[Nfbmo] Question about the religious affiliation of the NFB

[Susan Ford]

At the national convention, there is a devotions every morning.  I think I 
would say it is Christian.  It might not have to be, but I see it as singing 
hymns and praying to what I would call a Christian deity.  I have gone some 
and have never seen other than Christian worship at that devotions.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Debbie Wunder" <debbiewunder at centurytel.net>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Question about the religious affiliation of the NFB


> 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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