As i indicated during my visit to kenya the remarkable gains that country has made with a new constitution with its election cannot be jeopardized by restrictions on civil society. Likewise our hosts the ethiopians have much to be proud of. Ive been amazed at all the wonderful work thats being done here. Its true that the elections that took place here occurred without violence. As i discussed with the Prime Minister thats the start of democracy. I believe ethiopia will not fully unleash the potential of its people if unless are restrict or legitimate opposition groups cant participate in the campaign process. To his credit, the Prime Minister acknowledged that more work will need to be done for ethiopia to be a fullfledged, sustainable democracy. These are conversations we have to have as friends. American democracy i i is not perfect. Weve worked for many years but one thing we do, is we continually reexamine to figure out how can we make our democracy better, and thats a source of s
Our topic is religious pacifist and the American Revolution. Often we think about military action, so perhaps a topic on pacifists or those who refuse to take military action is an interesting angle. But, let me begin by telling you about an incident that took place in april of 1778. This is the spring just after valley forge. 12 members of the church were arrested by local county official, they were brought to easton which was the county seat in North Hampton county in pennsylvania. They were paraded through the streets, tied together with ropes around their next like common criminals. We might be wondering what was their crime . Essentially their crime was the fact that their religious conviction prohibited them from joining the cause of independence and from pledging their loyalty to the new state of pennsylvania that would be formed. They were thrown into the county jail. And its interesting to me because these were not trade officials in the british government. These were not tax
Jared burkholder talks about the differences between pacifist groups during the American Revolution. This class is about an hour. Our topic is religious pacifist and the American Revolution. Often we think about military action, so perhaps a topic on pacifists or those who refuse to take military action is an interesting angle. But, let me begin by telling you about an incident that took place in april of 1778. This is the spring just after valley forge. 12 members of the church were arrested by local county official, they were brought to easton which was the county seat in North Hampton county in pennsylvania. They were paraded through the streets, tied together with ropes around their next like common criminals. We might be wondering what was their crime . Essentially their crime was the fact that their religious conviction prohibited them from joining the cause of independence and from pledging their loyalty to the new state of pennsylvania that would be formed. They were thrown int
Cspan. Next, Grace College professor Jared Burkholder talks about the differences between pacifist groups during the American Revolution. This class is about an hour. Well, good afternoon. Its nice of you all to come to class today on this cold day. But as ive mentioned in a previous class, our topic for today is religious pacifists and the American Revolution. So often we think about the American Revolution we think about military action so perhaps a topic on pacifists or those who refuse to take military action is an interesting angle. But let me begin by telling you about an incident that took place in april of 1778. This is the spring just after valley forge. 12 members of the Moravian Church were arrested by a local county official. They were brought to easton which was the county seat in North Hampton county in pennsylvania. They were paraded through the streets, tied together with ropes around their next like common criminals. We might be wondering what was their crime . Essenti
Carol, not too bad. Not as bad as yesterday. We tied a record at 95. It is hot. We had heat indexes all the way up to 99 degrees and probably a hundred degrees in a couple spots. Today, by comparison, while it still could get to 90 degrees, we will feel cooler just because it should be 5 degrees less than that. Ben franklin bridge area looks just fine this morning and it was a very mild overnight to say the least. 77 degrees, right now. Seventysix at the shore. You are not finding that much relief in Rehoboth Beach at this point ape little bit of the haze out there. We saw that yesterday. Storm scan three not picking up anything right now, we have had very active storms out to the west last night but right now it is quiet and most of the day will be remaining quiet. Excuse me. We have a temperature of 78 degrees right now at the airport in philadelphia, 70 in allentown. Seventyfour millville. Seventyfive wildwood. Are mild start. As day warms up, and it will, by noon we are at 85. 3 00