{"id":82,"date":"2007-10-31T22:22:28","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T22:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/10\/following-obama-clinton-stages.html"},"modified":"2007-10-31T22:22:28","modified_gmt":"2007-10-31T22:22:28","slug":"following-obama-clinton-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/10\/following-obama-clinton-stages.html","title":{"rendered":"Following Obama, Clinton Stages &#8220;Faith Tour&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>God-o-Meter joked earlier about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/10\/pastors-for-hillary-meet-cbn.html\">trying to out-church one another<\/a>, but now that actually appears to be happening. Just as Obama is winding down his &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/10\/more-subtlety-from-obama-40-da.html\">40 days of Faith and Family<\/a>&#8221; tour of South Carolina, the Clinton campaign is announcing a &#8220;For Such a Time as This Faith Tour&#8221; of the Palmetto State.<br \/>\nFeaturing the prominent black pastors and authors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/doubleday\/catalog\/display.pperl?isbn=9780385517195#bio\">Dr. Suzan Johnson-Cook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.essence.com\/essence\/summit\/bio_ml_dyson.html\">Rev. Marcia Dyson<\/a>, the one-day tour happens tomorrow, with seven &#8220;ministers events&#8221; in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, and Rock Hill, all focused on women&#8217;s issues. From the media advisory:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come from some other place, but you and your father&#8217;s family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?\u201d Book of Esther 4:14<br \/>\nSenator Clinton&#8217;s &#8220;For Such a Time as This&#8221; faith and values campaign in South Carolina is a reflection of her personal faith and how she embodies her faith in her public life and work. Her values are South Carolina values.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As it nudges Clinton&#8217;s meter up God-o-Meter asks: why aren&#8217;t the Republican candidates ever this public about their church outreach efforts?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God-o-Meter joked earlier about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton trying to out-church one another, but now that actually appears to be happening. 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