Glass houses.... Also, many are trying to make Barack guilty by association which is wrong. I have racist relatives that I was raised around, but I reject AND denounce their beliefs, because I think those views are wrong. Barack said that he doesn't believe what Wright believes. Barack's actions show that he is telling the truth. I used to listen to Hagee and Parsley, but was shocked to find out the terrible things that they have said about the Catholic Church and Islam, respectively.
However, Sarah's own comments related to her governing style blur the lines of church and state. She also told Alaskan Independent Party to keep up the good work this year, and is married to a man that believes in sedition from the United States. Sarah's words AND actions show that she will force her own religious views on the rest of America and help Alaska become a separate and independent state from the union. She's working for Alaska...not America.
McCain NEVER denounced Hagee and Parsley for their comments...just their endorsements. Interesting.
3 months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God.
Her speech in June provides as much insight into her policy leanings as anything uncovered since she was asked to be John McCain's running mate.
Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord.
"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending out on a task that is from God," she exhorted the congregants. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan."
Religion, however, was not strictly a thread in Palin's foreign policy. It was part of her energy proposals as well. Just prior to discussing Iraq, Alaska's governor asked the audience to pray for another matter -- a $30 billion national gas pipeline project that she wanted built in the state.
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Survey: Catholics Remain in Church Despite Sexual Abuse Controversy Catholics are not leaving the national Church despite a widespread dissatisfaction with sexual abuse allegations among Catholic clergy, a new survey found.
Public Opinion: McCain, Hagee, and Parsley vs. Obama and Wright—Whose Reverend Problem Is More Serious?
McCain and Obama have each rejected the support of controversial preachers.
Whose relationship was worse? Tell us what you think. By Robert Schlesinger Posted May 23, 2008
Among other pronouncements, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, has said that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States were an example of "chickens...coming home to roost." In a later sermon, he rejected the song "God Bless America" saying, "No, no, no, God damn America."
The Rev. John Hagee, whose political support Sen. John McCain sought, has said that the Catholic Church is a "great whore" and that Nazi Germany "operated on God's behalf" as part of a divine plan to drive the Jews to Israel. The Rev. Rod Parsley, whose political support McCain also sought, has described Islam as "the mouthpiece of a conspiracy of spiritual evil" and an "anti-Christ religion that intends through violence to conquer the world."
Obama has rejected and denounced Wright. McCain has now rebuffed Hagee's and Parsley's endorsements.
McCain backers say that Obama's relationship with his former pastor is more significant and disturbing, while Obama supporters argue that McCain's having sought the political support of such controversial figures is more significant and disturbing.
I'm not sure.
maybe he thought he had a neat haircut?
You know, that could be. I never thought of that LOL.
Glass houses.... Also, many are trying to make Barack guilty by association which is wrong. I have racist relatives that I was raised around, but I reject AND denounce their beliefs, because I think those views are wrong. Barack said that he doesn't believe what Wright believes. Barack's actions show that he is telling the truth. I used to listen to Hagee and Parsley, but was shocked to find out the terrible things that they have said about the Catholic Church and Islam, respectively.
However, Sarah's own comments related to her governing style blur the lines of church and state. She also told Alaskan Independent Party to keep up the good work this year, and is married to a man that believes in sedition from the United States. Sarah's words AND actions show that she will force her own religious views on the rest of America and help Alaska become a separate and independent state from the union. She's working for Alaska...not America.
McCain NEVER denounced Hagee and Parsley for their comments...just their endorsements. Interesting.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/02/palins-church-may-have-sh_n_123205.html?view=print
Palin's Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldview
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3 months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God.
Her speech in June provides as much insight into her policy leanings as anything uncovered since she was asked to be John McCain's running mate.
Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord.
"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending out on a task that is from God," she exhorted the congregants. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan."
Religion, however, was not strictly a thread in Palin's foreign policy. It was part of her energy proposals as well. Just prior to discussing Iraq, Alaska's governor asked the audience to pray for another matter -- a $30 billion national gas pipeline project that she wanted built in the state.
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Survey: Catholics Remain in Church Despite Sexual Abuse Controversy
Catholics are not leaving the national Church despite a widespread dissatisfaction with sexual abuse allegations among Catholic clergy, a new survey found.
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http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2008/05/23/public-opinion-mccain-hagee-and-parsley-vs-obama-and-wright--whose-reverend-problem-is-more-serious.html
Public Opinion: McCain, Hagee, and Parsley vs. Obama and Wright—Whose Reverend Problem Is More Serious?
McCain and Obama have each rejected the support of controversial preachers.
Whose relationship was worse? Tell us what you think.
By Robert Schlesinger
Posted May 23, 2008
Among other pronouncements, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, has said that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States were an example of "chickens...coming home to roost." In a later sermon, he rejected the song "God Bless America" saying, "No, no, no, God damn America."
The Rev. John Hagee, whose political support Sen. John McCain sought, has said that the Catholic Church is a "great whore" and that Nazi Germany "operated on God's behalf" as part of a divine plan to drive the Jews to Israel. The Rev. Rod Parsley, whose political support McCain also sought, has described Islam as "the mouthpiece of a conspiracy of spiritual evil" and an "anti-Christ religion that intends through violence to conquer the world."
Obama has rejected and denounced Wright. McCain has now rebuffed Hagee's and Parsley's endorsements.
McCain backers say that Obama's relationship with his former pastor is more significant and disturbing, while Obama supporters argue that McCain's having sought the political support of such controversial figures is more significant and disturbing.
Why do you want to know?