| | Protest against priest who said Obama voters must repent
 Several dozen protesters and counter-protesters lined up on Sunday outside a Greenville, SC Catholic church where the pastor has stated that any of his parishioners who voted for Barack Obama should repent before receiving communion.
In a letter posted last week on the church website, Father Jay Scott Newman wrote that "voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausible pro-life alternative exists constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil."
One of those protesting the pastor on Sunday carried a sign saying "St. Marys is Un-American." Another, whose dog wore an "Obama rules" t-shirt, explained to reporters, "This is Max. He's an Obama fan as well."
However, there were also supporters of the pastor, with signs reading, "You can't be Catholic and pro-abortion" and "Thank you Fr. Newman for speaking the TRUTH."
Newman had previously explained his position by saying that the abortion debate "engages the deepest human emotions" and had insisted in an email interview with the Greenville News that it is the "chief battleground" in the culture wars. On Sunday, however, he had no comment for news cameras as he walked past the contending picketers.
This video is from CNN.com, broadcast Nov. 17, 2008.
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