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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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20 Jun 2005 07:58:25 PM |
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Baby killer Bush's Christianity |
From The Associated Press, 6/16/05:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/16/national/w140131D25..DTL
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON, (AP) --
President Bush has never been shy about talking about his faith, and
he has been getting more opportunities with the increasing popularity
of prayer breakfasts.
Bush doesn't typically lead the worship at these events, but speaks
easily of his faith and humbly of his place before God.
"Through fellowship and prayer, we acknowledge that all power is
temporary, and must ultimately answer to his purposes," Bush said at
the National Prayer Breakfast in February.
In the past six weeks, Bush has been the main attraction at three
prayer events.
He hosted the National Day of Prayer at the White House, attended the
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast and on Thursday spoke at the
National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Baby killer Bush's Christianity |
24 Jun 2005 02:03:06 PM |
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:58:25 GMT, (Fredric L.
Rice) wrote:
From The Associated Press, 6/16/05:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/16/national/w140131D25..DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/16/national/w140131D25.DTL
is the correct link.
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON, (AP) --
President Bush has never been shy about talking about his faith, and
he has been getting more opportunities with the increasing popularity
of prayer breakfasts.
Bush doesn't typically lead the worship at these events, but speaks
easily of his faith and humbly of his place before God.
"Through fellowship and prayer, we acknowledge that all power is
temporary, and must ultimately answer to his purposes," Bush said at
the National Prayer Breakfast in February.
In the past six weeks, Bush has been the main attraction at three
prayer events.
He hosted the National Day of Prayer at the White House, attended the
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast and on Thursday spoke at the
National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast.
President Bush has never been shy about talking about his faith, and
he has been getting more opportunities with the increasing popularity
of prayer breakfasts.
Bush doesn't typically lead the worship at these events, but speaks
easily of his faith and humbly of his place before God. "Through
fellowship and prayer, we acknowledge that all power is temporary, and
must ultimately answer to his purposes," Bush said at the National
Prayer Breakfast in February.
In the past six weeks, Bush has been the main attraction at three
prayer events. He hosted the National Day of Prayer at the White
House, attended the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast and on Thursday
spoke at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast.
Bush also has issued three presidential proclamations in the past year
declaring national days of prayer. One marked the anniversary of the
Sept. 11 attacks and another on Memorial Day. Then there was the first
Thursday in May, which has been the official National Day of Prayer
since President Reagan signed it into law in 1988.
The annual prayer breakfast is a tradition that Bush's predecessors
also have followed. President Clinton made headlines in 1998 when he
used the occasion to emotionally apologize for the Monica Lewinsky
scandal.
The prayer events are becoming more popular and the famously religious
president is a sought-after speaker.
Austin Ruse, vice president of the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
now in its second year, said the organizers were inspired by the
successful draw of the National Prayer Breakfast and thought there
might be room for one that was uniquely Catholic. He said they wanted
to honor Bush because he "holds Catholic positions" against gay
marriage, abortion and stem cell research.
Ruse said they wouldn't invite just any president who didn't share
their views to speak.
"That would be a problem for us to have someone on stage who is
opposed to the central teachings of the church," he said. "Everyone
would be welcome to have scrambled eggs. We would frankly love to have
Teddy Kennedy there, but in terms of having a microphone, that would
be a different thing."
Kennedy, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, is a Catholic who
supports abortion rights and funding for stem cell research.
Bush also was the first president to attend the Hispanic prayer
breakfast, now in its fourth year.
They are usually bipartisan events, and Bush embraces that spirit, if
just for that gathering.
Thursday's Hispanic prayer breakfast meeting came 37 hours after a
Republican fundraiser where Bush launched a combative attack on
Democrats and accused them of standing for nothing but obstructionism.
But there was no sign of that animosity as he thanked lawmakers
including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for "setting
aside politics to come and honor the Almighty through prayer."
Still, Bush usually works in some references to his conservative
political positions. "We're working to support and defend the sanctity
of marriage and to ensure that the most vulnerable Americans are
welcomed in life and protected in love," he said. His references
against gay unions and abortion got murmurs of "Amen" and applause
from the Hispanic group.
Mark David Hall, who teaches a class on Christianity and politics at
Oregon's George Fox University, said polls show that Americans like
how Bush talks about his faith. He said it's especially smart
politically for Bush to spend time praying with key Republican
constituencies such as religious conservatives and Hispanics.
"If I were advising him, I would say this is a no-brainer," Hall said.
"This is a constituency that the Republicans want to reach out to."
© 2005 AP
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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