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Title: SSN-666 Case Looming In Texas
Source: American Christian Liberty Society
URL Source: http://www.christianliberty.org/art ... 666-case-looming-in-texas.html
Published: May 10, 2007
Author: H. Lance Freeman
Post Date: 2007-05-10 20:08:08 by David Alan Carmichael
Keywords: constitution, religion, ssn
Views: 1523
Comments: 61

SSN-666 Case Looming In Texas H. Lance Freeman May 9, 2007

After several years of wrangling with the Texas government, a crop duster is giving the Texas Department of Agriculture one last chance to approve his application for a pesticide applicators license without compelling him to forsake his religious obligations. Gene McArthur has submitted a religious accommodation request to Todd Staples, the Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). In his request, Mr. McArthur states, “I am prohibited by my religion from identifying with the number of the beast cited by the book of Revelation in the Holy Bible… The Social Security Number is the number of the beast.” Mr. McArthur’s religious prohibition conflicts with the TDA requirement for all applicants to identify themselves with a Social Security Number. The requirement stems from section 666 of the United States Code dealing with Social Security (42 USC §666).

The first round of Mr. McArthur’s battle was fought by him alone. As a result, Susan Combs, then Commissioner of the TDA, denied Mr. McArthur’s religious accommodation request acting upon the opinion of Attorney General Gregg Abbot (Opinion #GA-0289). In his opinion, the Attorney General stated, ““Although the "right to worship without governmental restriction or compulsion is fundamental, the Supreme Court has refused to strictly scrutinize laws that are generally applicable and neutral toward religion yet have an incidental effect on certain religious practices.”” Mauldin, 94 S.W.3d at 872 (citing Smith, 494 U.S. at 878-79). In 1999, over five years before the Attorney General reviewed Mr. McArthur’s case, the Texas legislature passed the Religious Freedom Act intending to reverse the effects of court refusals to “strictly scrutinize laws that are generally applicable and neutral toward religion yet have an incidental effect on certain religious practices.” In his opinion regarding Mr. McArthur’s situation, Mr. Abbott never mentioned the existing Texas statute that specifically addressed the government’s burden to consider accommodation a religious practice that conflicts with a government practice (Tx. Stat., Title 5, Ch. 110). The Statute provides that, “a government agency may not substantially burden a person's free exercise of religion” – unless – “the government agency demonstrates that the application of the burden to the person: (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that interest.”

This round, Mr. McArthur is not standing alone. He has the support of an Austin law firm, and a religious liberty advocacy group. In a letter from the lawyer representing Mr. McArthur to Todd Staples, Commissioner of the TDA, she stated “It is clear to me that both the Federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, (42 USC §2000bb) and the Texas Religious Freedom Act (Texas Statutes, Title 5, Chapter 110) were violated when Mr. McArthur’s previous religious accommodation request was denied.” In her letter, Mr. McArthur’s lawyer asserted that the government could not prove a “compelling” governmental interest to the “person” of Mr. McArthur who does not have any child support obligations. She stated, ““Government efficiency such as enforcing child support obligations with relative quickness or accuracy is not the principal purpose for which governments are instituted. Securing Mr. McArthur’s religious liberty is a “compelling governmental interest” that substantially outweighs relative administrative conveniences or contrivances.”” She warned the government that “Unless Mr. McArthur’s request for religious accommodation is approved, within the customary timeframe required for processing pesticide applicators licenses, we anticipate filing a sixty day notice of intent to take action at law in compliance with the provisions of Texas Religious Freedom Act, Title 5, Sections 110.00l through 110.012.”

Mr. McArthur is affiliated with a network of other Christian’s who share the same religious beliefs. They are joining together to provide faith and financial support for Mr. McArthur in his fight. David Alan Carmichael is the Principal Minister of the American Christian Liberty Society. Mr. Carmichael recently prevailed in a law suit against the United States Navy who discharged him after he made a religious accommodation request to not be identified by a Social Security Number, David Alan Carmichael v. United States, 298 F.3d 1367, Fed. Cir. (Aug 2002); 66 Fed. Cl. 115 (2005). He founded the American Christian Liberty Society as a religious support group focused upon the needs of those who’s religious convictions prohibit them from identifying with a universal identification number, or through the use of biometric identifiers such as fingerprints, retina scans, facial scans, DNA, or implanted electronic devices (http://www.christianliberty.org). Their group believes that those mechanisms fulfill the Bible prophesies of Revelation, chapter 13, referring to the number, mark, and name of the Beast. Mr. Carmichael wrote a letter to Todd Staples, Commissioner of the TDA to affirm the bona fides of Mr. McArthur’s convictions, saying, “I interviewed him with the intent of determining whether or not he is truly sincere, whether his beliefs are Biblically based, and whether his lifestyle and actions are consistent with his professed convictions… I am certain that to Mr. McArthur, identifying with the Social Security Number is in affect denying loyalty to Jesus Christ for the sake of loyalty to the Anti-Christ.”

Mr. Carmichael believes that Mr. McArthur’s fight will have far-reaching consequences upon the future of religious liberty in America.

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#3. To: christine (#0)

Keeping you up to date

David Alan Carmichael  posted on  2007-05-10   21:52:04 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: David Alan Carmichael (#3)

Mr. Carmichael recently prevailed in a law suit against the United States Navy who discharged him after he made a religious accommodation request to not be identified by a Social Security Number, David Alan Carmichael v. United States, 298 F.3d 1367, Fed. Cir. (Aug 2002); 66 Fed. Cl. 115 (2005).

Wait a minute here. You had no problem serving in the armed forces of the United States, but you had a problem with an assigned number? Sorry, not buying it.

RickyJ  posted on  2007-05-10   22:11:30 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: RickyJ (#4)

You had no problem serving in the armed forces of the United States, but you had a problem with an assigned number? Sorry, not buying it.

I came to the conviction about the number while I was in the military. God spoke to me and ordered me to forsake the number. He did not tell me to get out of the Navy, He told me to forsake the number and then go to the Navy leadership and ask for an accommodation. I did what I was told.

What is it that you do not "buy"?

David Alan Carmichael  posted on  2007-05-10   22:16:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: David Alan Carmichael (#5)

have you any of the chapters of your book posted online so that Ricky and Mike can read your story?

christine  posted on  2007-05-10   23:10:08 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: christine (#22)

have you any of the chapters of your book posted online so that Ricky and Mike can read your story

I had some excerpts on a webpage but I just checked the web page and found that I did not leave the link to the exerpts on it when I last changed the sight. If you email me at faithfrontier@verizon.net, send me a physical mailing address, I will send a copy of the book to you "for free". The copies I have had been paid for by others so that I could give some away.

I have the PDF version that was sent to the printers. I guess I could eventually put a link on the internet for folks to download. Harass me a few times about it and I will probably put it ahead on my priority list.

David Alan Carmichael  posted on  2007-05-10   23:22:09 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: David Alan Carmichael (#26)

harass harass ;)

(i purchased your book and have read it)

christine  posted on  2007-05-10   23:27:48 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: christine (#29)

(i purchased your book and have read it)

Did I actually charge you for it? I remember getting a check recently with a request for a book, but I thought I sent the check back. If folks send money as a gift, we merely use it to pay for printing expenses

What is your take on the book considering ferret's comments?

David Alan Carmichael  posted on  2007-05-10   23:40:54 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: David Alan Carmichael (#32)

i bought it to help you out with your legal costs. it was a long time ago when Neil posted your story here.

i thought if Mike (and Ricky) could read your story with detailed description of your relationship with the Lord first hand, he'd have an understanding of who you are rather than only by the article you've posted on this thread. it's like reading a book starting in the middle.

christine  posted on  2007-05-10   23:54:27 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: christine (#37)

i bought it to help you out with your legal costs. it was a long time ago when Neil posted your story here

I thought you were sending a gift to the ACLS TRUST to support the legal costs incurred in helping Larry Lewis and Gene McArthur. I sent the book just because you asked for it. It really is free. Thus, I have no excuse for not getting the pdf version linked to the internet.

David Alan Carmichael  posted on  2007-05-11   0:03:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: David Alan Carmichael (#38)

I thought you were sending a gift to the ACLS TRUST to support the legal costs incurred in helping Larry Lewis and Gene McArthur. I sent the book just because you asked for it.

ah, ok, detail memory failure. ;)

christine  posted on  2007-05-11   0:18:24 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: christine (#40)

I will let you know when it is posted on the web.

I will work on it tonight while I am monitoring the freedum4um.

David Alan Carmichael  posted on  2007-05-11   0:29:03 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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