What Evangelicals Are Saying
Sunday, August 17th, 2008It was just a matter of time before someone got a group of evangelical pastors after the Saddleback Forum to talk about who won, who lost and why. This article posts answers given by evangelical leaders. Two comments stood out for me. Here’s one statement that jumped off the page at me:
The group next tackled Obama’s stance on marriage. During the Saddleback Forum, both candidates agreed that marriage is between a man and a woman, however, Obama clarified that he is still for civil unions for same sex couples.
Michael Foust with Bandiss Press asked, “[Obama] says he supports marriage between a man and a woman, but of course, he says he opposed the marriage amendment in California…do you see some conflict there?”
Minnery responded that there is conflict in Obama’s position. “You cannot square the circle as he is trying to do. Either you support marriage or you do not. He says one thing. By his actions, he indicates another thing. And that answer…shows up the hypocrisy in his position on that issue.” (more…)
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