Former Navy Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, the event organizer for the November 1st State-Wide Prayer Rally outside the Virginia Governor's mansion, is celebrating a new court ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which allows legislative Chaplains to pray publicly "in Jesus name," even in government forums.
The 11th circuit court authorized "sectarian" prayers at government hosted events, ruling in Pelphrey v. Cobb County, "We refuse to embark on a sensitive evaluation or to parse the content of a particular prayer...Whether invocations...are 'sectarian' is best left to theologians, not courts of law." This new ruling directly contradicts the 4th circuit court ruling in Turner v. Fredericksburg, which had banned the word "Jesus" as illegal speech.
"This ruling proves Virginia Governor Tim Kaine wrongly prohibits his state police chaplains from praying publicly 'in Jesus name,'" said Chaplain Klingenschmitt, "and his administration was wrong to force six chaplains to resign for the crime of praying 'sectarian' prayers in public. The Governor violated the chaplains' constitutional rights."
Since Governor Kaine rejected a request by 86 Virginia Pastors to reinstate the six heroic trooper chaplains who took a stand for Christ, many churches and pastors will join together at a prayer-rally this Saturday outside the Governor's mansion. The "Virginia, Stand Up For Jesus!" prayer rally is open to the public, on Saturday from 10-11am (arrive 9:30) at the Capitol Square Bell Tower (900 Bank Street), Richmond.
Christian Web News - Jesus has a way of getting right to the point, doesn't He? There was certainly no mincing of words, He came right out and said, "why are you fearful?" and then went on to say, "O you of little faith." You don't have to read between the lines to see what He was saying, they had little faith.
Christian Web News - Galatians 3:13-14. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree''), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
