Faith & Action recently staged the first ever live Christmas Nativity Scene infront of the Supreme Court and across the street from the US Capitol to encourage similar displays around the country. “If we don’t exercise our First Amendment liberties regularly and boldly, we’re bound to lose them,” said Rev. Rob Schenck.

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Recent eyewitness to desert war memorial says federal courts making mountain out of molehill

Rev. Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK), who recently visited the controversial Mojave Desert war memorial that’s constitutionality will be considered by the US Supreme Court this Wednesday, Oct 7, will hold a news conference with attorneys and other religious leaders Tuesday, Oct 6, at 11:00 AM.

Rev. Schenck’s organization, Faith and Action, filed a brief in the impending case Salazar vs. Buono, arguing the simple cross along a lonely stretch of desert road comports with the Constitution and reflects long-held American traditions

A federal district court and appeals court ruled against the cross made of common pipes and ordered it covered with a plywood box.

After driving into the desert to see the cross for himself, Rev. Schenck said, “This small, unimposing, humble, almost makeshift tribute to America’s fallen heroes has stood quietly in the desert for 75 years. Because of the complaint of one person, the federal courts have wasted thousands of tax dollars and critical man-hours making a mountain out of a molehill.”

Wednesday’s news conference will take place in front of another contested monument in the garden of the ministry center operated by Faith and Action. Schenck fought a legal battle with the District of Columbia that claimed the 3-foot sculpture of the Ten Commandments violated the so-called “separation of church and state.” Schenck and his group won that contest when the DC Legal Department conceded he had a right under the First Amendment to display the timeless words.

Schenck will also participate in a prayer service in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning just before he goes inside to take his reserved seat for the arguments.

Details:

News Conference on Mojave Desert War Memorial Cross Supreme Court Case (Salazar vs. Buono)

Tuesday, October 6, 11:00 Am

Front garden of Faith and Action Ministry House, 109 2nd St, NE, Washington, DC 20002

Participating: President of National Clergy Council and Faith and Action Rev. Rob Schenck (Amici), Constitutional attorney and author of case brief, Bernard Reese, National Director of Christian Defense Coalition Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney and other religious liberty advocates

Prayer service for Supreme Court justices

Wednesday, October 7, 9:00 AM

Sidewalk in front of West Steps of the US Supreme Court

Participating, National Clergy Council president Rev. Rob Schenck, National Director of Christian Defense Coalition Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney and other religious leaders and First Amendment advocates

For more information or interviews contact Peggy Nienaber of Faith and Action at 202-546-8329, ext 104, peggy@faithandaction.org or mobile 202-236-0953.

The Mojave Desert cross is now obscured under threat from a Supreme Court lawsuit.

The Mojave Desert Cross, erected in 1934 as a memorial in honor of the brave men and women who gave their lives to defend freedom during the First World War, has been officially designated by Congress as a War Memorial. However, the ACLU has declared that this cross is an offensive religious symbol on government land that violates the Constitution, and they want it removed!

This case has now reached the US Supreme Court. If the ACLU succeeds in tearing down the Mojave Desert Cross, no religious symbol on public land will be safe!

We need at least 50,000 Americans to join their voices together to tell the justices to protect the Mojave Desert Cross. Please click here to sign our petition and fill in the form to add your signature. Then forward the petition to five of your family, friends, and fellow worshippers.

Also, you may click here for a digital copy of Faith & Action’s amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court.

The US Supreme Court, whose building sits immediately across the street from the ministry center of

Rob Schenck directly center behind Sonia Sotomayor during Senate hearing.

Faith and Action, is about to change markedly. This week Judge Sonia Sotomayor is expected to be confirmed by the US Senate as the next sitting associate justice on the High Court. The seat she will occupy was vacated after the retirement of Justice David Souter.

“Judge Sotomayor has a very different personality from Justice Souter,” said Rob Schenck, who met the nominee during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Justice Souter was a reserved, almost reclusive, reticent New Englander. Judge Sotomayor is a passionate and outspoken New Yorker to the core. My father was born in Manhattan, my mother’s from Brooklyn and I served my first church in Queens. I know what that means, a very different temperament indeed.”

The Supreme Court forms an important part of the mission focus of Faith and Action. Rev. Schenck expects to be with the presumptive Justice Sotomayor many times in sometimes intimate settings.

“I think we’ll get along nicely,” said Rev. Schenck. “I certainly be pray that’s the case, and that we’ll have many meaningful conversations about important things.”