Sometimes the good guys win, even in Clown World.
A while back, we covered the case of pro-life activist Mark Houck, who was arrested in an FBI raid on his home, in front of his wife and children.
One of multiple reprisals against Christians launched by the Moloch-beholden Justice Department after SCOTUS cancelled child sacrifice, Houck’s arrest on bogus charges was meant to send a message.
And that message was to put infidels against the Death Cult on notice that witches still in charge.
But while their father below may be prince of this world, Our Father in Heaven is Lord of history.
And He delivers those who trust in Him.
Pro-life activist Mark Houck was found not guilty Monday on federal assault charges stemming from a shoving incident outside a Philadelphia abortion clinic.
Supporters of the Catholic father of seven cried and hugged one another after the verdict was read in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
Following his acquittal, Houck told reporters outside the courthouse that “it’s a relief,” adding that he feels “overjoyed” and “blessed.”
“We couldn’t have done it without faith,” he said.
For God, nothing is impossible.
Peter Breen, Thomas More Society executive vice president and head of litigation, told reporters that the Department of Justice’s prosecution of Houck was “abusive” and added that the FBI raid on the Houck family home back in September was “absolutely outrageous.”
Breen said that he hopes the U.S. Congress will ask Houck and his family to testify to the suffering that they went through at the hands of the Justice Department.
Following Breen’s comment, Houck said: “We’ll be there.”
It’s good that Houck has resolved to take the fight to his persecutors. Too many people – Christians in particular – harbor the misconception that being left alone is the summit of Christian citizenship. But as St. Paul teaches, Christians are not to self-segregate in ghettoes. Nor are we to disturb the peace. We are called to live our faith as exemplars of personal and civic virtue.
And peaceably opposing tyranny is an essential civic virtue.
The jury began deliberations on the case on Friday but said they were deadlocked and would not come to a decision that night. They resumed deliberations Monday, and an alternate juror took the place of one of the original jurors at about 1:30 p.m. After a brief deliberation, the jury found Houck not guilty on both counts.
McMonagle spoke briefly on the implementation of the alternate juror.
“Early this morning, we were notified that there was an issue with the jury, and one of the jurors had to be excused, who was not participating, quite frankly, in the deliberation process,” McMonagle said.
“And we quickly worked to try and bring in an alternate juror. He came in and within an hour of him getting here, there was a unanimous not guilty verdict,” he said.
That last section set off my editor sense.
Not how the original juror who was causing a deadlock was described in gender-neutral terms.
But the replacement, who convinced the jury to find Houck not guilty within an hour, is referred to as “he”.
Makes you think.
Anyway, praise God for victory.
He has given us yet another exhortation not to be afraid and another reminder that no matter how dark it seems, His people are the light of the world.
I’d forgotten just how wild this book is!
