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To: Constant Reader who wrote (3239)	1/25/2001 8:15:59 PM
From: Kid Rock	Respond to of 82486

Thanks for the invocations CR I found this firstthings.com I don't remember the visceral reaction to any of the invocations of the past. Seems to me people with strong feelings against Bush are looking for reasons to dislike him. IMHO Interesting reading <g> It is worth remembering that the practice of inaugural prayer was reinstituted, after a lapse of 144 years, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In the last quarter century, from the Republican Richard Nixon in 1969 to the Democratic Bill Clinton in 1993, the evangelist Billy Graham has often played a prominent role at inauguration services. Clinton's inauguration was no less religious than that of his immediate predecessors. He began the day at an early morning prayer service at an A.M.E. Church, laid his hand on the Bible as he took the oath, quoted scripture in his inaugural address, and invited Graham to deliver the invocation and benediction. The American religious-political symbols of Bible, oath, prayer, benediction, and evangelist, all of them together suggesting the theme of America as a holy, (Judeo?) Christian nation, were present.

To: Constant Reader who wrote (3239)	1/25/2001 8:30:35 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Karen, for the record (and FYI), here is the invocation delivered at the 1997 inauguration: Thanks. I wish I could find the one from Saturday. It so outraged me that my memory shorted out and I'd like to see exactly what was so offensive. I think Saturday's benediction and the invocation you posted are more or less acceptable. I don't find it unreasonable to call upon the higher power of the person assuming such an awesome position for a blessing. I would cross out a few lines of this invocation, however, where it starts to suggest a theocracy. That crosses the line, IMO. Karen P.S. Looks like the preview is on the fritz again. It just zapped my post.