Politico.com is all abuzz (well, it has a news story and an op-ed, anyway) about John Edwards praying “in Christ’s name” at a Nashville campaign stop after the Virginia Tech shootings.
“Does John Edwards include Jews in his prayers? Or Muslims? Or Hindus? Or any other non-Christians?” complains Roger Simon. “Edwards has a perfect right to pray publicly or privately any way he wants to. But people who are not Christians often feel left out of prayers like his.” Simon also criticizes Edwards for not praying for gun control.
The original Politico.com news story is rather remarkable, detailing how a campaign stop to “roll out his long-planned agenda for revitalizing rural America” was transformed into a religious memorial service.
