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On the issue of whether Rick Warren should give a forum to Senator Obama, I will suggest that if God is not in it, it will soon become apparent. I remember when the Clintons visited with Pope John Paul II a decade or so ago, after the meeting they were queried about their conversation with the Pope on the issue of abortion. President Clinton made a comment the gist of which was that their discussion had helped bring about a better understanding of each other's views which had helped to bring them closer together. A few short moments later a spokesman for the Pope interrupted the press conference to issue a statement to the effect that if the Clinton's and the Pope had come closer together on the issue of abortion it was not because the Pope's pro-life, anti-abortion position had changed one little bit.

The people in Rick Warren's church always have the option of voting with their feet if they do not like what they hear from Senator Obama, or believe that he has acted inappropriately.

p>The bedrock foundation of our Constitutional Republic is that there is a level playing field for all points of view to be heard but that government does not take and active role in the promotion of one religion over the other. Having said that I also believe strongly that a government such as ours was founded on Christian principles and cannot survive without our recognizing that the phrase "One Nation Under God" establishes an irrefutable and irreplaceable moral foundation for all that we do. We will have a Christian nation in truth, when those who profess to know Jesus as Lord and Savior of their lives begin to live that truth, and demand adherence to that standard both at the ballot box and in the Halls of Congress. br> -- Reverend Joseph Phillips br> Red River, New Mexico /p>

I agree with Mr. Homnick completely. However, I think the issue goes even deeper. Mr. Obama's main solution to curtail new AIDS cases is to distribute more condemns!! To allow this brilliant and revolutionary (heavy sarcasm here) idea to be put forth from his pulpit, this is also an endorsement for "safe sex." I have yet to find in the Bible a passage or verse that allows for safe sex! God makes it so simple: if you are not married, don't have sex. And if you are married, only have sex with your spouse. The guarantee for stopping the spread of AIDS!

p>In other regions that have put abstinence into practice, the drop in new AIDS cases has been dramatic. God knew what He was talking about. Imagine that! br> -- Margee /p>

Thanks to Jay Homnick for a discouraging word -- finally -- about the pasta driven pastor, Rick Warren. Given his avoirdupois, Warren could hardly have chosen Starvation as his gig -- so it was AIDS.

p>God does move in mysterious ways. A couple of months back, "Pastor Rick" went to some little African country to spread the Word. As he left, secure in the knowledge of doing the work of the Lord, his helicopter blew the roof off their only school. The article did not say who replaced it -- or if it was replaced. br> --

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