State of Connecticut pays $100,000 for liberal church convention

http://www.UCCtruths.com/ ^ | 06/04/2006 | James Hutchins

[AllTheRage]

June 3, 2006

General Synod moved to Hartford Civic Center

Not all are happy with State kicking in $100,000 - Source: "Americans United for Separation of Church and State will probably investigate. I don't know how they can pull this off."

According to the Hartford Courant, the UCC's 50th General Synod will be relocated to the Hartford Civic Center with the state picking up $100,000 of the cost. From the Hartford Courant:  

The United Church of Christ will keep its 2007 national convention in Hartford, but it won't be held at the year-old Connecticut Convention Center as all had hoped.

Instead, following a last-minute intervention by Gov. M. Jodi Rell, the church will hold its event at the decades-old Civic Center, keeping its people, and their money, in Hartford.

"They told me that the governor wants very much to make this work, and that they will be taking care of the $100,000 fee for the Civic Center," said Edith A. Guffey, associate general minister of the United Church of Christ. "It's a very generous assistance, and we're very appreciative of it."

The governor's office declined to comment Friday, as did other parties to the talks.

Questions, however, remain. One source with knowledge about the deal, but declined to be identified, doesn't believe there will be support within the state government for the move. "There are going to be too many challenges to this. Americans United for Separation of Church and State will probably investigate. I don't know how they can pull this off".

Barry Lynn, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, is the Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Calls and email to Americans United were not returned this Saturday evening.

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The kicker in all of this is Barry Lynn, executive director of 'Americans Unted for the Separation of CHurch and State' and he's an ordained UCC minister. He loves going after conservatives groups... will he go after his own church?????

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[Past Your Eyes]

You mean the UCC is still considered to be a church? One local fellow, a member of the denomination, calls it the "United Christless Church".

[coconutt2000]

Liberals will justify this as a decision made for economic reasons, not religious.

[kjo]

And where prey tell, is the ACLU on this? Aren't they being very, very, silent?

Oh, I forgot, the ACLU only sues rightwing Christians.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Wasn't the Rev. Barry Lynn the head of the ACLU before he became the head of Americans United for Seperation of Church and State? Somehow that sticks in my old memory chip?

[JasonC]

No he won't, and it is a branch of the communist party, not a "church".

[BW2221]

Lynn wasn't head of the ACLU, but one of its highest ranking members. His ACLU specialty for a while was protecting child pornographers. Barry's a real "Man of God."

[GeronL]

So much for the separation groups... they'll be silent about the liberal churches

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High tax states throwing away your money.

[CatoRenasci]

I hope so. The Connecticut Conference of the UCC is way out on the left wing, just like the national, even though most of the congregations are a mix ranging from the descendants of the old founding settlers in Connecticut to moderates with a fair number of real lefties since "open and affirming" took hold. The clergy are almost all pretty left.

[Tzimisce]

Remember: it's only evil if the money is supporting conservative causes.

Liberal causes are exactly what the church should be pursuing - therefore the money is okay.

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This will be a real test for Americans United to prove they are not partisan

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So true!!!!!!!!!

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