Please welcome back the president of christians united for israel action, gary bauer. [applause] i do get to introduce gary bauer to you. I am tamara scott. I get the honor of not only introducing gary but im working with him on christians united for israel. Just last tuesday when our secretary of state, thats right, our secretary of state put us in a very dangerous position, god already had 5,000 christians on capitol hill waiting to talk to their legislators, as if he had it planned. You could be part of the action fund as well. Please stop by the booth. We have a very special offer. If youd like to be part of next years summit in d. C. Only today, the money has to be turned in today, 25 registration. That is the cost of the first registration 10 years ago fortunes united for israel. So stop by. Get one of those, and give us your money. Join us next year on the hill when we stand up for israel. I get to introduce gary bauer. Somebody i have admired and known for several years watched him work. If youre wondering what one person can do, what your call is, listen to this. Eight years he served in the reagan administration. For 11 years he was the president of Family Research council. He was the Vice President of focus on the family like a trifecta in our world right . Now he started a campaign for work go families where he had 90,000 contributors in less than two years. Now hes working with john haagee and the christians united for israel to start this action fund here in iowa and across the nation. If youre wondering what one person can do thats quite a resume. If you think it was an easy walk for him, i heard the stories years ago when he had to have armed guards in his driveway. When they called his home and said, you know were watching your child play soccer. Name the color of jersey. Let him know that they could put danger, put his family in danger because they didnt like what he was saying and what he stood for. He didnt back down. He knew the price. He trusted god. He stood firm. Im asking you to stand firm with him. He has shaped policy, framed the debate for decades. Would you please put your hands together and give a warm, iowa welcome for gary bauer . [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. It is great to be here in iowa and the great heartland of the United States. I know you are here not just because you wanted to see certain candidates but because you love america. Thats what motivates you. [applause] my friends, if you love america, you know that our country, our civilization is in deep trouble. I want to remind you of things that will happen this weekend. Youre here with friends neighbors, people that you love. There are other things happening around the world. You probably wont even read about them in your newspaper. The media ignores a lot of them but they happen every weekend. I can tell you right now today in mosques in africa and the middle east and in europe and even someplaces in the United States imams are telling their worshipers to hang on, have the faith, that the great satan the United States and the little satan israel will soon be destroyed. The infidel will be laid low. Islam will prevail around the world. I know that today jews in europe will go to synagogues and will have to have armed guards outside because antisemitism has slithered out from underneath its rock in europe and the problem is so frequent. I know in major cities in europe this weekend there will be jews beaten up simply because theyre jews. I know that right now arab cluns arab christians, christians in africa, will leave humble homes and go to church to worship the god that we worship, and for many of them, it will be the last act they do on this earth. Because the church will be blown up or they will be shot down. It happens every weekend. Im not a prophet. Its happening in nigeria, kenya, somalia. The media puts it on page 40 of the newspaper. Washington yawns. No u. N. Resolutions get passed. Nobody cares. I know that right now in iran iranian scientists are working deep underground on their bunkers on the nuclear program. They continue to work even after the Obama Administration was negotiating for two years. They didnt stop their work. I know right now in tehran runian government officials are putting finishing touches on their plan to kill as many jews in 10 minutes that hitler had to take 10 years to kill. Ladies and gentlemen, we are led by a president of the United States during all these years, during two years of negotiations did not once demand of the iranian government that its leaders stop calling for a second holocaust. Shame, shame on the president of the United States for his silence. [applause] a few months ago you might have seen the story, the media basically reported, even the white house used the same wording, that 20 egyptian men had been captured by isis. They were 20 christian men who just happened to be egyptian. They had gone to libya to try to find work for their families where they were captured. You may have seen the video of these men on their knees. Islamic warriors oh, so brave with unarmed men, islamic warriors standing behind them with swords and machetes. Just before these men were going to be beheaded. What you may not know is that there was an audio with the video. Not many news outlets bothered to tell you what was on the audio. On the audio these christian men were told, you know, youre going to die here. But there is a couple of ways out. You could pay a tax for the privilege of living under the islamic talabas, the tax we require of all infidels. These were poor men. They didnt have the money to pay a tax. Well, the jihaddist said. There is Something Else you can do. All you have to do is denounce jesus christ. Renounce him. Embrace muhammad and you will live today. Friends, i dont know about you. I cant say what i would do. Id like to know what i would do. But cant you imagine under the circumstances you might have said to yourself, well, look, im going to pray right now. Im going to tell god god, you know whats in my heart. You know i love you. I love your save or, your son, but i need to tell these murderers that im renouncing you. I know you dont want me to die on this god forsaken day. Youll understand, god. But none of those men did that. If you actually listen to the audio, my friends, those men, in the moments before they died, were calling out the name jesus. He know in this weekend in villages all over africa and nigeria and kenya christian girls will be kidnapped. Any girl 10 or older who is fair game. The jihaddists really like the 10yearolds. You see, theyre kidnapped either to sell them into sexual trafficking or to give them to the islamic warriors to do to them whatever they want. You hear anybody pounding on a table in washington, d. C. To discuss a stop . Its been a lot of talk about slavery in 1850. I think there is a consensus in america that slavery in 1850 was wrong. Maybe a couple of these politicians might think about speaking out against sexual slavery at the hands of islam in 2015 instead of 1850. [applause] remember a year or so ago the entire an entire Christian Village in nigeria had their girls stolen. All of them. Oh, and my goodness, that couldnt be ignored. People in washington knew they had to do something. Of course, not anything that actually matters. Not anything that would involve using the power of the United States to do something about it. So we had people running around at the white house and elsewhere taking selfies of little social media programs, bring back our girls. Oh look. I tweeted. The girls arent back. Who would have known that jihaddists dont melt into submission at bring back my girls . Ladies and gentlemen when you go home later this afternoon and you hug your 10yearold daughter or your 10yearold granddaughter, understand this. That the only thing that prevents the same thing from happening to them is the grace of god and the brave men and women serving in the United States armed forces. [applause] my friends, the choice that will be made in iowa in the weeks and months ahead is an incredibly important choice. Its in your hands. There is a gathering storm on the horizon, on every horizon. This next decade will probably be the most fateful decade for the United States and western civilization in any of our memory perhaps the most fateful decade since the 1930s. Judeo christian civilization is under attack. When is the last time you heard anybody even say the words Judeo Christian civilization . I hear the president talking about islamic civilization all the time. Defending it all the time. Telling us over and over again every time some islamist runs into a building and blows it up while hes yelling allah akabar that it has nothing to do with nouveau islamic civilization but i never never, never hear him defend the civilization that has brought more freedom and more liberty to the people of the world than any other alternative. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, when our founders who were very learned, very well read men, were going to constitution hall, they were not reading the koran. I can say this with certainty, because there are countries all over the world whose founders read the koran. They are not pleasant places to live for women for religious minorities. Seven out of the top 10 violators of human rights in the world are islamic countries. Do you think thats a coincidence . Ladies and gentlemen, the founders of this country were reading the torah, the jewish Old Testament and the new testament, and there it found the ideas that undergird, they found the ideas that undergird western civilization. They summarized them right in the middle of the second pair fwraff of the declaration of independence. There are about 22 words right in the middle of that paragraph i discovered when i was trailing around in 2000 campaigning. Our children arent being taught the words in that paragraph. They are the central idea of who we are. You know the words. We hold these truths now, see, that is a problem right there because the left of america doesnt believe in moral truth. They believe in moral rel tism. We hold these truths that all men are created equal and endowed by their government . No. Endowed by their president or by the congress as long as its controlled by the right party . Or endowed by five magical votes from the Supreme Court . No. Endowed by their creator. Ladies and gentlemen, that is the god of abraham isaac, jacob, and jesus. [applause] and because our founders built this nation on that idea and this civilization is built on that idea, it doesnt matter what the color of your skin is. It doesnt matter if you are a newborn with downes syndrome or an 80yearold with dementia. You were made in the image of god and you have value. You have dignity. You have worth. [applause] we hold these truths to be selfevident that all men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable life among these the right to life. Isnt that interesting that the founders even before sonograms knew they would have to write the life the other rights were sort of beside the point the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. My friends, israel and the United States are the two pillars of this Judeo Christian civilization. [applause] christians and jews must stand together to defend this civilization. You know, in the bible in genesis, you all know the covenant. I was raised a southern baptist, and i was taught that when god speaks in a declare tiff sentence, you listen. God said to abraham again, the god that knows you so well he has numbered hairs on your head. He knows when a swallow falls to the ground. He hung the stars in the sky. Great nations rise and fall only with his permission. That god said to abraham he who blesses you i will bless. He who curses you i will curse. Ladies and gentlemen, i tremble for our nation. As long as we have a president whose policies curse the nation of israel. God help us. [applause] my friends, ive been in washington 30 years. Ive heard promises from politicians every one of those years. Ive heard those promises made and those promises broken. Because politicians put their finger up in the air and try to figure out which way the wind is blowing. God does not put his finger up in the air. Hes the one that makes the wind bhow. And if he told us to bless israel, thats good enough for me. [applause] so i came here today not only because i love iowa and i love iowans and i wanted to be with you in this great day but i came here today because pastor haagee and christians united for israel wanted me to make an appeal to you. Were asking you and all of the other things youre dealing with, the issues internally that affect the United States, this meltdown of our values, this effort to redefine america as a place where you get to do whatever you want different strokes for different folks that you, in spite of all of those challenges, will also find time to rally against the external threats to our civilization around the world. Were asking you to stand with israel. Were asking you to join with us to fight antisemitism and christian persecution. We want you to take your time, even if its just a minute to call your congressmen and senators and tell them, they must defeat the Iranian Nuclear deal that doesnt stop iran from becoming a nuclear power. It greases the skids so they can become a nuclear power. [applause] if this deal goes through, iran will get over a hundred billion dollars, and it will flow into the coffers of hamas and hezbollah and other terrorist groups that hate the United States and hate israel. There is no more important issue facing us from a National Security standpoint. My friends let me leave you on a positive note. I am absolutely convinced. Look, the times are dark. Theres a lot of really bad things happening. But i believe there is still a silent majority out there represented by you today. People like you are all over this great country. There are people like this in israel. There are still people like this in europe. If israel and the United States stand together, if christians and jews will make common cause, i believe that next year and five years and a hundred years from now the stars and stripes will still fly over washington, d. C. The capital of a free and prosperous United States, and the star of david will still fly over jerusalem. The United Capital of the nation of israel, may it be so, god bless you, never, never never give up. Thank you very much. [applause] please welcome president and chairman of iowa conservatives against gambling expansion, sarah bowman and founder and c. E. O. Of the Freedom Foundation of minnesota Annette Meeks. Good afternoon. I hope youre all having a wonderful day. Were thankful to be a sponsor of such an important event. Id like to personally thank bob and the rest of the Family Leader Organization for hosting this terrific opportunity for iowans to hear from national leaders. My name is sarah bowman. Im the president and chairman of iowa conservatives against gambling expansion. Im the wife of an iraq war vet. My husband, david. [applause] im a mother of four wonderful boys all under the age of 9. And we have a baby due just before the iowa caucuses. [applause] im a life long iowan daughter of mike and Sherry Bowman from glidden, iowa, and we still have our farm in our family. After working beside many of you in iowa politics, i became concerned about what was happening in our state. Frankly, i saw what compulsive gambling was doing to our state, our culture, and how it was affecting my neighbors. After doing some research on my own, i decided to do something about it last june. I started the iowa conservatives against gambling expansion. This was to bring the issue of gambling expansion to iowans. Were a grass roots volunteer organization, and while we dont have the big money that the big casinos have, we have to be vocal in our opposition, saying enough is enough. [applause] we have to make stopping gambling expansion an issue in this campaign. As you walked in the auditorium today, im sure you saw our table. Since the iowa caucus is blessed to be the first in the nation to voice our support for the eventual gop nominee can we set an example by talking about social and cultural issues like gambling that have a corrosive effect on our state and our citizens . Okay. I dont know how many are out there, but you guys have these signs . All right. Okay. Lets show our candidates that we will ask them when theyre in ames, dubuque, council bluffs, or even glidden, were going to ask them about their position on expanding gambling. All right. Can i get everybody to hold their signs up . Ill take a Group Picture from the podium. You got your sign . Excellent. Lets show the nation that iowa citizens are saying enough is enough and that were going to be all over the state for the next seven months asking them how they feel about that. Be sure to visit our Facebook Page and show your support. Thank you for supporting us, for supporting values, and most of all, for supporting our childrens future. Please visit our table in the lobby and please keep your signs up and welcome Annette Meeks, my mentor, and founder of minnesota citizens against gambling expansion. [applause] good afternoon and thank you, sarah. As she said, my name is Annette Meeks and i am one of the founders along with my husband, who is here today, of citizens against gambling expansion. We got involved in this in minnesota, our home about two decades ago. I want to visit with you today about what this means and why its so important for those of you who are blessed to have a voice in the president ial nominating process. The rapid expansion of gambling in our country is unprecedented. When i was a child growing up every year i could count on an annual sermon at Bethel Baptist church on the evils of gambling.