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I am from Illinois but I saw the Channel 7 Keyes v Obama debate on C-SPAN last night. Alan did a fantastic job. Obama was moderately good at stating the Left Wing position. It really was one of the best debates I ever saw. I loved the way Alan suqashed that little bug Andy Shaw who always is making his trademark personal questions trying to embarrass Republicans. The best part of the debate was when they were asked about African-American issues. Keyes said that abortion was an African-American issue because 13 million black children had been killed in the last 30 years. He said that Planned Parenthood abortion clinics (money makers for some docs and staff) were disproportionately located in black neighborhoods and that the black population was now 25 percent less than what it would have been had it not been for Roe v. Wade. Clearly Obama was blown back and did not know how to respond except to say that abortion was not a civil rights issue. No other candidate but Keyes could have put Obama on the defensive the way he was last night. It was the best Keyes performance I have ever seen.
KEYES:
"I do not say that homosexual relations is an abomination, the Bible says so. And many people in this state believe the Bible when it says so."
"And for others to imply that that belief shall now be subject to penalties of law means that we are bringing freedom of religion in this society to an end, and beginning the persecution of our Christian citizens under the law, for believing in what the Scripture tells them is true."
Alan Keys is a model Catholic, he puts most of us moderates to shame and he illuminates the true character of John Kerry, who claims to be Catholic.
I hope you will all join me in praying for Alan so that he may find the strength he will need to continue speaking for the tiny voices that will never be heard.