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From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] A Matter of Concern
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 20:49:30 -0500


Thanks, Peggy.

Have we seen your surnames? I don't recall them, if we did. If you have a
moment, how about telling us who you connect to?

Thanks!

Jean



At 07:08 PM 1/28/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Well said Jean. This is a great list and I am on several. I thoroughly
>enjoy the "togetherness" of this list. You are doing a wonderful job!
>
>Peggy
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jean Mayfield Cuevas" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 1:10 PM
>Subject: [ARIZARD-L] A Matter of Concern
>
>
> > Dear List Members,
> >
> > There is something that I must address before all of you, and to me it's
> > very important. As many of you have observed, we have been free on this
> > list to share our faith along with our genealogy, but not to make it an
> > issue with anyone, because although many of us on the list are Christians,
> > there are some who are of other faiths.
> >
> > It has come to my attention that someone has written one of our members,
> > asking her NOT to continue to talk about her faith, and I don't know who
> > wrote the message, and I really don't want to, because I want ALL of us to
> > hang in here together...because we ARE family, and each person IS
>important.
> >
> > For the person who was reproached, I will say that she is free to continue
> > as she has been from the beginning, because her faith is a part of who she
> > is. And, with her health problems, she NEEDS to be able to lean on her
> > faith, because in the end, without that faith, we are without hope.
> >
> > For the person who sent the message to her, I can understand that if you
> > are not used to being around folks who share their faith, you might feel
> > uneasy. I don't believe you will find anyone on this list trying to shove
> > their faith down your throat. I have read every post that ever has come
>to
> > this list, and find that folks balance their genealogy and their
> > Christianity, and don't try to make an issue with anyone.
> >
> > I don't want anyone hurt on this list. It's my obligation as List Owner
> > to see that we are all treated with dignity,and so I must ask that if
> > anyone has comments in the future, please don't send them to someone
> > off-list. Send them to me, instead. The person who received the message
> > was not the person who told me about it. As a matter of fact, the person
> > who received the criticism hasn't written me at all. She just quietly
> > mentioned to someone else that she might remove herself from the list.
> >
> > As I said, I don't want to know who sent the message. I just want us to
> > all work together for the common good of all, and when the list can no
> > longer have any mention of Christianity on it, I will be gone!
> >
> > Jean Cuevas
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ==== ARIZARD Mailing List ====
> > Jean M. Cuevas, Listowner Arizard-L
> > RootsWeb makes this all possible, so share the load!
> > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html
> >
> >
>
>
>==== ARIZARD Mailing List ====
>Jean M.Cuevas, Listowner Arizard-L <><
>Remember, new subscribers are added to the list almost everyday. Post
>your lines often!

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