{"id":95,"date":"2007-11-08T12:02:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-08T12:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/11\/cbn-highlights-obamas-prayer-l.html"},"modified":"2007-11-08T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2007-11-08T12:02:08","slug":"cbn-highlights-obamas-prayer-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/11\/cbn-highlights-obamas-prayer-l.html","title":{"rendered":"CBN Highlights Obama&#8217;s Prayer Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They certainly aren\u2019t marching in lockstep over there at the Christian Broadcasting Network. While CBN founder <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/11\/robertson-backs-giuliani.html\">Pat Robertson was busy yesterday <\/a>trying to make Rudy Giuliani more acceptable to evangelical voters, CBN\u2019s political reporter David Brody was sitting down with Barack Obama in Iowa for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/CBNnews\/266143.aspx\">revealing interview <\/a>highlighting the Illinois Democrat\u2019s spiritual side.<br \/>\nDuring the wide-ranging conversation, Obama describes how he prays daily \u2013 \u201cmost of my prayers are done at night after work\u201d \u2013 and that he most often prays \u201cthat my family is protected\u2014that\u2019s obviously something you ask for, because this is a big strain on family.\u201d<br \/>\nHe also discusses the moral dimensions of his pro-choice position on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/CBNnews\/266144.aspx\">abortion and his support for gay rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One of the things I\u2019ve always said is that abortion is a deeply moral issue, and those who would deny that there is a moral component to it are wrong. The reason that I make a decision to support the choice position is that \u2013 not because I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a moral issue but because I trust women to make a prayerful decision&#8230; On gay marriage, as a public official my belief is that my role is to make sure that everybody is treated fairly and everybody has equal rights\u2026Right now many gay couples, for example, can\u2019t visit each other in the hospital. And when I sit down and read Scripture and I think, \u201cHow would Jesus feel about somebody not being able to visit somebody they love when they\u2019re sick?\u201d I conclude that is something that is important<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>.<br \/>\nYou can view the entire conversation at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/blogs\/brodyfile\/\">The Brody File<\/a>. While it&#8217;s not quite enough to elevate Obama&#8217;s God-o-Meter rating, at least it keeps his name out there when most eyes are on the Christian right endorsements.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They certainly aren\u2019t marching in lockstep over there at the Christian Broadcasting Network. While CBN founder Pat Robertson was busy yesterday trying to make Rudy Giuliani more acceptable to evangelical voters, CBN\u2019s political reporter David Brody was sitting down with Barack Obama in Iowa for a revealing interview highlighting the Illinois Democrat\u2019s spiritual side. 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