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<P><SPAN></SPAN>Mon Jun 16, 12:16 AM ET </P>
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<P><STRONG>By Daniel Gilgoff</STRONG> </P>
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<P>On paper, the Democrats' nomination of <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usatoday/cm_usatoday/storytext/whythechristianrightfearsobama/27890517/SIG=13clrskp0/*http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-06-03-clinton-delegates_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1213593119_0><FONT color=#003399>Barack Obama</FONT></SPAN></A> is a gift to the Christian right.</P>
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<P>Obama's liberal <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usatoday/cm_usatoday/storytext/whythechristianrightfearsobama/27890517/SIG=125o3i97o/*http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/23/opinion/main4124256.shtml"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1213593119_1><FONT color=#003399>record on gay rights</FONT></SPAN></A> and <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usatoday/cm_usatoday/storytext/whythechristianrightfearsobama/27890517/SIG=11r5vrjto/*http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Barack_Obama_Abortion.htm"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1213593119_2><FONT color=#003399>abortion</FONT></SPAN></A> — he <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usatoday/cm_usatoday/storytext/whythechristianrightfearsobama/27890517/SIG=1267pukje/*http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/08/would-obama-pos.html"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1213593119_3><FONT color=#003399>opposes the Defense of Marriage Act</FONT></SPAN></A>, the <A
 href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usatoday/cm_usatoday/storytext/whythechristianrightfearsobama/27890517/SIG=12m0g1t4r/*http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102197.html"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1213593119_4><FONT color=#003399>federal "partial-birth abortion" ban</FONT></SPAN></A> and, as a state senator in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1213593119_5>Illinois</SPAN>, <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usatoday/cm_usatoday/storytext/whythechristianrightfearsobama/27890517/SIG=145unpm94/*http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080228_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Obama__A_harsh_ideologue_hidden_by_a_feel-good_image.html"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1213593119_6><FONT color=#003399>opposed the Born Alive Infants Protection Act</FONT></SPAN></A>, which attempted to protect unsuccessfully aborted fetuses — should make him easy enough for "values voters" to oppose.</P>
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<P>The full article is at</P>
<P><A href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080616/cm_usatoday/whythechristianrightfearsobama">http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080616/cm_usatoday/whythechristianrightfearsobama</A></P>
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