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Every step counts.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Ken Garfield
CHARLOTTE, N.C. _It was just a baby step really _ 13 folks sharing fried chicken and conversation Thursday afternoon at Charlotte's Covenant Presbyterian Church.
But on the journey from what one of our lunch buddies called tolerance to acceptance to inclusion to oneness, every step forward counts. And every honest discussion about Baha'is, Billy Graham and respecting each other's faith is a very good thing.
Mecklenburg Ministries hosted the luncheon forum that focused on a great question in a town that named a major highway for a conservative Christian leader:
What is it like not being Christian in Charlotte?
We batted around the Billy Graham Parkway issue for a few moments. Some of us are OK with it. But one woman called it an embarrassment and said she always hopes her out-of-town visitors don't see the signs coming in from the airport. We all agreed with Naseem Nuri when she said it's proof that history is written by the dominant culture.
Nuri, one of several hundred members of the Baha'i faith in Charlotte, led the discussion that delved deeper than road signs. She gave us a glimpse of her life in a Bible Belt town, where a fitness trainer at the Y once nagged her about coming to church and her two children have been asked what Santa is bringing them for Christmas.
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