Pastor endorses candidate from the pulpit


	Pastor endorses candidate from the pulpit

n2sooners

1-15-2008 4:18 PM

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1-20-2008 4:04 AM

davboz

And Hillary is going up to N.Y. to do exactly the same thing Sunday 1/20.
Odd how it's all o.k. for those guys.

1-28-2008 5:35 PM

ColoradoRight

and the nutroots are just foaming at the mouth about the religious takeover of America by the right wing - yet this is supposed to be something that would have you lose your tax exempt status with the IRS

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