[Nfbmo] Question about the religious affiliation of the NFB
DanFlasar at aol.com
DanFlasar at aol.com
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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