Skipping Breakfast: Why Obama Should Insist On A Different Prayer Circle

SOURCE: The Wall of Separation
February 4th, 2011
By Joseph L. Conn.

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The National Prayer Breakfast – despite its official-sounding name – is privately sponsored. So participation in the event by elected officials doesn’t directly raise constitutional concerns. This isn’t a governmental event, it’s a privately organized worship service.

But that’s where one of the major problems comes in. The breakfast is privately sponsored by The Fellowship Foundation, a shadowy evangelical Christian outfit that is hymnal-deep in controversy. The Fellowship, also known as the Family, has a well-documented record of political shenanigans both here and abroad. (See “C-Street House.”) Its leaders achieve power by holding networking events such as the prayer breakfast — officially non-political but unofficially very much so. (Search “National Prayer Breakfast” on Google News and see the list of political figures, great and small, who proudly announced that they were attending this year’s heavy-hitter get-together.)

Most recently, Fellowship cronies have been involved in the disgraceful attempts in Uganda to impose the death penalty and other draconian punishments on gay people. That’s why protesters gathered outside the Washington Hilton to call our national leaders to account.

Why, the protesters wanted to know, were Obama and a cavalcade of government officials, gathering under the aegis of such a reprehensible group?

I’d like to know that too.
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LINK: http://blog.au.org/2011/02/04/skipping-breakfast-why-obama-should-insist-on-a-different-prayer-circle/
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That's a question I'd also like answered.

I would prefer the group hosting the breakfast had a clear appreciation of religious liberty and Church/State separation, which is certainly far from the case with The Family, and their fellow-travelers.

How are you holding up under the latest storm? :hi:

Those who speak of religion and politics at the same time always abuse both. I thought that Tucson would have taught them to stay far from the hate mongers, but now I expect 2012 to be another parade of 'ministers' preaching war against the minorities they don't like in the name of a teacher who said love all and judge none.

is an excellent organization for keeping an eye on such things. I believe that fighting the ongoing erosion of Church/State separation is one of the fights we need to support fully.

This is a good organization to support, if anyone has discretionary funds to offer during these times.

The cause of true freedom and liberty for all would be greatly strengthened if more people paid attention to the assault on Church/State separation.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State is an excellent organization to support, for those with any budgeted funds available for donation during these difficult times.

This is just disgusting. Can you imagine this president meeting with high-level liberals such as Bernie Sanders and Michael Moore? Nah, me neither. But he sure as hell is all cushy with the hate mongers.

I feel I am insulting both.

No, no, can't have that.