A joy to visit Clarendon
As we are in the season of Lent, we felt this is the time to write and tell you how special it is to see all of the crosses in your town. Back in the fall, the Amarillo TV stations talked about how some people felt crosses made you a prejudice town. We feel the exact opposite. If Jesus came into the world for everyone, then your crosses should be saying everyone is welcome here.
It is a joy to drive through Clarendon and count the crosses. We hope you keep them and maybe even add more.
God’s blessings,
Thomas & Thelma Cannon
Dumas, Texas
Let’s get out of here
My wife and I drove through Clarendon on March 14, 2013, and were stunned by the amount of religious signage. Being from a small town near Houston, we are accustomed to seeing lots of religious billboards and icons, but we have never seen anything like what we saw in Clarendon.
Frankly, it was creepy. It seemed intended to intimidate and scare us, and it did… but not in any positive way. We had to stop for gas, and we were very wary of everyone around us. If you have ever seen “Children of the Corn,” you know what I mean. We did not feel welcome or wanted. We got out of town as quickly as we could, and are not looking forward to coming through again.
I am sure that most of the folks in Clarendon are nice, decent people, but your self-appointed public relations agents are not doing you a favor, unless you want people to pass through quickly and tell their friends what they saw.
Jeff Brown,
via email
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