The California Statehouse certainly has the reputation of passing legislation that is extreme and activist against Christians and their Biblical worldview. Recently the Supreme Court struck down AB775, a law passed by the California Assembly and Senate and signed into law by the Governor, that would have forced pro-life clinics to post notices, and tell mothers they can abort their babies and have California taxpayers foot the bill via the state’s Medi-Cal program.
Now we are facing what might be the most dangerous piece of legislation yet. AB2943, a bill backed and supported by the
The California Southern Baptist Convention has rallied believers to stand up to oppose the bill. Russell Moore has sent a letter to our Governor requesting that he not sign the bill as it violates religious liberty. Christians have united from across the state
Greg Davidson is pastor of Trinity Baptist Church of Vacaville, California.
Unfortunately, while we like to think of California as “crazy,” anti-Christi,an forces are mobilizing all over. Iowa and Massachusetts both recently attempted (and failed) to pass regulations through their “Human Rights” Departments to regulate churches using their facilities as public venues then went about defining public use so broadly as to make just about everything except Sunday morning worship a “public use.” Thus, this is not, as some would argue, crying wolf or claiming the sky is falling or whatever other horrible cliche you want to use. This is coming and we need to begin preparing now. Every church and… Read more »
Three years ago I attended an ordination service in Bartlett, Tennessee (Memphis area). Dr. Ken Storey, a retired pastor, preached the ordination sermon. He declared that in the lifetime of the young men being ordained Baptist pastors would be arrested for preaching that homosexual behavior is sinful. This California law is a “camel’s nose” that leads in that direction. We must fight this and all similar laws.