July 25, 2007
Pastor
Church of Christ
756 Seventeenth
Port Huron, MI 48060
This past Saturday, July 21, 2007, our grassroots peace organization, Blue November was holding a peaceful, non-confrontational demonstration against the continued occupation of Iraq. We believe the killing of our soldiers and the killing of innocent men, women, and children in Iraq should be stopped.
We were standing on the corner of Pine Grove and Sanborn with signs calling for the end of the Iraq occupation. Our members included men, women, and children.
A car with several people in it, pulled over, called us communists and other names not to be repeated here and threw a handful of leaflets from your church on the ground.
We had to go into the traffic between lights to retrieve the pamphlets so they wouldn’t litter Sanborn Park and the neighborhood.
It might be good to remind your congregation that we have the right to demonstrate in a public place without menace from others. Having this right is part of living in a democracy, and it is what separates us from communism.
Carolyn Holley
BlueNovember.Org
P. O. Box 595736
Fort Gratiot, MI 48059
Note to our blog readers: This letter was sent to the pastor of the Church of Christ in Port Huron, Michigan, because it is located only a short distance from our rally site, and it is the only Church of Christ in our area. The leaflets thrown at us were stamped "Church of Christ." We have a strict rule of non-confrontational demonstration, so we use this format to air our opinion of this incident.
We have no proof of affiliation between the leaflet throwers and the church, but we wish to publish the facts as we know them to shed light on how some people confuse their religion with our democracy.
Susan Alderman
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2 comments:
I am a member of the church of Christ. The man you are referring to is not the pastor rather the preacher. There is a difference.
Secondly, I am not a member of the particular congregation you are discussing but they are my brethren and since we all follow the Bible we all speak the same thing( 1 Cor 1:10). We have a right to preach the gospel just like you have a right to meet.
We have the highest calling to preach and teach (Mark 16:15-16, 2 Tim 4:1-2). The throwing probably was exaggerated. Anyways you liberal might as well get ready because the church of Christ will continue to defend the truth.
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To Solid Christian,
No one from BlueNovember.Org would dispute your First Amendment right to free speech.
However, are you sure to want to defend the actions of your "brethren" which include yelling obscenities in the presence of children and, yes, throwing literature from a moving vehicle at people?
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