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Dear John, Thank you for standing true to your values. Thank you for being a part of the mission of CitizenGO. Our strength stems from the fact that we can bring together millions of people with a common set of goals. Because of that, there’s a positive buzz making its way around... causing more and more people - common citizens - with a similar passion to join our movement every day. As a member of CitizenGO (a CitizenGOer), you’re part of a community helping to drive bold, high-impact campaigns to defend life, family, faith, and freedom. And - I have no doubt - the world we live in will continue to rapidly go into decline if you and I are not here to make a difference. Your support, your activism, and your contributions have accomplished a lot in 2019. Every time you sign a petition, your voice is heard. Every time you share an action alert, you multiply your impact. Every time you make a donation, we can go out and act. And now that the year is coming to a close, I think it's important that we also take the time to appreciate the difference that we're making together. YOU HELPED TO SAVE ASIA BIBI
Together we achieved something we can be proud of when we saved an innocent Christian woman from facing the death penalty in Pakistan. Asia Bibi spent 10 years of her life suffering in prison only because of her faith. Now she can live freely and embrace her family in Canada, without fear of a corrupt government or an angry mob trying to take her life. Thanks to your relentlessness, 2019 will be a year Asia Bibi will forever know for freedom. I’m sure that without the impact resulting from our campaign, Asia Bibi would still be on death row. I can only credit the help of CitizenGOers, like yourself, for helping to make a difference in her life. YOU GAVE TAFIDA RAQEEB A CHANCE AT LIFE
Helping Tafida with the opportunity to stay alive comes from the help of members of CitizenGO just like you. Tafida Raqeeb, a five-year-old girl, was in a deep coma when hospital administrators in the United Kingdom wanted to take her off of life support. This decision was made even though she was not considered brain dead, and many medical experts gave her a fighting chance to survive. We pushed and pushed for Tafida because doctors who were supposed to care for her only wanted to take her life. They even tried to intimidate Tafida’s parents with legal action. When a big government bureaucracy, led by administrators who only care about the bottom line, tried to give up on LIFE, we took a stand. And as a result, Tafida was allowed to travel to Italy to seek the highly qualified medical care that she needed. Now, Tafida is receiving proper treatment in an Italian hospital. We collected and delivered 279,331 signatures to hospital administrators and many British Embassies around the world. We organized rallies, vigils, and other actions in London, Rome, Nairobi, Brasilia, Washington D.C, Budapest, Madrid, Warsaw, Berlin, Amsterdam. Our advertisement in major newspapers landed on the desk of some of the most influential people in the world, including to key officials in the White House.
The parents of a battling child should never have to endure the plight that of Tadifa’s parents. They had the full weight of the British government against them. And you and I were in the corner for her!
The success of this campaign was only made possible thanks to the petition signatures, donations, and prayers from generous and committed CitizenGOers like you! YOU STOPPED A SERIOUS OFFENCE AGAINST CHRISTIANS
As a result of our campaign, DC Comics responded by pulling the plug on this anti-Christian comic book series, Second Coming, that was scheduled to publish. Second Coming purposely distorted the life of Christ to offend Christians. Our petition went viral and spread quickly through social media. In days, we received 228,989 signatures. Thanks to these responses, we made a supergiant of superheroes comics rectify their poor decision. Some deranged folks within the DC Comic team wanted to show Jesus Christ as a failure and Christianity as wrong. Our stand made sure that Christ was not falsified. These offensive "caricatures" are not innocent, and its purpose was to "educate" young people with a biased and false view of Christianity. This victory also sent waves crashing through Hollywood channels. Next time, be it DC Comic or whoever it may be, they will think twice. Well done! YOU SUPPORTED “UNPLANNED”
Unplanned -- a powerful blockbuster film that chronicles the life of Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood abortion center director whose life was turned upside-down by what she saw one day in her center -- was being blackballed by Hollywood elites. As a result, the pro-life film encountered massive roadblocks in its promotion and debut in cinemas around the world. The powerful pro-abortion lobby, with activists all over the world, does not want the truth about the heartbreaking nature of abortion known to the public. These realities, as seen in Unplanned, are the reason Abby Johnson became a pro-life activist. With your support, we took this fight head-on by promoting this film where Hollywood and the pro-aborts didn’t want it to be seen. Together, with the help of many members of CitizenGO and other likeminded groups, we aided in the distribution and viewing of this pro-life cry against abortion. By promoting Unplanned, we are allowing people to witness the horrors of abortion firsthand, and learn of the havoc it wreaks on families. You have made it possible for this film to premiere in many places that it would not otherwise have had the opportunity to be shown. Despite strong opposition against our efforts, the grassroots won again! Unplanned and our campaign to support its viewing around the world helped activate other pro-lifers to speak out -- and now; as a result, the abortion industry is on the precipice of defeat. WE’RE (TOGETHER) STANDING UP TO THE DISNEY GIANT
Our fighting started in July 2019 when Disney promoted its first-ever public “Pride” event at Disneyland Paris. After “Magical Gay Pride” took place, we uncovered that Disney’s CEO and Board are considering organizing more “Pride” events in other Disney theme parks around the world. As if that wasn’t enough, Disney is promoting many other alarming things, including the introduction of the first “boy-princess” on the Disney XD channel in the series, Star vs. the Forces of Evil. And now, Disney is receiving a lot of pressure to alter Frozen by turning Queen Elsa into a lesbian! The LGBT lobby is pushing Disney to use its influence over millions of children to indoctrinate and encourage them to accept gender ideology. But CitizenGO, with your help, is fighting back. For example, on November 20th, we delivered a truck filled with almost half a million signatures to Disney’s headquarters, c/o CEO Robert A. Iger and the Disney Board of Directors. It was clear that they received our message that lifelong Disney fans and parents are no longer going to tolerate their plan to indoctrinate our children. And our fight isn't over. We are not going to let Disney and radical activists indoctrinate our children and grandchildren. So, with your help, I guarantee you, it's a promise: as long as it takes, we will continue to work to confront the LGBT bullies and convince Disney to protect the innocence and freedom of our children. These are only a few of our campaigns in 2019... … There have been many more this year, just take a look at our website and see everything that we have accomplished. My commitment to you, on behalf of the entire CitizenGO team, is that we will continue to work (and fight) every moment, day by day and year by year to:
We will do this no matter how powerful the forces are against us. So... We cannot give in, we have to double down on our efforts. We must continue to protect and defend life, family, faith, and freedom. It's hard work. But that's the work we're accomplishing -- together. Thank you for everything you helped accomplish in 2019 to make this world a better place. You’re making a real difference. Gregory Mertz and the CitizenGO team P. S. A few days ago, I asked you to complete a survey that will help us determine our priorities in 2020. Knowing your opinion will help us plan and budget accordingly for the coming year. If you haven’t done it yet, please answer the survey to guide our 2020 plans and activities by clicking here. More information: Asia Bibi free at last as she leaves Pakistan for Canada after months of limbo ( The Telegraph) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/08/asia-bibi-leaves-pakistan-canada/ Tafida Raqeeb: Brain damaged girl arrives in Italy (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50068246 DC cancels comic book about a second coming of Christ amids backlash (NBC) Unplanned coming to Canada (The Interim) Disneyland Paris bows to LGBT agenda (Christian Concern) Prolife groups welcome decision to overturn abortion ruling (The Tablet)
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