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    When Religion & Politics Collide…(Are you watching the debate tonight?)

    Hello World,

    First of all, are you watching the debate between President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney tonight? This is the first of three debates between Obama and Romney leading up to the election on Nov. 6 …And if you live in Georgia, please remember that Oct. 9 is the deadline to register to vote if you plan on voting in the upcoming presidential election…Below are the details for tonight’s debate courtesy of 2012presidentialelectionnews.com.

    Topic: Domestic policy
    Air Time: 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Time
    Location: University of Denver in Denver, Colorado (Tickets)
    Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates
    Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney
    Moderator: Jim Lehrer (Host of NewsHouron PBS)

    The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate.

    The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic.

    Although the United States of America aims to separate church and state, that seems to go out of the window during election season…so I have decided to post some of the interesting stories I’ve seen on the Internet that highlight the collision of religion and politics…

    1. “Churches using ‘souls to polls’ to rally vote”  by Curt Anderson of The Associated Press

    2. “Jim Lehrer: Ask Mitt Romney if He Stands By Mormonism’s Views of Women” by Stacy Solie of The Daily Beast

    3. “Jesus Could Be Their Candidate and the Republicans Would Still Lose” by Frank Schaeffer of The Huffington Post

    4. “Seriously? Some Black Christians Waver Over Vote” by Associated Press

    5. “NAACP working to protect churches following 2012 election” by Sy Becker of 22 News WWLP.com (VIDEO)

    6. “Church Endorsements and the IRS” (VIDEO) by Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly on PBS.org

    7. “Preachers telling blacks not to vote is sinful” by Bobby Ray Sanders of the Star-Telegram

    Any thoughts?

     

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    Gospel artist Dietrick Haddon remakes Usher’s song “Climax” (VIDEO)

    Hello World,

    As I was perusing blogs and various news outlets, I came across this video of Dietrick Haddon singing R&B superstar Usher’s song “Climax” on The Gospel Guru courtesy of The Old Black Church! Instead of the original love song, however, Haddon has reworked the song into a gospel song…Check it out below…

    Some people may have a problem with that, but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…In fact, Haddon says to Usher that he likes Usher’s song at the beginning of the video. And according to Ecclesiastes 1:9, “there is nothing new under the sun.” In fact, R&B artists also borrow from gospel. R&B legend Ray Charles was known for borrowing from gospel music. His song “I Got a Woman” is a reworking of the song “It Must Be Jesus” by the Southern Tones. (Remember that scene in the movie “Ray” when Della Bea criticizes Ray Charles for reworking the song? She says, “But it… it ain’t… It ain’t right to be changing gospel music into this.'”) Anyhow, take a look at the “It Must Be Jesus” video and then the video for “I Got a Woman.” Frankly, I like both songs…

    So my question of the day is: Do you think gospel artists should borrow from secular artists and vice versa?

    Any thoughts?

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    Football Player Proposes Marriage at Church (VIDEO)

    Hello World,

    I’m a church girl through and through…As my grandfather was a pastor, my father is a pastor, and several uncles are pastors, I guess I came by my love for the church honestly…I’m also a hardcore romantic…Not sure how I came by my love for all things romantic, but next to blogging about my faith in God and the church, I love to write about romance, love and relationships…

    So when I came across this video of a University of Georgia lineman Chris Burnette (Shout out to Georgia, my beloved alma mater) proposing to his girlfriend Arielle Haynes at Athens Church last weekend, I just had to post it…He is quoting scripture and erething…Take a look and tell me what you think…Would you like to be proposed to at church?…Congratulations to the two of them, and I pray that God blesses their union 🙂 Awww…sooo sweet…

    Click on this link to see the video: http://youtu.be/bynG8Wt3fpU

    Any thoughts?