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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan this be true about the DNC convention? A friend wants to know.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina
(9/11/12) When the DNC came to Charlotte, area churches, 100 of them,
offered hospitality, not knowing how much the Dems hate God and would
actually boo God at the convention. They had no idea how that hatred would
be directed at them and their churches.
The Sunday before the DNC, over 9000 people had come
together to pray for the convention. Then, wanting to extend hospitality to
the visitors to their city, 56 of the churches set out to
"Adopt-a-Delegation."
They put together gift baskets featuring Carolina
Pralines and a letter welcoming them to the city and offering assistance in
transportation, childcare or spiritual matters.
According to writer, Todd Starnes, The DNC banned
the churches from distributing the gift baskets to delegates because, DNC
said, the congregations hold values that are contrary to the party platform.
Read that carefully.
David Benham, one of the organizers of the outreach
said, "We were just trying to display Southern hospitality." DNC officials,
however, conveyed to city leaders that the Christians would not be allowed
to present their gift baskets.
Even the Charlotte Mayor's office jumped in to tell
the churches not to participate, saying that their views on women's rights
are contrary to the platform. That's right..the same platform that booed God
later.
Benham then asked if they could send welcome letters
to the delegates. Again, the DNC refused, because, they said, "The churches
hold pro-life values."
The baskets did not contain a single political or
pro-life message. They just wanted to give them regional candles and a
welcome letter. The DNC refused to return numerous phone calls seeking
comment.
But it gets worse. When a gathering of 200 Muslims
showed up to pray for the convention, the Dems welcomed them with open arms
and the liberal media gave extensive national coverage.
It is ironic that this day, in the shadow of that
Islamic prayer event, we commemorate the greatest tragedy in American
History, when Muslims attacked America on September 11, 2001, brutally
killing thousands.of innocent people.
Muslims who publicly state their hatred of our
country with fierce determination to kill us all and put America under
Sharia Law, are welcomed by the Democratic Party while Christians are pushed
out of sight like criminals because they respect life and hold family
values.
These are the same democrats who want you to vote
them into office to direct the United States of America and every life from
beginning to end. It is obvious that we must not let this happen.
Our thanks to Rev. Ed Berkey (retired) who alerted
us to this story.
Austin Miles
http://blogs.christianpost.com/the-connecting-link/dems-welcome-muslims-proh
ibit-christian-hospitalty-in-charlotte-11861/
earthside
(6,960 posts)Mostly rightwing hype about nothing ... big surprise.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)They are sleazy. Why would anyone want their baskets? They are the ones who maintain "hit lists" of abortion providers with home addresses and targets over the pictures of individuals.
Like asking if delegates wanted folks from Westboro Baptist to host a party.
UTUSN
(70,744 posts)gkhouston
(21,642 posts)"... not knowing how much the Dems hate God and would actually boo God at the convention."
Any time someone leads with a statement that emotionally laden, don't expect an objective account to follow.
MineralMan
(146,331 posts)Your link didn't work, so I can't go look at the source, but "blogs.christianpost.com" should give you most of the answer you need. Someone already posted the Snopes link, which demonstrates that this is not a new thing.
Stuff that is circulated on the Internet by your conservative "friends" is almost certainly bogus. Sharing it with us here on DU doesn't really make a lot of sense, most of the time. If the source is conservative, you can assume that the information is wrong when it comes to these phony viral things.
Consider the source, check Snopes, and you'll find that most of this stuff is nonsense, and doesn't deserve space on DU.
Sedona
(3,769 posts)Lex
(34,108 posts)I would figure they would blow up. Those people are well-known violent nuts.
As to the rest of it, Snopes (bookmark Snopes and you'll save yourself some trouble):
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/giftbaskets.asp