> -----Original Message----- > From: Billy Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:45 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: National Day of Prayer! > > It isn't such a big deal that fundamentalists require the coordinators > of > *their recognition* of the National Day of Prayer also be > fundamentalists. > This doesn't mean that the Day belongs to the fundamentalists any more > than > Thanksgiving belongs to the Pilgrims.
And if that were the case, great. But this is the declaration required by the National Coordinator. The official honcho. The big cheese. The (wo)man at the top. This is the main organization that coordinates "official" events, government funding and government involvement. This article concerning the local management in Minnesota is interesting reading: http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3848 Sharon Auldrich, the local coordinator, signed this pledge from the main office. In addition she was also required to agree to this: "I commit that [National Day of Prayer] activities I serve with will be conducted solely by Christians while those with differing beliefs are welcome to attend." Although they don't seem to allow Jews into the club (and several Jewish organizations are sponsoring protests and lawsuits) she had this to say two years ago: "It's a Judeo-Christian observance, and people of other faiths who ask about participating are encouraged to set aside their own day of prayer," Auldrich told This Week Online in 2006. Regardless of what they may have believed personally this is an utter repudiation of the goals for the day set aside by Truman and Reagan (the two presidents responsible for the observance). Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259508 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
