LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2012 /
Christian Newswire/ -- On Friday, March 23 from noon to 1 p.m. concerned citizens will hold a Rally for Religious Freedom at Edward R. Roybal Federal Building to voice public opposition to the Obama administration's Health and Human Services Mandate. The HHS Mandate forces all employers, even religious institutions such as Christian hospitals and universities, to offer contraceptives, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs through their health plans, contrary to their religious beliefs and doctrines.
What: Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally
When: Friday, March 23, noon to 1 p.m.
Where: Edward R. Roybal Federal Building, 255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles
Who: 100s of Citizens opposed to President Obama's HHS Mandate
Los Angeles is joining over 130 other cities across the country for the March 23 nationwide Stand Up for Religious Freedom rallies, including New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Phoenix, Washington D.C. and Miami. Find more information at
Standupforreligiousfreedom.com/press.
The Los Angeles Religious Freedom Rally has been organized by Jeff White and Cheryl Conrad of Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust. Special guest speakers include include:
Rev. Jeff White, Founder of Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust
Fr. John Higgins, St. Raymonds Church, Downey
Fr. Peter Irving, Holy Innocents, Long Beach
Bishop Kessler, Charismatic Episcopal Church
Pastor Tom Cizmar, Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Pastor Al Howard, His Nesting Place, a home for unwed mothers
Anna Madrid, Hispanics for Life
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Director of B.O.N.D
Jesse Romero, Catholic Christian Evangelist, Retired L.A.S.D.
"This rally is intended to draw attention to the injustice of the federal government's riding rough-shod over the conscience of American citizens as we seek to generate even stronger national opposition to the HHS Mandate-a ruling already opposed by millions of Americans," said Jeff White. "We pledge to work for its ultimate reversal."
White continued, "The HHS mandate actually seeks to define what constitutes religious ministry in its narrowly crafted so-called exemption. This sort of government intrusion must be opposed. This is not about the issue of contraception-this is about protecting religious liberty as it is enshrined in the United States Constitution."
