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 UPDATE: SANTORUM TO HOLD RALLY AT 3 P.M., THURSDAY – NOT NOON, AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED.

On Thursday presidential candidate Rick Santorum will hold a rally at New Life Assembly Church in Spokane. Spokane County GOP Chairman Matthew Pederson made the announcement today. Santorum's religiosity has made lots of headlines lately. He says he's a devout Catholic and recently said President Barack Obama'sagenda “is based on 'some phony theology. Not a theology based on the Bible. A different theology.'

“This week he got more attention when he toldtalk show host Glenn Beck that “62 percent of kids who go into college with a faith commitment leave without it.”

He also has called President Obama a “snob” for wanting more Americans to attend college. However experts have challenged this claim. Presidential hopeful Ron Paul will also be in Spokane this week. On Friday, at noon, he'll hold a rally at the Spokane Convention Center.He's mostly stayed out of the religion limelight and has many Muslims rallying for him

Would you vote for Rick Santorum?

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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spokanefavs
spokanefavs
13 years ago

This is from one of our Facebook readers:

“sorry, but he STANDS for everything SPOKANE IS NOT FOR >>>>EQUALITY, LOVE, INTELLIGENCE, JUSTICE AND EDUCATION>”

Do you agree?

Sam Fletcher
Sam Fletcher
13 years ago

I think LGBT groups and allies should stage a protest.

spokanefavs
spokanefavs
13 years ago

Well that would certainly spice up the coverage, lol

Hanane Neff-Loutf
Hanane Neff-Loutf
13 years ago

Is this the guy who said equality only comes from Christianity? Hmmm

Hanane Neff-Loutf
Hanane Neff-Loutf
13 years ago

His press secretary also claimed that Obama has “Radical Islamic policies”… It’s unbelievable how some are not ashamed to say nonsensical full of hate and ignorance statements…

Amy
Amy
13 years ago

WE DON’T WANT HIM! He’s so ignorant, he’s dangerous. He cannot represent the American people because he seems to think that half of us are human beings.

Sam Fletcher
Sam Fletcher
13 years ago

If you want to protest Santorum (and by all means, please do so!) then you can follow the coordinated efforts of others via this Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/360713040616663/

BRIEF: Group plans to protest Santorum | SpokaneFA
BRIEF: Group plans to protest Santorum | SpokaneFA
13 years ago

[…] learning that Rick Santorum would be in Spokane this week, a group of activists organized an impromptu […]

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