Bryan “Al Sharpton” Fischer, Melissa Brandi Swindell, and Adam Graham are pretty happy that the 10 Commandment monument in a city park will be put to a vote. I won’t hazard a guess as to its chances of passing, but I’m hopeful it won’t. One, taxpayer $$ will get spent on the inevitable lawsuit, and two, failure to pass would be a pretty good indication of the depth of support in our community of that type of religious fundamentalism.
One clue to that depth, perhaps, is a recent golf tournament. The Vineyard Boise church and Generation Life teamed up to sponsor a Community Harvest Golf Challenge at Banbury Golf Course. Ms. Swindell says it will “raise money to go towards my work and Generation Life”, i.e., the point was to support her efforts. The Vineyard is a bit more vague, saying “Two great ministries are coming together to impact our community”. Adam Graham described it as a way to help build a “pro-life women's health clinic.”
It was held on 5 August 2006, and 24 players participated (per a phone call to Banbury Golf Club). Adam’s efforts to get sponsored yielded only one $1 per hole pledge. There is no news or follow up on either Swindell’s website or the Vineyard’s, nor has Adam mentioned it that I've seen. My guess is that if it had been big, they’d have bragged about it, especially Ms. Swindell since she seems to miss not opportunity to promote herself. If other golfers had the same trouble Adam had getting sponsors, it was a flop.
I guess the 10C vote will be a referendum. If Swindell's city council run and the apparent results of the golf tourney are instructive, it won't pass. Still, Sali won the primary, so we'll just have to wait and see.
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