Reply #10: Another source...Bishop Hanson's and Rev Edgar's remarks target Frist [View All]

[Rose Siding]

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During a teleconference held with reporters Friday morning, Bishop Mark S. Hanson, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, called Senator Frist’s planned participation “divisive, dangerous and divisive of all those Americans of great faith who disagree with him.”

“The FRC has every right to hold an event with the message of their choosing,” said Hanson. “But the majority leader of the Senate should not lend credence to such an event.
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Rev. Robert Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, also criticized Frist’s participation and called it a hindrance to religious freedom.

“Truly none of us can miss the irony. Even as we fight for religious liberty around the world, the anti-democratic mentality is rising up here , Edgar said during the teleconference. “No longer are we allowed to freely express our views in opposition to a majority political party without being accused of being anti-Christian and anti-American.

http://www.christianpost.com/article/church/2054/section/protestant.leaders.criticize.sen.frist.for.justice.sunday/1.htm