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Constantine, when realizing that killing the Believers was cutting into his productive law-abiding citizenry, found another way to control them.

Minister mobilizes Missouri Democrats to take back religious turf
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"Democrats have ceded ground to the Republicans for 20 to 30 years because Democrats avoid talk of religion and spiritual values," said the Rev. Jim Wallis, a liberal activist and editor of Sojourners magazine. "And that turned out to be a mistake."

Steven Waldman, editor of Beliefnet.com, a Web site that deals with spiritual matters, said the renewed effort toward invigorating the religious wing of the Democratic Party came, in part, from former Clinton staffers Michael McCurry, Paul Begala and John Podesta, who saw polls showing the perception of Kerry's lack of religious conviction as potentially disastrous for his campaign.

"We feel good about where we are," said state Bush campaign director Lloyd Smith. "We were doing this a long time before their potlucks." Smith said Republicans had identified 400 "church coordinators" throughout the state who will act as liaisons to the Bush campaign. The goal, he said, is to have each of those coordinators get their friends and church acquaintances to the polls in November.

At the rally at the Brentwood Community Center on Monday night, about 100 Kerry supporters gathered to pray, testify and sing. The final verse of "Kumbaya" became "someone's voting, Lord, Kumbaya."

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How hypocritical when those same politicians sweep GOD from this country's life by embracing life choices of abortion, pornography, homosexuality, pragmatism!

Dianne
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