[Nfbmo] Question about the religious affiliation of the NFB

Wed Mar 30 16:19:18 UTC 2011

Thanks to all who have responded to my question about whether there is  a 
defined religious affiliation inherent in the NFB.  It looks like the  
organization is accommodative to members of any faith but members of that faith  
must step forward to request it. Sounds reasonable to me.
Dan

In a message dated 3/30/2011 10:44:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
sbwright95 at att.net writes:

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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