Ann Coulter defends Brit Hume's First Amendment Rights, not for being a reporter, but for being a Christian! When I was growing up in the USA, I never believed that it would become necessary to defend people's rights to say what they believe. That's right, I grew up in the 60's when college students expressed their right to free speech, ya know - Berkeley, Haight Ashbury and all those riots where buildings were burned and police pelted with bricks.
I guess I missed the headlines where Christians have held guns to the heads of others, while forcing them to accept the faith or die by the sword. So why don't Christians have the same rights as the hippies of the 60's? What have they done to need defending? Christians committed the crime of violating the political correctness directive of "I'm Okay, You're Okay." They erred by speaking the truth about man's condition.
What is man's condition? Man is a sinner in need of redemption. See, Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." None of us is able to be 100%, infallibly perfect; and without that level of being set apart from sin, we cannot stand in God's presence. Why? Because God cannot tolerate any speck of sin. So He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins. Those very sins Jesus carried for us (See Isaiah 53) to provide the redemption needed to enter God's presence and live. The truth cannot be tolerated.
What is truth? Pilate, the Roman Governor, asked Jesus Christ that very question when condemning Christ to death. Jesus Christ said, "I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man comes to the Father but by Me." John 14:6.
So thank you Brit and thank you Ann for your willingness to be counted among those of us who love freedom and more than that love our Redeemer. See Ann Coulter's article at: http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=349
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