In short, they really cared, and not because the pundits, politicians or pastors told them to.
But on our last tour a pastor told his parishioners not to support this mixture of religious and nonreligious music.
Some school administrators and pastors have told of seesaw emotions in recent weeks.
"But the departing pastor told us, 'Jack Miller is an activist and he will lead you into places you've never been before.' "
The pastor told her to find work for the young man at the school, Mrs. Samide said.
She said the pastor told her that she had to first decide "whether the government is ever justified in asking for a death penalty."
"The pastor never stood up last summer and told the people what he was going to do."
The pastor tells her that "these are great sins and she should prepare herself for the consequences."
"Your brother was the instigator," the pastor told him.
The pastor tells Peter he's got to work on some things, which of course Peter doesn't want to hear.