Reply #70: A bit upthread I posted that...

[KyndCulture]

they are so into politics at this church that they hold a daily prayer vigil for Bush...

So what you are saying about blind xenophobia and misguided patriotism is very applicable. They have antigay posters in the church as well.

I am sure they are an extremist right wing sect of what is probably a very christian church in some places.

We tend to not get into religion when we speak with her. The only thing that I can even fathom that she's done was her divorce, but that was years ago and her husband left her and divorced her and as I understand it they don't hold that against her.

Now, I will say that the 4 of us have had our faces on TV more than once protesting Bush and the war and it's highly likely this has become an embarrasment. As if I would feel anything but wholehearted PRIDE in that!

If the church is loosely organized, and as I see it, they loosely affiliate themselves with it, I'd say these "elders" are doing this all on their own and it's in no way sanctioned.