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Salute to Our American Heroes this Memorial Day Weekend

May 23, 2015 by TMLC

This Memorial Day Weekend is a time to remember the fallen heroes throughout our nation’s history “who gave the last full measure of devotion” to their nation.

“As we honor their memory today, let us pledge that their lives, their sacrifices, their valor shall be justified and remembered for as long as God gives life to this nation.” Ronald Reagan

Mere words cannot capture the enormity of their sacrifice or the anguish of loved ones they left behind.

On this Memorial Day weekend remember and pray for our troops who are now in harm’s way. And pray for their families and loved ones as they endure the hardship and uncertainty of deployment. Always remember:

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” George Orwell

I close this Memorial Day message with a favorite poem by Marine Chaplain Father Dennis Edward O’Brien, which pays tribute to our courageous soldiers for their service in protecting the fundamental liberties guaranteed by our Constitution:

It is the Soldier

It is the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.

It is the soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the soldier, who salutes the flag,
who serves under the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Sincerely,

Richard Thompson

President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center

P.S. For information on the history of Memorial Day in the United States click here.

Despite Opposition from Fellow Students, Voice for Life Continues its Uncompromising Fight for the Unborn

April 17, 2015 by TMLC

Proving that courage and persistence pays, the John Hopkins University student group, Voice for Life refused to take no for an answer after they were denied the right to display fetal models during the University’s Spring Fair. Although the model display has been a fixture of the University’s Spring Fair for decades, this year, a student committee and its faculty advisers determined that the display “contains triggering and disturbing images and content.”

However, after being contacted by Fox News, the student committee capitulated and informed Voice for Life by e-mail that the display would be allowed.

Andrew Guernsey, Voice for Life’s president, commented “I certainly find it ironic that a university that has dedicated itself to the advancement of medicine and biology would find displaying medically accurate fetal models disturbing and offensive.”Kudos to all the student members of Voice for Life and their president Andrew Guernsey. Voice for Life has come a long way since having to battle for University recognition back in the spring of 2013.

You may recall that in the spring of 2013, the John Hopkins University’s Student Government Association attempted to deny recognition to the pro-life student group Voice for Life deeming the group’s activities “harassing,” “offensive,” and comparable to a “White supremacist organization.” At the request of Andrew Guernsey, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) stepped in immediately. In a 5-page letter to the officials at Johns Hopkins TMLC explained why the student group should be recognized under the University’s own policy supporting the free expression of ideas.

Less than a week later, the University’s Student Government Association backed down and offered recognition to Voice for Life. At the time I commented that this was a great example of courageous students facing tremendous opposition, sticking to their deeply held pro-life principles and advancing those principles based on their right to free speech so deeply engrained in our culture and enshrined in our constitution.

Voice for Life continues to serve as a courageous example of pro-life youth. In just two years, Voice for Life won the University’s “Best New Group” award, created rich dialogue about a presentation by radical pro-abortion activist Gloria Steinem, and brought powerful presentations and demonstrations to campus about the horrors of abortion. The students also continue to conduct sidewalk counseling outside of a local abortion clinic and run the pregnancy resource website PregnantAtJHU.org.

Bill O’Reilly Declares: “The Holy War Is Here” – Challenges Our Nation’s Religious Leaders (Must see Videos)

February 18, 2015 by TMLC

During the Talking Points segment of last night’s show, Bill O’Reilly, angry over President Obama’s downplaying of ISIS’s beheading of 21 Coptic Christians, declared “The Holy War is Here.”

Later in the show, Bill asked the American people to email the President and say “enough.”

He also challenged our Nation’s religious leaders: “I’m calling for every cleric in the country to address this with their congregations next Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They have to say that we people of good faith must tell our leaders to get in gear. I’d like to see every cleric in this country to do that! I want every pastor, every priest, every imam, and every rabbi to email me personally and tell me you’re going to do that. I’ll read as many on the air as I can.”

The Holy War Begins

Priests, pastors and clerics should honor Bill’s request.The Thomas More Law Center knows about leading from the front. Since 2002, TMLC has initiated and funded more cases challenging the Stealth Jihad being waged against America than any other public interest law firm in the nation.Please consider making a donation to the Thomas More Law Center to continue the fight to stop the stealth jihad in America.

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A Slap in the Face – Marines Ordered to Destroy their Weapons as the Yemen Embassy is Surrendered

February 12, 2015 by TMLC

Adding another slap in the face to our military, the US State Department ordered Marines guarding our Yemen embassy to abandon their vehicles and destroy all weapons as they left, thus signaling a surrender anathema to any Marine.

We have three anti-military and antiwar leaders now supposedly defending our national security and determining our strategy in the Middle East: President Obama, Secretary of State Kerry and Secretary of Defense Hagel.

Initial reports quoting Pentagon spokesperson Army Col. Steve Warren stated that machine guns and all crew served weapons were destroyed at the embassy prior to evacuation while personal weapons were turned over or otherwise left behind. However, after these reports raised alarm that Houthi rebels in the region had seized the surrendered weapons, a new statement was issued which stated that in fact all personal weapons were destroyed by sledgehammer at the airport where the Marine force was evacuated by a civilian aircraft.

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In a speech on ISIL last September, President Obama stated his goal was to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIL. It seems that his policy could be more accurately stated as degrading and ultimately destroying our military. And the Islamic terrorists will have a propaganda field day with our latest surrender.

This isn’t the first time the US has waved the white flag of surrender over our embassies. In July 2014, we surrendered our embassy in Tripoli, Libya and in February 2012 our embassy in Damascus, Syria. Moreover, in the summer of 2013, we temporarily closed 21 embassies in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

But never has Obama and Kerry’s State Department literally demanded the disarming of Marines in violation of their Rifleman’s Creed.

The Houthi rebels, backed by Iranian Islamic militants, caused the collapse of the pro-US central government in Yemen in January 2015. Prior to their overthrow, the Yemeni government had been an ally in the fight against Al Qaeda. Yesterday, thousands of Houthi supporters marched through the streets shouting “Death to America.” And just this week, reports have been confirmed that some Al Qaeda aligned Islamic fighters in Yemen are now pledging their loyalty to ISIS.

These are the men that our Commander-in-Chief and his administration refuse to call Islamic terrorists. In fact, this past September, Obama held Yemen up as a “success story” for dealing with terrorists, suggesting that our strategies there could defeat ISIS. Now, not only has a new group of anti-American Islamic militants forced our surrender, but the administration has joined them in insulting our Marines in the process by demanding they violate their rifleman’s creed.

We have many retired military officers, including Generals, speaking out against the President’s dismantling of our military and degrading of our national security. I know it is a difficult personal decision, but some active duty Pentagon Generals should consider publicly resigning in disgust and protest.

VIDEO – Father is Banned from School Property; Daughter Gets Failing Grade for Refusing Islamic Indoctrination – The Thomas More Law Center Steps In

November 20, 2014 by TMLC

Quarterly Report – 2014 3^rd Quarter

October 23, 2014 by TMLC

October 23, 2014

These are indeed tumultuous times. And I want you to know we remain steadfast in our fight to maintain our Judeo Christian heritage and moral values. This Third Quarter Report is a small representation of the work our staff is doing. We plan on filing several new cases in the Fourth Quarter

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God bless you. God bless America.

Sincerely,