Christians Asked To Pray For Rain

[Lightkeeper]

Focus On Family Pulls Controversial Obama 'Rain' Video
Video Had Asked Prayers For 'Rain Of Biblical Proportions'

POSTED: 6:20 am MDT August 12, 2008
UPDATED: 12:19 pm MDT August 12, 2008


DENVER -- Focus on the Family Action has pulled a video from its Web site that had asked people to pray for "rain of biblical proportions" during Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field on Aug. 28.

The political arm of Focus on the Family pulled the video Monday after a number of complaints from Focus members.

Stuart Shepard, the director of digital media for the group, wrote and starred in the video that he described as "mildly humorous."

In the video, Shepard called for Christians to pray for "abundant, torrential" rains during the Democratic nominee's acceptance speech in order to disrupt it. He had asked Christians to pray for rain that would create flash flood warnings and "swamp the intersections."

In the video, Shepard said he hoped the rain would start "two minutes before the acceptance speech begins."

"I'm still pro life, and I'm still in favor of marriage as being between one man and one woman," Shepard said in his video. "And I would like the next president who will select justices for the next Supreme Court to agree."

The video was posted on the Internet on July 30.

Focus On Family Pulls Controversial Obama 'Rain' Video - Politics News Story - KMGH Denver

What are your thoughts on this?

[statrei]

Originally Posted by Lightkeeper

Focus On Family Pulls Controversial Obama 'Rain' Video - Politics News Story - KMGH Denver

What are your thoughts on this?

Shameful. But you already knew this.

[Eolas Pellor]

Apparently, Obama must be a bigger threat to the religious right than I realized.