Posted on 09/05/2005 5:50:11 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has canceled three visits to Colorado after emotions over her protest outside President Bush's ranch boiled over at a church and college campus.
A Glenwood Springs church voted Thursday not to allow Sheehan to give a speech scheduled for later this month after some members threatened to leave the church if she came.
Church member Mo Barz said he thinks it is inappropriate for the church to host a political speaker.
"I was definitely against having her," he said. "I felt all along the church should rescind any agreement they had to have her be there."
Sheehan has gained notoriety for her monthlong protest outside Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas and her demands to meet with him to discuss her 24-year-old son Casey's death in Iraq. Detractors have said she is demoralizing the troops and using her son's death to push a liberal platform.
The day after the church called off her visit there, Sheehan canceled other visits to the state, citing "more pressing needs elsewhere in the country," according to Karen Sjoberg, director of Grand Valley Peace and Justice, which had arranged for one of the visits.
Sheehan was scheduled to speak at Mesa State College in Grand Junction on Sept. 15. After the school received complaints that she would be appearing on campus, the school issued a statement saying it did not support or sponsor Sheehan's visit. Sheehan's camp then canceled the visit.
She also canceled a stop in Paonia.
I was a Methodist for over 30 years and I loved the people in my church.It was hard to leave but I just wasn't getting fed there. My first husband's grandfather was a minister in the Methodist Church and I'm sure he was born again. It's changed so much.
Yep - keep the pressure up.
More and more are going to see that her message is not only inappropriate - it's plainly ... for lack of a better word dangerous.
I am so glad to see that these places in CO are hearing the RIGHT message.. :)
Back to the liberal slime from whence you came.
Glenwood Springs is a pretty conservative area. My aunt and uncle live there....and from all accounts...it is very far removed from the politics of Aspen...which is a liberal enclave.
Now booking her farewell speech to the throngs at the Superdome.
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