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-----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 Homepage |