Tens of thousands of evangelical Christians converged on the National Mall here Saturday to highlight moral issues before the fall presidential election with a day of fasting, prayer and music.
Organizers of TheCall DC said 70,000 people turned out for the event, though that number could not be confirmed independently by the National Park Service.
“It was a spiritual confrontation,” said Lou Engle, the evangelical activist who founded TheCall in 2000, “challenging the nation to end abortion and releasing God to act on behalf of … the unborn.”
The 12-hour event featured a variety of speakers, including former Republican presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Anita King, niece of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Funny, I didn’t see anything about this in our local newspaper. Of course if it had been some sort of “gay pride” event, it would have been plastered all over the front page.
And I didn’t see it on the TV news….
Oh, wait, I don’t watch TV news anymore (since 1993)!
Bet it wasn’t there anyway.
Don
Nope, not a peep on the news. I know because I’ve been watching for Olympic results and tracking TS Faye.
Jim E. <><
In a similar note to evans:
Did the diocese of Bethlehem participate or do they just participate in gay pride events.