HUFFINGTON POST & DAILY KOS – So, Who Should We Listen To — Shirley Dobson or Norman Schwarzkopf?
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Well, another one of Shirley Dobson’s big National Day of Prayer shindigs has come and gone, with all the same regulation-violating military participation as last year and the year before that and the year before that. As usual, they had their Army band, military color guard, and speakers that included uniformed service members going all the way up to a major general — all in blatant violation of the very clear military regulations prohibiting service members from participating in religious or any other “non-federal entity” events of this kind while in uniform. But, rather than go into detail about that, which would basically just be a repeat of what I wrote about last year’s event, I want to focus on another aspect of Ms. Dobson’s annual Capitol Hill Jesus jamboree.
In her opening remarks, Ms. Dobson, who took over as chairperson of the National Day of Prayer Task Force in 1991, recalled the difficulties that she and her husband, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, experienced when they moved their organization to Colorado Springs that same year. She also recalled what a bad year 1991 was for America in general, explaining to her audience how the lord delivered America from the First Gulf War: [Read more]
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I really have a hard time after reading the mission statement. First, it is not the right nor the function of the government or anyone else to tell me after I enlisted, what my religion or religious symbol would be.and to tell me that my patriotism is my only religion, I find truly offensive. I am not a holy roller by any means and I do not push religion or detract from another for his faith in another religion. But I would have to say that we would have to agree to disagree.