Obama, Guns, and Jesus

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February 04, 2008

Obama fights back with guns and Jesus

DEMOCRATIC presidential hopeful Barack Obama has assured Western voters he believes in Jesus as well as the rights of gun owners.

Campaigning in conservative Idaho, Senator Obama warned about hoax emails saying he was secretly a Muslim who might want to destroy the US.

"I've been going to the same church for 20 years, praising Jesus," the Illinois senator told 10,000 people packed into a basketball arena. He is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

Senator Obama urged those at the rally not to believe everything they heard about him.

"They send out these e-mails saying, 'You know Obama; he's a Muslim and he doesn't pledge allegiance to the flag'," he said.

"Don't try to just insult not just me but people of the Islamic faith by playing on people's fears. I know who I am.

"And then there are people who say, 'well, he doesn't believe in the Second Amendment (right to bear arms)', even though I come from a state - we've got a lot of hunters in downstate Illinois. And I have no intention of taking away folks' guns."

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23153365-663,00.html