Iowa woman organizing prayer service opposing gay marriage

Yes, peaceful is the key.  People are entitled to voice their opinion in a respectful way.

The separation of church and state ensures civil rights are respected. It looks like the creeping influence of the religious right in the last presidential regime has been stopped.

I wonder if dinosaurs in their final days held gatherings and told each other that "this too shall pass".......... at least its peaceful and ignorance does love company.

It's such a shame they bother about what two loving people do simply because of gender rules when it's divorce and financial greed that is killing families.  With both parents working and focusing on careers, or getting selfish enough to let the marriage go to tatters, family really doesn't have much of a chance.

Most of the damage to family values is done by heterosexuals chasing sexual conquest.  Giving the opportunity to legally partner to people who just cannot comply with restrictive notions of love will only increase examples of love and loyalty, not break it down.  

I will never understand how it is that people can ignore logic so completely and then turn around and try to build a society on random fears.

But hey, that doesn't take away their right to be stupid and fearful and gather with other cowards to pray for courage I guess.

so what?  is it a crime to pray?  it appears it will be soon enough, for the simple fact that this is considered "news" at all.

Ask Sen. Harry Reid about bribery and influence peddling in the DOJ

March 29, 2009                                   Certified Mail 7103 7975 6410 3203 5540

 

 

Senator Harry Reid

333 Las Vegas Blvd., South # 8016

Las Vegas, NV 89101

 

Dear Senator Reid:

 

As a respected elected official and concern for the public interest the enclosed a matter of bribery and influence peddling in the Executive Branch, Department of Justice. The correspondence or evidence is seen to prevent an investigation of a federal criminal statute, title 18 sec. 1510. Casework, or review, is provided in the enclosed Integrity Committee letter dated February 13, 2009.

 

To directly or indirectly, corruptly give, offer or promise anything of value to influence an act or to prevent an act can be construed as bribery.

 

The Integrity Committee letter states the Inspector General EEOC has discretion to open an investigation of a violation of law, title 18. This is patently untrue. To forward a matter of apparent violation of title 18 to a criminal investigator is a 15-minute task. No mention of EEOC ethics officialthat is required by 28 U.S. Code sec. 535 to report any information relating to violation of any criminal statute, title 18. Assistant Legal Counsel APR 2006 letter has an opposite story to direct a matter of alteration of records, title 18 sec. 1001, to the United States Attorney’s Office. No mention in the OLC letter the IG discretion to open an investigation. What is EEOC hiding not to comply with laws, rules and regulations of the United States? How many other hard working Americans may have been denied fair and impartial treatment?

 

The Inspector General apparently was promised or given something of value to have duped, misled, or possibly lied to a federal investigative agent to make a false writing of a review in a civil rights claim. Public service is public trust. Each employee has a responsibility to the United States Government and its citizens. This is a force, sense of duty an obligation of public service to comply with the law, rules, and regulations of the United States. Clearly EEOC Washington, DC, field offices, Nevada, California, Arizona, North Carolina and others have a double standard of the obligation of public service and do not share the concept of equal treatment under the law.

 

As an elected official and Oath of Office to uphold the Constitution and equal treatment under the law that your office promptly forward the entire correspondence to the Attorney General for comment. It is the obligation, an Oath of Office the Attorney General to defend the Constitution and defend equal treatment under the law. Not to do so would only embolden others in public service to perpetuate bribery and influence peddling for private gain. This would add the perception there are those that choose not to have a responsibility to the United States and its citizens may not be fit for public service.

 

I feel confident your office and colleagues would like to hear the comment and proposed action by the Attorney General of the United States in a civil rights matter.

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

CERTIFIED MAIL

 

Richard J. Davidson

5122 Cedros Ave.

Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

Enclosures

cc: Honorable Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker

      EEOC & others

 

Gay marriage should be banned at churches, but not by the state. Marriage is a legal arrangement sanctioned by the state, not a social or religious construct as it is to churches.

Personally I don't think "public" prayer is true prayer anyway.  Nothing we ask for Our Will is what I think prayer is about.    The state of prayer is for the own person's being and connection to their higher power.   "God is beyond the comprehension of our mind". (Jacob Needleman)

Christ of course did not mean a literal closet but referred to the self and that must be done alone, undisturbed privately and not for our will but the plea to accept the will of God.( for one main thing..strength, courage to cope with pain and obstacles we face)

Yes again it is freedom of speech and groan all you want... but let them be.   We must all

listen to each other