Senate Chaplain Nixes Appearance

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff

February 1, 2007

Senate Chaplain Barry Black informed Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Wednesday that he was canceling a planned appearance at a religious conference set for next month after a left-leaning civil liberties organization urged him to pull out due to the organizer’s controversial political and religious beliefs, a spokesman said Wednesday.

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