Adventist to Testify Before U.S. Congress on Sabbath Rights

Dear Friends of Freedom,

Next Tuesday, February 12, 2008, is a historic day. For the first time in a generation, a representative of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will be testifying before Congress in support of the rights of Sabbath keepers and other people of faith in the workplace. It is a historic opportunity-but to capitalize on it, we need two things in advance.

First and foremost, we earnestly seek your prayers. We know we are weak, we know the odds are firmly against us, and we know just how vulnerable we are. But we also know we serve an all-powerful God who listens when His people call upon Him. Second, and very importantly, we need our church to raise its voice to Congress like we've never done before. Send your letters now at www.religiousliberty.info. In under two minutes you can send a letter from www.religiousliberty.info. There's even a letter there already written for you to use. If you prefer, you can write your own letter on the site and have it sent.

Two minutes is a small price to pay for freedom! What if you've already sent a letter? Take a minute to send another letter to keep this vital bill fresh before Members of Congress. And please pass on this note to your family and church friends, so they can raise their voices, too. This is our chance to stand up and be counted in a very real way for religious liberty. Let's not let it pass us by.

But don't stop there! This Sabbath, make sure an announcement is made in your church calling for prayer and letters in advance of the hearing. And please forward this note to your church friends and family to get the word out. This is real. This is happening right now. And it is up to us to seize this moment God has entrusted to us. To confirm the facts in this e-mail and for more details, visit www.religiousliberty.info.

Friends, make no mistake about it. Our brothers and sisters in the faith are suffering because of bigotry in the workplace. As the law stands now, employers can refuse to give us time to worship our God without any good reason. Like Pharaoh of old, who arbitrarily refused the Israelites time to worship their God, today many employers presume to arbitrarily stand between faithful Adventist men and women and the worship of our God. This cannot stand in a nation conceived in liberty. The Workplace Religious Freedom Act is a commonsense, reasonable bill that simply requires employers to show they have a good reason to refuse time off on Sabbath before they fire a Seventh-day Adventist. It is not a lot to ask.

Indeed, as Congress has worked to give rights to many groups in the workplace, it has left Sabbath keepers and other people of faith far behind. Today, the ACLU and its friends on the fringes are working tirelessly to ensure that the Workplace Religious Freedom Act is defeated. We cannot let them remain unchallenged. Go to www.religiousliberty.info and send your letters now. Forward this note to your family and church members and invite them to send in their own letters.

I want you to know that your religious liberty team is doing all we can here in the nation's capital and across this great land to ensure the promise of religious liberty is a reality for our members, and for all other people of faith. But, friends, we cannot do it alone. Please uplift us in your prayers. And please send your letters now from www.religiousliberty.info. This is our opportunity. By the grace of God, let's seize it.

May God bless you,
James Standish

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