[Nfbmo] Question about the religious affiliation of the NFB

[Shelia Wright]

I agree with Susan; In addition members of the   Church of Latter Day Saints generally offer an invocation as well as hold a service on convention Sunday. In recent years, Mass is also offered for those of the Catholic faith. Most of these have come to be as a result of expressed interest and someone to step forward to volunteer to lead or coordinate the event or offer a prayer. All except the invocations which are very diverse are optional offerings at the national convention. I think most importantly, I have not seen any disrespect shown to anyone that had a different faith.   



-----Original Message-----
From: Susan  Ford <johnsusanford at earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:17 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Question about the religious affiliation of the NFB

Dan:

I think you will find that the NFB has no religious affiliation.  It just 
happens that Missouri is a part of the Bible belt.  If you go to national 
conventions, you will find that Jews are invited to offer invocations at the 
beginning of daily sessions.  I don't know if other faiths have been 
represented, but part of what determines who is invited, is who asks.  The 
NFB does not address religious affiliation in its Constitution.

Susan

----- 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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