Religious Right to Battle Against Gays & Dark Powers

Organizers of “The Call,” a kind of youth-oriented spin-off of the Promise Keepers on the National Mall in 2000, said the D.C. location wasn’t about influencing politics but about “fasting and prayer for the benefit of the nation.” But as “The Call” continued over the years as an itinerant stadium show, that apolitical evangelism attitude apparently wore off. Founder Lou Engle described his goals for an August 16 rally on the National Mall to OneNewsNow:

There is good reason to make a plea for heaven’s intervention, he says. “Just to see what’s taking place in California: redefinition of marriage, the next thing is transgender marriage,” Engle laments. “This is part of what’s going on, let alone with DC and the elections coming up.”

He includes an election-related issue that surfaces now and then — judicial appointments. “I believe it’s a defining moment of who the next judges are,” says Engle. “Those judges are going to help shape the future of America unless something happens. We desperately need heaven right now.”

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