same rights as any other citizen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe LGBT militants are not asking to be left alone,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are demanding that we accept the morality of homosexuality and same-sex marriages, and manifest that acceptance, under pain of law and sanctions, in our daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Buchanan added, \u201cAs the Romans demanded of the Christians, the LGBT fanatics want us to burn incense to their gods. The answer is no. If it comes to civil disobedience, so be it.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not the first time \u201ccivil disobedience\u201d has been mentioned in the context of looming mandates regarding same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n
WND recently reported a team of prominent Christian leaders worked on a statement to inform the public \u2013 including justices on the U.S. Supreme Court who soon will hear arguments on the issue \u2013 that they will engage in civil disobedience rather than follow a ruling that establishes homosexual marriage in the United States.<\/p>\n
Two justices, Elena Kagan and Ruth Ginsburg, already have made public statements in support of gay marriage by performing ceremonies.<\/p>\n
Among those leading the charge are James Dobson of Family Talk Radio, Rick Scarborough of Vision America Action, Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel and James Robison of Life Today, whose new publication called The Stream reported on a telephone conference call discussing the issue.<\/p>\n
Stream Executive Editor Jay Richards told WND there were about 20 other Christian leaders on the call. He said members of Congress have expressed an interest in the plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re taking a very adamant stand,\u201d he said. \u201cIf the court declares same-sex marriage to be on the same par as a civil right, that\u2019s a bridge too far. We won\u2019t obey. We\u2019ll go to jail.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dobson, who publicly warned Obama he would not submit to mandatory payments for abortion \u2013 said Christians must stand together against the clearly unbiblical same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be attacked from every direction,\u201d Dobson said in the report in the the Stream, \u201cand critics will do all they can to weaken and embarrass us, but so what?\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cAre we going to sit on our reputations and go to our graves without having played a role? This is Roe v. Wade all over again. I am standing shoulder to shoulder with all who will stand up for God\u2019s Word concerning marriage. We don\u2019t know all of the steps that must be taken, but God will reveal His will. To the extent that I am able to influence anybody, I will do it with passion,\u201d Dobson said.<\/p>\n
Buchanan continued: \u201cAs Aquinas wrote, we do not have to obey immoral or unjust laws. We should defy them. And support the brave people who do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grassroots conservatives around the country are already following this advice with their enthusiastic financial support of Memories Pizza. The small business has been targeted by death threats and hostile media coverage after the owners said they would decline to cater a same-sex wedding. As of this writing, a GoFundMe page created by the Blaze has raised almost $1 million from more than 30,000 donors.<\/p>\n
However, even as grassroots conservatives rallied, Republican politicians such as Gov. Mike Pence were in full retreat. He signed a revised version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Thursday containing changes that pro-family activists say are actually worse than passing no law at all.<\/p>\n
Republican presidential candidates such as Jeb Bush are also shifting their positions. According to audio tapes obtained by the New York Times, the former Florida governor told a meeting of donors \u201cwe shouldn\u2019t discriminate based on sexual orientation\u201d and suggested Indiana should have come up with a \u201cbetter approach\u201d to protecting religious freedom.<\/p>\n
Michael Brown, an expert who holds a Ph.D. from New York University and has researched and written a number of books on homosexuality, says he is not surprised by the reaction of Republican politicians. And, like Buchanan, Brown warns Christians will have no choice but to resist or submit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what we\u2019ve been saying for years. Those who came out of the closet now want to put us in the closet,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not a matter of tolerance and diversity. This is a matter of \u2018My way or the highway.\u2019 And the lesson is clear: If you throw enough of a fit, conservatives will capitulate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brown, the author of a history of the homosexual rights movement, \u201cA Queer Thing Happened to America: And What a Long, Strange Trip It\u2019s Been,\u201d argues, \u201cIt\u2019s time for people of conscience around the nation to wake up and say, \u2018Enough is enough.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will treat everyone with civility and respect, but the government or the media or popular pressure will not force us to violate our convictions and beliefs. You will not steal our religious freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response to the Indiana controversy, pro-family activists are pushing the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act, which would bar government discrimination against individuals or groups that support traditional marriage.<\/p>\n
But Brown said conservative statesmen need to go further by boldly defending religious freedom and the views of their constituents.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the time for politicians to make clear that they will not bow down to the pressure of the misinformation mobs. They will stand up for what is right and propagate the truth until the bullies are exposed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
WND, reporting earlier on the issue of civil disobedience, noted Staver said: \u201cImmediately, when elevated to that level of a constitutionally protected category, [same-sex marriage] is given the same status as race. What you cannot legally do with respect to race, you will not be able to do legally with respect to same-sex unions and sexual immorality.<\/p>\n
\u201cThink of race in the context of religious expression or conscience expression and replace it with sexual immorality, transsexualism or so-called gender identity. For example, churches and other religious organizations are exempt from the religious discrimination provisions of federal, state or local nondiscrimination laws. But they are not exempted from the race provisions. So Catholics can hire Catholics, and Baptists can hire Baptists, but they cannot hire only \u2018white\u2019 Catholics or only \u2018white\u2019 Baptists. They would face significant penalties. You can\u2019t have separate restrooms or drinking fountains for people of a different color. If a church did that they would be liable for a significant amount of damages because of discrimination on the basis of race.<\/p>\n
\u201cSame-sex marriage or laws including sexual orientation or gender identity as a non-discrimination category directly impact religious organizations and churches. If a man wants to use the women\u2019s restroom and a church official told him he could not, then that act would be like telling people of color they cannot use the \u2018white only\u2019 restroom. You will also have the same issues with tax exemption over sexual preference as you have now over race,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
‘IF IT COMES TO CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, SO BE IT’ Pat Buchanan calls for a stand on ‘God-given right and constitutional principle’ Pat Buchanan WND.com Conservative leader Pat Buchanan is urging Christians to fight the \u201cLGBT fanatics\u201d who are demanding they … Continue reading