[Faith-talk] question

[Beth]

Well, with cchurches I don't get it.  Why don't they allow guide 
dogs?  First off, the local churches are breaking the law.  
Period.  Muslim mosques have a running policy against dogs in the 
prayer area because dogs are considered dirty, except for service 
animals like my friend Ginny's.  Ginny has a dog and she's 
Muslim, but the dog serves her, not itself and as a pet.  I would 
tell your friend that the church is breaking the law, and they 
need to be notified of this instance.  As for blind folks not 
being allowed in a congregation, that's bunk.  There's no way 
someone in any church I've attended in my life would say that I 
as a blin woman am not allowed in the congregation.  Period.
Beth

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanette" <nettiecosp at yahoo.com
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:14:32 -0600
Subject: [Faith-talk] question

I  have a friend who has run into a snag at local churches.  She 
has a dog guide and was told by two separate churches yesterday 
that not only would she not be allowed to take communion at 
church with her dog but not be allowed to sit anywhere but the 
back row with the dog. and as a matter of fact, was told by one 
church she would have to stand outside the sanctuary until the 
security guard determined it was ok for her to take the dog 
inside.  She was wondering if anyone has had any kind of similar 
experience.  Also she said on one of the dog guide list serves a 
person posted that she was told by a church in her area that 
blind folks were not the kind of folks they wanted in their 
congregation, really? Jeanette
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