Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them.

Making a less than two-hour stop in this battleground state, the Democratic presidential nominee implored the thousands attending a national meeting of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the nation's largest and most politically and civically active black denominations, to help fix national and local ills. FULL STORY

As of July 4, 2008, this is not an idle question. FULL STORY

"You should understand two things: If Jesse Helms told you something you could take it to the bank! Secondly: If you did not want his honest opinion then you shouldnt ask for it". FULL STORY

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