Please note that at the direction of the Judge in Flip’s case Operation Save America’s website is not allowed to publish the name of the abortionist who filed charges against him.  In the article below this abortionist will be addressed as: “Abortionist _______.”

by Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas

Guilty!!!

After a week in court, yesterday was the final day of Brother Flip’s trial.  The day began with what we hoped to be God’s intervention.  We noticed that one of the jurors during my swearing in to testify on Flip’s behalf responded favorably to the oath of “So Help Me God.”  She was an elderly black woman who nodded “amen.” She was at the time an alternate juror.  Yesterday, one of the jurors did not report for duty and she replaced juror number 7.  Our hopes were dashed a few hours later; however, as the jury unanimously rendered a verdict of guilty against brother Flip.

Closing Arguments of the Defense

Toussaint Romain, Flip’s very able attorney, shined the brightest in his closing arguments.  He took the statute, which is a bad law (arbitrary and subjective), broke down the specific language, held it up to the light of testimony of both sides, and we thought did an powerful  job debunking the state’s case.

At one point, he asked, “Where is Dr. Harris?”  His picture was on the flyer.  His house and office were visited. Why was he not here feigning that he was terrorized by the big, bad, boogey man, Rev. Flip Benham?  He also pointed out that there were four abortionists that were visited during our leadership meeting back in February 2010.  Where are the other three abortionists?  Apparently, they did not “feel” stalked by Rev. Benham.

Part of the statute speaks of  “harassing on more than one occasion.”  The legal terms that describe harass are “torment, terrorize, and terrify.”  Mr. Romain asked the jury if they believed Abortionist _______ experienced these emotions in response to our outreaches. He proved that Abortionist _______ did not respond in a manner that would constitute harassment.  Mr. Romain used some of these following statements and questions to prove his points.  Others are my own to demonstrate more clearly the collusion between the city of Charlotte and the abortion industry to remove brother Flip from the streets.

Abortionist _______ didn’t call the police or 911 when he knew we were knocking on the door of his home, while his wife and daughter were there.  Why didn’t he rush home to protect his family?  Why did he stay at the abortion mill and kill more babies till the close of his daily business? A man that “feels” this kind of trauma for his own safety and that of his family and does nothing to immediately to protect them, what kind of man is this?

He is an abortionist and the truth is, he is not afraid of brother Flip.  He is mad at him.  Detective Harris of Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD), Intelligence Unit and personal friend of Abortionist______ (who has stalked brother Flip since 2003) concocted trumped up charges after the fact.  What was their purpose?  They wanted to make brother Flip pay for the “crime” of exposing Abortionist _______’s ” unfruitful works of darkness” as the Bible commands Ephesians 5:11.

Mr. Romain also brought up the fact that the timing of the charges against Flip is suspicious.  If Abortionist ______ was so afraid, why did he wait two weeks afterwards to swear out a warrant for Flip’s arrest?  One would assume that, if felt threatened, he would immediately rush to protect his family and business.  He did not. Why, and this is my opinion, because it took two weeks to sit down with his detective friend (Harris) and figure out a way to charge Flip with a crime.

During my testimony, it was also revealed that I and about 10 others were with Flip every step of the way.  We did the same exact things.  Why was he charged and we were not? Could this be selective enforcement?  If this is the law and we all participated in the same activity, then why is he guilty and the rest remain innocent?  Mr. Romain believes the powers that be conspired “to cut off the head.”  The purpose is to chill First Amendment rights and to frighten Christians to remain silent and inactive while the devil kills, steals, and destroys.

Towards the close of Mr. Romain’s arguments, he compared the two fliers submitted as evidence.  One was a flyer posted back in 1993 in Wichita, Kansas, that called for the murder of the infamous abortionist, George Tiller. The state took this flyer to convince the jury that OSA’s flyer was similar and was hoping the same fate awaited Abortionist ———.  Mr. Romain pointed out the distinct difference between the two fliers. One called for the death of Tiller, the other called for Abortionist ———‘s repentance.  One highlighted Hitler, while the other emphasized Jesus Christ. One called for violence, while ours called for prayer.

Mr. Romain concluded his arguments by quoting the Star Spangle Banner.  At the end of our national anthem, as he quoted the “land of the free,” he ran through the court room and passed out fliers.  When he quoted “the home of the brave,” he put his hands out to be arrested for merely exercising his First Amendment rights.  It was a powerful and inspiring close.

Closing Arguments of the State

The prosecuting attorney was a sharp young lady who, for the most part, made the case against brother Flip.  In my opinion, she blew it on two occasions when she crossed examined Flip and in her closing arguments.  Flip did great job in defending the gospel witness at the gates of hell.  He lifted up the name of the Lord and was able to denounce violence and reveal that all he sought by his actions was Abortionist ______’s conversion to Christ.  Once saved, he believed the abortionist would quit killing babies and use his skill and talents to promote life and health, instead of death and destruction.

The prosecuting attorney also went through the statute of stalking in her closing arguments.  This time, however, to demonstrate that Brother Flip’s actions fulfilled the definitions of stalking.  She asked, “What was Abortionist _____ to think when he saw the “wanted” poster?” Of course, she deemphasized, “Wanted by Christ to stop killing babies.”

Next, she proceeded to throw abortionist Harris under the bus.  According to her, the reason why Mr. Harris wasn’t there is because Abortionist —— was brave.  You can reach your own conclusion as to why the other abortionist didn’t come forward.  She suggested that Abortionist Harris was a coward who feared Brother Flip to the point he chose to run from this case.  If this prosecutor ever failed as an attorney, she has a bright career opportunity with the main stream media.  Her spin of the facts was spectacular to behold.

In fact, to prove Brother Flip stalked Abortionist ______, she relied on the fact that Flip never met him until the last court trial.  Excuse me, but how can you stalk someone without having any personal dealings with him.  She went on to compare Flip as a hunter that doesn’t want its prey to know it is being stalked.  It was all a part of Flip’s elaborate plan to strike fear in the heart of Mr. ______.

Later, she held up the posters and with a shrill voice loudly proclaimed, “Mr. Benham is calling for the death of Abortionist______.”  At this point, I groaned.  This was such an outrageous claim.  Surely the jurors would see through this lie.  Sorry to report that it didn’t.  Obviously, at this point in the case, she moved from a charge of stalking to now accusing Flip of conspiring to murder Abortionist ______.  Of course, there is nothing in Flip’s history, actions, or writings that would ever lead a sane person to believe such nonsense.  Welcome to America’s version of “Alice in Wonderland.”

She also objected to the fact that the flier stated, “They, (speaking of  Abortionist’s ______ and Harris) are involved in obstetrics, gynecology, and murder.” She considered this statement hateful to suggest that abortionists are murderers.  During Flip’s testimony, he did not flinch nor hesitate to respond, “This is not hate, it is the truth.” (And people wonder why Flip coined the phrase, “Truth is hate to those who hate the truth.”

There were other points made, but not worth mentioning.  Mercifully, she ended her rant that painted Abortionist ______ as a sympathetic hero who helps women (read: by killing their children) and portrayed Flip as a menacing monster that must be found guilty.  The jury bought this line of reasoning, hook, line, and sinker.

The Judge’s Instructions

After closing arguments, the judge chimed in to instruct the jury on how the law was to be applied in this case.  They were dismissed to deliberate. The jury contacted the judge with four requests.  They were as follows.  They requested a hard copy of the statute, the posters, the non-violent pledge of Operation Save America, and permission to eat lunch.  We broke for lunch.  The judge refused to grant them the statute, but permitted the posters and pledge to be sent back into the deliberation room.

The jury then requested the judge read to them the statute once again.  They were marched back into the court room.  He went over the same information.  They went back into the jury room.  About a half an hour later, they came back and rendered the verdict, GUILTY!

The Sentence

The judge sentenced Flip to 75 days in jail, suspended and 18 months of supervised probation.  He is to have no contact with Abortionist ______. He cannot even mention him on the OSA website.  No more fliers that name Abortionist ______.  He cannot go near his residence.  He has to stay 500 feet from his office and the two clinics where he applies his grizzly trade.  He has to pay $100.00 court costs.  He has to pay the attorney’s fee.  This last penalty will probably prove to be expensive.

Appeal

After the sentencing, we immediately filed for an appeal.  Brother Flip is resolved to go to jail, rather than submit to his banishment from his place of duty to love God and his neighbor, if this case is not overturned.  Please continue to pray for him.

Personal Commentary

Though I tried to stick to the facts in this report, at times, I inserted personal thoughts.  At this point, however, it is time to give full personal commentary.  I hope as you have read this report, your heart hurts for the state of our nation.  What has happened to the America mind?  How can a man who rips babies apart in the womb become a hero and man who seeks to protect them be the criminal?  Are we living in an alternative universe?

Tragically, this is one of the many consequences that are associated with bloodguilt.  Our nation is defending the indefensible.  The Scriptures testify:

For of a truth against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatever your hand and your counsel determined before to be done. And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to your servants, that with all boldness they may speak your word, by stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of your holy child Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spoke the word of God with boldness (Acts 4:27-31).

Notice that God held accountable “both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel” for the slaying of the “Just One.”  In like manner, abortion is a national sin that has wrought national calamities.  One of these calamities is that, good has become evil and evil, good.  All of us are either complicit or complacent when it comes to the American holocaust.  Our nation is staggering under the weight of blood guilt.

Flip’s trial is merely adding to the evidence of God’s indictment against us.  Human nature being what it is, we think it “reasonable” to condemn a man like Flip in a case such as this.  Why?  Because the alternative is too unthinkable to imagine.  If he is innocent, then we are guilty.

What does that mean?  Could it be that our nation, the judge, the lawyers, the jurors, the church, the state and the citizenry of America immediately are guilty?  This reality is completely unacceptable to the spell that has been cast over the American mind.  Therefore, Flip Benham must be foundguilty.  Otherwise, we are all guilty!  Will America ever accept that verdict and repent?  Only God knows (Ezekiel 37: 1-3).

They denied us a booth.  They denied us a sound permit.  They denied us the right to assemble without first attaining a permit.  They did everything possible to censor the Gospel of Christ from the streets of Salisbury during the Salisbury Pride lust fest.  Why would the Mayor of Salisbury, the Salisbury City Council, the Salisbury Post, and Salisbury Pride, collude in an attempt to nullify the First Amendment Rights of its citizens?  What animus do these folks have against the Gospel of Christ? 

If the United States Congress shall make no law prohibiting the establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof, how much less the city of Salisbury.  But the city of Salisbury has crafted an unconstitutional city ordinance requiring any citizen that joins with another citizen (2 or more) to promote a cause or a person, to first obtain a permit to be issued by the Salisbury Police Department.

This little ordinance is a stunning attack on the presentation of the Gospel of Christ and the First Amendment.  We have the Constitutional Right to freedom of assembly (without permit).  The Bible calls us to go out by two’s.  We are promised that wherever two or more are gathered together in the Name of Jesus – He is in our midst. 

Oh, maybe that’s why the city ordinance mentions (2 or more).  And maybe that’s why the city of Salisbury did not want unpermitted Christians (Hey, you have to have a license to drive a car, don’t you? ) to attend Salisbury Pride’s parade on the corner of Fisher and Main.  Maybe Jesus would shine a bright light on a sin that destroys those who practice it and nations that approve of it. 

Jesus is the problem isn’t He?  The city of Salisbury doesn’t want Him on the streets while proudly parading its sin in the public square.  Salisbury police and undercover agents were everywhere.  They had the Mobile Command Unit and the scissors lift out to monitor the “violent” Christians who might disturb the peace of those whose only unifying factor is sex – public, perverted, vile, in your face, sex.

How can we disturb what they don’t have?  There is no peace for the wicked.  The peace they long for can be found only in Christ. 

Thank God that over 200 Christians from many area churches came to the streets of Salisbury, in spite of the possibility of arrest, to lift up the Name of Jesus.  The Chief of Police noted that there were simply too many Christians to make arrests.  Wow!  The power of the Church of Jesus Christ.  We are more than we have become.

Here are a couple of stories from the Salisbury Post written by Emily Ford:

Woman says kissing assault charge bogus

Here is Michael Marcavage’s report on his Campaign to Stop Stericycle.  God is moving powerfully.

This report from Daniel and Angela Michael in St. Louis exposes a very nasty little truth that the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the American Cancer Society do not want you to know. 

“…for we are not ignorant of the devil’s schemes.”  ~ Flip

by Angela Michael 

Susan G. Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure 2011

Race to Discover the Cause Instead of Waiting for a Cure

This year’s 13th annual Susan Komen Race for the Cure was met with thunderous storms as organizers repeatedly had to do damage control and reset booths while attempting to set up in the wee hours of the morning. Sizzling temperatures from this past week were extinguished with a cold front that came through overnight including storms that put a damper on things. Some of the participants didn’t care for a few of the more risqué slogan tee-shirts participants were sporting either, i.e. “Save Our Ta-Ta’s,” “Walking to Save 2nd Base,” and “Operation Healthy Hooters,” to name a few. One breast cancer survivor commented that she thought some people take it a little over the edge, “If you go through it, you soon realize it’s not just about your breasts, but your life.” But the organizers were happy that they got over 64,000 registered participants (though numbers were down) and made a little over $3 million on this year’s extravaganza.

Under the Gateway to the West Arch, St. Louis was again a sea of pink. We couldn’t help but feel empathy and hope for the many faces and generations walking, running, or supporting this cause. For some, the devastation this disease brings was obvious. Over 4,905 breast cancer survivors joined the survivor’s walk. It grabbed our heart strings. “Fight Like a Girl.” Some survivors sported boxing gloves as they marched. Touching! That is why our ministry continues to bring the truth of ALL the risks and preventable causes to this race. We love women. We want to empower women with all their risk factors. We even have family members who run in the race. Yet, something was different this year; it was not just our ministry asking the question: “Why aren’t we racing to find a cause?” but others were as well. And the first step would be to tell women of ALL the preventable risks of breast cancer.

The Susan Komen Foundation does a lot of good, but they are not doing all that they can. Komen is selectively telling the truth. They are not giving women information on all of the risks of breast cancer. Why? Because most of the Susan Komen Foundations are giving funds to Planned Parenthood. They are not telling women that one of the most preventable risks is elective abortion.

Studies suggest that an induced abortion causes biological changes to occur in a woman’s breasts which make her more susceptible to breast cancer. At the moment of conception, a woman’s estrogen levels elevate. With an induced abortion/miscarriage, those hormones go haywire in a woman’s breast. These abnormal cells lie in wait. www.abortionbreastcancer.com

In 2009 Komen officials admitted providing funds through grants to Planned Parenthood; from 2004-2009 over $3.3 million alone went to the abortion business. These grants were designated for breast health services, but a recent undercover sting operation via Live Action proved Planned Parenthood does not offer mammograms or breast health services. Good-hearted donors think their funds are going to help fight breast cancer where those services are not offered; in addition, the largest abortion provider in the country cannot guarantee the money is NOT going to go for abortion services. In Planned Parenthood’s annual report in 2007-2008, they reported 31,729 fewer breast exams and 15,560 more abortions. Who is policing how the donations are spent?

Women have the right to know that 28 out of 37 worldwide studies have independently linked induced abortion with breast cancer. Thirteen out of fifteen studies conducted on American women report increased risk. Seventeen studies are statistically significant, sixteen of which found increased risk. Most of the studies have been conducted by abortion supporters. The first study was published in an English publication in 1957 and focused on Japanese women. It showed a 2.6 relative risk or 160% increased risk of breast cancer among women who’d had an induced abortion.

Vital information that surfaced in the early 1980’s was deliberately withheld from women by the American Cancer Institute. Breast cancer was unheard of in the 1930’s. What has been introduced to society that now has breast cancer at epidemic proportions? Elective abortion, and the numbers are soaring and victims are becoming younger and younger; many have no history of breast cancer in their families. It is so ironic that an organization supposedly caring for women is responsible for thousands of their deaths annually due to the proven link between elective abortion and breast cancer, ie: Fred Hutchinson (Cancer Research Center)/Joel Brind Ph.D/Dr. Janet Daling.

Why wouldn’t we want women to know this vital information? Because the incidents of breast cancer might just go down by preventing a proven cause. We can’t leave out the money pit. The Susan G. Komen foundation has raised a lot of money and a lot of that money is going towards and funding the very same risk factor: ABORTION. They give money to Planned Parenthood. If the truth were known, they may lose some of that funding, and making money is what it’s all about.

“There’s a lot of money that is being made off sick women,” says Karen Malec, President of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, adding: “We’re finding a pattern among these cancer fund-raising organizations” showing that their leaders previously were associated with abortion-advocacy groups, beginning with the founder of Komen herself, Nancy Brinker who started this organization after she lost her 36 year old sister Susan to breast cancer. This Dallas based foundation awards grants for breast cancer research, treatment, and prevention. Race for the Cure started in 1983 and is now the largest fundraiser walk worldwide.

Remember, fight like a girl and go on. Let’s love women enough to tell them ALL the risks and preventative measures so we can fight this devastating disease on all fronts, until all women are cured. Jeremiah 30:17 “For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord.” Let’s race to discover the cause, instead of waiting for a cure. It makes more sense, and we may save more lives.

Be encouraged ~Angela