There are some really strange statements and semantics on this thread.
A Southern gospel convention where an athiest is invited on stage? I have never heard of that!
Or that Hank Willimas Jr. or Toby Keith invites a lefty....
I'll be darned. That would be totally unexpected by audience and by lefty, wouldn't it?
Egad. None of the C&W crowd had any time nor even kind words for the Dixie Chicks. And the straight gospel crowd doesn't even like the tongues talkers (and vice-versa) let alone the athiests.
And what on earth is a "liberal fascist?" Isn't that an oxymoron? Perhaps the writer meant an extreme fascist -- or it is considered fascist to push ones leftist views?
Pete Seeger is a great American hero who has spent a lifetime singing and doing what he believes.