The new military act you refer to is an important contribution to democracy. But we also have to make sure that we safeguard and protect the integrity of the voter. And we have to make sure that the machinery that we use is not used to subvert the very vote that were trying to lift up. [applause] so i got you. There are places like oregon that are experimenting and its a positive thing. But im going to say this, brother. Im on twitter. Bottom line the bottom line is we are going to use those social media tools. But we also have to engage where people are. There are people who are not plugged in and need to cast a ballot. There are some who are and they can have alternatives. But our job is to organize that community in the broadest sense and link issues of importance to what they do. You talk about economic jeff, my last point. Payday lenders is a scourge, a scourge in our community. [applause] their are potential regulations that are going to be issued soon determined by the Obama Administration and in part created by a group called the Consumer FinancialProtection Bureau that the caucus struggled to make happen. Thats what were getting this s progress. So im saying dont disconnect what is happening on the ground with the importance of the vote that you cast. And that is how i think we use that anger to motivate people to come out and to make a difference in their own lives. Just point out the people that one of the best voting reforms thats been happening in the country is online Voter Registration. If your state doesnt have it youve got to push for it because it has been radical in getting people to sign up and to register to vote, especially young people. So thats where we are seeing the promise of online, you know, Online Technology in voting. And dont forget that when sandy happened, all of a sudden new jersey to get out a way to do online voting. So we need to understand that there is a slow public got to make sure there is technology appeal to everyone, thank you. And he made the following this panel for those of you from maryland, virginia and d. C. , there is Voter Registration right outside. [applause] my name is derek morgan and my question is how can we really not only take this time to change this movement, i me take this opportunity to change the movement into a moment, but what can odyssey do, why are we afraid to speak to the real issue which i feel is racism and White Supremacy. What will we do if we really realize that we could boycott . I mean we have speeded some restate your question for me. I guess we tiptoe and dance around the real issue, the root of the issue which i feel is racism and White Supremacy which and cuts us off. Let me this, because we all know that within a week of being in office, eric holder said that we as a nation, we were a nation of cowards as relates to the issue of race. And so any of you whod like to take that on, but i would love for congressman lewis to lead that off. Let me just say to the young brother, i dont think any that one of us are going to deny that the scars of racism is still deeply embedded in every corner of the american society. We are not going to run from that. We are going to deal with it. We cannot deal with it alone. Youve got to use the vote. Youve got to organize and mobilize. You just cannot talk about it. Weve got to do something about it. Thats what another generation did. Let me just add to that speech congresswoman, as you and, i want to push back a little bit because i think as a special as we did with younger and Younger Generations theres this notion we kept having to fight this notion of postracial america, kept having to fight that mr. Tipping pushed out over the public space. We are not there yet. I agree but the problem is you the Younger Generation that is so happy with where we are, doesnt happen Historical Context in where weve been. And to his point, so i had a son who, into a store having to indoctrinate all of it harder come anytime we bought stuff about black people he got nervous because hes in a school where everybody is tiptoeing through to look and Holding Hands and singing kumbaya riding unicorns under a rainbow. But we know that he as a young kid in a school that is dealing with that racism needs to be would see it for it is, what it is without a wink and down. How do we begin to do that so when we have rough conversations we dont run from the racism conversation come at the same time we dont when everything for it. Let me just say that this town hall meeting and the 70 some workshops are because of your question. So the Congressional Black Caucus is very sensitive to that because diversity has created a new problem for us with younger folks who dont understand the history of what a mr. Lewis or elaine or others went through. So let me say to the young people, congresswoman marcia fudge is having a Town Hall Forum tomorrow morning and shes bringing the dreams with Phyllis Agnes the young folks can be engaged in that. We have 70 some workshops and with africanamerican members, black folks in the Congressional Black Caucus who have planted this because they want you to understand that behind this didnt just happen. Getting the contracts, making sure we have black folk who are engaged, the hotel that were in, because we understand racism exist. So we move members to be where they are black contractors. We have insist on things because we know racism prevails visit some of values voter summit earlier today. Well take you live now for remarks having a by former president candidate Rick Santorum and former Alaska Governor sarah palin. Get out of the way and will move right into our program. I want to mention tonight once again and will be in reception. We just learned governor Mike Huckabee will be joining us so this is your chance to kind of interact with them one on one if youd like to join us. But also in attendance will be governor bobby jindal, senator Rick Santorum, representative mark meadows, steve king, dave brad. He was the professor that unseated representative eric cantor, and many others and theyll be from our 30 p. M. Until seven in the congressional room. You must have a ticket and those are 100. As a special treat at 5 00 tony perkins will be doing his washington watch live Radio Program and so as you go up the steps to the registration you can see that over to the side. Remember the media, they are our guests and were very honored to have them joining us. So please be respectful as they do the best to cover this event. And also the Family Research council is going to door hats and tshirts and things you want to take him with you and thats just at the bottom of the stairs as you head up. Check that outcome take some of that stuff over its great stuff. Also want to invite you to be part of the conversation on twitter and that hashtag is vvs14. Youll be hearing more about this big want to be sure that your church is signed for something called the i pledge sunday 2014. We have a great time here at the values voter summit and it is kind of a summit and we come back down again but this is a great followup to that and a way for you to keep engaged leading up to the november 4 election. Is a national simulcast to rally christians from all 50 states on sunday october 12. Once again its a great way to follow up what we are doing. Do you know in 2012, folks, in 2012 over 93 million registered voters stayed home . How anyone could remain totally, you know, didnt care about what was going on in this Current Administration is totally beyond me but this is something we can never let happen again. This is a great way to energize your church, your congregation and you can take advantage of that by going to i pledge sunday 2014. Com and learn more about that. If you havent picked up a copy of undeniable put up i kind of Research Council and the Liberty Institute, these are free and we want you to get a copy of those and you can do this either at the Liberty Institute exhibit or also at the base of the stairs Family Research council is giving those out. We want to learn more about the Liberty Institute, the great work theyre doing. What are the cosponsors of this event, also the ones who worked so hard to put this together. So lets look at the monitors now and learn more about Liberty Institute. For four years, Liberty Institute is on a mission to defend peoples freedom. We battled and highly contested arena of issues so many religious liberty across america. Decades later we are still protecting the rights of americans to express their faith openly and without censorship. There are groups in this country who are wellfunded. Theyve got great lawyers and their object is to remove god from our public life. As a Nonprofit Organization we oliver institute specialized in defending liberty religious freedom. Its hard for folks to be up to stand up and take on some of these big challenges and so thats why Liberty Institute is there so we can come alongside them whether a person or temerity and they can stand with them and defend their religious liberty. We work with the best attorneys in the country including 24 of the top 50 law firms in the nation. They take these cases in their Community Volunteering for some citizen who is now under attack. No one is immune from this fight for religious liberty and our opponents have no shame. They have no respect. They are vigilant about going after everyone who ever displace anything that has to do with faith. Is a government takes away religious liberties, but then all of our freedoms are in jeopardy. People ask the question what can i do . You can do a lot. Make it a cinch to get involved to support Liberty Institute with your prayers, financially, instantly sharing this information with other people. We cant do it without you. All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people do nothing. Together we can win this battle. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president of Liberty Institute, Kelly Shackelford. [applause] a thank you very much. This is a great group of people. And as you saw from the introduction to Liberty Institutes mission is to defend and to restore religious freedom. Thats how the Founding Fathers made it to be. I think most of the stuff those are under attack and the typical person under attack doesnt have all the money to go hire a legal team so we provide the best legal teams in the country when those things do happen to some people ask me, how did you get involved in this . Back when i was in high school i knew had to get some and little thinking and speaking and i thought i dont need to be a past i need to be a pastor or. Isnt that a god or satan a choice . [laughter] as a look at that is probably better at law and it went to law school and did well and got out and had these wonderful job offers. I remember thinking, lord, i think it would suffocate if i did the regular golfing. What do you want to do . I thought i want to use my legal skills and unlike the case of i want to help pastors and churches and religious freedoms and are founding principles. I even like to go to seminary part time. And i laughed because there was no paying job to do that. I didnt ever expect it would be. Two weeks later i got a call from two partners in major law firms and they said wed come to lunch with this . When we sat down they said, we started to donate our time for religious freedom but we are now getting so many calls that its hurting our ability to make a living. We were wondering would you be willing to come on and two legal cases, help pastors, churches and you can even go to seminary part time if you want to. [laughter] now, you know, being a young 20 something i need a little spiritual mitchard, isolating pray about it, like that wasnt an answered prayer. When i suggested they said how much did he . A bit out of the pocket to get the organization started and a 25 years later Liberty Institute is the largest Legal Institute in the country that focuses exclusively on religious liberty in the trendy. Its an american story. [applause] i know i probably dont have to tell you this but the attacks are greater than anything ive ever seen in 25 years i have been doing this. You have seen it. Not too far from your, wall street daschle Walter Reed Hospital banned family members from bringing bibles to their own family members until that was exposed. We have situations, a wonderful young girl who was told at a Major University to take her cross necklace off because quote it might offend someone at the school. Until we got involved. You probably saw the five Year Old Girl we had to represent this year who was actually told to stop praying over meal and the lunch cafeteria. I think of 25 years ago when i started doing this if you and toby you will have to represent churches i wouldve said this is not the soviet union. We dont have to defend charges against the government in this country. Now every week we have a new church that we have to represent. That just wants the church, increase the size of the century, wants to be the homeless, that wants to do things churches can do with those rights used to be understood. Now they have to be fought for. Everybody is aware of hobby lobby, case that went to the Supreme Court. Very few people vote know what was argued in the case. The solicitor general of the United States, the highest lawyer for our federal government, stood up in the Supreme Court in front of the justices and argued that once you make a decision to go into a forprofit business and incorporate, you are making the decision to waive your religious freedoms, and cool, you now play by the government rules. Thats the argument. Some people say yeah, but we won that case. We won that case 54. So these are arguments that wouldnt even be made in the past, and its not just religious employers. Its religious employees. I dont have time to go to all the cases, let me to about one we filed this week. A wonderful guy by the name of eric walsh. Eric walsh is africanamerican, ph. D, director of Public Health for the city of pasadena, california, wonderful, wonderful christian guy. The state of georgia said we want you to come be our director of Public Health. And they offered him a job which he accepted. And then he was asked to send in his sermons because some people were complaining, some gayrights activists, that you dont know what this guy believes in and where he goes to church. They ended up firing him not because of anything he said on the job or anything he did on the job, but because they found his sermons and they fired him for what he said in his own church on a sunday. Now that is a massive violation of religious freedom. We dont allow that in this country, these are things we are now having to fight for. If we dont stand for i dont care if youre an employer or employee, we will find yourselves in the country without religious freedom. So its necessary for people to stand up like eric walsh, like hobby lobby and like each of us. I would point out, we have these available at the table in a smaller form. We just to serve every of all the attacks on religious freedom. This is the one from this is everything from an eight yearold boy caught praying over his new lifted out of the seat and carried to the prince was on the story is told to never do that again. All the way to Senior Citizens were told their meals will be taken away from them because they were federally funded and they were praying over their meal. That violates separation of church and state. Its in the north, south, young, old, people of wealth, people with the resources. There is no way to avoid the attacks right now. And look, i talk to people all the time is or what if im not religious, should i care . The answer is absolutely. Our founders called religious freedom our first freedom for a reason. They understood the field is religious freedom, you lose all your freedoms. He wont have political freedom. And let me talk about that a second. Do you really think if the government is going to allow you to talk, if they will not allow you to talk about your faith or where you go after you die or how you should live your life now, do you think that government will allow you to criticize the people running the government . The one thing that totalitarianism will never allow our citizens hold and allegiance to one higher than the government. So when ever totalitarianism comes in, the first flashpoint, the first part is always an attack on religious freedom. Thats why the founders understood when this starts to happen, it means youre about to lose your country if you dont get things under control. Which is why religious freedom is the very core, the reason people got on boats and came to this country. If we lose that, we lose the United States of america. Weve got to be willing to fight. Ill give you one example of how quickly its moved. Thats, take the military.