President Bush to speak at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

National Catholic Prayer Breakfast ^ | 5/14/05

[NYer]

The two agreed to disagree, but held mutual respect for each other. What an honor to have the president speak at the Prayer Breakfast.

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[txrangerette]

Jeb Bush married a Catholic.

Something usually needs to give when a religious non-Catholic marries a Catholic. Jeb was raised as an Episcopalian, and to my knowledge did not come to his religion by way of Billy Graham and did not have the Evangelical connections of his brother. Even so, it took Jeb a lot of married years before he became a Catholic.

In his brother's case, I could see it only if he and Laura both decided together than that they want to become Catholic. They respect the church, but they also respect Judaism and a number of faiths that do not accept Christ, including Islam. Does not mean they would ever convert.

I see their great respect for Catholicism, but she is a lifelong Methodist and he traces his current spirituality to Billy Graham, and in those things I see little similarity to Jeb Bush's path to conversion.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

In sum, I suggest you try thinking bigger thoughts, instead of relying on your ambitious provincialism.

Excuse me, but I'm not the one who dragged that universal bogeyman, the neo-cons, out of the closet for another beating.

Provincialism indeed.

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

Just a little mistake in the map of states Pres. Bush carried over Kerry--Iowa has been left out.

[Liz]

(MAP UPDATE Bush won Ohio, Iowa and New Mexico later.)

Look at the very bottom of the post----Iowa is included in the Update. Since the map was published before some states were decided, Iowa is not shown on the map, but later states are always included in the poast---as an Update.

[Coleus]

thanks, the pic and the date came from the breakfast website.

[A.A. Cunningham]

It's not out of the realm of possibility.

You're familiar with the conversion to Catholicism of Linda Poindexter, wife of Admiral John Poindexter, who was an Episcopal priest, aren't you?

http://www.ewtn.com/library/ISSUES/ZEPISCWO.HTM