could I get an opinion?

[Dan Billings]

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Donna Halper 
  To: Dan Billings ; Paul B. Walker, Jr. 
  Cc: A. Joseph Ross ; bri@bostonradio.org 
  Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:51 PM
  Subject: Re: could I get an opinion?

  People go to public religious shrines all the time, whether in the Vatican or in Israel or in Lumbini (birthplace of the Buddha).  And sometimes, photographers are there, or members of the media, if the person making the visit is famous.  But I don't get any sense that he invited the press to remove his private prayer from the wall and publish it.  Dan, answer me honestly-- if this had happened to John McCain, wouldn't you be a bit offended?  

  Grabbing the prayer is offensive.  As is using a religious shrine for political purposes.