The Iraqi Civil War continues: During the Moslem holy month of Ramadan, three separate bomb blasts in Baghdad kill at least 31 Iraqi citizens.
NOTE: Meanwhile only one member of the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) lost his life during the same period.
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Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
—- Genesis 1:26
The first PULPIT FREEDOM SUNDAY: thirty-three pastors of 501(c)3 government-chartered, non-profit corporations, across the nation commit acts of civil disobedience by endorsing political candidates during their sermons. As a condition of their tax-exempt status they are forbidden from endorsing political candidates.
NOTE: While the editors applaud these actions by protestant and evangelical ministers, they are saddened by the types of candidates that are endorsed on PFS: fascist/socialist Republicans who promote militarism and dominionism. The editors seriously question whether any pastor who had spoken out on PFS mentioned the idea that a Christian-based political philosophy should be based on the Golden Rule.
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Subsequent Events:
References:
Jeffery Fleishman, “Baghdad Bombings Kill 24,” Los Angeles Times, 3 October 2008, A4.
iCasualties | OIF | Iraq | Fatalities Detailses
icasualties.org/iraq/fatalities.aspx
Pulpit Freedom Sunday | The Nash Chronicles
thenashchronicles.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/pulpit-freedom-sunday/