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In a shift in right-wing "prayer" policy, the Liberty Counsel is now urging supporters to "adopt" a "liberal" and pray for that person to change his or her political and moral beliefs. The campaign allows people to "adopt" one of 11 named "liberals" or anybody else who might be a "liberal." See below:

I was delighted to see that I was the only non-government official offered up for adoption.  I am right in line with President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and (I'll admit this is my favorite) Arnold Schwarzenneger.

As some of you know, I have been the target of several "imprecatory prayer" campaigns recently, where Pastor Wiley Drake and former chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt have been praying for my death.  The new approach seems a lot more civil.

Sadly, I had to miss this year's edition of the Religious Right's "family values" festival -- the Values Voters Summit here in Washington.  I was engaging in my own celebration of family values by participating in my son's wedding out in California.  Now that was a great event.

I've been reading many accounts of the Summit and saw a bit of it on C-SPAN.  Last year, the big news was that "pro-family" Sarah Palin had just been nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate.  She didn't show up then, but she was busy campaigning elsewhere.  Palin didn't show up this year either, but unless she doesn't realize the election is over, she must have decided that she had better places to be even now.  

However, not to forego the Right's newly found feminism, two of this year's most awaited speakers were women.  De-crowned Miss California-USA Carrie Prejean showed up to explain how her whole beauty pageant history was some kind of divine plan.  Apparently, God got in touch with blogger Perez Hilton to convince him to ask her the same-sex marriage question that she claims lost her the Miss USA title. Not to worry, though. She noted she will be getting a "bigger crown" later, presumably in heaven.