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THE PRESIDENT’S RELIGION SHOULD THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES USE HIS POSITION AS COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF TO FORCE HIS PERSONAL MORAL VIEWS ON ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL? Historically Americans have expressed legitimate concerns that a President might use his office to promote his personal religious beliefs. From President John Kennedy in 1960, a Catholic, to 2008 Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon, candidates and presidents have been required to express a commitment not to use the office of the President and Commander-In-Chief to promote their personal moral beliefs. If President John Kennedy had tried to label anyone who rejected his...

In the wake of the uproar over the mosque to be built near "ground zero" in New York, a prominent, controversial social conservative is calling for the prohibition of the construction of any mosques in the United States. "Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America, let alone the monstrosity planned for Ground Zero," Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association wrote this week on the AFA website. "This is for one simple reason: each Islamic mosque is dedicated to the overthrow of the American government." Fischer is the AFA's director...

Barack Obama routinely laced his campaign speeches with words and phrases that resonated with voters, particularly those who practiced their faith more often than others in the body politic. His outreach to the Christian community became more fervent after the scandal caused by his ties to Pastor Jeremiah Wright who used his pulpit to bully and disparage America. Barack Obama attended forums held by the evangelical leader Rick Warren. He was seen in the company of a variety of Christian leaders. His courtship of religious groups in the 2008 race - the most extensive ever by a Democratic candidate for...

[caption id="attachment_2963" align="alignright" width="298" caption="You can run, but you'll die tired..."][/caption] Disastrous Effect of U. S. Invasion2010 Dawns in Iraq2,000 CHRISTIANS PUT TO DEATH thelastcrusade.orgThe U.S. invasion of Iraq has not resulted in the establishment of a secular government or an expansion of democracy.It has rather resulted in the creation of another Muslim state ruled by Islamic law (sharia) and a wholesale attack on all Christians who remain in the country. Iraq, thanks to the failed Bush/Obama policies, is morphing into an imitation of the Islamic Republic next door - - a Republic with which the new regime in Iraq...

Heavy black-voter turnout is expected to result in victory for Sen. Barack Obama in today's Louisiana primary election, a factor analysts say makes the state one of the Democrats' best Southern chances in November if the Illinois senator tops the ticket. Pearson Cross, a professor of political science at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, called Louisiana "neither a red state or a blue state. We"re more of a purple state," noting that the state backed President Clinton in 1992 and 1996 but went for President Bush in 2000 and 2004. “Really I would say, in terms of a Southern state, we...