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mrmpa

(4,033 posts) Thu Jan 17, 2013, 06:54 PM Jan 2013

House & Senate "chaplains" to speak at right wing event on Inauguration Day

Received this email today. It is beyond the pale, that these chaplains would appear at any event, where the intended audience is right wing, President Obama bashers, and those who don't know the truth.

"The official chaplains of the U.S. House and Senate are supposed to be nonpartisan pastors who offer spiritual support and guidance to our nation's elected leaders.

But on Inauguration Day, they're scheduled to speak at a right-wing event in Washington alongside some of the most hateful and racist figures on the Christian right.

Pat Robertson describes President Obama as a "socialist" with a Muslim "inclination." Joseph Farah runs WorldNetDaily, a conspiracy-theory website that continues to claim Obama was born in Kenya. Jonathan Cahn is a fringe "messianic rabbi" who sees signs of the apocalypse in Obama's speeches and writings.

We've only got a few days to stop House chaplain Patrick J. Conroy and Senate chaplain Barry Black from lending the prestige of their offices to this hateful exploitation of Christian faith.

Tell the House and Senate chaplains: Don't spend inauguration day praying with religious-right extremists."