Posted by LINDA on November 08, 1999 at 01:12:39:
RUSH: IS THERE ANY THING YOU CAN DO TO HELP GET THIS OUT TO THE PEOPLE AND RESTORE THIS COACH'S PLACE WITH HIS BALL TEAM.
THANKS A BUNCH, A FAN
Subj: MORAL DECLINE IN AMERICA.........
Date: 11/6/99 4:19:41 PM Central Standard Time
From: LindA
To: Deb4psch
IN A LETTER WRITTEN NOV. 6, 1999, I WROTE TO SEVERAL TV STATIONS AND PEOPLE LIKE OPRAH WINFREY..........NOW I AM SEEKING THE PUBLICS HELP. PLEASE SEND THIS TO WHOEVER YOU KNOW THAT CAN BE OF HELP IN GETTING AN OPEN APOLOGY FOR THIS COACH, AND IF POSSIBLE TO RESTORE HIS RIGHT OF PRAYER BEFORE GAMES WITH HIS SON, AND PLAYERS.
Subj: Fwd: MORAL DECLINE IN AMERICA.........
Date: 11/6/99 1:32:16 AM Central Standard Time
From: Linda
To: CHANNEL13@NBC.COM
ATTN: KEN L
KEN, THIS IS A LETTER THAT I WROTE LAST NIGHT TO DR. JACK AND REXELLA VAN IMPE. THEY ARE ON THE TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK EVERY WED. NIGHTS AT 8:30.
I WROTE IT HOPING TO GET SOME SUPPORT FROM SOMEONE, TO HELP IN GETTING AN OPEN APOLOGY FOR THIS COACH, WHO IN MY OPINION DESERVES IT FOR WHAT HE HAS SO RIDICULOUSLY BEEN SANCTIONED FROM.
IF YOU CAN HELP IN ANY WAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THIS MAN KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THIS LETTER. JUST WATCHING, HANNITY AND COLMES PROMPTED THIS LETTER.
THANKS, LINDA NORMAN
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Subj: MORAL DECLINE IN AMERICA.........
Date: 11/5/99 12:45:14 AM Central Standard Time
From: Linda
To: JVIM@JVIM.COM
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LINDA
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HI JACK AND REXELLA:
MY HUSBAND AND I JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE O'RILLEY FACTOR, AND HANNITY AND COLMES WHO FOLLOW HIS PROGRAM.
HANNITY AND COLMES, HAD A SEGMENT RELATED TO SOMETHING I HAD NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT ON ANY NEWS ANYWHERE, AND THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT TOO, SINCE IT SHOWS THAT ONLY IN AMERICA WILL THIS HAPPEN TO SUCH A NICE, CLEAN-CUT GUY.
THE GUEST WERE DAVE DAUBENMIRE, COACH AT COLUMBUS, OHIO HIGH SCHOOL, ERNEST STOOK, (R) CONGRESSMAN FROM OKLAHOMA, AND BARRY LYNN FROM AMERICA UNITED, FOR THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, ALSO REPRESENTING THE ACLU.
I TELL YOU THIS MR. LYNN MADE ME SO MAD, I WANTED TO PUCK....I WILL JUST PUT IT IN PLAIN LANGUAGE. I, ORDINARILY WOULD NOT SAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO IN ORDER NOT TO INCRIMINATE MY SELF, YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THESE ARTICLES WILL END UP ONCE THEY ARE ON THE INTERNET. I UNDERSTAND A LOT HAS LANDED IN THE OVAL OFFICE, AND HAVE BEEN SAT ON FOR MONTHS, AND EVEN YEARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF SUCH INIQUITY AND IMMORAL CHARACTER THAT HAS COME FROM BILL CLINTON'S OFFICE. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I KNOW WE SHOULD PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS, AND I DO, HOWEVER, CLINTON I REFUSE TO PLACE SUCH A DIGNIFIED TITLE ON HIM SUCH AS PRESIDENT. HE DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE IN THAT OFFICE. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
ANYWAY, BACK TO THE STORY OF THESE THREE MEN, AND YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS. THE COACH DAVE DAUBENMIRE, HAD ALWAYS HAD PRAYER ON THE FIELD WITH THE BALLPLAYERS FOR AS LONG AS HE HAD BEEN COACHING AND STILL IS COACHING. HOWEVER, THIS BARRY LYNN STEPS IN AND BRINGS SUIT AGAINST THIS GENTLE - MAN THAT WAS SO KIND AS NOT TO INTERRUPT WHILE THE DISCUSSION WAS TAKING PLACE. I BELIEVE, HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO TELL HIM JUST WHERE TO GO. BUT, MR. DAUBENMIRE SHOWED VAST COURTESY TO MR. LYNN, WHO SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED EVERY TIME HE TRIED TO TELL WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM AS THE HIGH SCHOOL COACH. THIS COACH WON 9 OUT 10 GAMES, IN 1998, AND HAS WON 10, OUT OF 10 THIS SEASON. SEEMED LIKE A WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN MAN, AS WELL AS A COACH. MR. LYNN HAD THE AUDACITY TO BRING CHARGES AGAIN COACH DAUBENMIRE FOR PRAYING AT THE GAMES, CLAIMING HE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT, NOR RESPONSIBILITY TO PRAY AT BALL GAMES. THE COACH'S OWN SON, WHO I UNDERSTAND IS A GREAT QUARTERBACK, AND WILL PROBABLY GO ON TO ONE OF THE STATE COLLEGES TO PLAY BALL. HE HAS EVEN GONE SO FAR AS TO HAVE THIS COACH BANNED, FROM PRAYING WITH HIS OWN SON BEFORE OR AFTER THE GAMES. SO THE SCHOOL FINALLY SETTLED WITH THE ACLU, AND THE AMERICAN UNITED SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, THAT HE WOULD NOT LEAD A PRAYER AT ANY GAME, THE PLAYER'S, MUST DO IT THEMSELVES, IF THEY SO DESIRE, AND THEY WENT SO FAR, AS TO COME BACK AND TELL HIM, HE CANNOT EVEN STAND NEXT TO HIS GROUP OF PLAYERS WHILE THEY ARE PRAYING.
NOW; ONLY IN AMERICA COULD THIS HAPPEN, RIGHT?
THIS COACH POURED OUT HIS HEART TRYING TO USE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, STATING THAT "CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW AS TO KEEP A PERSON FROM EXPRESSING THEMSELVES FREELY." HE FURTHER STATED THAT, HE HAD THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, NOT FREEDOM FROM SPEECH. I TELL YOU THIS MAN WAS IN SUCH CONTROL, IF IT HAD BEEN JESUS CHRIST, I BELIEVE HE WOULD HAVE CLEANED HOUSE!! AND I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT THIS MAN IS BETTER AT ANYTHING ABOVE CHRIST, I ONLY USE THAT AS A COMPARISON. THIS COACH HAS BEEN UNFAIRLY TREATED, GROSSLY WRONGED IN MY OPINION, AND HE CAN'T EVEN BE ON THE FIELD BEHIND THE PLAYERS, AND THAT HE CANNOT EVEN PRAY WITH HIS OWN SON AT A GAME. WHAT IS AMERICA COMING TO? WE NO LONGER HAVE OUR RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY OUR FOREFATHERS. I THINK THIS COACH SHOULD RECEIVE THE HIGHEST APOLOGY THAT HE COULD GET, WHETHER IT BE THE CONGRESS, OR CLINTON (AS I SAY HE IS NOT WORTHY IN MY OPINION TO BE LABELED PRESIDENT OF THESE GREAT UNITED STATES). NO MAN OR PERSON SHOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH SUCH IMMORAL, INDIGNATION SUCH AS THIS MAN HAS SUFFERED. I KNOW THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SIGN THAT THE TIME IS NEAR FOR OUR LORD TO BURST THE SKIES AND COME FOR HIS BRIDE, I CAN'T WAIT, WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE!!!
ONE OF YOU SUPPORTERS AND AVID WATCHERS.
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