2010 California Election Forum

Millions were spent to defeat Proposition 4

The November initiative known as Sarah’s Law, Proposition 4 (click here for information) would have prohibited abortion for unemancipated minors until 48 hours after the physician notifies the minor’s parent, legal guardian or, if parental abuse has been reported, an alternate adult family member.

Opponents of Proposition 4 spent $8 million. The top contributors include:

• Planned Parenthood, $4,485,000
• California Teachers Association, $450,000
• California Family Health Council, $80,000
• ACLU, $60,000

Other opponents include:

• California Nurses Association
• California Medial Association
• National Organization of Women
• California Democratic Party

More investment losses may be added to the taxpayers’ tab

The City of Vallejo filed for bankruptcy last year. Is your city next?

Many cities have overextended themselves with frivolous spending, growing bureaucracy and overly generous government union contracts. And the taxpayer is left holding the bag.

Now, under the radar, another city crisis is brewing!

California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is now letting cities in California know that their investment fund for 1.6 million workers lost about 25% (close to $300 billion) due to stock losses and highly leveraged and irresponsible real estate speculation.

Taxpayers may have to cover these losses for city employees’ guaranteed government benefits.

If your city is in trouble, email me at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Christianity is a death sentence in many parts of the world

Open Doors USA, an international nonprofit ministry, has released its early report on the worst governments for persecution of Christians:

1. North Korea
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Iran
4. Afghanistan
5. Somalia
6. Maldives
7. Yemen
8. Laos
9. Eritrea
10. Uzbekistan

Over 100 million Christians worldwide suffer intimidation, interrogation, arrest and execution for their faith in Christ.

Government prohibits religious practice

Burma, a repressive Buddhist state, has ordered a stop to all Christian services held in residential homes.

The use of religious home studies has grown since Burma stopped issuing building permits for churches in the 1990s. Pray for our Burmese brothers and sisters in Christ.

Brutal killings continue

Christians in Mosul are still being targeted for death. They need your prayers.

Although it is difficult to state how many Iraqi Christians are in the country, the number, prior to the fall of Saddam Hussein, was around 550,000.

Violence targeting Christians has caused many to leave the country. Church leaders in Iraq conservatively estimate that almost 75,000 Christians live outside Iraq in Syria, Jordan or in the West and that another 75,000 Christians live outside northern Iraq.

That means less than 400,000 Christians remain in Iraq.

Recently, almost 500 Iraqi Christians, including pastors and priests, have been murdered because of their faith. Even more Christians have been kidnapped for money or forced to denounce Christ.

• Again, if the Lord lays it on your heart, I encourage you to help brothers and sisters in Iraq by supporting http://www.assyrianchristians.com/.

Government prohibits missionary work

Christians in Buddhist-dominated Cambodia were officially banned from evangelizing because they “disrupt society.”

Cambodia’s Ministry of Cults and Religions ordered that “Christians are prohibited from visiting people’s houses by knocking on the door and waiting to say ‘the Lord has arrived.’”

Local media reported that Christian missionaries are accused of offering cakes and other sweets to children in exchange for their conversion to Christianity.

Church groups also offer food, clothing and free English lessons as a means to introduce people to Christianity.

And the directive directly bans using money or other means to persuade people to convert.

There are less than 70,000 Christians, mostly Catholics, and only about 170 churches in the Southeast Asian country in 2006. A full 95% of Cambodia’s 14 million citizens are Buddhist.

Please pray for Cambodian Christians, a change in policy and a revival.

How you can help

The number of Christians forced out of Mosel because of targeted attacks is nearing 15,000 people from about 2,500 families. Most are now trying to return.

These are Assyrian Christians, the indigenous people of Iraq.

You can help these persecuted Christians by praying for them and contributing financially to a group that is working with the Iraqi government to protect them.

This group badly needs financial support to help identify and protect the Christian population.

You can learn more and contribute at www.AssyrianChristians.com.

New legislation will greatly restrict Christians

Here are some of the new laws:

• Organizations must disclose all financial information to government authorities
• Literature distribution is illegal
• No private schools
• No private religious faith in schools

Pray for missionaries and Christians in this country.