Reply #190: sorry, I believe you are wrong

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in Edwards' own words:

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Q: How about in your speeches and in your writing? Is faith included there? And how does that affect the audience, the people that you serve?

Well, the answer is yes. I'll give you a couple of examples. I have myself `co-chaired` the Senate Prayer Breakfast for a couple of years. And it played an important part for me because we were able to bring members of the Senate who come from different faith traditions and different faith beliefs together to sort of share our beliefs and outside the partisan atmosphere that sometimes exists in the Senate, in a very healthy way. To talk about our personal life and how important our lives have been—our faith has been in our life. The same thing is true, I was a `co-chair` of the National Prayer Breakfast and exactly the same thing was true. We made a really strong effort to reach out to all faith ministries. To have them involved and have them participating in every level in the National Prayer Breakfast. And so the answer to your question is, when I speak, depending on what the subject matter is, I do talk about our responsibilities and my faith, our faith being our personal responsibility to help others. Particularly to help those around us who need to be lifted up and given opportunity and help. And I do sometimes talk about my faith in that respect. >>Snip

You'll notice that Edwards quantifies two(2) specific prayer breakfasts. One, mentioned in the first bolded section, is the weekly Senate Prayer Breakfast, of which he mentions he was co-chair for a "couple of years." He then - second bold section - mentions the National Prayer Breakfast, and how he also co-chaired it for a couple of years.

http://www.jregrassroots.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4886

Small photo of John Edwards leading the prayer at the 2003 national Prayer Breakfast:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week745/news.html

And more:

Are we to assume that Hillary endorses what the Fellowship stands for, given her 14-year association? Alternately, is it possible that she doesn’t literally accept what the Fellowship espouses, or that she associates with them out of a lack of egalitarian and progressive faith options for senators and representatives inside Washington?

In raising these questions about Hillary’s judgment and motivation, fairness dictates that her opponents be held to the same standard. John Edwards likewise was a co-chairman of the same Senate prayer group when he was in the Senate, so he also must have known about the Fellowship’s goals and objectives. As for his judgment, Barack Obama singled out far right GOP senator Tom Coburn,☼ a member of Hillary’s Senate prayer group as someone whom he can do business with, notwithstanding Coburn’s documented extreme positions on women and gays. Does Obama’s desire for a new kind of politics with such people, and Edwards’ and Hillary’s association with the Fellowship disqualify them from progressive support? Or is it an unfortunate sign of the times in Washington that our top three candidates associate with and tolerate those like Coburn and the Fellowship, instead of shining a light upon such beliefs?

http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/010937.php

That whole article is worth reading.