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Since President Tsai Ing-wen took office, he has been invited to attend the National Prayer Breakfast (National Prayer Meeting) organized by the Christian community each year; However, because Tsai Ing-wen invited the public to participate in the gay parade on the 31st, the preparatory meeting for the 20th National Prayer Meeting “recommended” She did not have to be there, prompting a public outcry. . In response, the preparatory meeting previously announced that “The National Prayer Meeting originally scheduled to be held in Xindian Xingdaohui Meihetang on October 30 will be urgently canceled for some reason.” This is also the first cancellation since it was held in 2001. But now that the letter sent to President Tsai Ing-wen has been exposed, we can also see the arrogant language of the preparatory meeting for the National Prayer Meeting, and even the Church officials feel they are threatening the head of state.
▲ The full text of the letter of the participation of President Tsai Ing-wen in the National Prayer Breakfast Meeting (Photo / Obtained from Facebook of Gao Yingchao)
Gao Yingchao, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States, previously posted the full text of the church’s letter to the Presidential Palace on Facebook, stating that “ the original information is sound and the original letter of the National Prayer Breakfast was made public. ” And the church officials also yesterday. It was revealed to “Sanli News Network” that the letter was written and issued by the original Xingdao Association, but because other major churches refused to endorse this, they had to be published as the preparatory meeting for the National Prayer Breakfast.
▲ Since taking office, Tsai Ing-wen has been invited to attend the National Prayer Breakfast every year. (Photo / Provided by the Presidential Palace)
Church members noted that they were deeply surprised and dissatisfied that the sentence called “nation” did not allow the head of state to participate. In particular, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church declared not long ago that “comrades have the right to start a family. They are the people of God and they have the right to build a family. No one should be expelled or feel miserable about this.” Today is not mainstream. The church went the other way and asked other church members to describe the incident as “this is basically a threat to the head of state,” which is chilling.
The full text of the National Prayer Breakfast Meeting at the Presidential Palace is as follows:
Thank you for your willingness to attend the 20th National Prayer Breakfast Meeting which will be held on October 30th. The affairs of the country are like hemp and we know how to sleep at night.
As the second day of the National Prayer Breakfast, the gay parade will be held soon; Furthermore, the governing authorities have adopted a positive and encouraging attitude. Once reported by the media, the Christians were shocked.
After these days of dredging, the church is still in a tug of war: we admit that gay marriage directly contradicts the core value of Christianity, so the space for discussion is extremely limited.
From the point of view of the National Prayer Breakfast, you are certainly the object of our prayers and the most hopeful communication. However, you should also be considerate of your visit, including itinerary arrangements and order of the venue.
In the situation where the breakfast meeting cannot be 100% certain that it will run smoothly, we tend to suggest that President Tsai may appoint another government official to attend. The incident is urgent, it involves a wide range, added to the respect for the head of state, you have to make this proposal, please understand and forgive the president.
Best wishes
Guotai Minan
Grace in everything
Yours sincerely, from the entire Preparatory Committee for the XX National Prayer Breakfast.
