Jackson, Miss. (AP) - The top officer for FEMA said one of the agency's videographers was "absolutely wrong" to ask Mississippi church volunteers not to wear religious T-shirts for a video about tornado cleanup.
Angelia Lott and Pamela Wedgeworth, who are sisters, told The Associated Press that the FEMA worker videotaping the cleanup on Saturday in the small town of Ebenezer asked them to do on-camera interviews but requested that they change out of their T-shirts because of a Salvation Army logo.
"He said, 'We would like to ask you to change your shirt because we don't want anything faith-based,'" Lott said Tuesday.
Lott said she asked him why he didn't want to feature faith groups.
"All he said was, 'We've done that hundreds of times,'" Lott said.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate said in a statement issued Monday that the man's actions "in no way reflect FEMA's policies or priorities."
"The photographer in question was absolutely wrong," Fugate said.
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Kinda like how Obama wouldn't allow people in "traditional muslim dress" to stand behind him(within camera view) at his televised rallies.
ReplyDeleteReligion is the only help this country has! What a disgrace for FEMA to act in this manner! Government is getting too much control over us. sick
ReplyDeleteFEMA is ran by their Muslim boss Obama so what do you expect?
ReplyDeleteHell, even now the racist Rev. Wright is saying that Obama has turned his back on him!