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Barack Obama dodged the question on where life begins at the Faith Forum with Rick Warren.
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There are a lot of things above Obama’s “pay grade”
Hot Air » Top Picks — There are a lot of things above Obama’s “pay grade” posted at 8:30 am on August 17, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly I’ll credit Rick Warren with asking both John McCain and Barack Obama about abortion.  I skipped the Saddleback Church non-debate, but Jim at Gateway Pundit captured what has to be the quote of the election.  When asked the point when a human embryo achieves personhood, Obama said that the question is “above my pay grade”: Q. Now, let’s deal with abortion. 40 million abortions since Roe v. Wade. you know, as a pastor I have to deal with this all of the time. \Aall of the pain and all of the ...

There are a lot of things above Obama’s “pay grade”
Hot Air » Top Picks — There are a lot of things above Obama’s “pay grade” posted at 8:30 am on August 17, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly I’ll credit Rick Warren with asking both John McCain and Barack Obama about abortion.  I skipped the Saddleback Church non-debate, but Jim at Gateway Pundit captured what has to be the quote of the election.  When asked the point when a human embryo achieves personhood, Obama said that the question is “above my pay grade”: Q. Now, let’s deal with abortion. 40 million abortions since Roe v. Wade. you know, as a pastor I have to deal with this all of the time. \Aall of the pain and all of the ...

Obama: Deciding when a baby gets human rights is "above my pay grade".
Wizbang — The smartest answer on abortion EVAH: Here's the succinct version, narrowing it down to the good stuff: Rick Warren: OK, now, um, let's deal with abortion. 40 million abortions since Roe V. Wade, you know, as a pastor, I have to deal with this all the time. All of the pain, and all of the conflicts. I know this is a very com... complex issue. 40 million... uh, abortions. At what point does a baby get human rights in your view? Obama: Well, uh, you know, I think that whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or, uh, a scientific perspective, uh, answering that question with specificity, uh, you know, is, is, uh, above my pay grade. Deciding when an ...

Obama: Deciding when a baby gets human rights is "above my pay grade".
Wizbang — The smartest answer on abortion EVAH: Here's the succinct version, narrowing it down to the good stuff: Rick Warren: OK, now, um, let's deal with abortion. 40 million abortions since Roe V. Wade, you know, as a pastor, I have to deal with this all the time. All of the pain, and all of the conflicts. I know this is a very com... complex issue. 40 million... uh, abortions. At what point does a baby get human rights in your view? Obama: Well, uh, you know, I think that whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or, uh, a scientific perspective, uh, answering that question with specificity, uh, you know, is, is, uh, above my pay grade. Deciding when an ...

Obama: Deciding when a baby gets human rights is “above my pay grade”.
Stop The ACLU — The smartest answer on abortion EVAH: Here’s the succinct version, narrowing it down to the good stuff: Rick Warren: OK, now, um, let’s deal with abortion. 40 million abortions since Roe V. Wade, you know, as a pastor, I have to deal with this all the time. All of the pain, and all of the conflicts. I know this is a very com… complex issue. 40 million… uh, abortions. At what point does a baby get human rights in your view? Obama: Well, uh, you know, I think that whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or, uh, a scientific perspective, uh, answering that question with specificity, uh, you know, is, is, uh, above my pay grade. Deciding when an ...

And Along Came Palin
The American Spectator — They said the evangelical movement was dead. The pronouncement came soon after the 2004 election, when values voters turned out in record numbers and propelled Bush to an encore performance in the White House. A ruling that year by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court redefining marriage in the state had a lot to do with the evangelical surge. Marriage amendments were on the ballot in 11 other states that November. All of them passed by an average three-to-one margin. Exit polls showed that moral issues were foremost on voters' minds, despite the ongoing war in Iraq and the threat of Islamic terrorism. The media was baffled, but they didn't wait long to proclaim ...

An open letter to our fellow Catholics on Election Eve
Hot Air » Top Picks — An open letter to our fellow Catholics on Election Eve posted at 12:15 pm on November 3, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Our Faith Begins At Life by Edward Morrissey and Elizabeth “The Anchoress” Scalia Many of our Catholic friends support Barack Obama in the upcoming election, despite being the most radically pro-abortion presidential candidate in American history.  Other Catholics have publicly declared support for Obama as Catholics , arguing that their faith leads them to choose Obama over the pro-life candidate, John McCain.  We believe that they have overlooked in their arguments of “social justice” the foundation ...

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One of Obama's mistakes tonight
redstate.com 8/17/2008 — Picking a fight with NRLC on a question of fact I watched Rick Warren's Saddleback event last night. I thought it was interesting. I thought John McCain won, an opening shared by Zack Exley , a former John Kerry staffer. He called ...