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#3 In Wichita, Kansas last year, a Christian minister was handcuffed and hauled
off to jail by police for sharing the gospel and handing out tracts to Muslims on a
public sidewalk. Apparently freedom of speech does not apply on the public
sidewalks of America any longer.
#4 In the UK, police recently threatened a cafe owner with arrest for silently
playing a Bible DVD on a small television on the back wall of his cafe. The
following is an excerpt from a Daily Mail article about this incident….
Mr Murray, 31, was left shocked after he was questioned for nearly an hour by
the officers, who arrived unannounced at the premises.
He said he had turned off the Bible DVD after an ‘aggressive inquisition’ during
which he thought he was going to be arrested and ‘frog-marched out of the cafe like
a criminal.’
#5 Last year, a high school student in Southern California was suspended for two
days because he had private conversations with his classmates during which he
discussed Christianity. He was also banned from bringing his Bible to school ever
again.
#6 Big cable networks regularly feature “comedians” that love to mock Christians.
For example, HBO “comedian” Bill Maher recently stated that “there’s a term for
people who hate charity and love killing: Christian.”
#7 Down in Texas, the Department of Veteran Affairs actually tried to ban prayers
that include the words “God” or “Jesus” during funeral services for veterans.
#8 In North Carolina last year, a pastor was dismissed from his chaplain duties
for praying in the name of Jesus.
#9 An unclassified Department of Homeland Security report published a couple
years ago entitled “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political
Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment” claims that a belief
in Bible prophecy “could motivate extremist individuals and groups to stockpile
food, ammunition and weapons.” The report goes on to state that such people are
potentially dangerous.
#10 Back on February 20, 2009, the State of Missouri issued a report entitled
“MIAC Strategic Report: The Modern Militia Movement.” That report warned that
the following types of people may be potential terrorists….

*anti-abortion activists
*those that are against illegal immigration
*those that consider “the New World Order” to be a threat
*those that have a negative view of the United Nations

#11 All over the nation, “child protection agencies” are ripping an inordinate
number of children out of Christian homes. In many of these cases the parents
believe in homeschooling their children or they do not believe in having their
children vaccinated.
#12 On June 18, 2010 two Christians decided that they would peacefully pass out
copies of the gospel of John on a public sidewalk outside a public Islamic festival
in Dearborn, Michigan and within three minutes 8 police officers surrounded them
and placed them under arrest.
#13 A Christian consultant was recently fired by Bank of America and by Cisco