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As
\n the top prize gets closer and closer, The Remaking of Howard Dean is
\n reaching a fevered pitch. What with Michael Jackson embracing the Nation
\n of Islam, hearing that Dean is embracing his Christian roots is all part
\n of a heart-warmingly fashionable "Rush to Religion" this holiday season.
\n Makes the Dowbrigade want to rush out and embrace some Old Tyme Religious
\n Values like ritual human sacrifice
\n and temple prostitution.<\/i><\/p>\n
\n MANCHESTER, N.H. — Presidential contender Howard B. Dean, who has said
\n little about religion while campaigning except to emphasize the separation
\n of church and state, described himself in an interview with the Globe
\n as a committed believer in Jesus Christ and said he expects to increasingly
\n include references to Jesus and God in his speeches as he stumps in
\n the South.<\/p>\n
Dean, 55, who practices Congregationalism but does not often attend
\n church and whose wife and children are Jewish, explained the move as
\n a desire
\n to share his beliefs with audiences willing to listen. In the Globe interview,
\n Dean said that Jesus was an important influence in his life and that
\n he would probably share with some voters the model Jesus has served for
\n him.<\/p>\n
He acknowledged that he was raised in the "Northeast" tradition
\n of not discussing religious beliefs in public, and said he held back
\n in New Hampshire, where that is the practice. But in other areas, such
\n as the South, he said, he would discuss his beliefs more openly.<\/p>\n
While attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, he
\n met his wife, Judith Steinberg, who is Jewish. The two were married by
\n a judge, and neither opted to convert, Dean said, because both felt strongly
\n about their respective religions.<\/p>\n
"We considered becoming Unitarian as sort of a compromise that wasn’t
\n going to respect either person’s tradition," Dean said. "But
\n you know, our religions mattered enough that we didn’t really want to
\n change."<\/p>\n
The couple’s two children, Anne, a sophomore at Yale University, and
\n Paul, a high school senior in Burlington, were given their choice of
\n religion. Both chose Judaism.<\/p>\n
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