Values Voter Presidential Debate
Coming September 17
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.,
Aug. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- A Values Voter Presidential debate
will be held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on
Monday, September 17th at 7:30 p.m. The majority of the Republican
candidates have confirmed their attendance at the event.
30 of the nation's
most influential groups will asking the questions of the
presidential candidates that matter most to the Values Voters - the
largest voting block in America.
Also participating
will be key pro-family leaders including:
Phyllis Schlafly,
President of Eagle Forum,
Don Wildmon,
Chairman of the American Family Association,
Paul Weyrich,
President of the Free Congress Foundation,
Judge Roy Moore,
Chairman of the Foundation for Moral Law,
Janet Folger,
President of Faith2Action,
Rick Scarborough,
President of Vision America,
Mat Staver,
Chairman of Liberty Counsel,
Star Parker,
President of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education,
Bobby Schindler
of Terri's Fight, and
Stephen Bennett
of Stephen Bennett Ministries.
The event will be
broadcast live on Sky Angel and streamed live on pro-family websites
including:
www.ValuesVoterDebate.com and
www.AFA.net, and heard live on the VCY and AFA radio networks.
It will also be televised Saturday night, September 22nd on the INSP
Network and aired on the DayStar Television Network and seen around
the world on God TV.
"Even with two-thirds
(19 million) of the evangelical Christian eligible voters sitting on
the bench in the last presidential election, we, values voters,
still made up the largest voting block in the country," said Janet
Folger, President of Faith2Action, and member of the Values Voter
Debate Committee.
According to the
National Election Pool exit poll, in 2004 the evangelical vote
constituted 36 percent (over a third) of Bush's voters – up 10
percent from 2000. "All of the candidates who place our values (and
our votes) as a priority will be at this historic event," added
Folger.
Every Democratic
Candidate declined the invitation for a similar debate the following
week.
