Americans nationwide will rally for religious freedom again next month, just 17 days before the election.
Eric Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League has organized two earlier national rallies to point to the erosion of religious freedom in America.
"Well, we've seen with the success of our Stand Up For Religious Freedom Rallies in March and June that getting people out to speak out against this pernicious mandate from the federal government, requiring employers to provide free contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs in their health plans, has been a really powerful way to resist this thing and to spread the message that there is no war on women, but there is a war on religious freedom going on in this country," Scheidler tells OneNewsNow.
The administration at first refused to change the healthcare mandate, then slightly modified the policy. But by standards expressed by many Christian and religious freedom groups, it still infringes on constitutionally-protected rights.
"We are going to be out there in the public square on October 20th calling for a change in this policy and for our religious freedoms to be protected through all the acts of our government, especially when it comes to this very important issue of healthcare," Scheidler announces.
More than 100 cities in three dozen states have signed up to participate so far, and Scheidler expects many more by the date of the rallies.