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Victory for Sacramento,
California Employee Who Stood
on Pro-Life Convictions

Poetry
by Kevin Tyner
Nothing is Free
Nothing in this world or the next is
free. Everything you have, want,
need and hope for has a price tag
associated with it and it is paid by
somebody, somewhere present,
past, or will be in the future with
their blood (their sacrifice), Sweat
(their hard work) and Tears (their
compassion).

NAPA, Calif.,-- Jan England became a Human Services Specialist with the County of Sacramento's Department of Public Assistance out of a sincere
desire to help others. Her job
was to guide people through
the complex web of public social services.

The only thing that is free is your
will to choose what you want to be,
become, or who you now are, but at
some point in time that decision or
choice is going to be paid for after
the deed has been done.

shop and what you want to buy, but
remember it’s your choice and your
decision to purchase. The product
you purchased and how it’s maintained, used and disposed of, that
responsibility falls on you. You could
consider whether you were in the
It is like when you walk into a store right store or who you brought
from, but whatever the circumyou have free will to come in, look
around, feel the merchandise, even stances did you chose to buy the
sometime taste or test it before you wrong product in the store you
purchase it. If you decide to buy it,
chose to shop.
that thing is now yours and you own
it and how long you want to keep it So, the question is what and who
are you buying into today? What is
is up to you. But you are now reit going to cost you to keep it and is
sponsible for it’s upkeep, use, and
it worth keeping, adding peace to
disposal.
your life according to God’s plan.
Now some things come with a war- I know a man who paid the price
ranty or guaranty and you are able
with his blood (his sacrifice with his
to redeem it if you have not abused life), Sweat (his hard work to estabthe product based on the standards lish God’s plan for your life) and
of how the product is supposed to
Tears (his compassion for all men);
be used and the time period that it his name is Jesus.
can be brought back to the store to
You’re brought with a price.
be replaced.
God’s word is his warranty or guarSome products are bought as is and anty.
up front before you buy you are told
there is no warranty or guaranty for He will redeem you and his store is
always open, but are you willing to
the product. When you chose to
buy it’s your entire responsibility for throw away that broken product
that you’re holding on too, and go
its up keep, use and disposal and
back to the store to use the warranthere are no refunds and the prodty or claim your redemption for
uct can’t be redeemed (read the
your product or even pay the price
small print). Now, that being the
case, You chose if you’re going to
to get a new one.
hold on to something broken or
It’s free to come to God through
throw it away and go back to the
Jesus, but it’s going to cost you
store and get a new product. You
something to stay with him.
add up the cost to and determine
was it worth what you paid for as
Nothing is Free.
you move forward to buy something
Jesus loves you and so do I, God
else that satisfies you.
Bless you.
You might you say I’m never buying
anything from that store again, they Acknowledgements: to the God the
cheated me, there service was bad, Father, the Son and Holy Spirit and
they didn’t satisfy my needs or I just Acts Full Gospel Ministry
don’t like what they offer and you
may be right. Determine where you Kevin Tyner has been writing poet-

ry for many years and has contribut-

Soon after she was hired, Ms.
England realized the County
expected her to promote and
encourage abortion through
the county's benefits programs and to register clients—
some as young as twelve
years old—for benefits for the
sole purpose of terminating
pregnancy. These duties violated Ms. England's deeply
held beliefs regarding the
sanctity of human life.

denial, a process that included
a hearing before an administrative law judge. With the assistance of Life Legal Defense
Foundation, Ms. England won
her appeal.
As a next step, Life Legal assisted Ms. England in filing a
complaint with the California
Department of Fair Employment and Housing. After continuing negotiations, a settlement was reached in which
Ms. England received monetary relief.

Most importantly, the County
of Sacramento agreed to
change its policy on religious
discrimination to include a
proper interactive process for
accommodation, and retraining its staff regarding their
right to receive reasonable acWhen she informed her super- commodation.
visor of her conflict and need
for an accommodation with
"We are honored to have
regard to these duties, the
worked alongside Jan England
County stonewalled.
on this case," states Rebekah
Millard, Staff Counsel for Life
Federal and state law prohibit Legal Defense Foundation.
employment discrimination
"Jan is a pro-life hero who
based on religion, including
was willing to stand for her
"refusing to accommodate an
convictions despite very real
employee's sincerely held reli- personal cost. Because Jan
gious beliefs."
took a courageous stand, future employees of the County
Instead of providing an acof Sacramento do not have to
commodation, the County
be afraid of voicing their need
forced Ms. England to certify
for religious accommodation."
her compliance with one of the
duties to which she had speLife Legal Defense Foundation
cifically objected. Ms. England was established in 1989, and
again requested an accommo- is a nonprofit organization
dation.
composed of attorneys and

other concerned citizens com-

Two days later, the County
mitted to giving helpless and
fired her without reason or ex- innocent human beings of any
planation.
age, and their advocates, a
To add insult to injury, Ms.
England's application for unemployment was denied and
the County claimed she was
fired for misconduct. Ms. England was forced to appeal the

trained and committed voice
in the courtrooms of our nation. For more information
about the Life Legal Defense
Foundation, visit
www.lldf. ܙ˂