09-05-2008, 07:01 AM
Die Welt, Germany
<b>Conservative Christian Views and Palinâs Pregnant Daughter </b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The âChristianityâ that they talk about in these debates seems to me to be increasingly peculiar. While we Europeans consider faith to be a private matter, in America itâs ostentatiously paraded out front. Example: at yesterdayâs convention there were two prayers in as many hours. First, a basketball star led a prayer for flood victims during hurricane Gustav and at the close of the session a priest came on stage to lead another prayer. People rose from their seats and it got very quiet in the Minneapolis hockey arena. Itâs nearly impossible to imagine such a thing at a German political convention.</b>
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<b>Conservative Christian Views and Palinâs Pregnant Daughter </b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The âChristianityâ that they talk about in these debates seems to me to be increasingly peculiar. While we Europeans consider faith to be a private matter, in America itâs ostentatiously paraded out front. Example: at yesterdayâs convention there were two prayers in as many hours. First, a basketball star led a prayer for flood victims during hurricane Gustav and at the close of the session a priest came on stage to lead another prayer. People rose from their seats and it got very quiet in the Minneapolis hockey arena. Itâs nearly impossible to imagine such a thing at a German political convention.</b>
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