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Over in Kitsap County, business owners and everyday folks have been hoodwinked by a circulating cluster of counterfeit $50 and $100 bills. The counterfeiter(s?) responsible have printed their own fake benjamins on “washed” $5 bills, leaving only the remnants of a thin security strip and a faint, watermarked Abraham Lincoln.
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(AP) – BUTTE, Mont. – In a recent one-hour conversation, former Montana Gov. Judy Martz, 65, quotes the Bible, her husband and Abraham Lincoln. She reminisces about life in the governor’s mansion, her Olympic Games experience and her decision to enter politics. But she speaks most passionately about her religion, and it is fitting that she now spends much of her time doing just that. In the four years since she left the highest office in Montana, Martz has routinely addressed Christian organizations throughout the country. “I speak about Christ,” she said. “I…
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In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on Thursday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez did a segment highlighting five, “…things you may not know about Honest Abe,” including his sexual orientation. The segment featured New York University history professor Jeffrey Sammons, who argued: “One of the very interesting stories about Abraham Lincoln is that he might have been gay. Lincoln actually did sleep in the same bed with a gentleman for a four-year period.” Rodriguez concluded: “So the question of Abraham Lincoln’s sexuality still remains a mystery.”
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Seven score and four years ago, Abraham Lincoln stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and said North and South alike must suffer for the sin of slavery.
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President-elect Barack Obama was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago for over 20 years before resigning his membership in 2008, reports The Pew Forum. Nearly half the nation’s presidents have been affiliated with the Episcopal or Presbyterian churches. John F. Kennedy remains the only Catholic to have held the nation’s highest office.
Only three U.S. presidents — Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson — have been unaffiliated with a specific religious trad… >>
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Bess writes: Today Barack Obama will take office as 44th President of the United States swearing an oath on the burgundy velvet covered gilt-edged Bible used for the samee purpose in 1861 by Abraham Lincoln. Faith Central has compiled a brief list of
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Inspired by Abraham Lincoln, President-elect Barack Obama has invoked the memory of the great emancipator throughout his political life. And tomorrow, he will swear to preserve, protect and defend the constitution on the same bible Lincoln used in 1861,
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Barack Obama’s use of Abraham Lincoln’s Bible serves to connect the presidents by religion.
Barack Obama’s decision to select the same Bible for his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used at his first inauguration in 1861 forges an intriguing connection between these two presidents. It’s the latest in a series of purposeful associations, from Obama announcing his run for the White House from the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., (where Lincoln gave his “House Divided” speech), to a photo-op last week at the Lincoln Memorial.
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When Barack Obama arrives at St. John’s Episcopal Church on the morning of his inauguration, he will find a historic church that has recently undergone an extensive renovation to honor its past — and bring it into the 21st century.
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ATLANTA The Rev. Joseph Lowery preaches an old wisdom that makes church folks laugh and hits them upside the head at the same time. He begins most sermons by saying to the men and women applauding in the pews: “Thank you. Now, sit down before I take up an offering.”
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Barack Obama, a self-professed follower of Abraham Lincoln, would not only take the oath of US Presidency swearing in on the Bible used by the former President, but will also have on his lunch menu that afternoon the food eaten by Lincoln after his