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TN-Senate: Separation of Church and State [Alex Charyna]
Separation is for thee, not for me.

With a stained-glass window behind him, candidate Harold Ford Jr. strolls through the Memphis church where he was baptized to tell voters this is the place where he learned right from wrong.

Using a church sanctuary as the backdrop in his newest campaign commercial, the Democrat running for the U.S. Senate has picked an unusual setting. One expert on religion and politics said it was the first political ad he'd heard of actually filmed inside a sanctuary.
   
Not everyone is saying hallelujah. Those turned off by it include Ford's opponent, Republican Bob Corker, and a national religious liberty group.

It's of course, not the first time that Democrats have politicked from the pulpit, but it is the first commercial made in a church.







 

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