Happy Thanksgiving Message of Thanks to Supporters
In a video message to supporters today, Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate expressed appreciation to supporters for two recent victories:
Delgaudio said:
Thank you very much for everything that you've done for me. We have gotten fantastic support from you and are very grateful for that support.
We
have
some
victories.
We
just
won
this
case,
this
is
a
settlement
in
the
Suffolk
School
District
in
Suffolk
City,
Virginia.
We
reported
to
you
earlier
how
we
were
ready
to
defend
and
that
we
would
not
allow
prayer
warriors
to
be
silenced.
A
Prayer
Warrior
was
removed
by
police
force
and
ordered
out
basically
at
the
point
of
a
gun
to
get
out
of
a
school
board
meeting
because
the
chairman
did
not
want
prayers!
Well,
they
settled.
And
she
is
now
allowed
to
pray.
And
she
has
actually
appeared
at
the
school
board
meeting
with
a
prayer,
which
you'll
see
in
the
video
below.
And
it's
a
wonderful
prayer.
She
asks
for
a
blessing,
and
this
is
all
she
was
doing.
She
was
asking
for
a
blessing
from
God.
The
Chairman
of
the
board
walked
out
in
this
case,
ordered
her
to
shut
up.
And
now
today,
when
she
was
actually
brought
in
like
a
vampire,
this
ghoul
left
the
room
because
he
couldn't
face
the
music
of
being
wrong.
Oh,
my
goodness.
He's
wrong.
I
told
him
he
was
wrong.
And
over
20,000
people
in
the
City
of
Suffolk
know
that
he
was
wrong
because
we
put
out
the
video
saying
he
was
wrong.
And
we
made
Angela
Kilgore
the
hero
that
she
is.
Angela
Kilgore,
you
are
a
hero.
And
we
made
sure
that
most
of
the
people
who
are
paying
attention
in
Suffolk
City
know
about
this
through
our
social
media.
Our
videos
were
posted
on
20
platforms,
and
we
received
a
lot
of
feedback
in
Suffolk
City.
A
lot
of
people
know
that
we're
on
the
scene,
and
we're
not
shy
about
supporting
Angela
Kilgore
or
any
of
the
prayer
warriors.
So
she
was
back
and
she
was
praying,
and
they
had
to
let
her
do
it.
And
the
anti-God
members
of
the
school
board
left
the
meeting
as
part
of
the
negotiated
settlement.
We
don't
know.
Maybe
because
they
couldn't
keep
their
mouth
shut.
I
don't
know.
Maybe
because
prayer
would
drive
them
like
a
possessed
demon
out
of
the
room.
I
don't
know.
But
we
took
a
stand,
and
I
want
to
give
a
shout-out
to
the
organization
Founding
Freedom
Law
Center.
They
get
full
credit
for
this.
And
I
want
to
say
that
without
their
decision
to
represent
Angela
Kilgore,
this
wouldn't
have
happened.
But
we
stood
ready.
We
contacted
the
Founding
Freedom
Law
Center,
and
they
knew
we
were
on
standby
to
help
them
with
any
further
litigation.
But
they
did
get
an
agreement
that
they
would
respond.
The
school
board.
Finally,
under
our
pressure,
we
had
over
20,000
people
in
the
city
of
Suffolk
demanding,
essentially
by
their
support
online
to
stop
persecuting
Christians.
So
I
give
credit
to
you,
I
give
credit
to
the
people
who
have
fought
wonderfully
in
Suffolk
City,
and
that
we
will
not
leave
you
out
to
dry.
Our
next
victory
was
along
with
this
recent
settlement
of
prayer
in
the
Suffolk
school
system.
There
is
another
great
victory
in
protecting
religious
liberty
and
the
innocence
of
children.
The
injunction
in
Texas
to
allow
pornographers
access
to
children
based
on
a
false
free
First
Amendment
argument
failed.
And
our
brief
explaining
why
it's
okay
to
protect
children
and
to
not
allow
the
corruption
of
children
prevailed.
The
court
ruled
in
our
favor
to
allow
a
ban
on
pornography
for
children
based
on
an
age
restriction.
And
that
was
upheld
by
two
members
of
the
district
court,
Fifth
Circuit
Court
in
Texas.
So
there's
a
stay
of
the
lower
court's
injunction
against
the
Texas
Age
verification
law,
meaning
the
law
could
not
go
into
effect.
But
now,
because
there
is
that
injunction
has
been
put
away
or
stayed,
it
has
denied
that
injunction.
We
have
had
oral
arguments
there,
which
we
have
passed
along
to
our
supporters
via
email.
But
there
now
is
going
to
be
a
more
formal
opinion
coming
up,
and
that,
of
course,
this
fight
will
continue.
Don't
get
me
wrong,
this
fight
is
going
to
continue
because
the
pornographers
are
not
going
to
rest.
They're
going
to
continue
to
argue
in
Texas
that
they're
allowed
to
corrupt
children,
and
we're
going
to
fight
and
say,
no,
you're
not
allowed
to
corrupt
children.
I
do
want
to
give
recognition
to
two
particular
judges
there,
Judges
Smith
and
Judges
Elrod,
who
voted
to
grant
the
stay.
Thank
you,
Judges
Smith
and
Judges
Elrod.
Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod - Wikipedia
It
was
a
two-to-three
decision.
Judge
Higginbotham
would
have
denied
the
motion
to
basically
vacate
the
stay.
So
we're
looking
forward
for
that
opinion
to
come
out.
Our
amicus
brief
was
argued
very
forcefully.
Our
amicus
brief
was
filed
with
the
court,
making
the
case
that
it
is
the
duty
of
our
government,
the
duty
of
our
local
government,
state
and
federal
and
local
cities,
to
defend
the
morality,
defend
the
virtue
of
children.
We
argued
in
this
case.
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This
is
the
United
States
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
Fifth
District,
Fifth
Circuit.
obviously,
Attorney
General
Paxton
was
a
defendant
in
this
case,
and
we,
of
course,
came
to
support
Attorney
General
Paxton's
position
that
it
is
okay
to
stop
pornographers
and
perverts
from
having
access
to
children,
and
in
the
case
we
pointed
out
that
the
Supreme
Court
has
generally
been
a
liberal
court.
No
kidding.
Okay.
I
think
most
of
you
know
the
Supreme
Court
has
usurped
the
police
power,
imposing
the
First
Amendment
upon
the
common
law
of
obscenity.
So
those
perverts
before
the
current
Supreme
Court,
not
the
current
crowd,
but
the
old
timers,
the
old
perverts
on
the
Supreme
Court
said,
you
can't
have
any
laws
stopping
obscenity.
You
got
it.
Because
of
the
First
Amendment.
And
led
by
the
late
old
Justice
Brennen,
they've
usurped
state
authority
over
the
law
of
obscenity
and
defamation
by
constitutionalizing
what
was
never
protected
under
the
First
Amendment.
The
First
Amendment
did
not
protect
obscenity.
It
did
not
protect
pornography
directed
at
children.
I
mean,
this
is
the
lowest
of
the
low
when
you're
talking
about
this.
And
the
court
has
agreed
with
our
reasoning
that
the
Supreme
Court
wrongly
applied
the
First
Amendment
to
prevent
states
from
guarding
against
wrongdoing.
There
has
never
been
a
prohibition,
a
ban
on
protecting
public
morality.
That
is
our
case.
That
is
our
brief.
That
is
being
upheld
by
this
appeals
court.
So
that's
good
news.
It
goes
on
to
the
Supreme
Court
from
here.
And
I'm
hopeful
that
we
win
and
we
prevail
at
the
Supreme
Court
level.
I'll
need
your
help.
As
always,
I'll
need
your
help
to
do
that
amicus
brief
as
well.
And
you'll
look
for
that.
And
we
will
provide,
of
course,
copies
of
our
amicus
briefs
to
whoever
wants
one
for
free.
Thank
you
again
for
helping
us
win
in
Texas.
Thank
you
for
helping
us
preserve
the
rights
of
prayer
warriors
to
pray
at
school
board
meetings.
Thank
you
for
helping
us
fight
for
religious
liberty,
"
Delgaudio
said
to
supporters.
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