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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Carolyn who wrote (111307)8/25/2011 2:43:23 PM
From: MJ4 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 224744
 
WOW, WHAT IS BLOOMBERG THINKING?????

Unbelievable!!! mj

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"New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is under attack for refusing to allow members of the clergy to play a role in the city’s commemoration of the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

Bloomberg insists the ceremonies should focus on the families of those killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center. He is also barring political speech. But pastors and politicians are lining up to lambast his decision, reports The Wall Street Journal.

"This is America, and to have a memorial service where there's no prayer, this appears to be insanity to me," said Rudy Washington, a deputy mayor under Bloomberg’s predecessor Rudy Giuliani, who organized a nationally televised interfaith ceremony at Yankee Stadium in the days after the 2001 attacks."

Read more on Newsmax.com: New York Mayor Bloomberg Bans Religion at 9/11 Ceremony
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