{"id":357,"date":"2008-08-22T06:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T06:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/08\/relevant-and-the-dnc.html"},"modified":"2008-08-22T06:09:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T06:09:00","slug":"relevant-and-the-dnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/08\/relevant-and-the-dnc.html","title":{"rendered":"Relevant and the DNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>If you didn&#8217;t know,<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relevantmagazine.com\/\">RELEVANT <\/a>founder Cameron Strang <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctliveblog\/archives\/2008\/08\/joel_hunter_and.html\">got invited to give the opening invocation from the main stage at the Democratic National Convention<\/a>. Yep, the national TV broadcast. The DNC is looking to reach out to faith-minded young voters, and because Obama&#8217;s campaign has been in touch with RELEVANT a few times, they thought of him.<\/p>\n<p>At first, Cameron said <span style=\"font-style: italic\">yes<\/span>. (For the record, I would have, too.) The DNC sent out a press release about it. Then Cameron thought more about the offer, considered that it might be construed as if RELEVANT was picking sides &#8212; Cameron&#8217;s a registered Independent in Florida, btw &#8212; and then he declined the offer.<\/p>\n<p>A good, wise choice on his part, I think &#8212; whether he&#8217;s planning to vote for Obama or not. (He says he&#8217;s not sure.) I was happy for Cameron when I heard the news. It would have been a great platform for RELEVANT. But I think I&#8217;m happier he declined. Neutrality is a good thing for a publication like his.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually Cameron recommended to the DNC that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donaldmillerwords.com\/\">Don Miller<\/a> give the invocation instead. Don said <span style=\"font-style: italic\">yes<\/span>. (Again, I would have, too.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/relevantmagazine.com\/releblog\/cameronsqa\/why-i-accepted%e2%80%94and-then-declined%e2%80%94an-invitation-to-pray-at-the-dnc\/\">You can read the whole story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">UPDATE:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctliveblog\/archives\/2008\/08\/donald_miller_t.html\">Don Miller talks to <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Christianity Today<\/span><\/a> about why he accepted the offer to pray at the convention, why he&#8217;s a registered Democrat, and why he&#8217;ll be voting for Obama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you didn&#8217;t know, RELEVANT founder Cameron Strang got invited to give the opening invocation from the main stage at the Democratic National Convention. Yep, the national TV broadcast. 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