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Rally Raises Anew Question of the Boundaries of Perry’s Faith
New York Times ^

Posted on 08/05/2011 7:00:20 PM PDT by wk4bush2004

AUSTIN, Tex. — In April, as Texas reeled from wildfires and a drought, Gov. Rick Perry sought assistance from the federal government, but also from a higher power. He asked the state to pray for rain, issuing an official proclamation that “I, Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim the three-day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas.”

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; perry; prayer; prayerrally; theresponse
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To: madprof98

I think Perry is using God for political Gain. It is sickening. We are to pray in “secret”. He is pandering and I hate that. We need a conservative — not al gore’s campaign manager in Texas. Don’t buy into this phony. I’m telling you.


21 posted on 08/05/2011 9:33:13 PM PDT by qlo17
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To: qlo17

Thank you for joining FR just to warn us about Rick Perry. /s


22 posted on 08/05/2011 10:28:48 PM PDT by sockmonkey
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To: xzins

“So, Obama is hosting a freaking “Ramadan Celebration” and they worry about Rick Perry at a prayer rally?”

“This nation is nuts.”

In this post 9/11 worlds I’ve never quite understood it, but these White House Ramadan dinners date back to 2001.

Bush at Ramadan dinner: ‘Evil has no holy days’

November 19, 2001

http://articles.cnn.com/2001-11-19/us/rec.bush.ramadan_1_daily-fasting-ramadan-dinner-holy-days?_s=PM:US


23 posted on 08/06/2011 2:06:59 AM PDT by Mila
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To: CedarDave
Thank you much....more than I deserve, but I wrote what I believe to be the case.

In this particular series of posts regarding perry's apparent "pullback", it only strengthens my views.

Of course, and as always, IMHO!

24 posted on 08/06/2011 7:45:30 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (The stain must be REMOVED (ERADICATED)....NOW!!)
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To: Clairity
First of all, I never said Mrs. Palin was "superior" to perry; I said she was a differnt kind of christian.

Second; the "prayer breakfast" in AK is a Governor's Prayer Breakfast....not a fund raiser held by a politician disguised as a "prayer meetin'".

But again...it is my humber opinion whether you agree or not.

25 posted on 08/06/2011 7:50:10 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (The stain must be REMOVED (ERADICATED)....NOW!!)
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To: Logic n' Reason

“not a fund raiser held by a politician disguised as a “prayer meetin’”. “

Perry’s prayer rally is NOT a fund raiser.

Also, you want to have it both ways.


26 posted on 08/06/2011 10:07:41 AM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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