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Last Updated on Monday, 7 January 2008 03:29 Written by rslcpol Monday, 7 January 2008 12:41
A better headline on this article would be: Democrats Upset Over Participation in Prayer Breakfast. Boy, the National Day of Prayer must send them into a tizzy.
But the “unity prayer breakfast,” hosted by the Lancaster County Council of Churches and co-sponsored by the county Democratic and Republican committees, wasn’t all about beating swords into plowshares.Among Democrats, in particular, the breakfast generated as much heat as light, as much division as unity.
“It’s caused a rift,” said technology entrepreneur Charlie Crystle, a spokesman for Democrats concerned about the precedent being set by party involvement with a prayer meeting.