Governor Rick Perry, whose April entreaty to his fellow Texans to pray for rain failed to alleviate the state’s devastating drought, led some 30,000 worshippers in The Response (informally nicknamed “Prayerpalooza”), a Christian prayer gathering at Houston’s Reliant Stadium.
Though Perry and others urged attendees to fast, concession stands sold nachos and smoothies throughout the seven-hour event. A San Angelo revivalist skipped lunch but eventually succumbed and bought a hot dog around 4:00 p.m. “That’s the agreement I made with God earlier,” he said.
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