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HOW DID YOU SPEND YOUR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER?
May 7, 2009
Dr. John R. Guthrie
3424 Palermo Court ~ Simi Valley, CA 93063 ~USA
Ms. Laurie Dickinson
Director
Simi Valley Senior Center
3900 Avenida Simi
Simi Valley, CA 93063
HAND DELIVERED
Dear Ms. Dickinson;
It is my belief and understanding that Simi Valley Senior Center uses taxpayer funding, and therefore prayers before meals/religious ceremonies in general are inappropriate, illegal, and against public policy (see legal references, page 2).
Not only do we live in the most religiously diverse country in the world, but Simi Valley itself is a community of not only of a remarkably variety of Christians, but also non-theists, agnostics, Sikhs, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews and others.
I am thus requesting that the Simi Valley Senior Center cease and desist in prayers/religious observances.
Thank you in advance for your response to this concern.
Sincerely Yours,
John R. Guthrie
The Chickasaw Plum - Volume VI - Number 6 - June 2009
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