Paul Harvey

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Someone ask for this to be reposted. I did not post the original but had this 
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At 05:38 PM 4/5/96 -0500, you wrote:

>This is an acticle was sent to me by a friend of mine.  I thought it was
>really interesting and I figured that others would like it to.  This was
>published in my friend's newspaper and was written by Paul Harvey.
>
>Man, oh, man!  They won't invite Pastor Joe to the Kansas State Legislature
>again!
>They invited Pastor Joe Wright of Wichita's Central Christian Chruch to
>deliver the invocation - and he told God on them!  Now, God knows what
>they've been up to!
>No sooner had their guest chaplain concluded his prayer than three Democrats
>on the state legislature were on their feet at microphones protesting, "He
>can't talk like that about us!"  Rep. Delbert Gross considered the invocation
>gross, calling it "divisive,"  "sanctimonious"  and "overbearing".
>
>Rep. David Haley called it "blasphemous and ignorant".  Rep. Sabrina
>Standifer echoed the indignation.  
>
>What in the world did Pastor Joe say in Topeka that incited the righteous
>wrath of three Democrats from Hays and Kansas City?  I've secured the entire
>text of the invocation so you can evaluate it for yourself.
>
>"Heavenly father, we come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and to
>seek Your direction and guidance.  We know Your word says, 'Woe to those who
>call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.  We have lost our
>spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values.
>
>We confess that we have idiculed the absolute truth of Your word in the name
>of moral pluralism.  We have worshipped other gods and called it
>'multiculturalism'.  We have endorsed perversion and called it 'an
>alternative lifestyle'.  We have exploited the poor and called it a
>'lottery'.  We have neglected the needy and called it 'self-preservation'.
> We have rewarded laziness and called it 'welfare'.  In the name of 'choice,'
>we have killed our unborn.  In the name of 'right to life' , we have killed
>abortionists.  We have neglected to discipline our children and called it
>'building esteem.'  We have abused power and called it political savvy.'
> We've coveted our neighbors' possessions and called it 'taxes'. We've
>polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it 'freedom of
>expression'.  We've ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and
>called it 'enlightenment'.  
>
>Search us, oh God, and know our hearts today.  Try us, and show us any wicked
>in us.  Cleanse us from every sin, and set us free.  Guide and bless these
>men and women who have been sent here by the people of Kansas and who have be
>ordained by You to govern this great state.  
>
>Grant them Your wisdom to rule, and may their decisions direct us to the
>center of Your will.  I ask it in the name of your son, the living Savior,
>Jesus Christ.  Amen.
>
>I hope ya'll enjoy this as much as I did!
>
>Sincerely;
>Sis. Brenda
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