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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, October 17, 1980
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Mr. Armstrong, thank you so much for this opportunity.
greatly appreciated.
It has been
Britton M. Taylor
Mr. Armstrong: Our deepest appreciation for the finest refreshing
program!
Thank you so much!
Ron and Rosemary Wallen
Many, many thanks for these sessions, Mr. Armstrong. They've been
most inspiring.
Clarence and Billie Kay Huse
Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity to gain this knowl
edge.
Arvine Walton
Thank you Mr. Armstrong for this great program. It is really help
ful and beneficial. We appreciate your instituting the refreshing
program.
Art and Linda Dyer
--JOE TKACH, MINISTERIAL SERVICES
DEUKMEJIAN DROPS SUIT AGAINST GOD'S CHURCH
It's official! God's Church is no longer engaged in a legal head-to-head
with California's attorney general. Tuesday, October 14th, Attorney Gen
eral George Deukmejian announced that he was dismissing the state's suit
initiated nearly 22 months ago!
Without fanfare the attorney general said that actions against the World
wide Church of God (and several other California churches) were being
dropped. Pasadena area brethren reacted with a great deal of jubilation
upon hearing the news. The following day Mr. Rader spoke to a packed
house in the Auditorium and recounted to employees and students how the
battle and this milestone case ended abruptly. Immediately following the
employee forum, he proceded to the Grand Lobby of the Auditorium where he
answered questions posed by a battery of reporters from the electronic
and print media.
Mr. Rader explained that on September 30, 1980 Senate Bill No. 1493 was
signed into law by Governor Brown. It provides that the Attorney General
of the State of California shall have no powers with respect to religious
corporations (except for a few specific areas clearly defined) to super
vise or monitor church affairs in the State of California.
"We of the Worldwide Church of God supported Senate
Bill
1493,'' said Mr.
Rader.
"We were--and are--firmly convinced that it provides a protection
badly needed by California's religious organizations and churches. The
First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is plainly appli
cable to the States by reason of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitu
tion, but for nearly two years our Church has been engaged in a legal de
fense of that important right on behalf of ourselves and others."