"Perhaps he could even take a personal vow of silence for the day and let the people who really know the religious practices of prayer and fasting to lead him, along with his like-minded governors, and the rest of us."
--WILLIAM LAWRENCE, Dean and Professor of American Church History, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University when asked if he would attend Gov. Rick Perry's "solemn day of prayer and fasting for our troubled nation" to be held at Reliant Stadium in Houston on August 6. Perry has invited 49 of his fellow governors to join him.