Rick Perry pals around with terrorists

[marmar]

Houston Clergy Council opposes Perry’s prayer rally


Gov. Rick Perry’s upcoming prayer event has concerned progressive Christian leaders in Houston, who have written a letter criticizing the governor for excluding non-Christians, partnering with an anti-gay group and blurring boundaries between church and state.

“We ask that Rick Perry leave the ministry to us and refocus his energy on the work of governing our state,” the Houston Clergy Council wrote in a letter signed by 24 local leaders, many of them Unitarian Universalists or members of other denominations that welcome GLBT Christians.

“We wanted to let people know that there are people of faith who have different stances than Gov. Perry. Often the only faith that gets covered is the religious right,” said Rev. Becky Edmiston-Lange, of Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church. “We are clergy persons who support the rights of all people, no matter who they love or how they worship.”

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Their criticisms echo a chorus of concerned groups, including the Houston GLBT Political Caucus, the Houston chapter of the Council of American-Islamic relations and the Interfaith Alliance. About 300 Texans plan to protest the event, and the Houston Clergy Council may schedule a pro-tolerance speaker as counter-programming to Perry’s Christian-centric message. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://blog.chron.com/believeitornot/2011/06/houston-clergy-council-opposes-perrys-prayer-rally/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[somone]

1. Reverend Goodhair should leave politics and start his own church

and get out of that $10,000-a-month rental house he's living in courtesy of Texas taxpayers

[Ilsa]

3. No pay raises for teachers in our school district over his mismanagement

of State finances. As weak as the Texas governorship is, he and his followers refuse to dip into the emergency fund to keep our public schools funded. He's a horse's ass. Even die-hard Aggies despise him, a former yell leader.

[UTUSN]

2. My K&R was supposed to be #6 but it got knocked so still at BIG #5!1 n/t

[ceile]

4. K&R

He's such a tool...