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FRC Releases Updated Report Detailing the Intensifying Intolerance Toward Christians in the West

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council's Center for Religious Liberty today published an updated edition of its report " Free to Believe?

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council's Center for Religious Liberty today published an updated edition of its report " Free to Believe?
  • The Intensifying Intolerance Toward Christians in the West ," which seeks to provide a better understanding of religious freedom violations perpetrated by Western governments against Christian individuals, organizations, and churches.
  • These results were obtained by analyzing open-source documents, reports, and media outlets from 34 countries.
  • This occurred not only in longstanding persecution hotspots such as China, Pakistan, and India but also across the West.

FRC Releases New Report Showing More than 400 Attacks on U.S. Churches Since 2018

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

The report noted several trends including (but not limited to):

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  • The report noted several trends including (but not limited to):
    A total of 420 acts of hostility against churches occurred between January 2018 and September 2022 across 45 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.
  • There were at least 57 pro-abortion acts of hostility against churches from January 2022 to September 2022.
  • FRC documented 342 occurrences of vandalism, 58 arson attacks or attempts, 12 gun-related incidents, 11 bomb threats, and 19 other incidences (assault, threats, interruption of worship services, etc.).
  • Within the past few years especially, outpourings of political anger have sometimes correlated with vandalism and other acts against churches.

Family Research Council's Tony Perkins' Statement on the U.S. Senate's Passage of 'Respect for Marriage' Act

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

"Republicans clearly acknowledged by their support of the Lee, Lankford, and Rubio amendments that this legislation is a threat to the First Amendment freedo­­­­ms of individual Americans. And yet 12 of 12 Republicans still chose to vote for the (Dis)Respect for Marriage Act. The (Dis)Respect for Marriage Act makes people prime targets for government harassment, investigation, prosecution, even civil action. This bill is a club, with which the Left will attempt to beat people of orthodox faith--who believe in marriage as God designed it and history has defined--into submission to their destructive sexuality ideology.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight, the U.S. Senate voted on final passage of the (Dis)Respect for Marriage Act.
  • For Monday's crucial 60-vote cloture vote, Senate Democrats needed 10 Republicans to cross the aisle and vote to redefine marriage; they got 12.
  • And yet 12 of 12 Republicans still chose to vote for the (Dis)Respect for Marriage Act.
  • The (Dis)Respect for Marriage Act makes people prime targets for government harassment, investigation, prosecution, even civil action.

Tai Ji Men’s Bell of World Peace and Love Rings for Global Peace, Justice, and Sustainability

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

May peace and love prevail for the world and for Tai Ji Men peace with conscience and justice, stated Prof. Massimo Introvigne , an Italian sociologist and the managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions, when ringing the Bell of World Peace and Love in Los Angeles on August 8.

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  • May peace and love prevail for the world and for Tai Ji Men peace with conscience and justice, stated Prof. Massimo Introvigne , an Italian sociologist and the managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions, when ringing the Bell of World Peace and Love in Los Angeles on August 8.
  • After ringing the Bell, he stated, Im delighted that youre talking about peace and love in face of potential conflict and war.
  • Since the year 2000, Tai Ji Men has held bell ringing ceremonies around the world, promoting love, peace, and conscience.
  • Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy : Tai Ji Men is an ancient menpai (similar to school) of qigong, martial arts, and self-cultivation.

US Journalist Hunger-Strikes for India's Persecuted Christians

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Friday, January 14, 2022

Friedrich, consuming only water, tea, and coffee, was on hunger-strike from the morning of January 5 to the morning of January 12.

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  • Friedrich, consuming only water, tea, and coffee, was on hunger-strike from the morning of January 5 to the morning of January 12.
  • Besides Open Doors USA, the Voice of the Martyrs has recently labeled conditions for Indian Christians as "hostile."
  • According to United Christian Forum for Human Rights, an India-based watchdog group, Christians throughout India suffered over 500 attacks in 2021.
  • "The American Christian Church, sadly, and I think it's due to ignorance, is almost entirely silent on this issue."