National Religious Liberty Aassociation
Overview
NARLA believes religious freedom is about more than ethereal concepts battling in intellectual spheres it is about real people. Men and women, boys and girls, targetted for persecution, discrimination and marginalization for no crime other than serving God to the best of their ability.
Many are willing to stand by silently as the people the Bible tells us this world is not worthy of are shamefully mistreated (Hebrew 11:38). But, thankfully, there are some faithful men and women willing to take a stand. Women and men who heed the advice of Ellen White when she said "we are not doing the will of God if we sit by quietly, doing nothing to preserve liberty of conscience. If you are one of these faithful few, make a gift to NARLA here and together we will change this world, one life at a time.
Who Supports NARLA?
NARLA is proud to be associated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Seventh-day Adventists have been on the forefront of the struggle to advance religious liberty for well over a century. NARLA began as the National Religious Liberty Association in 1893. Today Liberty magazine, which is published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, provides a modest annual appropriation to NARLA, but the bulk of our funding comes from individual donations from people like you. If you want to support the ideals and the actions of the North American Religious Liberty Association, click here.
Meet the NARLA Team
Dr. Halvard Thomsen, President
Lincoln Steed, Vice President
Deborah Knott, Operations Manager
Melissa Reid, Marketing Director
Andrew Ritland, Legislative Fellow
Lissa Bedford, Legislative Fellow
Lerone Allen, Legislative Fellow
Dorothy Keith, Membership Services
James D. Standish, JD, MBA, Executive Director
Underlined names are clickable.
Link to NARLA Homepage:http://religiousliberty.rapidhost.net/article.php?id=7
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The Liberty Blog
July 28, 2008
Vote on Our Tobacco Bill this Week! Very Important!!!
By James Standish
Dear Friends of Freedom: This is an urgent appeal. For years, Seventh-day Adventists have worked diligently and persistently to protect our children and our society from the predatory practices of big tobacco. Now we finally have a vote scheduled in the U.S. House of Representatives. And that vote will take place this Wednesday - only two days from now! Click here http://capwiz.com/narla/issues/alert/?alertid=10525366&type=co to send your letter in support of protecting our kids from big more... (5 Comments)
May 30, 2008
Same Sex Marriage Threatens Religious Liberty
By Alan J. Reinach
In theory, allowing homosexual couples to marry should not threaten anyones religious freedom. Although the social and moral implications of gay marriage are apparent to many, few realize the significant danger posed to religious freedom by the California Supreme Court ruling in May giving gays a constitutional right to marry. The Courts decision now elevates homosexuality to the same legal status as race, a protected class. This Court has refused to grant religious freedom more... (186 Comments)
May 23, 2008
Home School Outlaws
By Nicholas Miller
On February 29th of this year more than 160,000 otherwise law-abiding California families awoke to read the news that a California appeals court had declared them outlaws. The crime?home schooling their children in violation of California compulsory school attendance laws. And what about their parental and religious constitutional rights?dismissed by the court, largely on the strength of two California state court decisions from about fifty years ago. The decision immediately created a more... (68 Comments)
May 1, 2008
A Texas Sized Mess!
By Alan J. Reinach
Texas is a big state with an even bigger ego, and now it has a legal mess to match. Everyone is familiar with the incursion of government officials into the Yearning For Zion compound of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. We all know that 413 children [and counting] were removed ostensibly for their own protection, and that the legal games have begun. Many questions are being asked about religious freedom, and more... (18 Comments)
April 15, 2008
YOU are invited to Capitol Hill! June 12-14, 2008
By James Standish
Come to Capitol Hill and be a part of history! Come and raise Gods banner of truth and religious liberty high! Come and make your voice count! Come and be a part of the annual Religious Liberty Summit, June 12 14, 2008. For all the details, click on the Events tab in the column to the left of this blog or visit the following Web site: www.religiousliberty.info/article.php?id=11 (4 Comments)
March 10, 2008
In Re: Rachel L: Homeschooling Declared Illegal in California
By Alan J. Reinach
A California appeals court held recently that parents have no constitutional right to home school their children, and that only parents who possess state teaching credentials are eligible to teach at home. The decision has generated widespread press coverage, and considerable concern among both homeschooling parents, and those who value parental rights. You can read the decision for yourself at http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B192878.PDF. Home School Legal Defense Association has already created a petition to decertify the more... (2 Comments)
February 25, 2008
Protestantism and Religious Liberty, Whats the Connection?
By Sonja DeWitt
Recently I watched a fascinating program on PBS. The show, called Battle for the Bible, outlined the history of the translation of the Bible into English, highlighting the heroic pioneering work of John Wycliffe and William Tyndale. It also emphasized the profound effects which followed from the common people having the opportunity to read the Bible for themselves. The program made an explicit connection between the translation and availability of the more... (4 Comments)
February 15, 2008
Video/Audio/Written Reports on Congressional Hearing
By James Standish
Dear Friends of Freedom: Thank you for the outpouring of interest in our congressional testimony on February 12th. Links to the full written testimony, an audio of the hearing, and an Adventist Review Article with video of our testimony embedded are all located under the heading in red Workplace Religious Freedom Act Congressional Hearing located half way down the following page:more... (2 Comments)
Congressional Testimony Video/Audio/Written Links
By James Standish
Thank you for the outpouring of interest in our congressional testimony on February 12th. Click more below to find links to the full written testimony, an audio of the hearing, and an Adventist Review Article with video of the hearing embedded! All these links are located under the heading in red Workplace Religious Freedom Act Congressional Hearing located half way down the the following page: http://www.religiousliberty.info/article.php?id=4 We sincerely appreciate your prayers, your encouragement and your financial more... (1 Comment)
February 13, 2008
Thank You!
By James Standish
We are overwhelmed by the dedication and the kindness of so many Adventists from across this great nation, and from well wishers and prayer warriors around the world. I am writing to simply say thank you. Our team praises God for the blessing you are in this vital religious liberty endeavor.more... (4 Comments)
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Your brother in Christ,
Doc
Overview
NARLA believes religious freedom is about more than ethereal concepts battling in intellectual spheres it is about real people. Men and women, boys and girls, targetted for persecution, discrimination and marginalization for no crime other than serving God to the best of their ability.
- It is about the father in Arizona coming home to his wife and kids and having to tell them he was fired today for no crime other than keeping the Sabbath.
- It is about the mother fleeing her country with nothing but her children because if she stayed, the Islamic courts would take her children from her in retaliation for giving her life to Christ.
- It is about the pastor sitting in a gulag in Turkmenistan for preaching the love of Christ, waiting to hear if anyone out there cares.
- It is about the little girl wondering if her Daddy will be deported to Iran where he will face almost certain death for converting from Islam to Christianity.
- It is about giving a witness to our Senators, Representatives, and the President of the United States to the gospel principle of religious liberty so that, as Ellen White puts it, they will not pursue a course through ignorance, that they would avoid if they knew the truth.
Many are willing to stand by silently as the people the Bible tells us this world is not worthy of are shamefully mistreated (Hebrew 11:38). But, thankfully, there are some faithful men and women willing to take a stand. Women and men who heed the advice of Ellen White when she said "we are not doing the will of God if we sit by quietly, doing nothing to preserve liberty of conscience. If you are one of these faithful few, make a gift to NARLA here and together we will change this world, one life at a time.
Who Supports NARLA?
NARLA is proud to be associated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Seventh-day Adventists have been on the forefront of the struggle to advance religious liberty for well over a century. NARLA began as the National Religious Liberty Association in 1893. Today Liberty magazine, which is published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, provides a modest annual appropriation to NARLA, but the bulk of our funding comes from individual donations from people like you. If you want to support the ideals and the actions of the North American Religious Liberty Association, click here.
Meet the NARLA Team
Dr. Halvard Thomsen, President
Lincoln Steed, Vice President
Deborah Knott, Operations Manager
Melissa Reid, Marketing Director
Andrew Ritland, Legislative Fellow
Lissa Bedford, Legislative Fellow
Lerone Allen, Legislative Fellow
Dorothy Keith, Membership Services
James D. Standish, JD, MBA, Executive Director
Underlined names are clickable.
Link to NARLA Homepage:http://religiousliberty.rapidhost.net/article.php?id=7
______________________________________________________________
The Liberty Blog
July 28, 2008
Vote on Our Tobacco Bill this Week! Very Important!!!
By James Standish
Dear Friends of Freedom: This is an urgent appeal. For years, Seventh-day Adventists have worked diligently and persistently to protect our children and our society from the predatory practices of big tobacco. Now we finally have a vote scheduled in the U.S. House of Representatives. And that vote will take place this Wednesday - only two days from now! Click here http://capwiz.com/narla/issues/alert/?alertid=10525366&type=co to send your letter in support of protecting our kids from big more... (5 Comments)
May 30, 2008
Same Sex Marriage Threatens Religious Liberty
By Alan J. Reinach
In theory, allowing homosexual couples to marry should not threaten anyones religious freedom. Although the social and moral implications of gay marriage are apparent to many, few realize the significant danger posed to religious freedom by the California Supreme Court ruling in May giving gays a constitutional right to marry. The Courts decision now elevates homosexuality to the same legal status as race, a protected class. This Court has refused to grant religious freedom more... (186 Comments)
May 23, 2008
Home School Outlaws
By Nicholas Miller
On February 29th of this year more than 160,000 otherwise law-abiding California families awoke to read the news that a California appeals court had declared them outlaws. The crime?home schooling their children in violation of California compulsory school attendance laws. And what about their parental and religious constitutional rights?dismissed by the court, largely on the strength of two California state court decisions from about fifty years ago. The decision immediately created a more... (68 Comments)
May 1, 2008
A Texas Sized Mess!
By Alan J. Reinach
Texas is a big state with an even bigger ego, and now it has a legal mess to match. Everyone is familiar with the incursion of government officials into the Yearning For Zion compound of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. We all know that 413 children [and counting] were removed ostensibly for their own protection, and that the legal games have begun. Many questions are being asked about religious freedom, and more... (18 Comments)
April 15, 2008
YOU are invited to Capitol Hill! June 12-14, 2008
By James Standish
Come to Capitol Hill and be a part of history! Come and raise Gods banner of truth and religious liberty high! Come and make your voice count! Come and be a part of the annual Religious Liberty Summit, June 12 14, 2008. For all the details, click on the Events tab in the column to the left of this blog or visit the following Web site: www.religiousliberty.info/article.php?id=11 (4 Comments)
March 10, 2008
In Re: Rachel L: Homeschooling Declared Illegal in California
By Alan J. Reinach
A California appeals court held recently that parents have no constitutional right to home school their children, and that only parents who possess state teaching credentials are eligible to teach at home. The decision has generated widespread press coverage, and considerable concern among both homeschooling parents, and those who value parental rights. You can read the decision for yourself at http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B192878.PDF. Home School Legal Defense Association has already created a petition to decertify the more... (2 Comments)
February 25, 2008
Protestantism and Religious Liberty, Whats the Connection?
By Sonja DeWitt
Recently I watched a fascinating program on PBS. The show, called Battle for the Bible, outlined the history of the translation of the Bible into English, highlighting the heroic pioneering work of John Wycliffe and William Tyndale. It also emphasized the profound effects which followed from the common people having the opportunity to read the Bible for themselves. The program made an explicit connection between the translation and availability of the more... (4 Comments)
February 15, 2008
Video/Audio/Written Reports on Congressional Hearing
By James Standish
Dear Friends of Freedom: Thank you for the outpouring of interest in our congressional testimony on February 12th. Links to the full written testimony, an audio of the hearing, and an Adventist Review Article with video of our testimony embedded are all located under the heading in red Workplace Religious Freedom Act Congressional Hearing located half way down the following page:more... (2 Comments)
Congressional Testimony Video/Audio/Written Links
By James Standish
Thank you for the outpouring of interest in our congressional testimony on February 12th. Click more below to find links to the full written testimony, an audio of the hearing, and an Adventist Review Article with video of the hearing embedded! All these links are located under the heading in red Workplace Religious Freedom Act Congressional Hearing located half way down the the following page: http://www.religiousliberty.info/article.php?id=4 We sincerely appreciate your prayers, your encouragement and your financial more... (1 Comment)
February 13, 2008
Thank You!
By James Standish
We are overwhelmed by the dedication and the kindness of so many Adventists from across this great nation, and from well wishers and prayer warriors around the world. I am writing to simply say thank you. Our team praises God for the blessing you are in this vital religious liberty endeavor.more... (4 Comments)
Next Page »
______________________________________________________________
Your brother in Christ,
Doc
