republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

If you don’t think the American Evangelical Intelligentsia would
sell their birthright for a bit of peace and prosperity, you don’t know
them. They are sniveling, weak, effeminate men without spinal columns,
courage, or guts. They are shells of humanity, with the good stuff taken
out and replaced with cream puffery.
When Pulpit & Pen discovered that the National Association of Evangelicals had secretly embraced an expansion of gay rights
in exchange for promises of religious liberty, I thought I couldn’t see
much worse. And then I saw the information I’m about to give to you and
I saw that, as always, it could get much, much worse.

Let me give you a disclaimer. Of all my years following Russell
Moore, the ERLC, and the progressive-liberal intellectuals who are
subversively driving evangelicalism to the hard-left, this might be the worst thing I have seen to date. And given my knowledge of the ERLC and their chicanery, that’s saying something.
Coming across my Google alerts, I saw an article by Richard Ostling
which highlighted what I feel to be the most over-looked news story of
2018. On November 29, a group of evangelicals led by the SBC’s Russell
Moore and the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) president,
Leith Anderson, joined with a group of non-Christians and cultists in
the name of religious
liberty. These include Seventh Day Adventists, Marc Stern of the
American Jewish Committee, various Roman Catholics, Buddhists, Sikhs,
and Hindus. Also partnering with Russell Moore and the NAE are
President Sayyid Syeed of the Islamic Society of North America and
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, co-founder of Zaytuna College, Islam’s first accredited liberal arts college in America.
As Ostling points out in his article,
the typical mainstream denomination leftists you would expect to lead
the way in such ecumenical enterprises haven’t even signed onto the
document yet. But Russell Moore and the NAE are leading the way.
Ostling points out that the document takes no stance on important ethical issues:

The charter has won a notably
varied list of initial endorsers because it purposely avoids taking
stands on the “sometimes bitter debates” over how to apply these
principles, in particular clashes between religious traditionalists and
the LGBTQ community. Think Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado. Says the
charter, “although it is not always possible to uphold both
non-discrimination and religious liberty claims in particular cases,
both claims should be taken seriously, and both sides should seek common
ground.”

What the “American Charter on Freedom of Religion and Conscience”
does is – like the NAE document reported on earlier today – surrender
our rights to act according to our religion for the concession to merely ideologically hold to our religion. It’s nothing short of treasonous.
The document basically says, “Make us do anything you want, as long as you let us believe what we want.”
The five-thousand-word document is available via pdf here.
The goal of the document, according to its introduction, is
everything you would expect a feckless, cowering, ecumenical claptrap
would be:

Their aim is to restore civility
to public discourse on religion and freedom of religion and conscience
in America; explore the meaning and value of freedom of religion and
conscience as a foundation of American democracy and national and global
prosperity; and build a multi-faith, non-partisan coalition working to
affirm freedom of religion and conscience as a vital safeguard for
people of all faiths and none.

The document’s goal is to promote a form of globalism by gutting
America of its theological underpinnings, minimizing its Christian
heritage and over-emphasizing its committment to pluralism. The document
reads:

In a world of strong and
undeniable diversity, all imposed absolutisms, coercive universalisms,
and movements of religious and secular ideological cleansing are the
open enemies of freedom, equality, and justice for all.

The document seems to emphasize secularism, and goes well beyond supporting a separation of church and state.
I’ve read this document thoroughly, and let me tell you, there is a
100% reason to assume that the signers of this statement – from
everything written therein – would support both gay marriage and
abortion in the name of “religious freedom.” Zero doubt…none.
No doubt the Islamists eagerly signed onto the documents because of statements like this one:

We are opposed, therefore, to any governmental
policy that would discriminate against individuals or groups based on
their religion. Likewise, we reject rhetoric and actions by governmental
leaders and others that demonize individuals or faith communities based
on their religion or that hold entire faith groups collectively
responsible for the evil deeds of a few.

What’s in view, probably, would be policies
like that threatened by President Trump, which would place a temporary
moratorium on immigrants from primarily Islamic nations who want to
destroy the United States. We know what side Russell Moore and the
Soros-funded Evangelical Immigration Table were on in that debate, and
they’re the same ones signing this document.

The document places oppressive religions like Islam in the same
category as Christianity and credits them all with equal contributions
to the American way of life:

In America, religion helped to
spur the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage, and the Civil Rights
Movement. We also acknowledge, however, that some have at times used
religious claims in support of prejudice, oppression, or violence. But
the majority of individuals and communities motivated by faith have
provided an overall thrust in America toward grassroots civic renewal
and progress. Throughout our history, people of faith have empowered
robust charitable giving and caring, essential educational institutions
and initiatives, and vigorous political criticism and reform. These acts
of kindness, charity, and service have unleashed the power of social
innovation and entrepreneurship and have enriched our civic life
immeasurably.

The document is clearly the most ecumenical document I’ve ever read,
and perhaps has ever been attempted in the history of man. It reads:

It does not attempt to ground
unity and civility in enforced conformity concerning the substance of
particular religious or secular doctrines. Rather, this covenant secures
unity and civility on the basis of voluntary agreement on foundational
moral and political principles—principles of human dignity and human
rights.

Let me ask you, Christian reader, from where comes our belief in
human rights? Is it not in the Imago Dei? Is that not a uniquely
Christian doctrine altogether unshared by Buddhists or Sikhs? From where
comes the concept of morality? Can you acquire morality without theism?
Is there a “secular” foundation of ethics? If there was a coherent
foundation of secular ethics, could Christians ever agree as to what was
in substance ethical?

Refuse. Utter refuse.
The document has the gall to quote Jefferson, Madison, the Federalist
Papers, and Alexis De Tocqueville. Ostensibly, this is to send the
message to the undiscerning reader that their statement is just a
continuance of some grand American tradition. It is not. This document is a great betrayal of the grand American tradition.
According to Tocqueville, America’s committment to Christianity is responsible for its national exceptionalism, saying, “There
is no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a
greater influence over the souls of men than in America, and there can
be no greater proof of its utility and of its conformity to human nature
than that its influence is powerfully felt over the most enlightened
and free nation of the earth.”
He continued:

The safeguard of morality is religion, and morality is the best security of law as well as the surest pledge of freedom.
The
Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so
intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive
the one without the other.
Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts-the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.
Alexis De Tocqueville

This, of course, is precisely the opposite sentiment of this horrible ecumenical document.
What the American Charter document demonstrates is that for Russell
Moore and the Evangelical Intelligentsia, there are no limits on
ecumenism. They will hold hands with anyone and everyone in the name of
living a little bit longer under an oppressive globalist regime they’re
personally helping to empower.
[Editor’s Note: Contributed by JD Hall]

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