[Mpls] City Hall flag

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In a different list-serve I would argue that Pope John Paul II was NOT anti-woman and anti-gay (I'll grant you anti-choice).  In this list-serve I will only state that I thought the flags were lowered in honor of the dead at Red Lake and the soldier killed in Iraq who was from Rochester. 

Dean E. Carlson
Ward 10, East Harriet



----- Original Message -----
From: Terrell Brown <terrell at terrellbrown.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2005 8:38 am
Subject: [Mpls] City Hall flag

> I think it is inappropriate, even wrong, to lower the flag atop City
> Hall to honor a religious leader.  First, in this country there is
> still allegedly a separation between church and state.
> 
> Second, choosing this particular religious leader looks like a
> pandering for votes.  In my memory this honor hasn?t been given to the
> leader of Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, even Lutheranism.
> 
> In this case you have chosen to honor someone who was leading in a
> direction that many in this city don?t want to go.  He was anti-choice
> (send your check to NARAL ProChoice America to fight on that one),
> anti-gay (Outfront MN will take your check to fight on that one) and
> anti-woman (Emily?s list will help the more rational minded there).
> 
> Let?s stop the charade and put the flag back at the top of the pole
> where it belongs.
> 
> 
> 
> Terrell Brown
> 110 West Grant Street (Loring Park)
> Minneapolis 55403
>