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I an earlier article, I expressed concern about the increase of funding to AmeriCorps, a group that targets young people to get involved in community organization. Now, I am writing to express concern about “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education” (GIVE). In the following article, you can see how Obama is slowly creating a neo-Hitler Youth program, or what we would call today, The Obama Youth.

Encouraging Americans, especially young Americans, to become involved within the community is a great thing. Forcing people into a government run program, is wrong. We only have to look towards the media, to understand how much propaganda a person, company, or politician tries to spit out. It is not outrageous to believe that a forced government program would not indoctrinate that group of young people. It has been done in the past and I’m sure we are all familiar with that little saying about how history repeats itself.

Besides, anything the government FORCES you to do, is a form of slavery. I believe the Thirteenth Amendment put a stop to that many years ago. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” And it also violates the First Amendment which states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

Is this the change you really voted for? President Obama has only been in office for two months. Now we have HR 1388. The Bill was sponsored by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) with 37 others. The Bill was introduced to the floor of the House of Representatives where both Republicans and Democrats voted 321-105 in favor. Next it goes to the Senate for a vote and then on to President Obama.

This bill’s title is called “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education” (GIVE). It forms what some are calling “Obama’s Youth Brigade.” Obama’s plan is require anyone receiving school loans and others to serve at least three months as part of the brigade. His goal is one million youth! This has serious Nazi Germany overtones to it.

The Bill would forbid any student in the brigade to participate in “engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.” That means no church attendance or witnessing.

Again, is this what America voted for? Here is part of the HR1388 Bill’s wording:

SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read as follows:

SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities:

(1) Attempting to influence legislation.

(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.
…

(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.

http://www.thevoicemagazine.com/politics/512-obama-youth-brigade-church-attendance-forbidden.html