A fellow Unitarian congregation member of mine and his family needs your help due to a major medical and financial crisis.
First, a little background. His name is Brian, and I think you'd like him. Brian is an unpretentious, thoughtful person working hard as a construction carpenter to make ends meet. In his spare time, Brian has been regularly protesting the Iraq war, using a rather brave method: publicly demonstrating with his organization (Peace Seekers of Washington County) on a street corner in his very Republican town here in Wisconsin. Although the response from local residents has been mostly positive, there is a very disrespectful, vocal minority. (see http://fuzzmartin.com/... for a local wingnut blogger/radio show host reacting to his organization's activities and describing the challenging conservative climate). Brian rightly believes that if people see that someone they know is not afraid to take a public stand, they might be inspired to do the same or at least give it some thought. When I hear the term progressive patriot, I think of Brian. So Brian's a good guy, ok? Please read on...
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