12:38 p.m.: Former Philadelphia Eagle Herbert Lusk is preaching against child murder, something the church is definitely supposed to do. They all need to shout it from the proverbial rooftops. But some Christians, unbelievably, support a woman’s “right” to have her unborn baby slaughtered in the womb.
Rev. Lusk said someone broke into the church last night shouting “Separation of church and state!” Several protest groups are in the city to demonstrate against Justice Sunday, so the person was likely part of one of those groups. I plan to talk to the reverend to get the scoop.
The picture on the right was taken at dinner last night. Starting from the left: Ed Morrissey and his wife, Charmaine Yoest and her husband Jack, Stacy Harp, “RightWingSparkle,” and me.
Stacy Harp is live-blogging, too.
2:17 p.m.: We’re sitting in Blogger’s Row, a special section in the press conference reserved for bloggers. The MSM have to scrounge for seats. Kind of cool. 
2:53 p.m.: Stacy went outside with recorder and camera to interview one of the handful of protestors. Me? Not interested. Those people are crazy. 
The press conference will start soon, but the exciting stuff won’t happen unto tonight. Senator Rick Santorum, Alveda King (met her at Blacks for Life), James Dobson and Jerry Falwell are scheduled to speak. Stacy and I will try to get a joint interview with Rev. Lusk to find out details about the ranting leftist who broke into the church.
Let the games begin! Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council, Rev. Lusk, Colin Hanna, president of Let Freedom Ring, Michael Geer, president of the Pennsylvania Family Institute.
I’m boldly pro-life, regardless of the political tide, but it’s a nice change being among other pro-lifers.
3:34 p.m.: Lusk makes sure everybody knows he’s not focused on black, white, left, or right. Good point. In theory. But protection of unborn life is something leftists don’t wholeheartedly support. Am I wrong? Prove it.
Main criticism: Too much “African American” thrown around. Just as Jesse Jackson’s use of the term mainstreamed it, I want my criticism of it to go mainstream.
Perkins is talking about the one issue that has brought together black and white evangelicals: opposition to homosexual marriage. Lusk says he’s looking forward to reaching across racial lines to fellow Christians. In my humble opinion, let the godless have their racial turf wars. Christians have better things to do.
About the church break in. Lusk says it was more of a service break in. During last night’s service, someone interrupted and started babbling about separation of church and state. Lusk joked that they “laid hands” on him and things calmed down. He says he doesn’t know what group the man represented. I want more details.
6:00 p.m.: Stacy, RightWingSparkle, Ed and I went outside to “interview” a group of three young, hopelessly naive, young leftist men in Jesus, protect me from your followers t-shirts holding “If you want a theocracy, go to Iraq!” signs. We concealed our political affiliation, especially me, because we wanted them to speak freely, and freely they spoke.
They believe that Christian judges would impose their “values” on the court. RightWingSparkle engaged them in conversation, and I’m sure she asked what they thought about the values of non-Christian judges. I’ll link to her blog.
We were joined by two homosexuals who wanted to get married but can’t because of George Bush. One told us about volunteering with the church to help kids learn to work with computers, and he saw a picture of Bush in Rev. Lusk’s office. “I mean, how can a black man have a picture of Bush in his office?”
In atypical fashion, I held my tongue. After all, I’m there asking questions as a journalist, not an outspoken black conservative. For some reason the conversation shifted. He said he’d be just as upset to see a pic of Hillary Clinton on a pastor’s wall. Separation of church, and all that. Whatever. Same old separation of church and state fallacy.
On the right is a photo Stacy snapped when she went out alone to talk to the protestors. They lit torches, which is why you see smoke.
See the other bloggers: Charmaine Yoest, Ed Morrissey, Stacy Harp, and RightWingSparkle.
7:23 p.m.: The black preacher is preaching against out-of-wedlock pregnancy. Stop the presses! He’s speaking of God’s intent for the family. Lusk is talking about the rate of black abortion. People call him names for being a black conservative Christian. “We” are against abortion and homosexual marriage, he says. He’s mentioning discrimination against the people of God.
The small photo on the right is of Alveda King and Rev. Herbert Lusk. My picture of Senator Rick Santorum didn’t come out right. 
Dr. James Dobson is on the podium now. Don’t forget the blogging at the FRC blog.
Jerry Falwell has the floor. I don’t know why people seem to hate Jerry Falwell so much. A Christian man still pastoring a church who is concerned about the extreme secularization of society is all right with me. I hope Christians in America get off their butts (pardon the language) and start calling immoral and decadent things by their proper names. We need outspoken Christian bloggers, too.
Pray, then take action!
Another protest picture. Classy bunch of folks, aren’t they?
I must say, the speakers are preaching tonight. I’d like to get some of my white brothers’ and sisters’ impressions of this black church. As some of you may know, the worship styles of predominantly white and black churches are somewhat different (understatement), but we’re all appealing to the same Savior. 
8:25 p.m.: The evening is almost over. I was scheduled to go to the Capitol tomorrow morning and live-blog Judge Alito’s hearing and a Republican Committee conference, but I think not. I’m going home to reflect on what I’ve seen and heard tonight. Typos will be fixed tomorrow. Goodnight!
