{"id":1223,"date":"2012-07-19T14:52:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T14:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2012-07-19T14:52:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T14:52:26","slug":"clean-elections-and-civil-discourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=1223","title":{"rendered":"Clean Elections and Civil Discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Information from Leslie Manning<br \/>\nLeslie sent an email recently stuffed with information about what was happening with the Maine Council of<br \/>\nChurches. I couldn\u2019t possibly fit it all in, even this month, but I chose three pieces that relate to the election<br \/>\ncycle that are important and current. The rest of this is directly from Leslie\u2019s email.<br \/>\nWe are happy to share via video, MCC&#8217;s Covenant for Civil Discourse, starring our wonderful Board<br \/>\nmembers. Please view, share and encourage others to do their part to keep disagreements<br \/>\ncivil. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yvSZpCMZYCU<br \/>\nThe first piece on our Covenant for Civil Discourse was written by our Executive Director, Rev. Jill<br \/>\nSaxby. This piece was published in the April 19 Bangor Daily News:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HgtxerruJV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2012\/04\/19\/opinion\/covenant-for-civil-discourse\/\">Covenant for civil discourse<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Covenant for civil discourse&#8221; &#8212; Bangor Daily News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2012\/04\/19\/opinion\/covenant-for-civil-discourse\/embed\/#?secret=Xh5brnME6j#?secret=HgtxerruJV\" data-secret=\"HgtxerruJV\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nNext, our Public Policy Committee member Karen Hessel wrote a piece in support of Clean<br \/>\nElections. Karen&#8217;s letter was published by the Sun-Journal on April 29:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/news\/columns-analysis\/2012\/04\/29\/karen-hessel-democracy-relies-voicescitizens\/<br \/>\n1186605<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information from Leslie Manning Leslie sent an email recently stuffed with information about what was happening with the Maine Council of Churches. 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