A John Edwards campaign stop undergoes spiritual transformation.
Politico.com is all abuzz (well, it has a news story and an op-ed, anyway) about John Edwards praying "in Christ's name" at a Nashville campaign stop after the Virginia Tech shootings.
"Does John Edwards include Jews in his prayers? Or Muslims? Or Hindus? Or any other non-Christians?" complains Roger Simon. "Edwards has a perfect right to pray publicly or privately any way he wants to. But people who are not Christians often feel left out of prayers like his." Simon also criticizes Edwards for not praying for gun control.
The original Politico.com news story is rather remarkable, detailing how a campaign stop to "roll out his long-planned agenda for revitalizing rural America" was transformed into a religious memorial service.
Posted by Ted Olsen on April 25, 2007 2:08PM
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Good item, Ted.
I also blogged about this:
http://newsbusters.org/node/12254
and your readers can look through other blogger reax to this on Technorati:
http://technorati.com/search/www.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0407%2F3644.html
Posted by: Ken Shepherd at April 25, 2007
John Edwards prayed the way he was taught to pray when he was growing up, and throughout his life. Christians end prayers "in Jesus' name" or "in Christ's name." That doesn't mean that anyone else praying can't pray the way they were taught, any more than John Edwards did. Politico needs to relax.
Posted by: ST at April 25, 2007
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