Rick Perry under fire for planning Christian prayer rally and fast
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/05/rick-perry-republican-prayer-rally-fastEwen MacAskill in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Friday 5 August 2011 18.41 BST
Rick Perry, one of the leading Republican contenders for the 2012 White House race, is under fire after organising a huge Christian evangelical rally at a football stadium in Houston, Texas.
Although he has not yet formally declared his intention to stand, Perry is in second place in some polls behind front-runner Mitt Romney. But critics say he is risking his reputation on Saturday's planned day of prayer and fasting that he has declared in response to the economic and moral crisis facing the country.
Perry, the governor of Texas, has been accused of mixing politics and religion, and faces questions over the organisation financing the rally – which has been described as a "hate" group by discrimination monitors. Atheists filed an unsuccessful lawsuit to have the rally stopped and Perry's involvement declared unconstitutional.
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