Democrats find religion on campaign trail
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GOP seems to be avoiding talk of faith
By Mike Dorning
Washington Bureau
May 6, 2007
WASHINGTON -- This time it may be the Democrats who are getting
religion.
Former Sen. John Edwards invoked "My Lord" in the first Democratic
presidential debate when asked about moral influences on his life. At
a campaign event on the day of the Virginia Tech massacre, he offered
a prayer and-in a pointed break from Democratic candidates' usual
wariness of offending religious minorities-closed with the words "in
Christ's name."
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) comfortably works in references to his
faith at public appearances. Even before his presidential candidacy,
he gave a well-received speech arguing for a greater role for religion
in politics and cultivated relationships with influential church
leaders, including mega-church pastor and best-selling author Rick
Warren.
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