Governor candidates reach out via religion
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/14186402.htm
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
[excerpt]
CINCINNATI - The voting clout of conservative Christians credited with
helping swing crucial states such as Ohio to President Bush two years ago
hasn't been lost on the candidates of 2006.
Particularly in the South and in swing states, candidates for governor and
other races are paying attention to conservative and moderate faith-value
voters with visits to churches and meetings with preachers.
They are talking about their faith in speeches and identifying values such
as the sanctity of marriage as part of a campaign platform. They quote from
the Bible. A candidate for Ohio governor carries his Bible to campaign
events.
Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry, who is seeking re-election, spoke to
hundreds of pastors at a meeting of the Texas Restoration Project, which
hopes to elect candidates who reflect conservative Christian views. He
promoted the idea of spiritual values in the public square and told the
pastors that it was ridiculous for people to say morality can't be
legislated.
"I say you can't not legislate morality," he said, according to a
transcript provided to The Associated Press by his campaign.
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.... The mix of politics and religion concerns Barry Lynn, executive
director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. ...
"I think it is true that this is the earliest in an election year that
we've seen so much use of churches and religion for partisan purposes in
states like Ohio, Texas, Alabama, Pennsylvania," Lynn said.
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The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
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American Theocrats - Past and Present
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The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
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respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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