Presidential candidates speak with evangelicals over the weekend

In a faith forum hosted by evangelical pastor Rick Warren, founder and senior pastor of the mega church the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California and author of The Purpose Driven Life, Sens. Obama and McCain did an hour long interview each. This was their opportunity to share their views about issues important to “values” voters. While both men defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, Obama is pro-choice and believes in civil unions for gay couples. Senator McCain is pro-life and says he would leave it up to states to decide about civil unions.

In other news…
On Saturday, Michael Phelps became the first man in Olympic history to win eight gold medals at a single Olympics. He takes over the title from Mark Spitz who held the title with seven gold medals for over thirty years.

In the men’s 100 meters, Jamaican Usain Bolt smashed the world record and won gold in 9.69 seconds. In the 110m hurdles China’s hopes were dashed when an injury took reigning gold medalist Xiu Liang out of contention after the first round.