Sunday, November 5, 2000

If you wish

to defeat liquor by the drink, you must vote at the train depot in Fayetteville!!

Pastor

It is wonderful how Godly people

in Fayetteville have stepped up to the plate time after time and kept

our community a great place to live.

The struggle to keep it that

way will always be a tough one.

I wish to share parts of a

letter I received from a Christian friend, Ted Climo. I have his permission

to share this with you. I wish to also publicly thank him and others for

standing up for this very important issue that will affect our families

and children for generations to come. His letter is to me a pastor.

"Dear Pastor, I am writing

to you because God has entrusted some of his people to your care. As our

shepherds, you feed us, you lead us to the living waters of Jesus and

you help protect us from the evil one.

"As a member of the flock,

I am so grateful for your leadership! There are so few people willing

to stand up and be the salt and light Christ commanded. Consequently,

the righteousness you preach from the pulpit burns brightly as the moral

compass many people have available from public leaders today.

"I am writing you on the

specific topic of a sneaky vote about to take place that could bring liquor

real estate developer had managed (after five years trying) to get a "restricted

vote on the ballot. Here's the kicker if people don't know that the only

place you can vote for this is at the "old train depot," then

they will never get a chance to vote it down.

"Here are the facts:

"1) Only city of Fayetteville

residents are allowed to vote. Other county residents have been excluded.

"2) These voters will

have to vote at their normal place for all other topics (like the presidency,

etc.).

"3) Then they will have

to go to the old train depot and vote about bringing "liquor by the

glass" into Fayetteville. The liquor choice will not be an option

at their normal polling place.

"The motives of this sneaky

tactic are clear. Christians in Fayette County have stood so strongly

against this issue in the past that a sneaky (low publicity, city resident

only) vote is expected to slip through unnoticed.

"They are hoping that

voter apathy will be their ally. We must be salt and light in this fast

sliding world. We must go the second mile for Christ Jesus. We are His

bride, He deserves our commitment, our love.

"I was mortified to hear

of a Christian lady who believed that passing liquor by the drink was

the only way to attract "good restaurants" to Fayetteville.

Drunk drivers are killing God's creation every day."

Ted Climo, thank you for your

stand. Your banner is my banner.

The Rev. Dr. Knox Herndon is

the pastor of "His House Community Church" (SBC) and a substitute

school teacher in the Fayette County School System, and a former Army

chaplain. The church is currently meeting in the American Legion Log Cabin

across from the fountain on the Square in Fayetteville, and will move

to a new location near Senoia around Thanksgiving 2000. Prayer line 770-719-2365;

e-mail [email protected].