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PostPosted: 05/14/05 11:50 am    ::: sun host "faith and family" night?!? Reply Reply with quote
my sun mini plan ticket package included an individual game order form with the theme nights listed. the thursday, july 28, game against the liberty is listed as "faith and family night". wtf?!? can't they just make it "family night" and leave it at that?



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 11:53 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Damn blue staters. Rolling Eyes



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 11:57 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
thouht there was a separation of religion and sports...well there should be. NOT too impressed with the sun



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 12:11 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Why shouldn't they do that? I don't get it.

Although there is something kind of funny about faith and family night at the casino.
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PostPosted: 05/14/05 12:17 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
your right PUmatty....never thought of it.....Wonder if your of the right religon they will let you in for 1/2 price....I can't believe the WNBA would allow this....why not bring your RNC card and get a discount...as you can see this topic has made me crazy....Another reason to hate the Sun...and liberty fans don't really need another reason



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 12:32 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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your right PUmatty....never thought of it.....Wonder if your of the right religon they will let you in for 1/2 price....I can't believe the WNBA would allow this....why not bring your RNC card and get a discount...as you can see this topic has made me crazy....Another reason to hate the Sun...and liberty fans don't really need another reason


hey... i'm a liberty fan and i don't hate the sun. remember, i just bought a mini plan.

i just wonder what the hell "faith night" entails. are there prayers to your diety of choice during time outs? will the sun cheerleaders weart habits instead of spandex?

the more i think about this the funner it gets. should have known it would only be a matter of time before the political trendiness of "faith" morphed into a commercialized phenomenon. i wonder who will sponsor the giveaway...



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 12:40 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Let's see...Pope Benedict XVI pins, carpets with the Sun logo, Bible/Koran cases, little Buddha statues...oh the possibilites!
Because faith isn't tied to just one religion now, is it?
Whenever I am at the Reservation I always have faith in the slot machines!



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 12:48 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Oh, I just realized I will probably be at that game! Yippee Rolling Eyes



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 12:51 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
BCBG25 wrote:
Let's see...Pope Benedict XVI pins, carpets with the Sun logo, Bible/Koran cases, little Buddha statues...oh the possibilites!
Because faith isn't tied to just one religion now, is it?
Whenever I am at the Reservation I always have faith in the slot machines!


i vote for one of those cardboard paddle fans, with a hymn printed on it.

oh, and a sun logo.



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 1:38 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Because faith isn't tied to just one religion now, is it?



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 1:41 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Jesus in a Sun uniform? Sun Logo Skull caps?
All kidding aside how hard is it to go to see a game there if you live in manhattan and don't have a car? Can you go by bus?



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 1:48 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
lib fan, i've wondered, too, and my very quick study of the options last season pointed to bus schedules that make it a day trip - you leave early in the day and come back late in the day or early evening. designed, i think, to make you spend an eternity in the casino. if you think you can take a day off, go early and behave yourself around all that temptation until the game starts, you're probably good to go with a handful of bus companies. you should also check to make sure the last bus pulling out doesn't pull out before the game's over. for my money, i'd rent a zipcar.



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 1:53 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
If anyone has done the bus from manhattan let me know please...I would like to see the Lib play there...well maybe not on faith night lol



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 2:32 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Other teams have had similar promotions in paast seasons. Dunno how well they've done.



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 2:33 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
first of all, have FAITH that we will have yet another WNBA season...and don't you all forget that WE ARE FAMILY...

who are the SON playing during that SERVICE..i mean, GAME...

do the USHERs require tickets are can you come out as you are?
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PostPosted: 05/14/05 2:41 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
I remember family nights, but faith nights...will we all praise Krazy Kops together???



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 3:20 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
So what is Liberty Faith and Family night? More like Liberty fans have no faith in the managmenet family?
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PostPosted: 05/14/05 4:13 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
pilight wrote:
Other teams have had similar promotions in paast seasons. Dunno how well they've done.


Hate to ruin all the fun about trendy garb & giveaways, but........
Phx has had faith & family night for several years. Most people don't even notice. It's not advertised except to churches & on the web calendar. The only diff from other games is a choir sings the National anthem & sometimes again at half time. I do enjoy some roof raising gospel songs. I don't object as long as they don't start preaching. Rolling Eyes

We're working on a GLBT night. It's only fair Wink
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PostPosted: 05/14/05 4:19 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
"Why shouldn't they do that? I don't get it."

Because:
1. These sorts of events are generally not ecumenical but rather fueled by evangelical Protestants who really don't have a great deal of respect for other folks' faith let alone lots of fans' families.
2. Thanks in large measure to the religious right in this country, religion has become an incredibly divisive matter and shouldn't be mixed into a fun evening at a WNBA game.
3. All fans should feel welcome at a WNBA game; stuff like this makes some fans feel excluded in the worst way.

I can't believe they are doing it at a Sun game. They do this sort of stuff in Charlotte all the time, which unlike Conn. is in true Bible belt country.
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PostPosted: 05/14/05 4:53 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
1carol wrote:


We're working on a GLBT night. It's only fair Wink



Sacramento used to have those. They stopped because it was the least attended game of the year every year.



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PostPosted: 05/14/05 6:22 pm    ::: don't get upset Reply Reply with quote
The Lynx have something like it, although I dunno if "faith and family" is the name they use: it's a night for bulk sales to church groups (and Christian-themed day camps). As long as they don't invite homophobes to speechify on-court I have no problem with it at all. And yes, there are church groups and Christian day camps in Connecticut.

If designated GLBT nights impede, rather than encourage, ticket sales, then don't have 'em. Instead, be sure your team supports Pride Day; sponsor something for the Pride Parade. Again, that's something the Lynx did last year, and it seems to have worked: the Pride Day game was well-attended (for an early-season Lynx game-- poorly attended if your standard's a Mystics crowd, but so were all the early-season Lynx games).
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PostPosted: 05/14/05 8:57 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
As one of the board's token Jews, I don't get the need for it either. Family would suffice I agree. I will reserve judgment until then.

Herrade, glad you bought those tickets. You'll have to tell us which games!

BCB, you're coming up? You'll have to tell us when!

It looks like I'm going to miss Minnesota and Sacramento due to Dani's nationals Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: 05/14/05 9:20 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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As one of the board's token Jews, I don't get the need for it either. Family would suffice I agree. I will reserve judgment until then.


G-d willing they decide to have Mishpacha night. But I don't want them to feel guilty. I'll just sit here alone in the dark.
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PostPosted: 05/14/05 9:22 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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As one of the board's token Jews, I don't get the need for it either. Family would suffice I agree. I will reserve judgment until then.


G-d willing they decide to have Mishpacha night. But I don't want them to feel guilty. I'll just sit here alone in the dark.


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PostPosted: 05/14/05 9:23 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Well, they've done it again...it seems religion has it's greasy paws in everything these days!! As a Liberty fan, let me go on record by saying I don't hate the Sun (or even the state of CT). However, I think the "Solar Power" should be replaced with something more...talented! The Sun players didn't come up w/ this theme I'm sure...if anything, blame management or whoever marketing exec came up w/ this one.

I will reserve further judgement until I hear the reports from said day/game, but I think religion should stay away from certain things and sports is one of them. I must say I'm a bit surprised that CT is doing this. It is expected of Charlotte and I would even say Houston but that's where it stops.

When are the Lib/Sun games again?? I think I'm making the trip to the reservation in August. Anyone else? Herrade? Jersey??





dtsnms wrote:
As one of the board's token Jews, I don't get the need for it either. Family would suffice I agree. I will reserve judgment until then.

Herrade, glad you bought those tickets. You'll have to tell us which games!

BCB, you're coming up? You'll have to tell us when!

It looks like I'm going to miss Minnesota and Sacramento due to Dani's nationals Crying or Very sad


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