<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/45412ab3-d991-4e8c-94bf-5ac92d90a6f2/0A4DF466-9E5E-4611-AF04-7B7B24790504/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.examiner.com/x-12188-SF-Interfaith-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Newt-Gingrich-conflates-Christian-with-nonpagan" href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12188-SF-Interfaith-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Newt-Gingrich-conflates-Christian-with-nonpagan" style="font-size: 11px;">www.examiner.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-12188-SF-Interfaith-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Newt-Gingrich-conflates-Christian-with-nonpagan">Last Friday, Newt Gingrich spoke at a church in Virginia, affirming that the U.S. is a Christian nation but is "<A href="http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2009/06/huckabee-gingrich-urge-political-engagement-va-beach" target="_blank">surrounded by paganism</A>." Citing as proof, he noted California’s ongoing legal struggle to uphold the traditional definition of marriage. Further, Gingrich confused being Christian as synonymous with not being pagan. The "pagan" elements that he deems dangerous: desensitivity to the consequences of abortion, and the spreading acceptance of gay marriage. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-12188-SF-Interfaith-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Newt-Gingrich-conflates-Christian-with-nonpagan">For Gingrich to affirm that "paganism" is everywhere is problematic for several reasons. First, his definition of paganism is broader than – indeed, contrary to – the <A href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pagan" target="_blank">dictionary definition</A>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-12188-SF-Interfaith-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Newt-Gingrich-conflates-Christian-with-nonpagan"><P>Let us go beyond name-calling and labeling people who think differently as if they are clueless to the priorities of life. Many Neo-pagans are simply trying to walk in harmony with nature, and care for it, without trying to appease deities within rocks.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0A4DF466-9E5E-4611-AF04-7B7B24790504/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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