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To: Neocon who wrote (35291)	2/23/1999 4:07:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

non- sectarian prayer, or provide for the rotation of ministers from all denominations in the community. I have particular issue with this method of leading public gatherings. For some reason the reigning religious leaders seem to think that all denominations refers only to sects of christains and jews. There are also new-age, wickan, hindu, hari-krishna, and moonies which need accommodation. Not to mention atheists. Since the majority seem to think their god can read their thoughts or at least hear a whispered prayer, they should just go ahead and pray themselves. Why have a leader? They can silently pray all the way through the public event without someone needing to tell them when. TP ( We all know that it is a binding ceremony and not a real plea to a diety.)

To: Neocon who wrote (35291)	2/24/1999 2:34:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

I've always wondered what a stealth campaign looked like. The last one in our area was for school board. The Religous Right candidates selected people to run. They were pretty well financed. They ran on a platform of better education for our students, the usual kind of school board campaign. Most ads just had a picture and Vote for so-and-so with no positions. In the mean time they passed out literature at the most fundamental of churches with their real positions. The congregation were given orders from the pulpit to show up and vote for these people. After the election they fired the school board staff, replaced them with cronies, banned books they had never read, and generally tried to destroy the school system so they could complain about it's quality and call for vouchers. It's taken several years to repair the damage. TP