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So 33 00:01:24,430 --> 00:01:27,390 S1: either way, thank you in advance for prayerfully considering the 34 00:01:27,390 --> 00:01:30,670 S1: opportunity to financially support in the market with Janet partial 35 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:32,710 S1: and keeping it on the air now. I hope you 36 00:01:32,750 --> 00:01:34,870 S1: hear something that will encourage you to get out and 37 00:01:34,870 --> 00:01:37,830 S1: influence and occupy in the marketplace of ideas. 38 00:01:43,310 --> 00:01:46,070 S2: Welcome to In the Market with Janet Parshall. Today's program 39 00:01:46,069 --> 00:01:48,470 S2: is where Janet and her husband, Craig, take some of 40 00:01:48,470 --> 00:01:51,670 S2: the stories making headlines this week and offer their insight 41 00:01:51,670 --> 00:01:54,550 S2: and analysis. Before they get started, let's take a quick 42 00:01:54,550 --> 00:01:56,710 S2: look back at some of the highlights from the week. 43 00:02:02,330 --> 00:02:04,290 S3: This is where the love language comes in. You got 44 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:08,130 S3: to have the right kind of fuel speaking the primary 45 00:02:08,130 --> 00:02:12,770 S3: love language and also in the dialect that's meaningful for them. 46 00:02:13,130 --> 00:02:17,010 S3: Because this, this is why sometimes we're speaking the language, 47 00:02:17,010 --> 00:02:19,570 S3: but we're doing it in a way that we think, 48 00:02:19,810 --> 00:02:22,329 S3: if that was my language, this is what I would like, 49 00:02:22,810 --> 00:02:25,130 S3: but it may not be what they would like. It's 50 00:02:25,130 --> 00:02:28,210 S3: not their dialect. And that's why I think this book 51 00:02:28,210 --> 00:02:32,089 S3: is going to help people to discover the dialect of 52 00:02:32,090 --> 00:02:35,730 S3: your spouse so that you're now communicate not in the 53 00:02:35,730 --> 00:02:38,329 S3: right language, but also in the right dialect. 54 00:02:38,370 --> 00:02:41,489 S4: There's an oncologist that I know for the last 30 55 00:02:41,530 --> 00:02:44,730 S4: plus years, and I was thinking about how many lives 56 00:02:45,010 --> 00:02:48,610 S4: he has saved, what a great physician he has been. 57 00:02:49,490 --> 00:02:53,730 S4: And there he comes in. He's an observant Jew. He 58 00:02:53,770 --> 00:02:56,610 S4: studies Talmud every morning, and then he goes and saves 59 00:02:56,610 --> 00:03:00,919 S4: lives And I was thinking about how people who have 60 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,520 S4: this hateful attitude about Jewish people, when they when they're 61 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,880 S4: desperate and they need a great oncologist, they're going to 62 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:08,560 S4: turn to him. 63 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,040 S5: What Trump is doing or will do or will not do, 64 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,640 S5: but if he helps Iran, he's not going to just 65 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,400 S5: help Iran. He's helping Israel and not Israel. He's helping 66 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,520 S5: the whole world because this regime just think about it. 67 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,640 S5: The theology they have, once they have the atomic bomb, 68 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,840 S5: they're going to use it against other countries. They will 69 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,400 S5: if they did this to their own people. Massacre. They 70 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,960 S5: have no problem using the atomic bomb to against any, 71 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,560 S5: any country in the world. So what Trump is doing 72 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,760 S5: is not just doing probably a favor to Iranians. He's 73 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,360 S5: doing a favor to the whole world. 74 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,000 S6: The toolbox includes some carrots and some sticks that the 75 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,119 S6: administration can bring to bear to say, hey, we want 76 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,160 S6: to see improvement on this. We want to see these 77 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,070 S6: Christian pastors in prison released. we want to see churches 78 00:03:58,070 --> 00:04:01,350 S6: not burned down in your country. So it it really 79 00:04:01,350 --> 00:04:03,990 S6: does make a difference when the State Department says this 80 00:04:03,990 --> 00:04:07,910 S6: is a country of particular concern. It also establishes that 81 00:04:07,910 --> 00:04:11,270 S6: religious freedom is something we pay attention to in our 82 00:04:11,270 --> 00:04:13,910 S6: relationships with other countries. We're not just going to sit 83 00:04:13,910 --> 00:04:16,310 S6: down at the table and talk about money, or talk 84 00:04:16,310 --> 00:04:18,710 S6: about arms deals, or talk about whatever we're going to 85 00:04:18,710 --> 00:04:22,510 S6: talk about. How are you treating religious minorities in your country? Exactly. 86 00:04:22,550 --> 00:04:25,190 S6: Part of that is this report that comes out every year, 87 00:04:25,190 --> 00:04:28,109 S6: and it makes it a topic of those conversations. 88 00:04:28,550 --> 00:04:32,270 S7: It comes down to not being willing to process through 89 00:04:32,310 --> 00:04:35,990 S7: pain that we still don't understand with God. And I 90 00:04:35,990 --> 00:04:38,989 S7: would say, go to him and talk to him about 91 00:04:38,990 --> 00:04:42,070 S7: that pain. Is he going to give you a reason 92 00:04:42,070 --> 00:04:45,710 S7: why it happened? Maybe. Maybe not. But what you'll come 93 00:04:45,710 --> 00:04:49,510 S7: out with is peace that surpasses understanding. Because he is 94 00:04:49,510 --> 00:04:52,150 S7: the Prince of Peace. He knows how he made your heart. 95 00:04:52,190 --> 00:04:55,550 S7: He knows how to pick up every piece and put 96 00:04:55,550 --> 00:04:58,130 S7: it together in his presence. Because at the end of 97 00:04:58,130 --> 00:05:01,250 S7: the day, when we're in the midst of his presence, 98 00:05:01,250 --> 00:05:04,090 S7: reading His word and seeing just how faithful he is. 99 00:05:04,890 --> 00:05:06,330 S7: Nothing else matters. 100 00:05:06,730 --> 00:05:12,529 S8: In terms of the church. Um, pastors leave Cuba and 101 00:05:12,529 --> 00:05:14,890 S8: and they can't tell anyone before they leave. So a 102 00:05:14,890 --> 00:05:17,210 S8: church may, you know, get to church on a Sunday 103 00:05:17,210 --> 00:05:19,570 S8: morning and find that their pastor and the family is gone, 104 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:22,690 S8: or the worship leader or, you know, or three families. 105 00:05:23,210 --> 00:05:26,050 S8: And it's just created such a crisis, you know, on 106 00:05:26,050 --> 00:05:28,849 S8: the island for, for the church. And again, now with this, 107 00:05:28,850 --> 00:05:31,650 S8: this new special period for everybody. 108 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:35,690 S2: To hear the full interviews from any of those guests 109 00:05:35,730 --> 00:05:38,930 S2: go to In the Market with Janet Parshall and click 110 00:05:38,930 --> 00:05:42,530 S2: on past programs. Here's some other stories making headlines this week. 111 00:05:43,210 --> 00:05:48,250 S9: Mexico is implementing wider measles prevention efforts, including large scale 112 00:05:48,250 --> 00:05:51,970 S9: vaccinations and new health protocols, as the country continues to 113 00:05:52,010 --> 00:05:54,960 S9: battle an outbreak that began in In 2025. 114 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,920 S10: A video released by the CIA on Thursday aims to 115 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,680 S10: recruit potential informants within the Chinese military. 116 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,320 S11: Skier Lindsey Vonn crash on Sunday's Olympic downhill is raising 117 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,760 S11: bigger questions about who decides when an injured competitor is 118 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:08,480 S11: fit to race. 119 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,840 S12: U.S. stocks were muted on Wednesday, with the Dow ticking 120 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:17,279 S12: down slightly. The S&P 500 unchanged and the Nasdaq nudging lower. 121 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,960 S2: Janet and Craig have lots to share, and they'll put 122 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,480 S2: the first story on the table when we return. To 123 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,120 S2: get more information or to download the podcast of any 124 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,520 S2: of the interviews, go to. In the market with Janet. 125 00:06:55,670 --> 00:06:58,030 S1: How does our view of God get distorted? Do you 126 00:06:58,029 --> 00:07:00,469 S1: struggle with feeling close to God? Well, that's why I've 127 00:07:00,470 --> 00:07:03,430 S1: chosen secure how to have a healthy attachment to God. 128 00:07:03,470 --> 00:07:05,990 S1: As this month's truth tool, discover how to counter the 129 00:07:05,990 --> 00:07:08,789 S1: lies about the truth of God's character. Ask for your 130 00:07:08,790 --> 00:07:10,950 S1: copy of secure. When you give a gift of any 131 00:07:10,950 --> 00:07:14,950 S1: amount to in the market, call eight 7758. That's eight 132 00:07:14,990 --> 00:07:19,830 S1: 7758 or go to in the market with Janet Parshall. Oh. 133 00:07:22,270 --> 00:07:24,870 S1: Happy Friday to you friends. Hope you're having a great week. 134 00:07:24,870 --> 00:07:27,670 S1: Glad we're going to spend the hour together. And as always, Mr. 135 00:07:27,670 --> 00:07:30,830 S1: Craig partial joins me. We do things just a bit different. 136 00:07:30,830 --> 00:07:33,790 S1: On Friday. We put on our glasses the lens of Scripture, 137 00:07:33,790 --> 00:07:35,310 S1: and then we take a look at what's happening in 138 00:07:35,310 --> 00:07:38,590 S1: the world around us. And it's amazing how once you've 139 00:07:38,590 --> 00:07:41,630 S1: come to faith in Jesus Christ, how your heart is transformed, 140 00:07:41,630 --> 00:07:44,070 S1: your mind is renewed. It's like going from a black 141 00:07:44,070 --> 00:07:46,670 S1: and white movie into Technicolor, and all of a sudden 142 00:07:46,670 --> 00:07:48,630 S1: you see with clarity some of the things that are 143 00:07:48,630 --> 00:07:52,700 S1: so fuzzy and blurred in the world around us. Applied Christianity, 144 00:07:52,700 --> 00:07:54,860 S1: if you like. So we're taking the whole truth of 145 00:07:54,860 --> 00:07:56,820 S1: the whole scripture and applying it to the whole world 146 00:07:56,820 --> 00:07:59,020 S1: around us. And there's so much news out there that 147 00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:01,620 S1: really makes us just step back and say, is there 148 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:05,820 S1: a transcendent biblical truth? Is there an underpinning biblical principle? 149 00:08:05,820 --> 00:08:07,980 S1: And it really and truly is about saying what we 150 00:08:07,980 --> 00:08:11,060 S1: say amen to on Sunday, but applying it to the 151 00:08:11,060 --> 00:08:13,420 S1: world around us the rest of the week. So here 152 00:08:13,420 --> 00:08:15,180 S1: we go. We go pretty fast. We try to cover 153 00:08:15,180 --> 00:08:17,740 S1: as many topics as possible, but we do it with 154 00:08:17,740 --> 00:08:20,100 S1: the sole and single purpose of trying to help us 155 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:22,739 S1: to be a couple of things. Number one, Bereans, people 156 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:25,100 S1: of noble character as the Bereans are described in the 157 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:28,420 S1: book of acts, and they tested all things. The idea 158 00:08:28,420 --> 00:08:30,460 S1: is being bought and sold in the marketplace. That's why 159 00:08:30,460 --> 00:08:33,980 S1: you hear that kind of cacophony, that blurring over of sounds, 160 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:36,460 S1: one person talking over another person at the beginning. It's 161 00:08:36,460 --> 00:08:39,820 S1: so representative of the marketplace of ideas. If you just 162 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:42,260 S1: change the channel, go through the news during the evening 163 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:44,780 S1: news segment of the day, and you'll hear all the 164 00:08:44,780 --> 00:08:47,340 S1: kinds of opinions you could possibly want. Some are right 165 00:08:47,340 --> 00:08:49,580 S1: and true or good. Some are based on lies. Some 166 00:08:49,580 --> 00:08:52,319 S1: are subjective, others are There's our objective. So how do 167 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,800 S1: I how do you and I learn to discern as 168 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,680 S1: we walk through this marketplace? So that's number one. Number two, 169 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:59,920 S1: I think when we take a look at these ideas, 170 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:02,920 S1: it helps us to develop those skills of thinking biblically 171 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,520 S1: and critically. And the goal there is for us to 172 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,920 S1: grow up in him, as we're reminded in Scripture over 173 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,080 S1: and over again. And it's about our diet to get 174 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,480 S1: off the diet of milk. That's what you feed puppies 175 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,360 S1: and kittens, but you don't feed grown ups milk the 176 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,080 S1: same way you do an infant. Paul says. We want 177 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,520 S1: to move you to a diet of meat, the spiritual 178 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,840 S1: meat that brings about growth, restoration, healing out of the 179 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,680 S1: Word of God. So that's what it's all about. That's 180 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,000 S1: what we do on Friday and here we go. So 181 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,000 S1: this is an interesting one. And I think at first blush, 182 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,400 S1: you could look at it as just one activist's pontifications 183 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,160 S1: on the other. It really raises a transcendent question about 184 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,240 S1: what does it mean to come to another country if 185 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,040 S1: you choose to be a citizen, do you assimilate or 186 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,480 S1: do you try to turn whatever new country you've adopted 187 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,310 S1: as your home into the country that you just left? 188 00:09:52,429 --> 00:09:55,270 S1: Let me give you an example. There's a Palestinian activist 189 00:09:55,270 --> 00:09:58,270 S1: who has called for dogs to be banned as pets 190 00:09:58,309 --> 00:10:02,150 S1: in New York City, claiming they aren't Islamic. Her name 191 00:10:02,150 --> 00:10:07,109 S1: is Nadine Kiswani. She's very known for her activism in NYC. 192 00:10:07,350 --> 00:10:10,030 S1: She says dogs have a place in society, but not 193 00:10:10,030 --> 00:10:12,790 S1: as indoor pets. Now let me just pause. That's because 194 00:10:12,790 --> 00:10:15,950 S1: the Islamic perspective on dogs is they should be working dogs. 195 00:10:15,950 --> 00:10:18,430 S1: They should be herding dogs. Well, we'd make Muslims happy 196 00:10:18,429 --> 00:10:20,390 S1: because Craig and I have border collies, and that's what 197 00:10:20,390 --> 00:10:23,510 S1: they are. They're working dogs, but they live in the house. 198 00:10:23,710 --> 00:10:26,230 S1: And so if you're not having a working dog that 199 00:10:26,230 --> 00:10:28,430 S1: helps you with your ranching or you're hurting, most dogs 200 00:10:28,429 --> 00:10:31,590 S1: are companions. They're friends. The overwhelmingly in the United States, 201 00:10:31,750 --> 00:10:35,150 S1: our dogs are in our homes. So it really sort 202 00:10:35,150 --> 00:10:39,030 S1: of raises the question, why does this Palestinian activist have 203 00:10:39,030 --> 00:10:40,950 S1: the right? She can say anything she wants to. I'm 204 00:10:40,950 --> 00:10:43,830 S1: an all comers policy in the marketplace of ideas. Go 205 00:10:43,870 --> 00:10:45,590 S1: ahead and express what you want to. But what you're 206 00:10:45,590 --> 00:10:51,820 S1: expressing isn't necessarily right and true and good. It's un-Islamic. Well, 207 00:10:51,820 --> 00:10:54,500 S1: this is the United States of America. This is not Islamabad. 208 00:10:54,540 --> 00:10:57,179 S1: This is not Pakistan. This is not Saudi Arabia. This 209 00:10:57,179 --> 00:10:59,140 S1: is the United States. And while it might be from 210 00:10:59,140 --> 00:11:04,020 S1: her perspective, un Islamic, she's not in an Islamic country. 211 00:11:04,220 --> 00:11:06,620 S1: And then she said, like, this is what she posted 212 00:11:06,620 --> 00:11:09,220 S1: just recently on X. Like we've all said all along, 213 00:11:09,260 --> 00:11:13,939 S1: they are unclean. She got a fierce backlash, claiming that 214 00:11:13,940 --> 00:11:17,179 S1: her post was a joke, a defense when you've been cornered, 215 00:11:17,179 --> 00:11:20,660 S1: making an audacious statement. Laughing, she said in her post 216 00:11:20,660 --> 00:11:23,700 S1: at the Zionist frothing at the mouth of this remember 217 00:11:23,700 --> 00:11:27,220 S1: she is a Palestinian activist. Note her word choice thinking 218 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:30,300 S1: they're doing something. It's obviously a joke. I don't care 219 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:31,500 S1: if you have a dog. I don't know if you 220 00:11:31,540 --> 00:11:33,819 S1: care if your dog is and then uses a word 221 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:38,380 S1: that refers to the dog going to the bathroom outside, 222 00:11:38,380 --> 00:11:41,220 S1: I won't use her word. It would violate FCC standards. 223 00:11:41,420 --> 00:11:43,780 S1: It's obviously a joke. I don't care if you have 224 00:11:43,780 --> 00:11:45,579 S1: a dog. I don't care if your dog is blank 225 00:11:45,580 --> 00:11:49,400 S1: everywhere and you're not cleaning it. Also clearly trying to 226 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,960 S1: weigh in on an issue, unaware of the current NYC 227 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:57,520 S1: discourse where we're collectively jokingly hating on dogs, giving all 228 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,800 S1: the visible dog droppings in the unmelted snow. And she's 229 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,240 S1: trying to make some kind of a comment here. It doesn't. 230 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:08,080 S1: It's nonsensical. It doesn't declare retraction by any state of 231 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,040 S1: the imagination. So you've got two things out of this, 232 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,880 S1: no matter what. And they're irretractable. Number one, she's making 233 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,880 S1: a demand that you behave in an Islamic fashion. Number one, 234 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,280 S1: not to fail again, a Palestinian activist, number two Zionists. 235 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,400 S1: There has to be that pejorative against Zionists, people who 236 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,839 S1: believe that the Jewish state has a right to exist. 237 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,960 S1: Somehow that became the object of disdain in her comment. 238 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,840 S1: Now it's a ludicrous statement. And I that's real interesting. Fascinating. 239 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,920 S1: I love to study different cultures, as do you, Craig, 240 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,959 S1: and I find it interesting, by the way, and all 241 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,560 S1: the multiple travels you and I have done in the 242 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,120 S1: Middle East. They're feral dogs everywhere and cats, for the record, 243 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,880 S1: and they tend to roam the streets, and they're not 244 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,469 S1: generally viewed as pets like we have them here in 245 00:12:47,470 --> 00:12:50,230 S1: the United States of America. But for this woman to 246 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,709 S1: have the hubris, and I cannot think of a better 247 00:12:52,710 --> 00:12:55,950 S1: or a more apt word to say, it's un-Islamic for 248 00:12:55,950 --> 00:12:59,309 S1: you to have a dog inside. With all due respect 249 00:12:59,309 --> 00:13:01,670 S1: to this woman, we're not in Gaza. She's in New 250 00:13:01,710 --> 00:13:05,430 S1: York City. It's the United States of America. Yeah. So 251 00:13:05,790 --> 00:13:10,110 S1: her proselytizing for Islamic precepts to me, I think falls 252 00:13:10,110 --> 00:13:11,070 S1: under its own weight. 253 00:13:11,230 --> 00:13:15,670 S13: Yeah, this it sounds like a ludicrous issue, but actually 254 00:13:15,710 --> 00:13:19,350 S13: it's a great discussion point. And the reason it is 255 00:13:19,350 --> 00:13:22,510 S13: because it raises two issues. You've already brought one. And 256 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:25,550 S13: I think it's a very important point. So point number 257 00:13:25,550 --> 00:13:29,310 S13: one is assimilation. When you come to another country, you 258 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:33,070 S13: bring your culture with you. You bring your experiences with you. 259 00:13:33,070 --> 00:13:37,510 S13: You bring hopefully something that will contribute to your community 260 00:13:37,510 --> 00:13:40,830 S13: and to your state and to your country. Um, country 261 00:13:40,830 --> 00:13:45,630 S13: of the United States. Um, and now that's one issue. Assimilation. 262 00:13:45,630 --> 00:13:52,340 S13: And assimilation is a good thing. Number two, however, assimilation 263 00:13:52,340 --> 00:13:57,020 S13: runs into the Constitution only in rare cases where it 264 00:13:57,020 --> 00:14:02,100 S13: burdens someone's religious belief. Under the First Amendment, you can't 265 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:05,459 S13: establish a law that is hostile to religion or supports 266 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:09,940 S13: a specific religion. Nor can you deny a person or 267 00:14:09,940 --> 00:14:13,980 S13: persons their free exercise of religion. But that's those are 268 00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:18,380 S13: narrow categories. It happens. But the usual case is assimilation 269 00:14:18,380 --> 00:14:22,980 S13: is the general rule. Occasionally, um, there's a religious liberty issue. Now, 270 00:14:22,980 --> 00:14:26,700 S13: let me point out, back in 1961, the US Supreme 271 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:30,100 S13: Court dealt with a kosher regulation in New York City. 272 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:33,020 S13: And frankly, you read the facts of the case, and 273 00:14:33,020 --> 00:14:37,820 S13: it did create the restriction that was created against kosher restaurants. Uh, 274 00:14:37,820 --> 00:14:43,100 S13: did create a burden on Jewish, uh, establishments and Jewish restaurants. 275 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:45,400 S13: The question was, how big a burden was it? was 276 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,920 S13: an unconstitutional burden. It was clearly a practical burden. The 277 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,520 S13: Supreme Court said no, it was upheld. It wasn't a 278 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,200 S13: violation of equal protection or the First Amendment religious liberty rights, 279 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,440 S13: although they recognized that there would be a burden on, uh, 280 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:04,960 S13: Jewish Orthodox, uh, restaurants. In this case, there is not 281 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:09,000 S13: only no burden, there is no substantial burden. There's no 282 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:15,200 S13: burden at all. It's simply obey my Islamic worldview that 283 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:20,640 S13: is entirely unconstitutional to ask lawmakers. And in fact, this 284 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:26,400 S13: is serious lawmakers to institute something because an Islamist says, 285 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,160 S13: I want it for my religion. 286 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,200 S1: Well, and you wonder again, I'm trying to crawl into 287 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,200 S1: somebody else's worldview. That's how I try to understand someone. 288 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,800 S1: Where are you coming from? And so I understand that. 289 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,240 S1: She says there should be no indoor pets again. Where 290 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,240 S1: does that come from? Because from her perspective, and in Islam, 291 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,630 S1: dogs are working dogs. They're herding dogs. They're not pets. 292 00:15:45,790 --> 00:15:47,150 S1: So just so you have that, you have to have 293 00:15:47,150 --> 00:15:49,390 S1: that as a point of background. So she doesn't want 294 00:15:49,390 --> 00:15:51,910 S1: any indoor dogs. She's also talking about the fact that 295 00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:54,070 S1: under the new mayor of New York, Mr. Mandani, the 296 00:15:54,070 --> 00:15:56,590 S1: garbage isn't being picked up, the snow isn't being plowed, 297 00:15:56,630 --> 00:15:59,350 S1: and there are dog droppings everywhere. So the city that's 298 00:15:59,350 --> 00:16:00,190 S1: just a not. 299 00:16:00,190 --> 00:16:02,630 S13: Not caused by not caused by the dog owners, by 300 00:16:02,630 --> 00:16:05,190 S13: the way. Exactly right. The city leaders are doing a 301 00:16:05,190 --> 00:16:05,790 S13: poor job. 302 00:16:05,830 --> 00:16:08,390 S1: Exactly. So putting that aside for a minute and just 303 00:16:08,390 --> 00:16:10,750 S1: going to the transcendence of the idea here, that somehow 304 00:16:10,910 --> 00:16:13,910 S1: this woman is making the declaration that you should accommodate. 305 00:16:13,910 --> 00:16:15,870 S1: Let me contextualize this a little bit, and the reason 306 00:16:15,870 --> 00:16:19,350 S1: why I think we cannot at our own peril. I 307 00:16:19,350 --> 00:16:22,110 S1: think we cannot ignore statements like this because this is 308 00:16:22,110 --> 00:16:25,830 S1: evangelization for Islam, and we need to understand that. So, 309 00:16:25,830 --> 00:16:29,390 S1: for example, I put on X earlier today that children 310 00:16:29,390 --> 00:16:32,510 S1: in primary schools in the UK are now being taught 311 00:16:32,510 --> 00:16:36,150 S1: how to wear a hijab and how to submit to Allah. 312 00:16:36,150 --> 00:16:38,590 S1: So I'm looking at a classroom of little kids, maybe 313 00:16:38,630 --> 00:16:42,470 S1: second third graders at public school, public schools. That's exactly right. 314 00:16:42,510 --> 00:16:45,700 S1: And they have a person who comes in dressed, um, 315 00:16:45,740 --> 00:16:48,180 S1: like you were on the streets of Saudi Arabia. I'm 316 00:16:48,180 --> 00:16:50,660 S1: trying to convey this over radio because you can't see 317 00:16:50,660 --> 00:16:53,540 S1: the pictures and they're putting the hijab on. They're being 318 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:55,700 S1: taught how to put this on, and then they're on 319 00:16:55,740 --> 00:17:01,980 S1: their all fours bowing in prayer. Now, it you couldn't 320 00:17:01,980 --> 00:17:03,700 S1: do that in the United States of America. You would 321 00:17:03,740 --> 00:17:06,140 S1: that would be coercion and you would have hit the tripwire. 322 00:17:06,180 --> 00:17:08,820 S1: The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. But I think 323 00:17:08,820 --> 00:17:11,140 S1: we need to use the UK as a case study 324 00:17:11,140 --> 00:17:14,300 S1: into how they've lost their mind, they've lost their sense 325 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:17,980 S1: of national identity, and that somehow, for what reason, I 326 00:17:18,020 --> 00:17:22,460 S1: can yet to discover, can't yet discover, this assimilation question 327 00:17:22,460 --> 00:17:27,060 S1: has just evaporated. And it is acquiescence to the Muslims 328 00:17:27,060 --> 00:17:29,740 S1: that have come into the UK. So you've got this 329 00:17:29,740 --> 00:17:31,859 S1: business with the hijab. And by the way, this idea 330 00:17:31,859 --> 00:17:34,500 S1: with the dogs didn't start with this. Palestinian activists, I'll 331 00:17:34,500 --> 00:17:36,580 S1: give you another case study when we get back. This 332 00:17:36,580 --> 00:17:39,980 S1: is in the market with Janet Parshall. Thinking critically, thinking biblically. 333 00:17:40,020 --> 00:17:42,330 S1: Do you assimilate when you come to another culture, or 334 00:17:42,330 --> 00:17:44,290 S1: do you try to come in to change the law 335 00:17:44,290 --> 00:17:57,330 S1: to fit your particular worldview religiously? Let me set the 336 00:17:57,330 --> 00:17:59,850 S1: stage again on this question. And it isn't just about 337 00:17:59,850 --> 00:18:02,210 S1: what this activist is calling for in New York City. 338 00:18:02,250 --> 00:18:05,410 S1: It raises a bigger question about what a country does 339 00:18:05,410 --> 00:18:08,970 S1: in terms of welcoming people of different religions, different faiths 340 00:18:08,970 --> 00:18:12,090 S1: from different countries. And is it about, for example, coming 341 00:18:12,090 --> 00:18:14,570 S1: to the United States and assimilating? You don't have to 342 00:18:14,570 --> 00:18:17,930 S1: abandon your culture? My grandparents didn't. And remember, my mother 343 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:21,090 S1: and father were first generation Americans. My grandparents all came 344 00:18:21,090 --> 00:18:24,490 S1: into this country legally and became citizens. We never forgot 345 00:18:24,490 --> 00:18:27,570 S1: the cultural backgrounds, the heritage, the tradition, the meals, all 346 00:18:27,570 --> 00:18:30,930 S1: of that. But they couldn't wait to assimilate and be 347 00:18:30,930 --> 00:18:34,330 S1: known as an American. In fact, my Scottish grandfather actually 348 00:18:34,330 --> 00:18:36,450 S1: changed his name when he came to the United States 349 00:18:36,450 --> 00:18:38,490 S1: because the name that he had, he felt was too 350 00:18:38,490 --> 00:18:41,430 S1: Scottish and he wanted to Americanize it. So he was 351 00:18:41,430 --> 00:18:44,470 S1: called Willie in Scotland, but he changed it to Bill 352 00:18:44,470 --> 00:18:46,630 S1: when he came to the United States, because he felt 353 00:18:46,630 --> 00:18:49,550 S1: it was more American as evidence of the desire to assimilate. 354 00:18:49,830 --> 00:18:54,230 S1: So this Palestinian activist, and she's known apparently in NYC 355 00:18:54,270 --> 00:18:57,070 S1: for her activism on this, has called for a ban 356 00:18:57,070 --> 00:19:02,310 S1: for dogs as indoor pets because they, quote, aren't Islamic. 357 00:19:02,470 --> 00:19:05,949 S1: And again, the background to that is Islam does not 358 00:19:05,950 --> 00:19:08,790 S1: usually see in Muslim countries. You do not see dogs 359 00:19:08,790 --> 00:19:11,950 S1: as pets. They're working dogs. They're herding dogs. And so 360 00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:14,670 S1: the idea of having them in the house is something 361 00:19:14,670 --> 00:19:18,190 S1: that they wouldn't have. So she got a lot of pressure. Obviously, 362 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:20,550 S1: New Yorkers love their dogs, as we all do. The 363 00:19:20,550 --> 00:19:22,830 S1: majority of dogs in New York are indoor dogs. They're 364 00:19:22,830 --> 00:19:27,070 S1: not outdoor working, herding dogs. Um, but this isn't a standalone. 365 00:19:27,070 --> 00:19:28,910 S1: And this is why I'm bringing this up, because she 366 00:19:28,910 --> 00:19:31,630 S1: said it kind of testing the cultural waters, if you will. 367 00:19:31,869 --> 00:19:33,950 S1: But I think it's important for us to understand that 368 00:19:33,950 --> 00:19:36,350 S1: this is something that's already happening in other parts of 369 00:19:36,350 --> 00:19:40,220 S1: the world. For example, let me point out that in Wales, 370 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:44,300 S1: an environmental group, and it goes beyond the environmental aspect. 371 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:47,060 S1: I'll get to that in a moment. Uh has apparently 372 00:19:47,060 --> 00:19:51,859 S1: called for dog free zones in Wales in an effort 373 00:19:51,859 --> 00:19:57,620 S1: to make the outdoors less racist and more inclusive. So 374 00:19:57,660 --> 00:20:01,100 S1: apparently it's, uh, they want to have dog free areas 375 00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:05,900 S1: in local green spaces. The reason wasn't disclosed in the report. 376 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:08,619 S1: You can imagine why? Because you'd be raising questions exactly 377 00:20:08,619 --> 00:20:12,180 S1: like Craig and I are raising here. Uh, if apparently 378 00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:14,740 S1: this is, um, apparently going to be used by the 379 00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:18,940 S1: Welsh Government to, quote, support policy teams who are who 380 00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:23,179 S1: are developing and implementing anti-racist plans for Wales. Now, notice 381 00:20:23,220 --> 00:20:26,420 S1: Tortuously they're not saying the word Islam. There's no other 382 00:20:26,420 --> 00:20:28,859 S1: religion out there that doesn't want these dogs. This is 383 00:20:28,859 --> 00:20:33,700 S1: definitely an Islamic issue. In fact, government spokesperson said we 384 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:38,460 S1: are committed to creating an anti-racist nation by 2030. Our 385 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:42,690 S1: Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan is built on the values of 386 00:20:42,690 --> 00:20:47,530 S1: anti-racism and calls for zero tolerance of all racial inequality. 387 00:20:48,210 --> 00:20:50,810 S1: The report, by the way, was part of an assessment 388 00:20:50,810 --> 00:20:55,770 S1: of racism relating to climate change, environment and rural affairs. Okay, 389 00:20:56,010 --> 00:20:58,210 S1: you can talk about that on your own to hear 390 00:20:58,210 --> 00:21:00,489 S1: how green places can be made to align with the 391 00:21:00,490 --> 00:21:06,730 S1: Labour Party's 2022 Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan. So they're just 392 00:21:06,730 --> 00:21:08,610 S1: going out of their way not to say the word Islam, 393 00:21:08,609 --> 00:21:11,210 S1: but it's not the Jews, it's not the Christians. Nobody 394 00:21:11,210 --> 00:21:13,649 S1: else is calling for a dog free zone. And the 395 00:21:13,650 --> 00:21:16,090 S1: fact that they've tipped their hat and they said, this 396 00:21:16,090 --> 00:21:19,129 S1: is about anti-racism raises. Again, I think a very thoughtful 397 00:21:19,130 --> 00:21:22,609 S1: question for maturing Christians, which is, okay, so a religion 398 00:21:22,609 --> 00:21:27,890 S1: comes in, makes its presence known and says, you will perform, 399 00:21:27,890 --> 00:21:30,409 S1: you will come under authority, you will do it. So 400 00:21:30,410 --> 00:21:33,730 S1: we've got kids at schools in the UK learning how 401 00:21:33,730 --> 00:21:37,369 S1: to put on hijabs. Um, that we I've been watching 402 00:21:37,510 --> 00:21:42,149 S1: videotape of British police officers who have told to wear 403 00:21:42,150 --> 00:21:45,350 S1: the hijab to work so they can be more inclusive. 404 00:21:45,390 --> 00:21:46,110 S13: Even if they're not. 405 00:21:46,310 --> 00:21:48,430 S1: Even if they're not Muslim. And then we just passed 406 00:21:48,430 --> 00:21:52,230 S1: last week, International Hijab Day. Really? Well, tell that to 407 00:21:52,230 --> 00:21:54,389 S1: the women who had acid thrown in their face, who 408 00:21:54,390 --> 00:21:56,429 S1: can't get an education in Iran, who don't have the 409 00:21:56,430 --> 00:22:00,230 S1: right to vote. The hijab for many women, is the 410 00:22:00,230 --> 00:22:06,590 S1: perfect picture of subjugation and dominance by the religious authorities, 411 00:22:06,590 --> 00:22:11,030 S1: as opposed to liberty and freedom. Um, so in fact, 412 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:13,270 S1: I remember I did a debate on CNN and they 413 00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:17,229 S1: wanted to talk about fundamentalism. And, uh, I sat in 414 00:22:17,230 --> 00:22:19,230 S1: the chair and I was having this conversation with a 415 00:22:19,230 --> 00:22:22,670 S1: rather well-known national media person, and they brought a woman 416 00:22:22,670 --> 00:22:24,990 S1: on stage who was completely dressed in a burqa from 417 00:22:24,990 --> 00:22:27,830 S1: head to toe. And she said, that's fundamentalism. That's what 418 00:22:27,830 --> 00:22:30,470 S1: the TV host said. And I said, no, ma'am. I said, 419 00:22:30,470 --> 00:22:33,949 S1: that's being in prison. I said, that's a picture of 420 00:22:33,950 --> 00:22:36,470 S1: what it means not to have liberty or freedom that 421 00:22:36,470 --> 00:22:39,780 S1: you are subjugated to the authority of that particular country, 422 00:22:39,780 --> 00:22:42,340 S1: I said. As a Christian, we know where real liberty 423 00:22:42,340 --> 00:22:44,379 S1: is found, and that's in the person of Jesus Christ. Now, 424 00:22:44,380 --> 00:22:46,220 S1: of course, she had apoplexy the minute I said that 425 00:22:46,220 --> 00:22:48,260 S1: on the air. But the bottom line was, it is 426 00:22:48,260 --> 00:22:52,740 S1: a picture of absolute total dominance by someone or something else. 427 00:22:52,780 --> 00:22:55,020 S1: It's not a picture of liberty to have to put 428 00:22:55,020 --> 00:22:56,939 S1: on the hijab. So the bottom line is you're teaching 429 00:22:56,940 --> 00:22:59,580 S1: UK kids. Bring it back to the point. Huge UK 430 00:22:59,580 --> 00:23:01,900 S1: kids who are being told to wear the hijab under 431 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,860 S1: the name of religious tolerance bow down. This is how 432 00:23:04,859 --> 00:23:07,460 S1: we pray to Allah. And then saying we don't want 433 00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:11,780 S1: dogs in this zone because it's terribly un-Islamic. Now, I 434 00:23:11,780 --> 00:23:14,900 S1: would say that probably some would argue with a progressive 435 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:18,980 S1: worldview that's inclusion, that's tolerance, that's diversity. That's good. Let 436 00:23:18,980 --> 00:23:23,740 S1: me contextualize it within the context of American jurisprudence. If 437 00:23:23,780 --> 00:23:25,900 S1: you if that is right and good and true. Pull 438 00:23:25,900 --> 00:23:28,580 S1: it out and then bring in a Buddhist monk who's 439 00:23:28,580 --> 00:23:30,580 S1: going to tell all the children what they have to chant, 440 00:23:30,580 --> 00:23:33,020 S1: that there is no God, that is the divine within you, 441 00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:36,090 S1: and you can find Nirvana yourself, yada, yada yada. Or 442 00:23:36,170 --> 00:23:38,890 S1: let's bring in the Christians and have them share the 443 00:23:38,890 --> 00:23:41,810 S1: four spiritual laws and see how many of them will 444 00:23:41,810 --> 00:23:44,449 S1: respond to an altar call in the second grade classroom. 445 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:47,490 S1: If all. If that's right and true and good, every 446 00:23:47,490 --> 00:23:49,369 S1: single one of those under the banner of the United 447 00:23:49,369 --> 00:23:51,810 S1: States Constitution would be able to say, every one of 448 00:23:51,810 --> 00:23:54,210 S1: those is a defensible position. Is it, counselor? 449 00:23:55,290 --> 00:23:59,650 S13: No. In fact, to say you're going to fight racism, um, 450 00:23:59,850 --> 00:24:07,330 S13: by specifically promoting one religious viewpoint is the worst way 451 00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:10,730 S13: to promote racism, to defeat racism. And I don't think 452 00:24:10,730 --> 00:24:14,050 S13: racism is really the issue. I think the issue is, 453 00:24:14,450 --> 00:24:19,690 S13: since hypersensitivity to a group that is doing an effective job, 454 00:24:20,170 --> 00:24:25,130 S13: that is Muslim activists to embarrass or shame those that 455 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:29,810 S13: won't bend to their worldview. But remember, uh, that, uh, 456 00:24:30,090 --> 00:24:35,230 S13: the Constitution says government may not either promote or destroy 457 00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:38,830 S13: religious belief, but it may not promote, and in this 458 00:24:38,830 --> 00:24:40,629 S13: case they are clearly promoting one view. 459 00:24:40,670 --> 00:24:42,990 S1: Which we can't do here in the United States for 460 00:24:42,990 --> 00:25:14,070 S1: our well-being back after this. What is in the market 461 00:25:14,070 --> 00:25:16,149 S1: mean to you? Is it a trusted source for news? 462 00:25:16,150 --> 00:25:19,109 S1: Your go to place for relevant discussions on current events? 463 00:25:19,109 --> 00:25:20,869 S1: I'm glad to have you in our listening family, and 464 00:25:20,869 --> 00:25:22,830 S1: I want to ask you to take a next step. 465 00:25:22,830 --> 00:25:24,869 S1: Will you become a partial partner and help us continue 466 00:25:24,910 --> 00:25:27,430 S1: here on your station? When you do, you'll get personal 467 00:25:27,430 --> 00:25:30,310 S1: emails and information from me. Become a partial partner today 468 00:25:30,310 --> 00:25:34,219 S1: by calling 877 Janet 58 or go online to in 469 00:25:34,260 --> 00:25:38,900 S1: the market with Janet Parshall. This is in the market 470 00:25:38,900 --> 00:25:41,260 S1: with Janet partial. Craig partial is with me. And there's 471 00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:43,060 S1: sort of a continuum here. I want us to try 472 00:25:43,060 --> 00:25:45,700 S1: to connect the dots if we can. So I started 473 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:49,540 S1: out by this Palestinian activist in NYC who put on 474 00:25:49,540 --> 00:25:53,060 S1: X recently that no dog should be allowed indoors in 475 00:25:53,060 --> 00:25:56,939 S1: New York City because it's an Islamic. She's entitled to 476 00:25:56,940 --> 00:25:59,300 S1: her opinion. That's great. But the more serious part of 477 00:25:59,300 --> 00:26:03,100 S1: what she's saying is that basically convert or die. And 478 00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:04,820 S1: by that, what I'm saying, which, by the way, was 479 00:26:04,820 --> 00:26:07,340 S1: a clarion call when they would go in and sack 480 00:26:07,380 --> 00:26:11,379 S1: a city. In fact, today we're yesterday actually was the 481 00:26:11,380 --> 00:26:13,939 S1: day yesterday where we remember all of those in the 482 00:26:13,940 --> 00:26:17,500 S1: orange suits who were kneeling, uh, along a beach shore 483 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:19,380 S1: by ISIS, and they were told to convert or die. 484 00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:21,580 S1: And every single one of them did not recant it. 485 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:24,300 S1: Every single one of them stepped into glory, still acknowledging 486 00:26:24,300 --> 00:26:27,619 S1: Christ as their personal Savior. They were told, convert or die. 487 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:30,460 S1: So the message basically is, you can't do this because 488 00:26:30,460 --> 00:26:33,169 S1: it doesn't come into alignment with Islam. She's free to 489 00:26:33,170 --> 00:26:36,090 S1: have that opinion, and you can try to win converts 490 00:26:36,090 --> 00:26:38,850 S1: by trying to evangelize for Islam. I'm a great believer 491 00:26:38,850 --> 00:26:41,410 S1: in the marketplace of ideas. Go out and do it. 492 00:26:41,450 --> 00:26:44,050 S1: Proselytize all you want to for Islam. I am a 493 00:26:44,050 --> 00:26:47,929 S1: great believer in the marketplace of ideas. Proselytize for Buddhism, 494 00:26:47,930 --> 00:26:50,810 S1: for Islam, for Scientology, whatever you want. And we as 495 00:26:50,810 --> 00:26:53,450 S1: followers of Christ will meet you in the marketplace of 496 00:26:53,450 --> 00:26:58,610 S1: ideas and winsomely gladly, boldly, unashamedly, continuously share the good 497 00:26:58,609 --> 00:27:01,649 S1: news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. But let's look 498 00:27:01,650 --> 00:27:03,770 S1: at what the First Amendment says. It's not an either or. 499 00:27:03,810 --> 00:27:05,889 S1: It is a both end. The First Amendment to the 500 00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:09,609 S1: Constitution states Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment 501 00:27:09,609 --> 00:27:13,810 S1: of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. This year 502 00:27:13,810 --> 00:27:17,130 S1: we celebrate 250 years of saying to King George, thanks, 503 00:27:17,130 --> 00:27:20,010 S1: but no thanks. We'll set this up our own way 504 00:27:20,010 --> 00:27:22,210 S1: so we don't have a monarchy. We don't have a parliament, 505 00:27:22,210 --> 00:27:24,850 S1: we don't have a prime minister. We have a Congress. 506 00:27:24,850 --> 00:27:27,090 S1: The most important of the three branches where the power 507 00:27:27,090 --> 00:27:29,370 S1: comes from, the people up, not from the top down. 508 00:27:29,410 --> 00:27:32,190 S1: Despite what you might hear in the evening news, and 509 00:27:32,190 --> 00:27:34,990 S1: therefore the government cannot say we favour fill in the blank. 510 00:27:35,030 --> 00:27:37,429 S1: This religion versus this religion. Then you've got what you 511 00:27:37,430 --> 00:27:40,590 S1: have in England, which is the directive that the established 512 00:27:40,590 --> 00:27:43,109 S1: state church is the Church of England, which, by the way, 513 00:27:43,109 --> 00:27:45,510 S1: is in a hot mess right now. We don't have that. 514 00:27:45,510 --> 00:27:48,070 S1: We don't want that. It is the freedom to be 515 00:27:48,070 --> 00:27:50,869 S1: able to choose to believe as you will. Thanks be 516 00:27:50,869 --> 00:27:53,150 S1: to God. We have that protected liberty in this country. 517 00:27:53,350 --> 00:27:55,510 S1: So when someone comes in and says, you can't do 518 00:27:55,510 --> 00:28:00,430 S1: this because of my religion, that's coercion. It's establishment of religion. 519 00:28:00,430 --> 00:28:02,909 S1: And we should be very grateful that that's the parameters 520 00:28:02,910 --> 00:28:05,429 S1: of the First Amendment. But it doesn't end there. So 521 00:28:05,430 --> 00:28:07,150 S1: I told you that this is not a one off 522 00:28:07,190 --> 00:28:09,670 S1: by some Palestinian activists in New York, that they've done 523 00:28:09,670 --> 00:28:11,510 S1: this in Wales. There are a couple of schools in 524 00:28:11,510 --> 00:28:13,949 S1: the UK, there are a couple of boroughs in the 525 00:28:13,950 --> 00:28:16,870 S1: UK where they're also talking about having dog free zones. 526 00:28:17,190 --> 00:28:20,070 S1: But England right now is wrestling with this whole idea 527 00:28:20,070 --> 00:28:22,630 S1: of the influx of Islam and what they're doing in 528 00:28:22,630 --> 00:28:25,710 S1: Keir Starmer. Um, who I think his days are numbered 529 00:28:25,710 --> 00:28:29,510 S1: as a prime minister because his policies are so failed, uh, 530 00:28:29,510 --> 00:28:31,700 S1: and the people are pushing back. It's why they've got 531 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:34,340 S1: a major event planned in May, where they're going to 532 00:28:34,340 --> 00:28:37,140 S1: march for the idea that it should be English principles. 533 00:28:37,140 --> 00:28:39,780 S1: You come to that country and you should be assimilating 534 00:28:39,820 --> 00:28:42,820 S1: to English values and English beliefs. So they're in a 535 00:28:42,820 --> 00:28:45,060 S1: hot mess, but they're an excellent case study for us. 536 00:28:45,060 --> 00:28:47,460 S1: We need to watch what's happening there. So we're seeing 537 00:28:47,460 --> 00:28:49,420 S1: the fact that they're having people come in and teach 538 00:28:49,420 --> 00:28:51,860 S1: kids how to wear hijabs. We're seeing that kids are 539 00:28:51,860 --> 00:28:54,300 S1: told to bow down to Allah and exactly teach them 540 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:57,700 S1: how that's supposed to happen. Then we've got this. In 541 00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:00,860 S1: the UK, a child at a primary school was branded 542 00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:03,660 S1: a racist for refusing to take part in Ramadan. The 543 00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:05,660 S1: child said, what do I have to do that I'm 544 00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:07,340 S1: not doing that. Do I have to do it? If 545 00:29:07,340 --> 00:29:10,620 S1: I don't, will you make me? The school responded and 546 00:29:10,620 --> 00:29:13,340 S1: I quote, this will be added to your child's behaviour 547 00:29:13,340 --> 00:29:17,420 S1: record and the school of log of racist incidents. I 548 00:29:17,460 --> 00:29:21,140 S1: am looking at the Bedfont Primary School from on Hampton 549 00:29:21,140 --> 00:29:25,100 S1: Road in Middlesex, where this was sent to a parent 550 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:31,170 S1: Ray quote in bold notification of racist incident. I quote 551 00:29:31,210 --> 00:29:33,730 S1: I am writing to inform you of a racist incident 552 00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:36,490 S1: which took place at school today. Our definition of racial 553 00:29:36,530 --> 00:29:40,250 S1: harassment is that of the CRE Commission for Racial Equality. 554 00:29:40,290 --> 00:29:43,930 S1: Verbal or physical violence? I remember all the child said was, 555 00:29:43,930 --> 00:29:46,770 S1: do I have to do this verbal or physical violence, 556 00:29:46,770 --> 00:29:49,770 S1: which includes attacks on property as well as the person 557 00:29:49,770 --> 00:29:53,730 S1: which has suffered by individuals or groups because of their colour, race, nationality, 558 00:29:53,730 --> 00:29:57,410 S1: ethnic or national origins, and where the victim believes the 559 00:29:57,410 --> 00:30:00,489 S1: victim believes that the perpetrator who's the victim here? The 560 00:30:00,490 --> 00:30:02,530 S1: child said to the teacher, do I have to do this? 561 00:30:02,730 --> 00:30:06,930 S1: Believes that the propaganda, the perpetuate the perpetrator rather was 562 00:30:06,930 --> 00:30:10,370 S1: acting on racial grounds and or there is evidence of racism. 563 00:30:10,890 --> 00:30:13,210 S1: Then they go on to say this during the introduction 564 00:30:13,210 --> 00:30:15,490 S1: of our assembly of Ramadan. Why were you doing that, 565 00:30:15,490 --> 00:30:17,210 S1: by the way, at a school, did you have one 566 00:30:17,210 --> 00:30:21,450 S1: for Passover? Purim? Uh, Christmas, Easter Sunday? Or did you 567 00:30:21,450 --> 00:30:26,570 S1: just pick Ramadan? Uh, so and so named. Redacted had 568 00:30:26,570 --> 00:30:28,680 S1: said on several occasions, why do we have to do this? 569 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,920 S1: I'm not doing this. You can't make me. I'm not 570 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,640 S1: doing this. Do I have to? Why? Why are we 571 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,640 S1: even doing this? If I don't, will you make me? 572 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,600 S1: I don't know who the victim is there. The child 573 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,239 S1: just said that once we began to practice, fill in 574 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,680 S1: the blank redacted name was then pointing and laughing at 575 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,960 S1: other children. This is the allegations made by the school 576 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,000 S1: that were singing which upset them as a result. So 577 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,720 S1: this is now in his official file. It's being added 578 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,120 S1: to a list of racial incidents. Oh my word. He 579 00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,320 S1: asks a question and can I tell you what? If 580 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,120 S1: that were our children, if those were our children, I 581 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,280 S1: would hope a partial kid would say, do I have 582 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:05,600 S1: to do this? Why do I have to do this? 583 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,040 S1: Am I going to get into trouble if I don't 584 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,200 S1: do this? Which is, of course, the Damocles sword that 585 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,040 S1: hangs over the head of every student? They're always worried 586 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,360 S1: about those in authority, but then the school pushes back 587 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,760 S1: and says it's a racist incident. If you don't participate 588 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,360 S1: in Ramadan, are you going to come in and make 589 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,040 S1: them all take First Communion and then say, we're going 590 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,760 S1: to report you for being racist if you don't take communion? 591 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:29,660 S13: Well, this is one of the examples of why one 592 00:31:29,660 --> 00:31:35,140 S13: of America's greatest exports is our First Amendment idea, both 593 00:31:35,140 --> 00:31:39,140 S13: with regard to free exercise and avoidance of establishment of 594 00:31:39,140 --> 00:31:44,260 S13: official religion as a government coerced fact, along with freedom 595 00:31:44,260 --> 00:31:47,180 S13: of the press and freedom of speech and so forth. Uh, 596 00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:51,700 S13: you'll also realize that UK is part of a general 597 00:31:51,740 --> 00:31:59,820 S13: European approach to diminishing civil liberties in exchange for its, uh, 598 00:31:59,820 --> 00:32:04,820 S13: pet philosophies and social engineering ideas about what they think 599 00:32:04,820 --> 00:32:08,660 S13: is best for its population to believe. Well, we have 600 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:13,140 S13: a different system here. We should constantly appreciate the blessings 601 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:18,459 S13: of liberty for which lives were given and fortunes lost, uh, 602 00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:23,620 S13: 250 years ago, so that we cannot be forced to 603 00:32:23,660 --> 00:32:26,930 S13: do this. This could not happen in the United States 604 00:32:26,930 --> 00:32:31,330 S13: without probably a lawsuit. And if the lawsuit ensued, I 605 00:32:31,370 --> 00:32:35,010 S13: can pretty well guarantee, uh, what the result would be 606 00:32:35,010 --> 00:32:37,730 S13: in a federal court somewhere, or even a state court. 607 00:32:37,890 --> 00:32:41,930 S13: That is to say, government may not coerce you. Um, 608 00:32:42,090 --> 00:32:45,850 S13: in terms of your religious or non-religious beliefs. Now, why 609 00:32:45,850 --> 00:32:51,530 S13: is it important? It's important because, um, the founders vision 610 00:32:51,930 --> 00:32:54,690 S13: was that. Yes, we are. And by the way, this 611 00:32:54,690 --> 00:32:58,050 S13: was the consensus of the Founding fathers. Uh, we are 612 00:32:58,130 --> 00:33:01,410 S13: made in the image of God. However, there is an 613 00:33:01,410 --> 00:33:04,130 S13: innate sin nature of man, all of which comes from 614 00:33:04,130 --> 00:33:07,890 S13: a general consensus about a biblical worldview of who we 615 00:33:07,890 --> 00:33:13,410 S13: are as human creatures. And because of that, we cannot trust, uh, 616 00:33:13,530 --> 00:33:17,330 S13: power in just one king or one branch of government 617 00:33:17,330 --> 00:33:20,570 S13: to make those decisions for us. The people make those decisions, 618 00:33:20,570 --> 00:33:25,240 S13: and the government executes those through a constitutional republic, Republican, 619 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,200 S13: a democratic process in terms of voting yes, but a 620 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,360 S13: constitutional republic. England doesn't have that. France doesn't have that. 621 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,200 S13: Europe doesn't have that. And we ought to understand that 622 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,800 S13: what happens over there can happen over here. Now, for 623 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,040 S13: those who say, yeah, but I really would like the 624 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,920 S13: gospel as an example, the Christian gospel to be, you know, 625 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,800 S13: shared in a public school. Well, the problem is, if 626 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,840 S13: you say that, then you're saying also under our constitutional 627 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,360 S13: system and it's all right to have the Quran presented, 628 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,800 S13: and not only the Quran, but the Buddhist idea of 629 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,320 S13: the Buddhist, the Buddha within us. And then you go 630 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,520 S13: to Hinduism and then you go to a number of 631 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,160 S13: new age religions that have to have equal time. Now, 632 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,960 S13: by the way, Congress, wisely, I thought, and you and 633 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,840 S13: I have talked about this many times over the years passed, uh, the, uh, 634 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:19,120 S13: the time release program in public schools where you can 635 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:23,400 S13: have religious instruction for limited periods of time off campus 636 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,380 S13: in a public school. Uh, and if you want to 637 00:34:26,380 --> 00:34:27,739 S13: go to a church, you want to go to a 638 00:34:27,739 --> 00:34:31,580 S13: synagogue for an hour or two. Um, then the United 639 00:34:31,580 --> 00:34:34,020 S13: States Congress has worked out a system where public schools 640 00:34:34,020 --> 00:34:37,259 S13: have to honor that. That's the way we balance these. 641 00:34:37,260 --> 00:34:40,860 S13: But that's a private initiative where the government must give 642 00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:44,899 S13: an opportunity for private initiative, not for the heavy hand 643 00:34:44,940 --> 00:34:48,219 S13: of government to tell you that. Because if you were 644 00:34:48,219 --> 00:34:51,740 S13: to say, I want the gospel to be shared in 645 00:34:51,739 --> 00:34:56,580 S13: in public school today, than tomorrow it will be, well, 646 00:34:56,580 --> 00:35:00,420 S13: we're going to now have Islam, uh, preached and taught 647 00:35:00,420 --> 00:35:04,620 S13: and an example in public school. So better to have 648 00:35:04,620 --> 00:35:09,980 S13: a free marketplace of diverse opinion outside of those, uh, 649 00:35:10,020 --> 00:35:13,940 S13: government controlled environments. I'll give you an example. A case 650 00:35:13,940 --> 00:35:18,500 S13: was just settled in Texas. Um, a person who said, uh, look, 651 00:35:18,540 --> 00:35:22,060 S13: I am an avid believer in this particular religion, and 652 00:35:22,060 --> 00:35:24,250 S13: I need a certain kind of food. And the court 653 00:35:24,250 --> 00:35:27,089 S13: looked at it and the parties ended up settling that lawsuit. 654 00:35:27,489 --> 00:35:30,049 S13: But it wasn't a burden on the prison. And the 655 00:35:30,050 --> 00:35:32,529 S13: prison is in control. Have taken away the liberty of 656 00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:36,130 S13: this person. So when the the government is in control, 657 00:35:36,410 --> 00:35:39,450 S13: a public school also, they're in control of the activities 658 00:35:39,450 --> 00:35:42,969 S13: of the student. So similarly, you have these special protections 659 00:35:42,969 --> 00:35:45,969 S13: under the First Amendment that you can't force one religion 660 00:35:45,969 --> 00:35:49,690 S13: or another. You have to have equal access, um, and 661 00:35:49,690 --> 00:35:52,730 S13: you have to have equal opportunity, uh, but you cannot 662 00:35:52,730 --> 00:35:56,730 S13: go in only one direction from a religious standpoint. The 663 00:35:56,730 --> 00:36:02,330 S13: benefit of that, Janet, is that our our opportunities for evangelism, uh, 664 00:36:02,330 --> 00:36:05,529 S13: are are plenty in the United States. They're diminished in 665 00:36:05,530 --> 00:36:06,450 S13: Europe and UK. 666 00:36:06,730 --> 00:36:08,609 S1: Thank you for fleshing that out a little bit. By 667 00:36:08,610 --> 00:36:10,570 S1: the way, moms and dads, that's why we have release 668 00:36:10,570 --> 00:36:13,810 S1: time programs. Are your children taking advantage of that? Are 669 00:36:13,810 --> 00:36:15,969 S1: you willing to volunteer to do something like that? The 670 00:36:15,969 --> 00:36:17,969 S1: Supreme Court has says you can take a child off 671 00:36:17,969 --> 00:36:21,570 S1: campus and they can have religious instruction off campus. Uh, 672 00:36:21,570 --> 00:36:24,520 S1: because that way the school is not endorsing it. It's 673 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,960 S1: a free will choice made by the child with the 674 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,680 S1: parent's approval to be able to go to the religious instruction. 675 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,280 S1: Are you teaching your child to say grace in the cafeteria? 676 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,520 S1: Are you teaching your child to be unashamed? Uh, if 677 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,239 S1: they decide to bring their Bible to school. So in 678 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,359 S1: other words, nobody is saying hide your Christianity. It's that 679 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:43,040 S1: you have to be wise as a serpent, innocent as 680 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,120 S1: a dove, in the way in which you share that now. Again, 681 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,000 S1: this you have to connect all of the dots. I 682 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,040 S1: want to tell you about a bit of legislation that 683 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,759 S1: was introduced in the Senate in Virginia. And then I 684 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,560 S1: want to tell you about a hearing that they had 685 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,719 S1: on the Hill dealing with Sharia law. So this is 686 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,399 S1: not a oh, that's a problem over there. These are 687 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,120 S1: issues now that have washed onto our shores. And we're 688 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,800 S1: going to have to decide what it means to be 689 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,839 S1: an American and whether or not we're abandoning the principle, 690 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,160 S1: the first part of the first principle of the First Amendment, 691 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,560 S1: which is free exercise and no coercion back after this. 692 00:37:38,340 --> 00:37:40,900 S1: So a couple of things that really bring this issue home. 693 00:37:40,900 --> 00:37:43,859 S1: And again, we're watchmen on the wall. Come to the 694 00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:47,299 S1: United States. Assimilate. And one of the things that will 695 00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:49,900 S1: make you an American is the understanding that the government 696 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:54,540 S1: cannot coerce or establish a religion. Your freedom of conscience, 697 00:37:54,540 --> 00:37:56,980 S1: the right to believe or not believe is one of 698 00:37:56,980 --> 00:38:00,020 S1: the inherent inalienable rights we believe in here in the 699 00:38:00,020 --> 00:38:02,739 S1: United States of America. So you can't come in and 700 00:38:02,739 --> 00:38:05,100 S1: decide that you're going to establish a different court of law, 701 00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:07,660 S1: or you're going to say, because it's an offense to 702 00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:10,900 S1: your particular religion, something must be outlawed. If that were 703 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:12,540 S1: the case, let me tell you, Christians would be at 704 00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:14,140 S1: the front of that line and we'd be saying, no 705 00:38:14,140 --> 00:38:17,100 S1: adult bookstores, no red light districts, no gambling joints, no 706 00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:18,859 S1: liquor stores. The list goes on and on and on 707 00:38:18,860 --> 00:38:21,730 S1: and on and on. Okay, you understand where the problem? 708 00:38:21,730 --> 00:38:25,530 S1: Because we're a pluralistic culture and that pluralism is defined 709 00:38:25,530 --> 00:38:28,450 S1: by the right of every individual to have their own 710 00:38:28,450 --> 00:38:30,489 S1: freedom of conscience. It's also a wake up call. And 711 00:38:30,489 --> 00:38:32,890 S1: why you and I should be evangelizing? Because the gospel 712 00:38:32,890 --> 00:38:34,770 S1: changes everything. This is not a way to sit down 713 00:38:34,770 --> 00:38:37,370 S1: and be quiet. In fact, if anything, this conversation should 714 00:38:37,370 --> 00:38:40,770 S1: encourage you to move in exactly the opposite direction. Therein 715 00:38:40,770 --> 00:38:44,530 S1: lies the rub. Commonwealth of Virginia. We have a new governor. Uh, 716 00:38:45,290 --> 00:38:47,370 S1: going to be some issues. Let me just be gracious 717 00:38:47,370 --> 00:38:49,850 S1: and say that. And a bill was introduced by one 718 00:38:49,850 --> 00:38:54,330 S1: state senator by the name of Saddam Aslan Salim. And 719 00:38:54,330 --> 00:38:58,969 S1: the bill has defined Islamophobia as, quote, a malicious prejudice 720 00:38:58,969 --> 00:39:02,529 S1: or hatred directed toward Islam or Muslims. The definition was 721 00:39:02,530 --> 00:39:06,050 S1: designed to apply even if the victim was not actually Muslim, 722 00:39:06,250 --> 00:39:10,410 S1: provided the perpetrator acted based on a perceived oh, that's 723 00:39:10,410 --> 00:39:15,050 S1: difficult perceived adherence to the faith application. Well, the primary 724 00:39:15,090 --> 00:39:19,200 S1: aim was to ensure that incidents motivated by anti-Muslim bias 725 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,960 S1: were explicitly and consistently tracked within the Virginia Department of 726 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:27,640 S1: Police Hate Crime Reporting Central Repository. Oh oh, so it's 727 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:30,840 S1: not just a UK issue or an issue in Wales. 728 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:34,400 S1: This is here in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Well, fortunately 729 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,759 S1: this has been tabled and they're not going to bring 730 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,520 S1: it up again until 2027. I hope we're all raptured 731 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,759 S1: before then. But the point being that again, how do 732 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,080 S1: you begin to define those kinds of words? They're open 733 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:49,160 S1: ended and it's all about perception. So if you're sharing 734 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,920 S1: the gospel of Jesus Christ, if you say that Jesus 735 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,520 S1: is the way, the truth and the life, and no 736 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,560 S1: one comes to the father but by him, are you 737 00:39:55,560 --> 00:40:00,120 S1: impliedly denigrating Muhammad because that is a tenet of Islam? Okay, 738 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,400 S1: so you can see how this becomes a very messy 739 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:06,000 S1: situation in short order. Add to that now a movement 740 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,600 S1: to try to see what we're going to do with 741 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,680 S1: the establishment of Sharia law, which is an over there problem. 742 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:12,680 S1: Except it's not. We're seeing it creep its way here 743 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,399 S1: into the United States on a regular basis. So this week, 744 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:18,469 S1: on Tuesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and 745 00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:22,590 S1: Limited government, held a hearing to probe whether Sharia law 746 00:40:22,710 --> 00:40:26,629 S1: would lead to constitutional violations. The charge is being led 747 00:40:26,630 --> 00:40:30,190 S1: by Chip Roy of Texas. He said tenets of Sharia 748 00:40:30,190 --> 00:40:33,469 S1: are incompatible with the United States and our Constitution. He's 749 00:40:33,469 --> 00:40:37,630 S1: spot on. So lawmakers heard testimony from several different people 750 00:40:37,630 --> 00:40:39,270 S1: who came to talk on the Hill about some of 751 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:43,110 S1: the concerns they had. Uh, representative Randy fine from Florida 752 00:40:43,790 --> 00:40:47,110 S1: introduced a bill in September to ban Sharia law from 753 00:40:47,110 --> 00:40:51,350 S1: the US court system. Fine was emboldened to introduce the 754 00:40:51,350 --> 00:40:55,190 S1: bill because a report reporting that claim that claimed defendants 755 00:40:55,190 --> 00:40:59,150 S1: charged with crimes like domestic violence have used the Quran 756 00:40:59,150 --> 00:41:02,830 S1: in their defense. Some Islamic watchdogs point in part to 757 00:41:02,870 --> 00:41:05,069 S1: the Quran that states a man can, quote, beat a 758 00:41:05,070 --> 00:41:09,110 S1: disobedient woman as a legitimate defense to avoid criminal punishment. 759 00:41:09,110 --> 00:41:12,790 S1: So it was an absolutely fascinating hearing, uh, on how 760 00:41:12,830 --> 00:41:15,470 S1: dangerous this is, how insidious this is, and quite frankly, 761 00:41:15,469 --> 00:41:18,450 S1: how it's working its way into the culture like an 762 00:41:18,450 --> 00:41:21,009 S1: odious fog. There's a lot there, Craig. Unpack it. 763 00:41:21,410 --> 00:41:26,170 S13: Well, let's talk about Sharia law. Uh, well, what's wrong with. And, 764 00:41:26,810 --> 00:41:29,210 S13: you know, this is a this is the argument. What's 765 00:41:29,210 --> 00:41:36,570 S13: wrong with Muslims having, uh, their own idea of morality 766 00:41:36,610 --> 00:41:41,529 S13: enforced in their community? Uh, well, let's define community. Uh, 767 00:41:41,530 --> 00:41:46,090 S13: if you mean in the households. Um, yes, to a point. 768 00:41:46,610 --> 00:41:49,610 S13: On the other hand, we have laws against killing and 769 00:41:49,650 --> 00:41:55,969 S13: honor killing is still a crime. Um, so religion has, 770 00:41:56,810 --> 00:42:01,689 S13: you know, a full bodied, uh, opportunity under our constitution 771 00:42:01,690 --> 00:42:08,650 S13: to exist until it involves, uh, public harm or private harm, um, 772 00:42:09,010 --> 00:42:13,489 S13: or violates other, uh, you know, laws that are not 773 00:42:13,489 --> 00:42:17,840 S13: designed necessarily to squelch religion. The problem with Sharia is 774 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:22,400 S13: Islamic communities from here and there want to be able 775 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:29,480 S13: to dispense with civil and criminal laws that are created 776 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:33,200 S13: by local government and state government and federal government, and 777 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:38,080 S13: they want to have a law unto themselves based on Islam. Well, 778 00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,839 S13: that means that they want their own governmental system, their 779 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:45,040 S13: own legal system within the confines of the United States, 780 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:53,200 S13: almost like an immune territory within America. Obviously that's unconstitutional. Obviously, 781 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:58,040 S13: that's a problem for law enforcement, and obviously it presents 782 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:05,040 S13: opportunities for abuse. I mentioned the honor killing issue. So, uh, I, 783 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:09,239 S13: I think Sharia law poses a problem when it's not 784 00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:12,080 S13: just I want to be able to exercise my beliefs 785 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:15,830 S13: in my home that don't harm anyone or violate any laws. 786 00:43:16,110 --> 00:43:18,589 S13: That's one thing. But it's another thing to say I 787 00:43:18,590 --> 00:43:23,310 S13: want a Sharia judge to be able to use Islamic 788 00:43:23,310 --> 00:43:26,430 S13: law to decide whether or not someone is punished, whether 789 00:43:26,430 --> 00:43:29,590 S13: someone has violated a law, and to regulate our, quote, 790 00:43:29,630 --> 00:43:35,510 S13: community within the civic communities in the United States. We 791 00:43:35,630 --> 00:43:40,750 S13: to create a separate religious state within our government is 792 00:43:40,750 --> 00:43:43,589 S13: not only unconstitutional. I think it's dangerous. 793 00:43:43,830 --> 00:43:46,870 S1: And we share this conversation with you not because we're 794 00:43:46,870 --> 00:43:50,390 S1: about fomenting fear, but because we've been called for such 795 00:43:50,390 --> 00:43:53,469 S1: a time as this. And this is where discernment and 796 00:43:53,469 --> 00:43:57,310 S1: maturing in our faith becomes very important. Look, he's not 797 00:43:57,350 --> 00:43:59,629 S1: willing that any should perish, but that all should come 798 00:43:59,630 --> 00:44:02,989 S1: to repentance. So the field says Ray comfort, shared with 799 00:44:02,989 --> 00:44:05,550 S1: us earlier this week, are white with harvest. But as always, 800 00:44:05,550 --> 00:44:09,029 S1: the laborers are few. So we believe in this pluralistic 801 00:44:09,030 --> 00:44:10,870 S1: idea that you come to the United States, you should 802 00:44:10,870 --> 00:44:13,150 S1: have the right to believe whatever you want. That same 803 00:44:13,150 --> 00:44:16,009 S1: right for someone else to believe. Whatever they want is 804 00:44:16,010 --> 00:44:18,250 S1: enshrined in the same right. That gives me the opportunity 805 00:44:18,250 --> 00:44:20,649 S1: to share with someone else what I believe. You can't 806 00:44:20,650 --> 00:44:22,969 S1: force them to believe you don't convert or die. You 807 00:44:22,969 --> 00:44:25,890 S1: don't change the jurisprudence system. You don't put on a 808 00:44:25,930 --> 00:44:27,890 S1: hijab in a school because that's a tenant of a 809 00:44:27,890 --> 00:44:30,690 S1: particular religion. You don't tell people they can't have dogs 810 00:44:30,690 --> 00:44:35,169 S1: because it's anti-Islamic, but it explains the necessity for us 811 00:44:35,170 --> 00:44:38,210 S1: to get out there and to influence and to occupy. 812 00:44:38,250 --> 00:44:40,810 S1: So again, it's not an over there problem. It is 813 00:44:40,810 --> 00:44:43,330 S1: a right here and now problem. So pray for those 814 00:44:43,330 --> 00:44:47,810 S1: in authority to have a constitutional understanding, to be winsome 815 00:44:47,810 --> 00:44:51,529 S1: and sensitive, but by the same token, to not acquiesce 816 00:44:51,530 --> 00:44:55,569 S1: under again this cudgel that says you're being racist if 817 00:44:55,610 --> 00:44:58,810 S1: you don't comply. No, that that is absolutely a false 818 00:44:58,810 --> 00:45:02,489 S1: argument designed to do nothing more than silence you. We 819 00:45:02,489 --> 00:45:04,330 S1: do this for another hour. I hope you can stick around. 820 00:45:04,330 --> 00:45:06,370 S1: If not, have a great weekend. We'll see you next 821 00:45:06,370 --> 00:45:08,450 S1: time on In the market with Janet Parshall.