http://www.thevoicemagazine.com/headline-news/politics/537-are-all-christians-rightwing-extremists.html
Quote from the website:
Some Christians are concerned that their conservative Christian values could soon put them at risk of becoming terrorist suspects by Homeland Security. A recent report circulating around the Internet has engendered the worry because of a newly distributed U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assessment called “Rightwing Extremism: Current economic and political climate fueling resurgence in radicalization and recruitment.”
The intelligence assessment was sent to law enforcement officials across the country and defines rightwing extremism in the United States as follows: "Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration." Notice too promotion of the Tenth and Eleventh Amendments of the Constitution that protects state rights and limits Federal government infringement may also tag you as suspect.
Christians opposed to abortion as a means of birth control could fit this label. Others that view abortion as murder, for example, could also. Even Christians opposed to same sex marriage and homosexuality are candidates because opposing views could be construed as hate crimes. These two shared Christian values, according to Homeland Security, could be classified as "hate-oriented" and "single issue." If you adhere to those particular biblical views you could be considered a rightwing extremist suspect and subject to surveillance.
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[b]Homeland Security is also concerned with returning veterans that possess combat skills and warn of "end times prophecies that could motivate extremist individuals and groups to stockpile food, ammunition, and weapons." Their concern is that Christians often identify with such prophecies.[/b]
In the intelligence assessment, Homeland Security is sensitive to Christian religious teachings that might lead to violence: "These teachings also have been linked with the radicalization of domestic extremist individuals and groups in the past, such as violent Christian Identity organizations and extremist members of the militia movement."
It appears, therefore, that Christians should be aware that they can be lumped into the category of "rightwing terrorists" when taking a stand on certain issues such as abortion, homosexuality and immigration enforcement. Christians that believe God is their source of salvation rather than the State could face surprising challenges to their personal faith in the days ahead.
As the TEA Parties increase across the country some think the government may respond by calling out the troops, bringing in the police and using the Patriot Act to silence, harass and even jail individuals that exercise their constitutional rights.
The unclassified Homeland Security document concludes: “DHS and Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) will be working with its state and local partners over the next several months to ascertain with greater regional specificity the rise in rightwing extremist activity in the United States, with a particular emphasis on the political, economic, and social factors that drive rightwing extremist radicalization.”
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I believe the threat is very real and close at hand. Praying that we will be armed with the full armor of God and standing on His Promises - that is our hope, our salvation.
Praise Jesus,
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