My husband feels that way too. I disagree – generally speaking, I think that it offers the opportunity for meeting with people who are not particularly political "junkies", but who want to know more about the candidates.

Churches are made up of citizens. The decisions made by politicians affect all of us, religious or not, but our moral beliefs are an integral part of our perception of how our society should be ordered. For that reason, I think religions _should_ offer guidance on political matters…maybe not _all_ of them, but certainly where moral issues are involved. That said, I do not think pastors should dictate to their parishoners how they should vote, but I don't have a problem with offering the opportunity to answer questions that a pastor thinks are relevant to his congregation.

I _do_ have a bit of a problem with a Mega-church with 23,000 members…but that's a different issue!

That said, I wish now I had watched it knowing some of the controversy that has sprung up. And Andrea Mitchell?? God I can't stand that woman. Remember that post a few days ago Jimmie, where you talked about the media? This is such a PERFECT example of their outright bias. Christ, they don't even try to hide it anymore. Disgusting.