Fairness Doctrine Part 2

This is a follow up of the earlier blog about the fairness doctorine that is going through congress right now.
I read an article that brought this back to my memory. It says "Hashmel Turner, a Baptist minister and Fredericksburg, Virginia, city councilman, often led out in council prayers, concluding with " in Jesus' name." The American Civil Liberties Union urged the city to require a more generic form of prayer acceptable to all religious faiths. When the city complied, Turner claimed that the new policy violated his first amendment right to free speech and free exercise of religion. A lawsuit ensued; the court ruled in favor of the city, and Turner appealed. On July 23, 2008, a three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that included former U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, agreed with the lower court's ruling. Writing for the court, O'Connor said that "the restriction that prayers be nonsectarian in nature is designed to make the prayers accessible to people who come from a variety of backgrounds."
All I can say is ......WHAT! The man was sued because he used in Jesus name at the end of his prayer. That is what the fairness doctorine is doing for people. I am so serious. It is going to get so bad that preachers aren't going to be able to preach the truth. They are going to have to preacher the "Generic Truth". This nation is getting so far away from God that it isn't funny. People better open their eyes and see what is going on right in front of them. Christians are going to be persecuted and thrown into prison just by saying Jesus name in public.
Speaking of that, here is another article from the same magazine that talks about how Christians are being treated.
"On July 27, 2008, Iranian police raided the home of Abbas Amiri in Isfehan, Iran, interrupting a house church meeting and assaulting church members. Amiri died of his injuries on July 30; his wife died four days later. According to the human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide, 2008 has seen a significant increase of attacks on Christians in Iran. Some are kept in dismal conditions without charges being brought against them."
Times are rough they have been for a while for those who follow the teachings of Jesus. But they are about to get worse. Those who follow Jesus are going to suffer many things for His name. It will come to a point that some will be asked if they renounce Jesus name. When they say no, then they will be killed. It has happened before and it will happen again. But the good news is that we don't have to worry about where we are going once the pain and suffering of this life are over. We all need to make heaven our home and we won't have to worry about what we suffer through down here on the earth. Heaven will be worth the journey when we get there.