FRC Endorses Bill to Restore Free Speech Protection for Churches

"The Family Research Council considers this a priority and will work
towards the passage of this important legislation .

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Every American should have the right
to participate freely in our democracy and electoral process according to his
or her own conscience.

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Her idea was the Harlem Week of Prayer for the Healing
of AIDS.

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"One of the enduring lessons Dr. This bill is an
important defense of the basic right of free speech, and will help restore the
voice of religious leaders in America.

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Family Research
Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement endorsing the
free speech bill:

"Throughout American history, the clergy have served a vital role in
speaking to the moral issues of the day.

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on newsstands now-features such women as Iman, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett ,
Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah. Seele, founder and CEO, The Balm In Gilead. "Prayer is my birthright .

'This Bill is an Important Defense of the Basic Right of Free
Speech and Will Help Restore the Voice of Religious
Leaders in America,' Says FRC's Tony Perkins

WASHINGTON, Today, at a press conference on
Capitol Hill, Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) announced the reintroduction of
the Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act (HR 235).

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In HIV/AIDS, the organization's strategy is to build the capacity
of faith communities to provide services, education and support networks for
all people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS . With the threat of using the tax
code, churches and other houses of worship are scared into silence on matters
of public morality because of sensitivity to political restrictions and the
fear that the IRS will revoke their churches' tax exempt status.

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After receiving a Master of Science degree from
Clark Atlanta University, she relocated to New York to work as a researcher at
Rockefeller University .
The Balm In Gilead(TM) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization
with an international mission to address health disparities, specifically
HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer, as experienced by people of the African
Diaspora.

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"The Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act will restore free
speech protections to our nation's houses of worship.

The official name of this Pentecostal church body is 'Christian Church of North America, General Council.

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NEW YORK, During the celebration of its 35th
anniversary, Essence Magazine, the premiere magazine for African American
women, named 35 of their "most beautiful women in the world. "Witness the rich variety of women whose beauty mirrors
the depth of your own," she adds of this month's May issue.," said Seele."
Seele's rich spiritual experiences in the South supported her idea of how
to encourage Harlem 's pastors, Imams and spiritual advisors to pray, educate
their congregations, and provide compassionate support to persons infected and
affected by HIV/AIDS.

' This denomination arose in 1907 from the Pentecostal movement among Italian-speaking Christians in Chicago.

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"This was painful to me because the Harlem community is rich
not only in culture, but there is a house of worship on every corner .

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"These women exemplify the ways Essence has defined what it means to be a
beautiful Black woman: spirited and spiritual," said Susan L."
Pernessa C. After years in medical research, she decided to move
into the AIDS arena by becoming one of the first AIDS educators hired by the
City of New York to develop educational programs to address this new disease
that was beginning to grip the African American community.

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Pernessa C. Seele Founder and CEO of The Balm In Gilead Inc.(TM ) Named as One of Thirty-Five Most Beautiful Women by Essence Magazine

I had no idea that a little idea that God placed in
my heart in 1989 would make my dream of being in Essence Magazine come true ,"
states Seele. Martin Luther King taught is the power a
religious community can have in society .

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I always knew the miraculous power of
'prayer changes things'.

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King's example and exercise their
right to speak out on morality and the vital issues of the day.

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Of course, I did not know how it could ever happen to
me. Pastors today
should have that same freedom to follow Dr.

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He spoke as a minister of the Word
and used churches and church communities to change our culture.

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Essence 's list also includes a Nobel Peace
Laureate, a poet, a college president, politicians and women whose names you
might not hear everyday, but whose work impacts the lives of women around the
world such as Pernessa C. Seele grew up in Lincolnville, South Carolina; an all Black
town 20 miles from Charleston. In recent years, an effort has been
made to muzzle free speech in churches.

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Taylor, Essence
Editorial Director. "I would look through my Essence Magazine in total
amazement that women who looked just like me could be so beautiful, spiritual,
powerful and embracing! Silently , I always dreamed that maybe one day I could
be in Essence magazine. In April 2005, the organization forged an unprecedented partnership
with the national women's missionary societies of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church to provide education and services related
to HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer.

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newscom . "When I was 17
years old, I embraced my first Essence Magazine at Clark College in Atlanta,
Ga . Upon receiving national attention, Seele's Harlem-based idea was
expanded into The Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS, a
national program, now in its 16th year with an outreach of over 15,000 and
considered the largest AIDS awareness campaign targeting the African American
faith community.

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The Balm In Gilead's
pioneering achievements have enabled thousands of faith institutions globally,
including those within the African American community, Cote d' Ivoire,
Nigeria , Kenya and Tanzania to become leaders in HIV prevention, treatment and
care.

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At Harlem
Hospital , Seele was shocked to face the realities of so many women, men and
babies in the hospital with no apparent visits from family members, pastors or
church members. Seele established The Balm In Gilead as an organization to
support the successful mobilization of African American churches to address
HIV/AIDS.

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