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In reply to the discussion: Nonbelievers Excluded from Interfaith Service, Despite Two Humanist Victims in Monday’s Bombing [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)32. Here is a more revealing article
No Room for Non-Theists at Boston Interfaith Service
According to Lauren Anderson Youngblood, Communications Manager for the SCA, they had been working since Tuesday to make sure that the non-theist community was a part of the service. We were consistently given the run-around, relayed to other people, told we would be called back, and so forth. The White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships stated they were not responsible for the planning of the event and directed them to call the local organizers. Youngblood recounts their efforts:
We reached out to the Office of Community Affairs in the Governors office, the Archdiocese of Boston, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the Massachusetts Council of Churches, the Office of the Mayor and the Boston City Council. We spent the entire day doing this and were repeatedly brushed off by each person we called. Our lobbyist, Kelly Damerow, called the Governors office every hour yesterday, and was still trying this morning, before the event, at which point we finally realized it wasnt going to happen.
We reached out to the Office of Community Affairs in the Governors office, the Archdiocese of Boston, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the Massachusetts Council of Churches, the Office of the Mayor and the Boston City Council. We spent the entire day doing this and were repeatedly brushed off by each person we called. Our lobbyist, Kelly Damerow, called the Governors office every hour yesterday, and was still trying this morning, before the event, at which point we finally realized it wasnt going to happen.
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Nonbelievers Excluded from Interfaith Service, Despite Two Humanist Victims in Monday’s Bombing [View all]
cleanhippie
Apr 2013
OP
They should have attended anyway. And, if they were physically restrained, it would
ladjf
Apr 2013
#6
So it is your position they should have provided evidence for the nonexistence of returned calls?
Act_of_Reparation
Apr 2013
#18