[Faith-talk] question

[Jeanette]

this happened in Colorado Springs Colorado, and  my friend says that 
churches are exempt, not sure myself but find it appauling that it happened 
at all, jeanette
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From: "PATRICK GORMLEY" <kk3f at msn.com>
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> first of all, churches aren't exempt from either the White Cane Law or the 
> Civil Rights statutes.  Which state did this occur in?  A couple of years 
> ago, Barbara Pierce reported on a similar circumstance at Brooklyn 
> Tabernacle and these circumstances we want to hear about because religious 
> institutions are the last and probably the most entrenched bastion of 
> negative attitudes towards blind persons.  I've never a problem in quite 
> sometime because I'm so active in my community that people up here know me 
> and accept me.  In any event keep us posted.
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> From: "Jeanette" <nettiecosp at yahoo.com>
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>>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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