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...shorts, Blake, 16, approached his school's blue flagpole. He leaned forward, placed his hands on it and bowed his head. Soon he was joined by four friends, all jeans-clad and smelling sweetly of soap and shampoo. They formed a circle, and someone entreated the Lord aloud: "I pray you do wonders through the pole and let your wonders show through the pole." First a trickle, then dozens of students arrived; eventually more than 200 gathered in tight concentric circles around the pole. They prayed for Maize's students, for its principal, for Bill Clinton. Blake Langhofer prayed "that...
...originated in the spring of 1990 in Burleson, Texas, when several public school students told youth minister Billy Beacham that they felt "burdened" by God to pray at their school flagpoles. Southern Baptist state youth evangelism coordinator Chuck Flowers decided to try a Texas-wide version that fall. Beacham remembers predicting 5,000 participants; 48,000 showed. The next year the event went countrywide, and the National Network, which acts as an information clearinghouse for some 100 youth evangelical groups, became involved. Says Clark: "It was like lighting dry brush with a match." The religion-tracking Barna Research Group tallied...
...this doesn't happen, however, and the zealots return, get ready for some fun. Like, say, if a prayer-in-school statute gets passed. I know that all those folks have in mind the nice Protestant Anglo-Saxon form of praying. They're going to get a kick out of my kid when she comes into second grade and demands to perform a ritualistic dance to Martoza, the voodoo spirit of fertility. I'll be honest, it gets a little messy, particularly once the open flames and the chickens get thrown into the mix. But hey, the right to pray...
...pray that Monica Lewinsky namesScott Harshbarger alongside Bill Clinton," hesays...
...COMEBACK-KID STRATEGY It's Clinton's tried and true way. Keep campaigning. Hit the road, and let the pictures tell the story. Go overseas. When you come home, tout those transportation-bill projects. Raise money for the Democrats now and through 2000. Pray for Al Gore...