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...When asked about a recent AP story citing a 1992 questionnaire in which Huckabee seemed to advocate quarantining AIDS patients and called homosexuality a sin, Sarah nearly smiles. "I don't think it hurts us right now." She knows that more than 40% of Republican caucus-goers in Iowa are Evangelical Christians and, in part, it's thanks to their strong support that Huckabee is surging. Nearly half of the 400 likely Republican caucus-goers interviewed in a Mason Dixon poll earlier this month said they believe the ordained reverend's values were in line with their own, compared...
...Huckabee's remarks about AIDS and gays won't hurt him in Iowa, Scheffler contended. "Homosexuality is a sin. I'm in full agreement with him. Most people who are supporting Huckabee or any candidate would concur with that statement and would hope their candidates do, too. It doesn't mean you discriminate, it just doesn't mean you'd condone a sinful lifestyle...
...questions--Letterman crossed with NPR'S Ira Glass--until Bell tightens the rhetorical noose and produces tears or thoughtful silence. His stagecraft is legendary. To illustrate a passage from Leviticus on sacrifice, Bell brought on a live goat, which he released--underlining Jesus' role as the last and greatest sin offering--intoning, "The goat has left the building...
They epitomize Bell's trademark combination of deep cultural savviness and deeper piety. Unlike others currently posing fundamental questions, notes Crouch, Bell will "come out on the other side with something to proclaim." Thus Bell derides a "score card" approach to sin. Rather, he maintains that once you've converted, "you're loved, you're accepted, you're forgiven, you're in." But he leavens the joy of this personal salvation with the message that being "in" means understanding poverty as the Saviour did: Mars Hill is aggressively socially active...
...course, this isn’t the first time the Catholic League has waged holy war against godless Hollywood. The group lambasted films like “The Dreamers” and “Brokeback Mountain” for glorifying sin on the silver screen, but this latest attack is more painfully pointless, and represents just how out of touch the League is with reality...