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Georgia drought

Red Robin

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As Georgia descends deeper into drought, Gov. Sonny Perdue has ordered water restrictions, launched a legal battle and asked President Bush for help. On Tuesday, the governor will call on a higher power.

He will join lawmakers and ministers on the steps of the state Capitol to pray for rain.

While public prayer vigils might raise eyebrows in other parts of the nation, they are mostly shrugged off in the Bible Belt, where turning to the heavens for help is common and sometimes even politically expedient.

"Christianity has more of a place in the culture here than in some other region," said Ray Van Neste, a professor of Christian studies at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. "And it's only natural, in a way, for the public to pray for rain."

Perdue won't be the first governor to hold a call for public prayer during the epic drought gripping the Southeast. Alabama Gov. Bob Riley issued a proclamation declaring a week in July as "Days of Prayer for Rain" to "humbly ask for His blessings and to hold us steady in times of difficulty."

The loudest opposition to Perdue's move has come from the Atlanta Freethought Society, a secular group that is expecting about a dozen of its 125 members to protest at the vigil.

"The governor can pray when he wants to," said Ed Buckner, who is organizing the protest. "What he can't do is lead prayers in the name of the people of Georgia."
 

kolanuraven

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Here every Sat PM the preachers kinda take over the town square and preach at the cars that have to stop at the red light. I know, sounds weird to some of you...but " it's the South"!! :roll: :roll: :lol:

They've gotten so carried away with praying for rain that they ignore their usual targets......the KKK, kids with radios too loud, mufflers too loud, or kids on a date sitting too close together in a car. :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

Tex

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If you want God to listen and answer your prayers as you ask them, be sure and pray and ask for what God wants. They will be answered every time.

When we ask for God's blessing for our country, we should also keep this in mind.

The question is never "is God is with us", it is "are we with God?"
 

kolanuraven

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NO..not in this part of the state nor anywhere else that I know of.

Since we're the headwaters of practically 99% of all the water for GA....we're the ones that should get it cause if we don't get it....no one gets a drink!!!


But of course, anyone can ck the NOAA website and Doppler a few days in advance of any weather system. !!! DUH!!!
 

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