Anti-gay Christians try to influence God to rain out Obama at Democrats’ Convention [video]
“After some members of the organization complained about the video, which was supposed to be humorous, the organization took it off their website.”
Jake Tapper of ABC News reporting on a video that was pulled from the Focus on the Family website that asked members to pray for torrential rain to drown out Obama’s nomination at the Democratic Convention that is to be held at Invesco Field at Mile High, Colorado on August 24, 2008.
“Would it be wrong to ask people pray for rain? Okay, not just rain — abundant rain, torrential rain…. ‘Why would I pray for that?’ Well, I’m still pro life, and I’m still in favor of marriage as being between one man and one woman. And I would like the next president who will select justices for the next Supreme Court to agree. So, I’m praying for unexpected, unanticipated, unforecasted rain that starts two minutes before the speech is set to begin.”
Stuart Shepard, appearing in a video on the Focus on the Family web site.
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