The Baha'i Faith & Religious Freedom of Conscience

-----Original Message-----
From: Fran Baker <fran@gershwin.dgii.com>
Newsgroups: alt.religion.bahai
Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Baha'i & Scientology
>"FG" <FG@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>>Graham@acemake.comREMOVEME wrote in message
>><54ELjDApB1y1EwIF@fragrant.demon.co.uk>...
>>>In article <6qfif6$ev1$1@chaos.crhc.uiuc.edu>, Fran Baker
>>><fran@gershwin.dgii.com> writes
>>>>Hi Jim,
>>>>
>>>>The problems with what Mark Towfiq did, in my opinion, are (1) he
>>>>campaigned for a NO vote, which seems against the spirit
>>>>of the Baha'i policy on voting (confirmed by the UHJ's statement
>>>>on the vote) and
>>>
>>>
>>>Here we go again..
>
>I did not see this response to my posting for some reason, but
>I would like to respond to the following snippet that Fred cited:
>
>>>
>>>He did not "Campaign" He sent ONE message which is not therefore a
>>>"Campaign".
>
>
>It is my understanding that if someone posted something like this--
>
> You should vote for So-and-so for LSA or public office or
> you should vote for such-and-such proposition on the state
> ballot.  You should do so for these reasons, and here is
> exactly how to do it (e.g., check "YES" on the state ballot).
>
>on SRB or said as much in a Baha'i gathering that this would be
>considered campaigning in the sense frowned upon or disallowed
>in the Faith.  Am I wrong?  This is precisely what Mark did.
>His doing so is water under the bridge, and I don't know him and
>he is probably a fine fellow, but this was something he, as a
>Baha'i, probably should not have done.
>
>--Fran        

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