Democrats Wrangle Over Words and Religious Beliefs

Published: April 14, 2008

GRANTHAM, Pa. — A candidate forum devoted to issues of faith and justice became another flash point for Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton to spar in their intensifying nominating fight, with the candidates exchanging frosty glances Sunday night as their paths briefly crossed on stage.

The Democratic contenders addressed the Compassion Forum at Messiah College here, one after the other. Their cold, quick encounter as they traded places on the stage reflected the hostility between them over the past two days as Mrs. Clinton has repeatedly hammered Mr. Obama for remarks he made at a fund-raiser suggesting that some voters turned to religion and guns as consolation for their bitterness about their economic hardship. Read more ...

More whining ... Why are Presidential candidates talking about "faith" issues in a public forum, anyway? Nothing new. What has happened to the so-called separation of religion and politics that our nation was founded on? ~ BlogHer

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