Human Race

PRETZELED: A Presbyterian Church (USA) court ruled unanimously that Pittsburgh pastor Janet Edwards did not violate Scripture or church law by officiating at a lesbian couple's wedding in 2005. The Pittsburgh presbytery commission concluded that the ceremony Edwards presided over "was not, and could not have been, a marriage ceremony" because neither Pennsylvania nor the PCUSA recognize gay marriage.

CROSSED OVER: Two former President Bush supporters have announced they plan to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Houston mega-church pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, who introduced Bush as the nominee at the 2000 Republican National Convention and presided over Jenna Bush's wedding, actively began campaigning for Obama earlier this year. Then on Oct. 19, former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Obama, citing the need for a "transformational figure." Christopher Buckley, son of National Review founder William F. Buckley, resigned from the conservative magazine after endorsing Obama.

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