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	Prayer to Remain - For Now

AtlLiberal

1-19-2009 9:37 AM

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AtlLiberal says:

A cornerstone for the incoming administration is the message of hope. This doesn't mean just for religious America but for all America.

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1-19-2009 3:18 PM

Thorne

You're absolutely correct, AL. Still. I'd have loved the inaugural prayer just as much had it appealed to one's "higher self" as to the "God of our many understandings". In Thornesworld words carry power, and I hope these will resonate in us all.
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