Faith & Freedom First Rally a SUCCESS!
Posted: Sunday, February 19th, 2012 at 7:37 am
By: SATP
The rains may have kept some away, but it didn’t dampen the patriotic enthusiasm on display at the Faith & Freedom First rally on Saturday, February 18th!
The San Antonio Tea Party joined a coalition of political, civic, and religious groups at Main Plaza to support and celebrate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, as well as to protest the Obama Administration’s contraceptive mandate forced on religious institutions. The broad-based coalition included organizations such as the Latino National Republican Coalition, Alamo Pachyderm Club, Republican Men’s Club, Bexar County Republican Women, Republican Business Women, the Alamo Heights High School and Churchill High School Young Republicans, Young Republicans of Bexar County, The Justice Foundation, and Texas Leadership Coalition. With the San Fernando Cathedral as a backdrop for the event, prominent members of the clergy also took part, including Fr. John E. Leies of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Pastor Charles E. Flowers of Faith Outreach Center International, and Pastor Gerald A. Ripley, Jr., of Abundant Life Church. Also participating were the Hon. Art Martinez De Vara, Mayor of Von Ormy, and Dr. William P. Mueller of the Catholic Medical Association. The SATP was well represented among the crowd of approximately 200, as were a number of candidates for federal and state offices and local judgeships. Radio personality Trey Ware also braved the drizzle and attended the event. Several elected officials who were unable to attend—Congressmen Francisco “Quico” Canseco and Lamar Smith—delivered words of support through their local staffers.
George Rodriguez, SATP President, one of the speakers at the event, called on participants to “Remember in November” those who give lip service to support for religious liberties, but ignore those beliefs—recognized by the First Amendment of the US Constitution—through policies such as those the Administration recently announced.
In what was a proud testimony to diverse organizations coming together on a common issue, representatives from the sponsoring organizations didn’t let the city’s delay in granting a permit or the forecast of rain weaken their resolve to stage a meaningful event. Representatives of each of these organizations worked diligently since their press conference on February 11th (announcing the event) to gain the required permits and settle logistics before they could officially publish the time and location. Their patience paid off, and even the sun made a brief but welcome appearance half way through the event.
During the rally, the SATP’s Statement on Religious Liberty was circulated through the crowd and is available (Click Here) for reference. We have also posted a photo album of the event.
Additional information about the event may be viewed at WOAI’s report from the site. Also, we encourage readers to regularly visit Faith & Freedom First’s website for more information about the rally, as well as updates on a March event the coalition is planning.
San Antonio Tea Party
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PS . I forgot to mention…Thank God for the Tea Party !!!
We are in this situation because the Churches and the Christians have been ignorant and apathetic. Maybe now we will wake up, become active by educating ourselves and supporting the candidates that follow our conscience and show our strength and unity at the polls.
judging by your libya poll, there are a lot of ron paul surporters out there. where were they when this was going on? religion needs to get out of politics or the churches need to start paying taxes. paul is a Christian, but he’s not letting his beliefs influence his politics. it’s that little seperation of church and state thang that churches want to tout when it’s for their benefit as in no taxation but eschew when it’s not.
sorry, i meant syria.
Was so grateful for this Rally. I hope we will have more of these in the future! Altho’ I was very disappointed that I couldn’t attend, I was with you in my heart. Lots of smiley faces to everyone! God will bless our prayers and efforts. He will forgive our ignorance, and our following the wrong paths. He is showing us now, how eagerly people want to get our country back, our Constitutional rights, and our families and our faith. With God’s help, we can do this!”I was blind, but now I see….”
Liberals hide behind “Women’s Health.” Its not about that, it’s about our Nation’s health.
This is an Obama’s direct atack against the liberty of the individual, and a direct atack against the constitution for the United States of America. If any person wants to indulge in sexual activities, be moral or inmoral, that is their privilege, their responsability with all the implications, unwanted pregnacy, sexual transmitted disease, lost of marriage for infidelity,lost of income for sexual adiction, and so on.If we let Dictator Obama to trample the Constitution, will be no end for our enslavement, and the enslavement of our children. If we let this pass, then we will be exacted later to pay for the hotel of those who want to indulge in sex, then the alcohol and drug adiction will be declared disease and we must to pay for them too. This is satan robing the hard earned money, and the inheritance of the children of the coward and hypnotized apostate Christians who deceived are waiting for a pre-tribulation rapture that like magic will solve their problems and instead sudden destruction will be upon their heads and their offsprings, like happen to Zarist Russia, to deceived Rapturist Christians in China during Mao Tse Thung, and to the Jews and the deceived Rapturist Christians who were enslaved, enlisted and destroyed by Hitler’s Dictatorial Machine. If we do not stand as the Founding Fathers of this nation; united and pro-active against the evil of our times, well submitted to our Heavenly Father, then be prepared for the anhilation of the already declared “Christian Terrorist” by the present Dictatorial Administration. (Christians, please read 2nd Thes 2:2-12, John 15:20, 16:33, 2nd Chorint 15:52 Why the rapture is at the last thrumpet?. The Church will be present at the manifestation of the Anti-Christ and the true Church has the power to confront and defeat the devil.All what God used to defeat a mighty powerfull evil empire as was Egypt was just one man and a rod like Moses. And The God of Moses still in His Throne looking for those responsible individuals, are you one of them?