September 4, 2008
August 24, 2008
HOW Can a “Christian” Support Obama???
Please help me understand this one. Abortion, gay rights and all the other trash he believes in and supports. HOW can any one call themselves a Christian and support this anti-Christ of a man?
Here are a few that do and I will continue to grow this list as the come out of the closets.
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Some prominent charismatic leaders in Florida are throwing their support behind Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
The Tampa Tribune reports controversial pastor Randy White of the Without Walls megachurch in Tampa is supporting Barack Obama and believes his estranged wife and former partner in the church, Paula White, does also.
According to Federal Election Commission records, Paula White gave Obama’s campaign $2,300, while her husband donated $2,000 to Obama’s White House bid. She is currently under investigation by the Senate Finance Committee for allegedly using the church’s tax-free status to buy lavish furnishings for her personal use.
Without Walls International Church did not respond to AFN’s request for an interview with Randy White.
August 21, 2008
August 17, 2008
Saddleback presidential forum: How did they respond?
Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain were tested about their views on a wide range of topics last night during a forum hosted by well known author and pastor, Rick Warren. Here’s a summary of how they responded.
Hour 1: Obama
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says America’s greatest moral failure is not abiding by the command of Jesus in the book of Matthew to care for “the least of these.”
“That basic principle applies to poverty it applies to racism and sexism, it applies to not having, not thinking about providing ladders of opportunity for people to get into the middle class,” said Obama. “There’s a pervasive sense I think that this country as wealthy and powerful as we are, still don’t spend enough time thinking about the least of these.”
Obama said the greatest personal moral failure was his use of drugs and alcohol during his teenage years.
On abortion:
Obama says he is not sure when an unborn baby should be considered a human life worth protecting. He also could not provide an instance where he voted for legislation designed to limit abortions.
When asked by Pastor Warren when he believes a baby receives human rights, Obama did not provide a specific response. “I think that whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade,” says Obama.
Obama says he believes in Roe v. Wade not because he’s pro-abortion, but because women don’t make decisions about abortion “casually.” He suggested Americans can find common ground on ways to reduce abortions.
On marriage:
Obama said he believes marriage should be defined as a sacred union between a man and a woman, but says he would not support a constitutional amendment with such language.
“Historically we have not defined marriage in our Constitution,” he explained. “It’s been a matter of state law that has been our tradition. Now, let’s break it down. The reason that people that think there needs to be a constitutional amendment some people believe is because of the concern about same-sex marriage.”
Obama says while he is not someone who promotes same-sex marriage, he does back civil unions for homosexuals.
Hour 2: McCain
On energy:
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says the most significant position he held 10-years ago, that he no longer holds today, was his onetime opposition to offshore oil drilling. According to the GOP White House hopeful, “We’ve got to drill here, we’ve got to drill now and we’ve got to become independent of foreign oil.
McCain contends it is a national security issue. “We’re sending seven hundred billion-dollars a year to countries that don’t like us very much,” said McCain. “[A]nd some of that money is ending up in the hands of terrorist organizations. We cannot allow this greatest transfer of wealth in history and for our national security to be threatened.”
McCain argues the U.S. needs wind, tide, solar, and nuclear power, as well as hydrogen cars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save on energy costs.
On abortion:
Unlike his rival Barack Obama, McCain declared strongly that he believes a baby is entitled to human rights at the moment of conception.
“I have a twenty-five year pro-life record in the Congress, in the Senate and as president of the United States, I will be a pro-life president and this presidency will have pro-life policies. That’s my commitment. That’s my commitment to you,” said McCain.
McCain says the issue of embryonic stem cell research has been a “great struggle and a terrible dilemma” for the pro-life movement. He acknowledged his support for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, but said he was “wildly optimistic” that skin cell research “will make this debate an academic one.”
On marriage:
McCain reaffirmed his belief that the California Supreme Court was wrong to legalize same-sex marriage.
Like his Democratic opponent, McCain stated that marriage should be defined as between one man and one woman. “I’m a federalist. I believe that states should make those decisions. In my state I hope we will make that decision. In other states they have — to recognize the unique status of marriage between man and woman,” he contends. “…that doesn’t mean that people can’t enter into legal agreements, that they don’t have the rights of all citizens.”
If a federal court decided that Arizona must abide by the Massachusetts court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, McCain said he would support a federal marriage amendment.
On religious persecution:
According to McCain, he would use the most important asset of a president — “the bully pulpit” — to call on oppressive countries like China to end religious persecution.
He invoked Ronald Reagan, who the Arizona Senator says stood for and said what he believed. “He said to those people who were then captive nations: The day will come when you will know freedom and democracy and the fundamental rights of man,” McCain noted. “Our Judeo-Christian principles dictate that we do what we can to help people who are oppressed throughout the world. And I’d like to tell you that I still think that even in the worst places in the world today and the darkest corners, little countries like Belarus, they still harbor this hope and dream someday to be like us.”
McCain called the United States “the most unusual experiment in history.”
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August 16, 2008
Rick Warren hosts presidential forum Sat. night
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Tomorrow night (Saturday), White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain will be fielding questions from evangelical mega-church pastor Rick Warren in a presidential forum at his California church.
The “Saddleback Civil Forum on Leadership and Compassion” will feature each candidate talking with Pastor Warren separately for one hour. Warren says he plans to pose questions on issues such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, global warming, and human rights.
“Both John McCain and Barack Obama, I have known for a long time, before either of them began to run for president. They are very different,” Warren explains. “They have different philosophies of leadership, different philosophies of where government should be and should be headed – and I thought, ‘You know what, these guys will probably trust me to ask the questions that let them say who they really are.’”
Pastor Warren says he will also have Obama and McCain discuss their religious faith. ”The leader who says, ‘I’m going to take my worldview and just put it on the shelf when I make decisions,’ is either an idiot or they’re lying, because you can’t do it,” the well-known Christian author adds. “All of your decisions are based on what you value, what you believe in life. And so I think it’s important to find out what these guys really believe.”
American Family News and OneNewsNow.com will be providing in-depth coverage following the forum.
Do you think Rick Warren’s presidential forum this weekend
will clarify (or did clarify) for voters the theological beliefs of
Barack Obama and John McCain?
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
SHOULD RICK WARREN DO THIS OR NOT?
SHOULD MINISTRIES GET INVOLVED?
August 6, 2008
Underage strip performance deemed ‘artistic’
An Iowa county judge has ruled that a nude dance by an underage girl at a strip club is an artistic expression protected by the First Amendment.
Strip clubs are illegal in the state of Iowa. But numerous such establishments operate under a loophole that allows nudity in theaters, museums, and other venues featuring works of art, dance, and theatrical performances.
Fremont County Judge Timothy O’Grady recently stated that law enforcement officials did not meet the burden of proof that the “Shotgun Geniez” strip club was not qualified for the exemption. Pat Trueman, special counsel to the Alliance Defense Fund and former chief federal obscenity prosecutor for the Justice Department, says the Supreme Court has unfortunately ruled strip clubs are legal in some circumstances.
“It’s on the fringes of the First Amendment. But there is some protection,” said Trueman. “However…this case…doesn’t seem to fit the bill because this was a minor child — and a minor child in a nude performance is not protected…”
Prosecutors only filed charges after learning that a 17-year-old girl, who had entered the club illegally, was allowed to strip for patrons. But the club’s owners claimed the “artistic nudity” loophole protected them and that they were not responsible for the actions of the child. The local judge agreed, but Trueman does not.
“That’s really stretching it. It was a bar. It was a minor child that got up, spontaneously, to do a nude dance. That is not protected,” he argues. “This is a tragic situation because a minor was involved.”
The Iowa attorney general’s office will decide whether to appeal the case. And County Prosecutor Margaret Johnson told The Associated Press that she considers Judge O’Grady’s ruling “a little scary” considering that a child was involved.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=204996
August 4, 2008
August 1, 2008
Rick Warren, ‘gay’ advocate team up to host Obama-McCain Joint appearance at Saddleback Church co-sponsored by faith group challenging ‘right’
Rick Warren, ‘gay’ advocate team up to host Obama-McCain
Posted: July 26, 2008
12:00 am Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
 Hillary Clinton greeted by Rick Warren before her speech at Saddleback Church in November (WND photo) |
The upcoming joint appearance by Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain at Rick Warren’s evangelical Saddleback Church is co-sponsored by a left-leaning group led by a Unitarian-Universalist minister who once headed her denomination’s homosexual advocacy office.
Meg Riley is the board president of Faith in Public Life, whose board members include other theological liberals, including a pro-abortion Muslim leader and a Jewish rabbi, reported OneNewsNow.
The group’s stated vision hints at its challenge to the influence of the so-called religious right, saying it “envisions a country in which diverse religious voices for justice and the common good consistently impact public policy; and those who use religion as a tool of division and exclusion do not dominate public discourse.”
Warren told OneNewsNow, a Christian Internet site, he’s not troubled by the association with a group at odds with his church’s conservative evangelical theology.
“Really we just are … co-hosting [the event],” Warren said, noting Faith in Public Life came up with the idea.
“Actually, we’re in total control of the format, the program, the questions,” he said. “It’s at our church; and so it’s not their event, it’s our event.”
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