{"id":2543,"date":"2013-12-13T10:40:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T15:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2013-12-13T10:40:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T15:40:26","slug":"do-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/do-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Something!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote my congressman today.\u00a0 Never done that before, but I am convinced action must be taken.\u00a0 The subject?\u00a0 Pastor Saeed Abedini, the American pastor being held because of his faith in one of Iran&#8217;s most notorious prisons.\u00a0 Unfortunately, our State Department and our government, in general, has abandoned him, cutting a deal with Iran to reduce nuclear development without first dealing with the issue of an American citizen rotting away in their prison.<\/p>\n<p>I pray for Pastor Saeed and his family.\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s also time to take action.\u00a0 If we don&#8217;t, he will be forgotten and that should not happen as long as we have a voice.\u00a0 You and I have a voice.\u00a0 Use it.\u00a0 Here is my letter to my congressman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidcprice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-13-at-10.20.10-AM.png.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2545\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-12-13 at 10.20.10 AM.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidcprice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-13-at-10.20.10-AM.png.jpg?resize=543%2C321\" width=\"543\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidcprice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-13-at-10.20.10-AM.png.jpg?w=543 543w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidcprice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-13-at-10.20.10-AM.png.jpg?resize=300%2C177 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to take the time and energy to use your voice to respectfully remind our representatives who they work for and what they should be working on.\u00a0 If you would like to learn more about the situation and hear the testimony of Pastor Saeed&#8217;s wife before congress, you can watch this lengthy but informative video from the ACLJ.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9o34-iJvPk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nYou can also find more information, including a petition you can sign and opportunities to actually send Pastor Saeed encouraging messages at <a title=\"Save Saeed\" href=\"http:\/\/savesaeed.org\">SaveSaeed.org<\/a>. \u00a0 If you would like to write your congressman, you can find the contact information <a title=\"House.gov\" href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Do+Something%21\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\"  data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/do-something\/\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote my congressman today.\u00a0 Never done that before, but I am convinced action must be taken.\u00a0 The subject?\u00a0 Pastor Saeed Abedini, the American pastor being held because of his faith in one of Iran&#8217;s most notorious prisons.\u00a0 Unfortunately, our State Department and our government, in general, has abandoned him, cutting a deal with Iran&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Do Something!","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3jKZO-F1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":740,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/video-from-matt-chandler-pastor-of-the-village-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":2543,"position":0},"title":"Video from Matt Chandler, Pastor of The Village Church","date":"December 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This is what it's all about:\u00a0 Christ is enough. 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