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PASADENA, Md., July 27, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Michael Anthony Peroutka, co-founder with his brother Steve of "Institute On The Constitution" (TheAmericanView.com), has issued the following statement regarding the death of Georgia state Rep. Bobby Franklin:

We lost a Christian champion today. Around noon today (7/26/2011) we learned of the death of our great friend Representative Bobby Franklin of Marrietta, GA.

Although I have spent a great part of my life speaking and educating about what we call THE AMERICAN VIEW of law and liberty and civil government, Bobby Franklin was a man who was "walking the walk" --  putting into practice the Biblical worldview of the Founders of America and the Framers of our state and federal constitutions.

Very recently, during a break in his legislative agenda, Bobby spent ten days here in Maryland with our staff, helping us to complete the materials for our new IOTC courses on the subjects of the Constitution and the Duty of the Jury.

Bobby was a stalwart defender of the Christian Faith and a battle-tested promoter of the need to Restore the Constitutional Republic through the reinvigoration of the Christian principles of the founding. He was a true pro-life activist who understood that any legislative effort the ends with "...and then you can kill the baby" is not truly pro-life legislation.

Bobby was a hero to the pro-life movement because he understood the importance of Godly principles and was willing to stand on them and take the consequences.

During his last days with us -- almost the last days of his life -- I asked him if we could feature some stories on our new website that would demonstrate how he had applied The American View on his work in the Georgia legislature. On the very day that the first story was to appear on the website, we learned of his death. We would like to present it to you in his memory just the way it was written. It was intended to be the first of a series. It is our current hope that we can do this series anyway, bringing you examples of other legislators across the country who are cognizant of and committed to the true American View. We will dedicate the series to Bobby's memory and hope that it will serve as as inspiration for others to stand the way Bobby stood.

He stood bravely for the Honor of God, the defense of the Family and the Restoration of the American Constitutional Republic.

We love you, Bobby. We miss you already. We commit ourselves to honor your memory.