Tuesday, May 17, 2005

NOW After PK

More intolerance of Christians but I bet if Louis Farrakahn wanted to meet there it would be just fine.

Promise Keepers may bring many people and dollars to Fayetteville, but they also bring intolerance, according to a consortium of groups that say Razorback Stadium should not be used to promote a religious viewpoint. "I don’t think this singleminded group should have their meeting here. It’s not an all-encompassing group and we are promoting diversity at the university," said Marian Kunetka, an archeologist at the Arkansas Archeological Survey at the University of Arkansas.

NOW, the Washington County Green Party and the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology joined forces to voice concerns Sunday evening about the Promise Keepers rally scheduled June 10-11 at the University of Arkansas campus.According to Dick Bennett, retired professor of English and president of the OMNI center, that very mission speaks to the groups intolerance of others. "They are extremely exclusive in favor of Christianity to the exclusion of all the other religions," Bennett said. "This is a very fundamentalist, intolerant religious organization. Even though they say they are open to all denominations, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, they really mean if those different peoples will convert to Christian," he said.

Read the rest at NWA news.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

That is ridiculous. You are so right about Farrakhan wanting to speak there they would welcome him with open arms.

Stacy said...

Like I say, 'those who preach tolerance are the same individuals who are incapable of practicing it'. They would probably more open to hosting an Islamofacist gathering than, God forbid, Christians.