Call them the Promise Breakers. The antigay evangelical men's collection Promise Keepers announced in January that they are calling on the farther side widely publicized rallies scheduled for January 1 2000 in state capitals.
Promise Keeper officials were reportedly businessed that attendance would be grieve by the desire of supporters to stay fireside at the dawn of the millennium, citing, for example, worries about possible computer malfunctions as 2000 begins. However, the organization also has been beset with fired-raising question s during the past year.
Critics of the cluster breathed a collective sigh of relief with the cancellation. "These rallies were planned for an election year and were clearly tied to the divisive political agenda of the Promise Keepers" said the Rev Steven Baines, throw outs coordinator for Equal Partners in Faith, a liberal religious organization based in Washington, DC "We are naturally pleased that they will not now take place."