CREW again urges Obama, Congress not to attend "Prayer Breakfast" run by shadowy "The Family"

[Bluebear]

Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) called on President Obama and all members of Congress not to attend this year's National Prayer Breakfast. The event is scheduled for tomorrow. The breakfast, while designed to appear as a government-sanctioned event, in reality serves as a meeting and recruiting event for the shadowy Fellowship Foundation.

"The National Prayer Breakfast uses the attendance of elected leaders to give the Fellowship greater credibility and facilitate its networking and fundraising," said CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan. "President Obama and members of Congress should not legitimatize this shadowy group with ties to scandal-ridden politicians and hateful and discriminatory positions against gays." Sloan continued, "It is all the more important that American political leaders avoid this event in light of the murder of prominent Ugandan gay activist David Kato."

The Fellowship, also known as "The Foundation" and "The Family," is run by Doug Coe, a spiritual advisor to some government officials, who uses the organization to push his brand of Christianity. The Fellowship owns and operates the infamous C Street House, a congressional residence and meeting place on Capitol Hill that has been a frequent haunt of some ethically-challenged elected officials identified by CREW, including Sen. John Ensign (R-NV).

The organization operates under an intense veil of secrecy, stays largely out of the public eye and hides its donors' identities. The Fellowship has used its government clout to facilitate backdoor meetings between U.S. and foreign officials, improperly claimed tax exempt status for the C Street House, and has persuaded members of Congress, including Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) to conduct Fellowship-sanctioned evangelizing while traveling at taxpayer expense.

Members of the Fellowship pushed for anti-gay legislation in Uganda that made homosexuality a capital offense. Just last month, prominent activist David Kato was murdered in Uganda. Much of the wave of anti-gay sentiment can be linked to the promotion of anti-gay policies by American evangelicals.

Click here

http://www.citizensforethics.org/files/02_02_11%20National%20Prayer%20Breakfast%202011.pdf

to read CREW's letter to the president and congressional leadership.

http://www.citizensforethics.org/crew-urges-lawmakers-boycott-national-prayer-breakfast

[Hannah Bell]

1. kr

[Smashcut]

2. K/R

[pinboy3niner]

3. K&R

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. K&R

[LAGC]

5. Stand up to the religious right, Obama.

K&R.

[RandomThoughts]

8. Thats not religous right.

Although it uses the religious right. According to reports, it believes most in the lines.

If you don't believe me, then believe in the things done. And the concept that the spirit is about power not words. So anyone with power, they think should have it, even if they do things like torture or skim and steal money from populations.

They also probably lean on the idea that 'disciples' know the real secret story, while other people only get other teachings. Then from that, there view of interpretations, they think can or should be secret. That could be a bit of a claim to make.


I actually think it is possible this whole mess over the last years was either caused by them, or some repercussion of their actions. The mess being the need for correction not the corrections.


And of coarse, they have not corrected the beer and travel money still due to me either.


I figure they may be messed up, and don't really know much, maybe they broke very early, or some of them know stuff and don't tell the rest of them, since the ones pushed up front didn't know much of anything.

[LAGC]

9. Alrighty then: Obama, stand up to the religious wrong!

:evilgrin:

[lonestarnot]

15. bwa ha ha ha ha

ROFLMAO! :rofl: That too!

[readmoreoften]

6. K&R. Support for dictators, thugs, and murderers. Where's the Cesar Chavez slogan-guy I voted for?

If I wanted someone who hung out with The Family, supported Mubarak, and attacked social security I might as well have continued on with Bush. I'm glad you can pronounce "nuclear" but the broad scheme of things, really, who gives a shit...

[Le Taz Hot]

7. Not only will this president

ignore the request, he'll attend with pleasure. Maybe his good buddy Rick Warren will be there.

[Bluebear]

11. And he did.

[orleans]

10. i'm thinking he must really like this shit--like these assholes

and doesn't give a fuck what we think about it.

(writing him off more and more all the time)

[dflprincess]

12. kr

[Kurovski]

13. K&R. (nt)

[WillyT]

14. K & R !!!

:kick:

[thanks_imjustlurking]

16. Too late to rec, but not too late to thank you. nt