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ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- As Georgia descends deeper into drought, Gov.
Sonny Perdue has ordered water restrictions, launched a legal battle
and asked President Bush for help. On Tuesday, the governor will call
on a higher power.
Gov. Sonny Perdue has several times mentioned the need for prayer as
the crisis has worsened.
He will join lawmakers and ministers on the steps of the state Capitol
to pray for rain.
While public prayer vigils might raise eyebrows in other parts of the
nation, they are mostly shrugged off in the Bible Belt, where turning
to the heavens for help is common and sometimes even politically
expedient.
"Christianity has more of a place in the culture here than in some
other region," said Ray Van Neste, a professor of Christian studies at
Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. "And it's only natural, in a
way, for the public to pray for rain."
Perdue won't be the first governor to hold a call for public prayer
during the epic drought gripping the Southeast. Alabama Gov. Bob Riley
issued a proclamation declaring a week in July as "Days of Prayer for
Rain" to "humbly ask for His blessings and to hold us steady in times
of difficulty."
The loudest opposition to Perdue's move has come from the Atlanta
Freethought Society, a secular group that is expecting about a dozen
of its 125 members to protest at the vigil.
"The governor can pray when he wants to," said Ed Buckner, who is
organizing the protest. "What he can't do is lead prayers in the name
of the people of Georgia."
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He could have always prayed to Indra or Thor ... they
would be more 'PC'
Anyway, it's clear that gawd is PUNISHING Atlanta
for its sins. Atlanta shall be cursed with burning thirst
and chaos shall rule the land. That's what they get
for spawining Jimmy Carter and tolerating miscegenation,
homosexuals, Hanoi Jane Turner, CNN and porNOGraphy !
The wrath o gawd is upon you !!! Too late for prayer.
If you want relief, well, better call in the Budweiser
trucks instead ...
. . . .
And the Freethoughters ... you shouldn't complain, you
should EXPLOIT the mythological madness. Stage your own
rain-evoking ritual right across the street ... but use
a "wiccan"-style ritual involving nekked women, Super-
Soaker squirt guns and a dance for the earth-mother
goddess.
Hey, if it's OK for the Gov to do some public xian
ritual for rain then it's damned well OK to hold
an equivalent ritual using some alternative religion -
right ? If the cops interrupt YOUR ritual but not
the Govs ... well then ... you've got all the ammo
you need to keep the courts tied in knots for the
next decade at least !
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- As Georgia descends deeper into drought, Gov.
Sonny Perdue has ordered water restrictions, launched a legal battle
and asked President Bush for help. On Tuesday, the governor will call
on a higher power.
Gov. Sonny Perdue has several times mentioned the need for prayer as
the crisis has worsened.
He will join lawmakers and ministers on the steps of the state Capitol
to pray for rain.
While public prayer vigils might raise eyebrows in other parts of the
nation, they are mostly shrugged off in the Bible Belt, where turning
to the heavens for help is common and sometimes even politically
expedient.
"Christianity has more of a place in the culture here than in some
other region," said Ray Van Neste, a professor of Christian studies at
Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. "And it's only natural, in a
way, for the public to pray for rain."
Perdue won't be the first governor to hold a call for public prayer
during the epic drought gripping the Southeast. Alabama Gov. Bob Riley
issued a proclamation declaring a week in July as "Days of Prayer for
Rain" to "humbly ask for His blessings and to hold us steady in times
of difficulty."
The loudest opposition to Perdue's move has come from the Atlanta
Freethought Society, a secular group that is expecting about a dozen
of its 125 members to protest at the vigil.
"The governor can pray when he wants to," said Ed Buckner, who is
organizing the protest. "What he can't do is lead prayers in the name
of the people of Georgia."
- - - - -
He could have always prayed to Indra or Thor ... they
would be more 'PC'
Anyway, it's clear that gawd is PUNISHING Atlanta
for its sins. Atlanta shall be cursed with burning thirst
and chaos shall rule the land. That's what they get
for spawining Jimmy Carter and tolerating miscegenation,
homosexuals, Hanoi Jane Turner, CNN and porNOGraphy !
The wrath o gawd is upon you !!! Too late for prayer.
If you want relief, well, better call in the Budweiser
trucks instead ...
. . . .
And the Freethoughters ... you shouldn't complain, you
should EXPLOIT the mythological madness. Stage your own
rain-evoking ritual right across the street ... but use
a "wiccan"-style ritual involving nekked women, Super-
Soaker squirt guns and a dance for the earth-mother
goddess.
Hey, if it's OK for the Gov to do some public xian
ritual for rain then it's damned well OK to hold
an equivalent ritual using some alternative religion -
right ? If the cops interrupt YOUR ritual but not
the Govs ... well then ... you've got all the ammo
you need to keep the courts tied in knots for the
next decade at least !
