Christian leaders on the far right have been supporting conservative, mostly Republican candidates for decades. At her Florida parish a few weeks ago, my mom said they were all handed fliers during Mass with instructions from the diocese about how to vote on various issues (read here "candidates").
Well, this video message from Bart Campolo popped up in my inbox this morning:
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The headlines at the UK-based online newsletter Ekklesia today led to this story:
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In a blatant and desperate attempt to build Obama his own bridge-to-nowhere, John McCain has been accusing the senator from Illinois with asking for $3 million in federal funds to buy an "overhead projector" for "a planetarium" in "Chicago." He did this again during the so-called "town hall" on Tuesday night. The way McCain said it was so drenched in mockery and disdain, he made me wonder:
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An interesting and inevitable outcome of the Sarah Palin nomination? Trouble in the ranks of conservative Christian denominations who are being called out for hypocrisy over the issue of women's ordination.
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