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M. G. "Pat" Robertson has achieved national and international recognition as a religious broadcaster, philanthropist, educator, religious leader, businessman and author. He is the founder and chairman of The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Inc. and founder of International Family Entertainment Inc., Regent University, Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation, American Center for Law and Justice, The Flying Hospital, Inc. and several other organizations and broadcast entities.
M. G. "Pat" Robertson has achieved national and international recognition as a religious broadcaster, philanthropist, educator, religious leader, businessman and author. He is the founder and chairman of The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Inc. and founder of International Family Entertainment Inc., Regent University, Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation, American Center for Law and Justice, The Flying Hospital, Inc. and several other organizations and broadcast entities.
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We think: Keller, Gainer, Brandeburg and Glass are the best picks in School board races
Editors' Note: Sylvia Pond and Debbie Stivender were invited for an interview but declined. Central Florida voters are electing new school-board members at a critical time. Enrollment is dropping, and state money is drying up, which means board members...Tags: Republican Party, Lake-Sumter Community College, Seminole County, Florida, Orange County (Florida)
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What effect will Sarah Palin have?
757-247-4765Hooks, lines and sinkers dot the walls at Vanasse's Bait and Tackle shop in Fox Hill, where the over-the-counter chatter hums with the pulse of conservative politics in Hampton Roads. Ask the average shopper at Vanasse's which bait works best in local...Tags: Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Christianity, The White House, Hampton Roads
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Do tax laws gag the clergy?
Today's question: Is federal tax law too restrictive on clergy who publicly endorse political candidates or voter initiatives? All week, Barry W. Lynn and Erik Stanley discuss the friction between church and state over the issue of political speech from...Tags: State Budgets, Campaign Finance, History, Racism, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Will new and young voters make a difference at the ballot box?
247-4765++++++++++++++++++++ || || ++++++++++++++++++++ They're usually milling around near the entrance to the post office or the front door of the mall or 7-Eleven. The telltale signs are the persistence and the clipboard. Virginia's status near the top...Tags: Republican Party, Denbigh, Christianity, Christopher Newport University, Primaries
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Evangelical leader urges students to vote in Va.
Associated Press WriterIn the battleground state of Virginia, Jerry Falwell Jr. has an ambitious plan to get more than 10,000 students registered to vote at Liberty University, the conservative Christian school that his father founded. As pundits debate whether Democrat...Tags: Sheryl Crow, Republican Party, Christianity, The White House, Political Candidates
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Professed 9/11 Mastermind Questions Impartiality Of Military Judge
Associated PressProfessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed took center stage in a military court Tuesday as he questioned the judge's impartiality and acted as the de facto spokesman for his four co-defendants. Mohammed, the highest-profile al-Qaida figure...Tags: Terrorism, International Law, Lawyers, Court Administration, Armed Forces
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Opinion: Faith tints Palin's politics
Stephen Spector, chairman of the English department at Stony Brook University, is the author of the forthcoming "Evangelicals and Israel: The Story of American Christian Zionism."John McCain just didn't get it at first. He tried to win the trust of white evangelicals during this presidential run, but he was clumsy. Admittedly, he had a big job in front of him after having called Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell "agents...Tags: Sarah Palin, Christianity, Heavy Engineering, Religious Texts, Family
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McCain and Obama try to navigate the politics of abortion
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen Barack Obama and John McCain offered their sharply divergent views on abortion this weekend at an Orange County church, it was a rare chance to hear the presidential rivals address one of the most contentious issues in American politics. Each has...Tags: Republican Party, The White House, Christianity, Tom Ridge, Political Candidates
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Talk at church may aid McCain
McClatchy-TribuneTom Christian is the kind of religious voter that John McCain and Barack Obama were courting when they went to church this weekend. Conservative. Republican. But open to either of them. If his reaction after watching them this weekend is any indication,...Tags: California, Republican Party, Christianity, Jerry Falwell, Political Candidates
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Leah Daughtry is on a mission to narrow the 'God gap' in politics
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLeah Daughtry is preparing to pray. Hands clasped, elbows on the table, the Pentecostal minister leans toward the conference phone and speaks. "We've confirmed all the readings except the Buddhist person," she says. Daughtry is planning the interfaith...Tags: Republican Party, Christianity, Jimmy Carter, Political Candidates, John McCain
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ALMANAC
On Aug. 22, 1775, England's King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion. In 1787 inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress. In 1846 the United...Tags: Delaware River, Dorothy Parker, Hugo Chavez, Madonna, Sexual Assault
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What would Jesus do this time?
by Robert Watson One of the common bumper stickers seen on our highways is “WWJD,” which is an acronym for “What would Jesus do.” The WWJD phenomenon is a 21st century update of the Christian fish symbol (Ichthus or Ictus) which is also displayed on cars...Tags: Firearms, Republican Party, The White House, Gun Control, Values
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