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	<title><![CDATA[Watch: Obama-Linked Gospel Singer Performs At '04 GOP Convention, Sings About Bush]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/24/watch-obamalinked-gospel-_n_69687.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is under heavy fire over the decision to invite gospel singer Donnie McClurkin on a South Carolina campaign tour this weekend. </p>

<p>McClurkin has vowed to battle "the curse of homosexuality," and insists that sexuality can be changed by religious intervention. "If this is a war, we are willing to fight. Not a war of violence, but a war of purpose," he <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42982-2004Aug28.html">told the Washington Post</a> in 2004 before performing at the Republican National Convention. </p>

<p>Below,...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:45:00-04:00</date_published>
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