[Nfbmo] Question about the religious affiliation of the NFB

[Debbie Wunder]

Hello Dan, we are not affiliated with any religion. But we welcome all 
faiths. Our prayer breakfast on Sunday at the state convention is non 
denomination. At our national convention prayers are offered by many faiths. 
We also have a division that is about Judaism. I am not sure but there may 
also be another religion that meets at convention. But we leave out being a 
part of any religion and or political party.

Debbie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DanFlasar at aol.com>
To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:57 PM
Subject: [Nfbmo] Question about the religious affiliation of the NFB


> Hi - thanks for all those who have worked so hard to put  together another
> informative and successful state convention.   St.  Joe did a great job 
> and
> though the food at the banquet wasn't quite up to par,  the program was!
> Lois really knows how to move things along and  the banquet speech was the
> best I think I've ever had to good luck to hear at  any state convention
> anywhere!
>
>    I have a specifically legal question to ask  about the NFB.
>    When telling some of my international friends today  about the
> convention, what topics were presented and what the agenda  was about, one 
> of them
> asked me if the NFB was affiliated with any  religion.  This came about in
> reference to my mentioning that there  was a prayer breakfast.  They asked 
> me
> what religion the NFB was associated  with.
>    I've noticed that there doesn't seem to be a  particularly wide range
> of religious diversity w/in the NFB of Missouri - that  is - it seems to 
> be
> predominately Christian and that there are Christian  prayers offered at 
> the
> beginning of the daily session.   My question  is, I've never seen any
> reference of any affiliation in any chapter, state or  national charter
> documents.  I ask this question because members of  other religions such 
> as Judaism,
> Hinduism, Islam, Mormonism and  Buddhism prefer to be a part of
> organizations that are  non-denominational.   I have assured them that NFB 
> membership
> and  services are non-discriminative in every way but I couldn't answer 
> that
> there was not some general religious affiliation.  I was surprised to 
> learn
> the Habitat for Humanity, another organization I support, identifies 
> itself
> as  Christian.
>   So can anyone answer this for me?
> Thanks very much,
> Dan
>
>
>
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