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Obama Plans Major Outreach to Young Evangelicals and Catholics

By Jeralyn

What do Barack Obama and the Democrats have to offer young evangelicals and Catholics? We'll soon find out. Obama is launching the Joshua Generation Project to bring more of them on board with his campaign.

The name is based on the biblical story of how Joshua's generation led the Israelites into the Promised Land. A source close to the Obama campaign tells The Brody File the following:

"The Joshua Generation project will be the Obama campaign's outreach to young people of faith. There's unprecedented energy and excitement for Obama among young evangelicals and Catholics. The Joshua Generation project will tap into that excitement and provide young people of faith opportunities to stand up for their values and move the campaign forward."

Why would evangelicals and Catholics support a pro-choice candidate? Is he planning on modifying his position? Are his campaign speeches going to incorporate religion even more than they have in the past?

Where is this headed? [More...] Some clues are in his March, 2008 Selma speech. Is anyone else concerned about the separation of church and state? I've opposed the faith-based programs of George W. Bush. I'm not looking forward to more of them. It's fine for Obama to be religious and spiritual in his personal life. I don't think either belongs in Government.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).