CNN will serve as the exclusive broadcaster of a presidential candidate forum on faith, values and other current issues at Messiah College near Harrisburg, Penn., on Sunday, April 13, at 8 p.m. (ET) CNN Election Center anchor Campbell Brown and Newsweek editor and Newsweek.com election anchor Jon Meacham will moderate what is being billed as The Compassion Forum, which will take place nine days before the Pennsylvania primary.
Organized and sponsored by Faith in Public Life, the 90-minute forum will consist of wide-ranging and probing discussions of policies related to pressing moral issues that are bridging ideological divides now more than ever, including poverty, global AIDS, climate change and human rights. It will feature Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the same stage to talk about these topics as each candidate sits down individually with the moderators. The program will also stream live at www.CNN.com …
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This could prove most interesting. From my own perspective, my faith impels me to hold progressive views such as tolerance, equality, human rights, concern for the less fortunate, respect for those whose beliefs differ from mine (as long as they are not trying to shove them down my throat), and opposition to the attempts by the religious right to use political power to impose their dogma of greed, war, bigotry and intolerance on others. I do think that there is a place for faith in public life, as long as it does not violate the establishment clause. I look forward to hearing what Clinton and Obama have to say
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Not surprisingly, McConJob declined an invitation to attend. I’m guessing that he fears having to account for why he is now groveling at the feet of those he formerly and correctly described as “agents of intolerance”. Or perhaps his preference for the rich at the expense of the poor. Or perhaps he doesn’t want to explain the Bomb Bomb Iran.
Cross-posted from Politics Plus
