Obama ad uses conservative church

Published March 9, 2012 5:00am ET



President Obama’s campaign recently launched an outreach group, African Americans for Obama. But the church he depicts in the ad when appealing to Christians to support his campaign is actually a conservative Virginia church. Its website contains a “pro-life info” section, and its pastor told The Washington Examiner that he will not allow Obama or any other candidate to set up a “congregational captain” among their faithful.

The campaign ad includes video footage of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Manassas (Va.) while Obama, speaking over the video, asks people to rally supporters in their “faith community.”

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