Beacon Journal: Pastors bring Blackwell to Hartville

[Kolesar]

10-city Ohio tour stops in Stark to spread faith message with help from GOP gubernatorial hopeful

By Doug Oplinger and Dennis J. Willard
Beacon Journal staff writers
HARTVILLE - About 330 Christian faithful rallied at the Hartville Kitchen to sing praises of America, to remind themselves of the dangers of complacency, and to hear gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell preach on God's call to action.
Against a large U.S.-flag backdrop and flanked by large projection screens, Ohio Restoration Project founder Russell Johnson brought his 10-city Patriot Pastors tour to the Akron-Canton area Tuesday.
A choir and a gospel quartet brought the audience to its feet with praise songs as images of American landmarks, heroes and troops moved across the screens.
Johnson warned that Christians have allowed a ``secular jihad'' to remove prayer, the Ten Commandments and the Bible from public places.
He likened it to Nazi Germany, where church congregations would sing so that they could not hear the passing of trainloads of crying Jews headed for a nearby concentration camp.
Too many Christians lead ``Neville Chamberlain lives,'' Johnson said, referring to the British prime minister who signed a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
A picture of Hitler and Chamberlain flashed on the screens.
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On Sunday, a coalition of 31 pastors representing a variety of religious denominations signed a letter asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate Johnson and Parsley to determine whether their groups have gone beyond their religious designation and have become political organizations.


http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/13651299.htm

[Amy Baker]

1. Hitler indeed...

I'm new here, so I hope no one minds me venting...

but I am so damn tired of the Religious Right. They disgust me. I'm fed up with having their beliefs shoved down my throat. Religious fervor is sweeping this nation and quite frankly, it frightens me.

I was just sworn in to my local school board and I have a bunch of Christian Conservatives calling for my head because of my MySpace profile and my husband's metal band. It's absurd! What does that have to do with public education?!

[geiger]

2. Vent, and your own voice shall prevail

You have just signed on to one of the most thankless jobs in the world. Good luck to you. I appreciate your service. What is a MySpace profile?

[Amy Baker]

3. MySpace

MySpace is an online networking site.

http://www.myspace.com/ladyice13

That's where you can find "MySpace". Conservative Christians in my district are offended by the content on there, as well as my husband's band site, http://www.shockingjesus.com

However, no one has been able to tell me what any of that has to do with my fufilling my duties on the Board of Education.

[geiger]

4. get it

you might have to give up one or the other if you want to keep your sanity

[Amy Baker]

5. lol

but I can't give up my husband!! lol

Sure, I can get rid of MySpace, but my husband will still be in a band that Conservative Christians find offensive.

One sort of good thing is the administration of the district is supportive, so far. We'll see what happens.

[we can do it]

6. What A Bunch of Whack Jobs - Did Ya See The Picture of Blackwell

He's playing those loons big time. Ohio gets dumber by the day I swear.