The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for July 14, 2011
Your afternoon reading:
- "Gov. Rick Perry responded today to a federal lawsuit targeting his Christian prayer summit, saying he's going forward with the day-long event despite some claims that it violates the separation of church and state. 'Maybe people would want to lock me up,' Perry said on a Family Research Council radio show. 'I think about those who talk about Christian faith as being intolerant. Isn't it just the height of intolerance to say you can't gather together in public and pray to our God?'" — Perry says those who oppose his prayer summit are "intolerant," Trail ...
Comments (18)
Cristina Herrera via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Not my god.
David Huang via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Do what you want, it's when you make it a public, state-sanctioned event that people have issues with it. And the whole "non-denominational" thing is such a farce too.
David Huang via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ok perhaps "state-sanctioned" wasn't the right phrase, but yeah. Plus, having the AFA involved is reaaaaaaaaaaally O_o.
Jim Stewart via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"OH, my god!"
Karen Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Intolerant? Oh my, he needs to watch some of those Maddow videos of his co-organizers of this "prayer event/political event."
Donna Prothro Streetenberger via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Perry is the epitome of why the founding fathers wanted a separation of church and state.
Jose B. Gonzalez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Separation of church and state... Very simple concept but very unpalatable to some people.
Mike Bourda via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven." Matthew 6:1. And, especially take heed if it is a politician.
Tim Tukaram Spotswood via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Perry is the poster child of tolerance.
Cristina Herrera via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Why do we live in a world where an atheist has to tolerate and play nice with religious folks while the religious folks don't have to do the same? Can't we all get along and not push anything into each other's faces?
Jason Stradtner via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Mr perry, if you were familiar with your god. You would know he didnt hold highly those who used his name for benefit, and didn't he say something about prayer should be private? Maybe your god is not the one everyone thinks it is. I'm beginning to think this man created this prayer day because he knew there would be backlash, or maybe he organized the backlash, so he could be strong against it and rally the Christian followers behind him.
Michael Tucker via Texas Tribune on Facebook
How do you think he'd feel if a different governor did the same thing with a Muslim prayer event? What a jackass.
Arden Henderson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Perry works hard to fulfill his dream of a Christian theocracy. He's a hard worker for "the Lord." Perry mulls to himself, if only everyone would listen to him and follow his lead. Why is it so difficult, he wonders. Surely they read the Bible cover to cover, just like him. It's all so obvious. Perry is perplexed. But only for a half-second.
Jaye Ramsey Sutter via Texas Tribune on Facebook
what about a rally to celebrate the mind and the constitution?
Stephanie Willis via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Political stunt...but people in this part of Texas will fall for it hook, line, and sinker!
Stephanie Willis via Texas Tribune on Facebook
But my Father's kingdom is not of this world.
Frances Demps via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The gov says that God called him to the ministry years ago. He says that his pulpit is politics! I promise I'm not making this up.
Stephanie Willis via Texas Tribune on Facebook
He's been governor all these years. How come we're just now finding out that it's his "spiritual calling"? This discerning evangelical Christian ain't buying it.