Posted on 02/24/2012 4:45:21 AM PST by SJackson
You asked who are the “Society of Friends.”
They is another name for the Quakers. Sidwell Friends is a Quaker school founded in 1883.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers
Here’s a link to a recent essay about the Obama’s choice of the Sidwell Friends school for their daughters: “Obama, Occupy and Quakers.”
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/11/02/obama-occupy-quakers/
RitaOK, see the link at 22 for more info!
Just out of curiosity, do Quakers see themselves as Christian . . . or even as theists?
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