Action Committee Responds to Marijuana Proposal

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The following press release was received from the Family Council Action Committee based in Little Rock.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 4, 2013

On Thursday afternoon Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel certified a group trying to legalize so-called “medical” marijuana to begin gathering petition signatures to place their measure on the November 2014 ballot. On Friday Family Council Action Committee President Jerry Cox released a statement.

“Ultimately, this is about legalizing marijuana,” Cox said. “This proposal is very similar to the one Arkansans voted down last November, and it still has a lot of the same problems: It’s vaguely-worded; marijuana stores will open in Arkansas; and people will still be allowed to grow their own marijuana.”

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31 Years Ago Today: Congress Declares 1983 “Year of the Bible”

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On October 4, 1982, the 97th Congress of the United States passed Senate Joint Resolution 165 (co-sponsored by, among others, Arkansas Senator David Pryor) authorizing then-President Ronald Reagan to declare 1983 “The Year of the Bible.”

The resolution begins by saying, “Whereas the Bible, the Word of God, has made a unique contribution in shaping the United States as a distinctive and blessed nation and people,” and goes on to declare “that renewing our knowledge of and faith in God through Holy Scripture can strengthen us as a nation and a people.”

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Please Pray for Our Nation

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In I Timothy 2:2, Paul urged Timothy (and every Christian) to pray “For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.”

As John Jay pointed out in 1816, “Almost all nations have peace or war at the will and pleasure of rulers whom they do not elect, and who are not always wise or virtuous. Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers.”

In Paul’s day, citizens were considered beneath the government. In America today, citizens can be elected to their government. More than any nation in history, we have the ability to impact how our leaders govern, and yet lately more and more people are checking out altogether, dismissing government as a lost cause.

No cause is lost. (more…)

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