What is this bleating of sheep?

Victory for Grassroots Lobbying--Bennett Amendment Passes Senate

E-mail January 19, 2007 from >From the HSLDA E-lert Service...

Dear HSLDA Members and Friends,

Last night, the U.S. Senate approved the Bennett amendment by a vote of 55-43. American citizens will remain free to organize and contact their congressional representatives without being forced to comply with federal regulation and oversight.

The Bennett amendment removed section 220, the grassroots lobbying provision, from S. 1. Section 220 would have redefined lobbying to include "paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying." Entities that engaged in grassroots lobbying would have had to comply with all federal lobbying disclosure laws, including registration with Congress and the filing of quarterly reports to Congress, or face serious consequences.

The Bennett amendment would not have passed without the calls and support of you and millions of other concerned citizens. The senators who supported the amendment were very thankful for your calls and credited them with this victory. (Edited by Theophilus)

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There is nothing to celebrate here.

Once again, Christians have demonstrated that they can be led like sheep based on misrepresentation of fact (remember Teri Schaivo?). How many bothered to read SB 1 to see if they were being told the truth (remember the Bereans?)

The only "victory" here is for groups whose existence depends on them being able to raise large sums of money through the exploitation of crises.

Actual language from the dreaded Section 220:
"`(4) FILING BY GRASSROOTS LOBBYING FIRMS- Not later than 45 days after a grassroots lobbying firm first is retained by a client to engage in paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying, such grassroots lobbying firm shall register with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives.'."

So, is HSLDA acknowledging that it is a "lobbying firm?" How about FoF and AFA? If so, who is the "client" by whom they have been "retained" and how much are they being "paid" to influence the "general public?"

Isaiah Chapter 59
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.