Obama to Evangelicals. Thanks for the free publicity!

They better have their t's crossed and the i's dotted if they go after a guy like Obama. He is not some low IQ'd brat from Texas. If they haven't taken the time to do all the copy right stuff Obama will eat them for lunch.

How like Right-Wing Christians to feel they "own" Bible references. Well, why not? They've co-opted everything else related to Jesus.

Nevermind that it was all a bunch of old men who cherry-picked the truth to put together a misogynistic document to build their own wealth through fear and intimidation.

Oh, wait… that's the BUSH administration. Sorry.

Is this a 16th Century supporting a religious acquisition?

How like Right-Wing Christians to feel they "own" Bible references. Well, why not? They've co-opted everything else related to Jesus. Nevermind that it was all a bunch of old men who cherry-picked gospel to put together a misogynistic legal document to build their own wealth through fear and intimidation.

Oh, wait… that's the BUSH administration. Sorry.

Its time to TAX the churches.

Farris can just go pound sand.

we americans spend way too much time on nonissues, why in the world should we care about a name when people cant afford to buy gas to get to work or are facing home lose, so keep this bs up and watch this country continue to fall.

Jesus Christ would not see

any problem to use a closely related name to

do good work.

We must embrace good deed.

All this nonsense about Senator Obama being "selected" being muslim, stealing words - get a grip people you sound ignorant and backward. Are you the people who should be entrusted to have a vote? Are you saying that the millions of people who voted for him are not real? He ran a superb campaign. Senator Clinton "lost" and she is now a domocrat again - if she can get over it so can you, so you grow up and get over it. You sound like a bunch whining idiots. Discuss something intelligent.

Evangelicals are weary that 40% of them may swing Obama's way. Smart move if they do.

Any one remember what McCain;s pastor Hagee called the Catholic church ???

and now who is whining…

My Name is Joshua and I would be proud & honored if President Obama used my name in his evangelical efforts.

No Brian………..Yes We Can………..was stolen from Bob the Builder. Everybody knows that. hahahahahaa.

If everybody starts claiming he/she was the first to use some terms and goes suing people who use the terms (or similar version of that), the end of language us we know it is not going to be far.

Are they seriosly attacking the outreach?? These people should be spending their time and efforts more wisely, like protesting against the war not the use of a name…which by the way, is a good thing. Obama is doing a good thing; people are so dramatic.

Separation of Church and State, if you please.

Umm, is there nothing else a fellow Christian could be doing?! Care for those in need, the hurt, the poor, the oppressed….?? Did they bother to check in with Obama first before launching a lawsuit? Is suing Obama for a name that is not even identical to your ministry's going to help spread the light and love of Jesus. Step off your high horse and go serve someone who needs hope. I am annoyed by people who say they believe the word of God and yet do not practice scripture. (sigh) And all I can do about it is try and deal with my frustrations, post a blog and move on.

Yeah, any little thing to stop progress. Progress can be slowed down, but you can't stop it. The Republicans know that they won't win the election this year so they are just doing little spiteful things.

How very Christian of them to sue

Sorry Ern, but I'm a copywright lawyer and I believe YOU are the one that needs to do a little research on trademarks.

King's Burger, down the street from where I work isn't infringing on Burger King anymore than this is.

Ern wrote-""Generation Joshua" IS a registered trademark. The fact that the title of Obama's initiative is substantialy similar and is dealing with the same type of activity (encouraging Christian youths to vote) could pose a problem. Adding the word "project" to it doesn't really do anything because it's simply descriptive. Some of you really need to do a little reading about trademarks before saying how stupid it is."

Obama rocks….

This is hillarious. Good for the backward Christian right for giving good press to Obama!

Just goes to show how terrible these people are and how their voting record has worked to screw up the country by putting Bush in office. I grew up a Catholic but realize religion is only a tool to understand creation. No one can lay claim to the truth. How did these backward zealots get so much power?

Unless they have it copy righted it doesn't matter.

that last line reads so much like "we don't want his kind round us" tht its not even funny…..

"There are several ministries that use some variation on the name."
————————
So I guess Michael Farris will be suing them also. My bible study teacher never taught me that Joshua belonged to conservatives only. Shame on her for leaving that part out (she said sarcastically).

Go get them Obama - Jesus loves Dems also.

Evangelical christians should not take active parts in politics with the exception of casting there votes .the i.r.s.should be taking note,If christ was you guied you would know this.

Every church I know has a Joshua Generation group for its youth members. Does Mr Farris propose to sue every Church in America?? Self-righteous nitwit!!

Originality is for the unoriginal. To borrow someone's ideas and/or words at the same time giving them credit…that's a sign of honoring someone and show's the utmost reverence. That is called a tribute! I hope Obama wins the presidency because he shows insight into many concerns facing people today…economic, health care, environmental, education, and social dilemmas i.e. sexism, racism, ageism. Hillary Clinton was and is a person to admire for her tenacity and thoughtfulness. McCain is a Vietnam Veteran who should be admired for his service to his country. We are all great "Americans" and should be honored to have the ability to vote for the candidate of our choosing. I hope that we each stop pandering and start discussing the many issues facing us today and in the future!

I am a Christian and it kills me to see these self righteous conservative groups preach about politics and Christian values. When in actuality- Obama is more aligned with Christian values than Mike Huckabee or McCain.
There are MULTIPLE scriptures in the Bible that tell us to take care of the poor, love each other, look after one other, don't judge, be generous and not greedy. Where's the obedience in following those scriptures?

I'm not sure why a Christian group would sue someone using a name out of the Bible. What would Jesus Do?

“We endorsed Mike Huckabee for president, so we’re not politically aligned with Obama,” said Farris. “But even if we were politically aligned with Obama, we wouldn’t want him using our name.”

Yes … but would you have sued him?

Another Republican looking for free publicity and 15 minutes!

Remember that there is a reason for the separation of Church and State.Some of you racist hate mongers amaze me, especially some of you Hilary people! You should listen to her if you truly support her. And the moron that gets his political news from SNL- it's late night COMEDY,doofus! Well said Alice re: catch 22!

Hey Guys,
If Clinton was able to get over her loss in this race, why can't you Guys do so. Are you democrat enough to accept defeat and stick with your party. Anyway Obama's idea are just good for the Country right now.

PEACE …

Copyrighting a name in the Bible? How uncool and un-christian is that?

It's still silly season.

I work with a guy named Joshua. Is he going to be sued now?

"Yes, America Can!"…guess who's campaign slogan that was.

It's not a wonder people are leaving the churchs but then again religion is man made, so it is based on opinions.

If there is a name conflict then it's an appropriate request and potential law suit. However I'm certain the Obama team meant no disrespect.

Fascinating. I guess the Religious right doesn't want the word of God to spread unless it's through their candidate. But they have their right.

Good thing the Evangelical Right-Wing is fighting for the important things *snicker*.

It is absurd to read this article about the "Evangelical plans lawsuit over new Obama outreach effort." It is disgusting to hear people of faith engaged in such a low life lawsuit. Think about something positive to do as a Christian instead of engaging in such an act. It does not speak well of any Christain faith to engage in such cynical acts.

May God deliver those of you who call the name of God in vain when you are really not a beliver.

Dr. Joseph Akomodi
New York, USA.

Obvious you so called OBAMA educated don't know that the legal standard is whether the offending name is likely to cause confusion in the mind of the receiver. Yes, flipping the order of the words generally may very well do that, so I doubt you could use "KIng Burger" w/o Burger King being all over your case.

No one person or group has any authority or right over the books of the bible - it is available for anyone who will receive it. That parrticularly group obviously is a Republican group since they were supporting Hukabee.

Barack Obama is a LAW PROFESSOR, I'm sure he knew that they would try and sue him and that would bring attention to the unknown organization he built, instantly. They don't even have a chance of winning against Obama. He is like a chess player, already moves ahead of his competition.

@ Double Talk - There are a few bad apples in every crowd.

If you guys want a Republican President it is your constitutional right to vote one in. It just seems absolutely ridiculous to do so if you believe in what Hillary believes in. Their platforms are the same.

I've always said I'll vote for who ever wins. I wondered how I would vote for her with all the dirty tricks and flip flopping BUT I'd have never voted McCain or stacked the deck against her by voting for an independant. It would be idiotic. Your call…

Obama has done it again. He is a liar and a cheat.
Vote McCain 08!!

To Indiana Democrat.

Obama did not win the minimum number of pledged delegates to WIN the nomination. Hence he was selected.

The superdelegates DO the selection when BOTH candidates fail to reach the minimum number of pledged delegates. But they are free to vote for either candidate based on WHO is more qualified. This time they appeased the Obama people and just went with who was ahead in pledged delegates.

Since this race was SO close. Every vote literally mattered. But Obama agains was selected by the way the Fl and Mi votes were divided.

Finally… the superdelegates SHOULD NOT HAVE WEIGHED IN UNTIL THE CONVENTION IN DENVER IN AUG. HRC had the RIGHT TO TAKE IT TO THE CONVENTION. Just like all the white male candidates before her. SO The fact that she was PRESSURED OUT SOONER also indicates that HE was selected.

Got it NOW?

I've always said these fundamentalists think they have a copywrite on the Bible and this proves it.

But did this organization obtain permission from Joshua? Or pay royalties to his family?

these idiots have no right to live in 2ist century America. they love America of the 17th century. shame on you so called conservatives

Wow, do the Republicans-pretending-to-be-Clinton-supporters just sit here all day coming up with new screen names to say the same comments? "PUMA Pac" this, "ordained by the media" that … never mind that the media was 100% behind Clinton as the presumptive nominee all of last year.

Seriously, you guys are pathetic. It must REALLY tick you off that we all figured out that you never were Clinton supporters in the first place. No Clinton supporter, ANYWHERE, would so willingly sabotage their chosen candidate's own policies, ideals, and desires — you know, everything that she stands for, and everything you profess to love about her candidacy. Let the Repugs pack the Supreme Court and overturn Roe v Wade? No problem! Stay in Iraq for God-knows-how-long? Sure! Abandon any hope of universal health care? Why not! Watch our economy spiral into a bottomless abyss of hopeless failure while the rich ride their tax cuts, their 30 pieces of silver, all the way down? Great idea!

Yeah. THAT'S plausible. It's soooooooo believable that someone with these opinions was ever — EVER — a Clinton supporter or Democrat.

Seriously, you're more pathetic and sad than the 43-year-old losers living in their parents' basement who log into chat rooms pretending to be 15-year-old girls. That's all you are and all you'll ever be: People whose own identity is so worthless and reviled that they desperately need to pretend to be someone else, so maybe someone will listen to them.

I laugh at your shameful, sorry, and failed lives.

Why is a politician creating a religious organization? I see hope, change, get away from all the old politics is working at the Obama camp. Let's just imitate the religious right. Makes me sick.

Selected - by the Party Leaders - Gave him the superdelegates

NOT Elected - By the PEOPLE - with the VOTES
That is what we mean. Oama was selected by the DNC - NOT elected by the people - Hillary Clinton was - she EARNED the most votes - FACT - please check it out.

Obama is NOT qualified and will never be elected due to his RADICAL and very quetionable background - this has nothing to do with race! Seems if you do not vote for obama - you are a racist - guess there are 18 Million racists in the USA!

to Dolores and other sanctimonious Christians.

Who gave you the right to determine if Obama or others are Christian? I believe that falls in Gods realm.

Democrats Beware!

Republicans have launched a blogosphere campaign where they claim to be Democrats who will vote for Senator McCain since Senator Clinton is not the democratic nominee!

Do not be fooled!

This is nothing more than republican tricknology, Karl Rovian VODOO; Of course all real democrats would NEVER vote for George W. Bush’s third term, ENDLESS war, overturning of Roe V. Wade, or more record profits and tax breaks for oil companies while the average American spending power continues to thin.

Be Brave Democrats and be watchful!

With a majority Democratic legislature and a Democratic President we can see real change not gridlock! Wake up Dems do not be fooled.

Wow…..I cannot believe the whining of the Hilary supporters in here. The elite establishment that picked Obama? Are you serious? How can you possibly get more Democrat "establishment" than being married to a FORMER PRESIDENT? I absolutely love howbecause not everyone believed it was Hilary's Gog-given right to run for President that they were out to get her. It is truly sad how most of you Hilary supporters on here whine and moan about how she was "done in" and everything was against her. Reality check time…..She was out played, out smarted and out campaigned. Time to grow up now.

WARNING: WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE A HILLAR SUPPORTER THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT OBAMA, IT'S A PAID REPUBLICAN OPERATIVE TRYING TO SPLIT THE DEMOCRATS.

NEW POLLS SHOW IT'S FAILING MISERABLY. OBAMA AND HILLARY AGREE ON EVERYTHING AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND SO DO THEIR SUPPORTERS.

SO LONG REPUBLICAN CHRONIE LIARS

Too bad we can't have two presidents…………those who vote for Obama are allowed to flourish under his policies and those who vote for McCain can suffer under his policies. To all you RHC backers out there…………….think about it! Do you want 4 more years of War, economic downturn/recession, inflation, rising unemployment? Or do you want the candidate that was 95% similar to HRC regarding policies? The American people have spoken and Barack won the primary selection process fairly. HRC is now fully behind him and endorsed his candidacy. You may take a few days to mourn the loss that you feel, but then it will be time to get behind the next President of the UNITED States…………….President Obama!

LOL! Do you rabid anti-Obama folks really think your petty criticisms and bogus charges will have any influence on those of us who make up our minds based on FACTS and POLICIES of the candidates.
Obama will be our next President, so get over it! Stop whining and get yourself educated by checking out some of his speeches on U-tube, visiting his web-site and reading his policies vs McSame.
Can you say LANDSLIDE?!

The irony is that I read a comment from an Obama supporter on another blog all about how Obama comes from the east and will bring peace. Doesn't he get that is all about the Anti-Christ??? Maybe ought to re-read scripture!!!!

I am going to laugh at this country (and DemocRATS in particular) if McCain is elected President. The Supreme court will be changed to 90% conservative, Roe v Wade will go out the window, We will go to war with Iraq, our economy will plunge into depression and the world will laugh at us because the Democratic party WAS TOO STUPID AND PROUD TO VOTE FOR A BLACK MAN……..

I THINK THAT THE DEMS ARE NOT MAKING IT CLEAR,

THE ECONOMY & IRAQ ARE COMPLETELY INTERTWINED.

WE ARE LOSING OVER A BILLION DOLLARS A DAY, TO

THE IRAQ WAR. GET YOUR HEADS ON. WHAT CAN WE

DO WITH A BILLION DOLLARS A DAY IN OUT COUNTRY.

Vote McCain= his Judge will overtern Roe Vs. Wade, and make it more easy to spy on us not the enemy.

Go ahead

While 75% of usa vote Change not more of the Same.

Obama 08

The word racist and christian should never be adjectives in the same sentence…

Don (from the 5:21 P.M.) posting,

Take this posting for what's it's worth. The postings have a tinge of Rovian quality to it…using the democrats to somewhat eat their own. It's not going to work. I would say 10 percent of the posting are true Clinton suports that are still hurt and angry. They have that right and I (we) hope that they will vote the right way come election time. The other postings can be attributed to those morons who'd bring a rock to start violence at a peace protest.

Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world" — something lost on today's evangelicals, who are far more fixated on politics, wealth and worldly power than on religion. It's about time they started practicing what Jesus taught.

What do you expect from the GOP. They are in a no lose situation. If they win Barack changes the name of his efforts. If they lose they whine and complain how it's unfair and biased against Christians.

As a home schooling father, this makes me ill. We can't get Bush and his ilk out of office fast enough.

If this is how Evangelicals act towards their fellow human beings, then I don't want to ever hear from Evangelicals.

No wonder they support Republicans.

Obama should consider using a different "title" as that would separate him and his supporters from the Evangelicals.

Yes Obama steals words. He stole words like "CHANGE" and "HOPE" which already existed in the dictionary and billions had been using for hundreds of years.

Dubya, on the other hand, came up with his own words e.g. "Subliminable". LOL

By the way Obama's mentor Rev. Wright also stole lines like "Chicken are coming home to roost" was stolen from an American General. Strange, he was blamed for using it, not stealing it from the American General.

You GOP guys (disguised as disgruntled Hillary supporters) have an IQ matched only by Dubya.

The Evangelicals that I have spoken to realize that electing Bush was a huge mistake and have every intention of supporting Obama this time. Obama is the most Christian candidate of all!

Hillary used words from Barack……next President of the United States

You can not copyright stupid religious propaganda. I'm sure Jesus will slap them silly because it's supposed to be not for profit….

You can’t own a word. I’m sure Obama's lawyers checked out the name first; besides there’s no argument. It’s not the same. I’m not even a lawyer, and I know that much.

As a member of Generation Joshua, I think that Michael Farris is right in trying to keep Obama from using the name. It would get confusing for us!

Obama and the Joshua story.

He used that in Greenville, when he campaigned in a church there.
he also said. "Help me build a kingdom on earth"

Scary stuff.

Putting Politics with religion.

But early on Obama was told when anyone asked why you are running tell them the Joshua story.

Obama leading them into the promised land.

The guy can sue, or wont get anything.

He sure has brought out the stories Obama tells in the black community. Relating them to himself.

Read all the speeches he has made. Not just the ones aired on TV.
enlighten yourself.

The man who said his religion is in all he does.

OOOOOH Jesus all you fanatical hiilary supporters, she's out of the race, she lost, she conceded. Give it up……..Quit your wining!!!!!!

How divided we are! The disgruntal Clinton supporters,the McCain backers and where will it get us? As far as using similar charity names so be it folks it's a charity! Theres an awful lot of hate to go around and not nearly enough of what a real america is about which is getting along with one another .We face tough times, people who have never hurt will because of this economy. I know its an election year and were all on different sides but having a charity that is similar is no crime what would happen if christian children fund sued feed the children?

C'mon people. Every Idle word you speak, you will be held accountable for. It's not against the law to use the two term's "Joshua" and "generation". When you get a chance, google "Joshua Generation" and then reply.

Propaganda, people. Don't be misled.

Barack Husseib Obama will never be elected President of the USA.

Sorry, the bible is public domain.

I don't know what all the fuss is about… Obama steals everything and gets away with it, at least this time CNN actually reported it… now that's a topic for discussion!

You have to be blind not to see that Obama is trying to use the similar name to make people believe the two are connected. I am no lawyer and I have no idea if this is infringement but it is certainly unethical. The comments on this site show that the Obama fans will bad mouth anything, no matter how clear it is that obama is at fault.

I thought the Evangelical had turned on the GOP too. They were being made fun of in the White House?

Do these people not know that WE the American People are tired of the dirty politics business as usual? Gas is $5 a gallon, 1 million homes in foreclosure, health care is non-existent. But yeah I am gonna not vote for Obama over a few words said?! NOT

Obama didn't steal "Yes we can" from Chavez. The spanish translation of "Sí, se puede" has been used for far longer in a variety of contexts in a variety of countries. It's so widely used that it's not a slogan capable of being "stolen"

I have been following this election year very closely and I would like someone (anyone) to explain what everyone is talking about when they say Obama was selected and not elected. What am I missing…..

LOST!!

Obama is desperate. He does not know what to do so he is trying to take shelter with these gimmicks. American people and particularly the media including CNN do not know who is Obama. Just because he went to Harvard does not qualify him to be our President. His knowledge of our religion (christianity) is questionable because he was brought up in Islamic environment especially in Indonesia. These people who write here are obsessed by Obama. He is a real fraud of 21st Century. Believe it now. Earlier the better. I hope CNN will publish this for the records.

If Obama uses a biblcal phrase I say "Praise the Lord"…That just show where he is coming from…a new day & time….the Joshua Generation is used by many churches….so let do something productive like winning souls…to help clean up what is going on…What would Jesus Do???

OBLAHBLAH

TOOK HILLARY IDEAS

NOW A MINISTER IDEA..CUZ HE CANT USE HIS OWN FORMER
REV WRIGHT IDEAS ANYMORE…

LIKE HIS BOOK TITLE…AUDACITY OF HOPELESS

OBLAHBLAH IS A JOKE

Obama is using the sleath attacks that he used to eliminate Hillary, on the republicans.

Nothing illegal… but UNETHICAL.

I think the republicans are ON to his tactics by now.

But Obama may JUST win- by cheating and playing legal dirty politics again.

Wily Obama strategy once again! Don´t believe that this guy and his campaign is descent!

Legally Mr Farris has no chance at all.

How about calling it 'Joshooa Genurashun Projekt' or would that appeasing the 'Generation Joshua' people?

The Obama supporters seem to believe and be saying that HRC supporters SHOULD vote for Obama….

But, they apparently believe that the reverse is not and was not so…

Isn't that why we have this schism to begin with? The threats by young voters and AAs to stay home if Obama were not the nominee.

SOMEONE please explain the difference and the double standard.

To Candy. Remember Pelosi said she would not pursue going after Bush, Cheney etc for impeachment. I blame her. I cannot believe that Obama supporters are saying if Obama loses its Hillary and her supporters fault .He did not even come to our state to ask for our vote except one time. I hope Bill Clinton does not campaign for Obama. How dare the arrogant Obama even think about asking him.

Most evangelical voters are not going to vote FOR McCain, but they are going to vote AGAINST Obama.

J. Byon
Anaheim, CA

Selected not Elected,

Please DON'T try so hard to hide! We know that you are one of McCain's stooges, playing dirty, not to worry,we know what your game is.

58 old white ladies for OBAMA, OMG YOU REPLY IN EVERY TOPIC LMAO.

Obama 08

Carrie,

Well said…I totally agree with you…

Brian fro Knoxville: You're a Republican pretending to be a Dem. Even a blind man can see right through you. Limbaugh is your source and guidance. We arent falling for it.

Another reason religion sucks. Its not enough that religion seeks to divide, conquer, destroy, take, now they use lawyers to do it for them.

To: Slected not Elected

Get over it. Obama won, Hillary lost. there is no conspiracy. And I rather enjoy conspiracy theories…

Hey "wingnuts" Delores and Deb you give real Christians a bad name. Christ wasn't a Christian he was a jew,remember the people like you historically loved to hate.His mother's name wasn't Mary it was Mariam,but the anti-semetic Hellenist Greeks changed all the holy family and aposiles names to Greek so miget brains like you would like them.He believed in love of humanity not hate like you do. And he certainly wasn't a blue eyed , light-haired , fair skined guy in a robe like all the "wingnuts" like like to drool over. Moslems believe in the same God that we Christians believe in ;imagine that the God of Abraham. So if Obama is a Moslem ,which he isn't,God loves him I have my doubts about haters like you

Mr. Farris shut up and stop acting like an 8 year old. You are only suing Obama because you are a bunch of racist radical stupid Christians. This country would be so much better off without any of you or your stupid religion.

Obama Richardson 2008

My name is Joshua and I allow OBAMA to use my name.

YES WE CAN !
YES WE CAN !

That's right. Liberals are flawless, perfect, and non-judgemental. I can tell by the postings here.

wow once again he has copied other people. can this guy actually come up with an original thougt. how sad he's so lame

It's starting to get ugly! As I said before, the Republican machine will be even nastier to Obama as they were to Hillary.

OBAMA/Hillary 08

. . . "The Audacity of Hope"? "Stolen" from Jeremiah Wright?

Sort of not having presented one SINGLE original idea of his own throughout the primaries?

Yep, that's sort of like it is . . .

Anything to win. Mislead, lie, cheat, distort, strongarm. You name it, Obama and his supporters have done it. When you don't have a strong candidate with ability and expierience you use guile and words to disguise your real agenda.

It is a good thing that most Americans are not fooled by this empty suit.

jfs Memhis, Tn
June 9th, 2008 5:14 pm ET

"The Bible and its names belong to EVERYONE including Mathew, Mark,Luke, and John. The names of the Groups are not SPECIFIC as to what either Group represents. I believe that the Church Group is wasting its money. I think that Their candidate McCain could use it in better places . Not sure if they would support this suit ??? You know with seperation of church and state and things like that."

Careful man, you might get sued for using those names:P

And this is important because……………….
What else is new? The only reason this entire
"Obama" mania is getting attention is because he's an educated black man with the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America. Obama has something that Clinton, Richardson, Edwards, Rominey, Huckabee, Paul all wish they had. A nomination for Presidency of the good old US of A. This terrifies a lot of white people and some blacks. If Obama were a professional athlete, this wouldn't even be an issue because the majority of the USA believes that blacks should only excel in sports. But too bad, so sad, whether you like it or not, Obama is going to the next President of The United States of America. So get over it and get over yourselves. I don't see anyone complaining about how Tiger Woods made golf exciting or how Venus and Serena Williams sent tennis to another level. America please, get over yourselves. We've tried it the "White" way since George Washington and America is no better off. It's time to try it the "Black" way. This is America!!! Opportunity for anyone. Obama won the nomination and should be supported by all DEMOCRATS!!!

clinton spin really has people going, obama won fair and square, just because clinton says she was cheated dosnt make it so,she has 'misspoken' before' , repubs ,stop the false emails, dems will unite to make america a decent place for all, spite and anger damages only the spitefull and the angry, look in the mirror and repeat your words ,ugly ,ugly ,shame on you .

Republicans may soon sue to ban Democrats from using the bible.

The GOP will soon claim ownership of the Bible.

My name is Matthew; my parents got that name from the bible….
…. but I'm not republican. Are the Republicans going to sue me?

GOP = Grand Old Pharisees

Remember, the Pharisees in the days of Jesus? …they were phonies!!

CHANGE YOU CAN XEROX

funny how when jesse jackson ran and lost none of these comments came up about a black candidate stealing the race or taking racism back 100ys. funny how once there is a viable black candidate, all the sudden he stole the race , or was given the race. what about all teh voters who voted for him? didn't he earn them just like clinton? how come she gets ger due, but he doesn't? sound hypocritical to most level headed folk. just accept that we have a quality black candidate or just a quality candidate.
by the way, since when can you copyright words from the bible? thought those were free for all of us to use and appreciate…just sayin

I cannot believe CNN…

WHY DON'T YOU START VETTING THE CANDIDATES instead of the biracial or not, flag pin or not stories???? WHO CARES!

Why don't you do in depth articles about the REAL plans of both candidates if they have them?

Why don't you do a fact or fiction story about the real relationship with Tony Rezko? Why not do a story about the 11 Rezko buildings in Obama's district (1997)….the timelines of foreclosures compared to the 1998 letter he wrote supporting yet another building?

Why don't you start reporting instead of just being a commentary of Gossip?

Yes Rus you would get a cease and desist if you opened a Burger King joint. Get real!!!!!!

So, this is Obama's usual way - but on a larger scale and he will stub his whole foot!! He did the sleezy politics to get the Illinois Senate seat and the US Senate seat. He did the sleezy to get to be the presumptive nominee. He is going to try to get it anyway he can now. This is just who the guy is - he was never taught any better - except by the people he has run over and thrown under the bus.

Sleezzzzzzz……….not Presidental material!!!!!!!!!

WOW, Let us pray and reach out and hold hands… Oops where is President Bush now and John McCain…..

I hate to think what Mike Hucabee would have done if he had gotten into the white house.

More than likely forced the evangelica way of thinking onto everyone's lives.

With all this hatred, rhetoric, nonsense and fear-mongering going on, socialism is starting to sound pretty good….

Obama is setting up a war room on the internet to battle bloggers! Can check it out on my blog! This could be fun as he is hiring some of the best bloggers I heard!

You can sue copyright infringement over Bible references?

*Runs to patent office to copyright arks*

WOW. I AGREE THAT IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR OBAMA THATS YOUR DECISION/CHOICE. WHY WASTE YOUR TIME DAILY TO SAY THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE GET IT, THE ONLY WAY YOU WOULD VOTE FOR HIM IS IF HE WAS 100% WHITE. WE GET IT THAT IF YOU VOTED FO HILLARY BECAUSE OF HER POLICIES AND NOT BECAUSE SHE WAS WHITE OR FEMALE AND NOW THAT ANOTHER CANDIDATE OBAMA, POLICIES ARE CLOSER TO HERS THAN MCCAIN BUT YOU INSIST ON VOTING FOR MCCAIN EXACTLY WHAT YOUR POLICY IS. THIS MAN HAS RAN A SUPERB CAMPAIGN. CONGRATULATIONS OBAMA AND BEST WISHES.

What I don't understand are the folks that supported Hillary cuz they thought she had the best chance of beating McCain, but are now voting for McCain. Seems like a catch-22.

HAHAHAHAHAAAAA

I LOVE THE WAY THE HRC SUPPORTERS ARE CRYING, THEY WERE

NOT THIS VOCAL WHEN THE PRESS CLAIMED HRC HAD THE

NOMINATION IN THE BAG. AND WHILST THEY ARE AT THEIR

WHINNING CAN THEY SHUT UP ABOUT WHO THEY ARE VOTING FOR.

THEY DONT NEED TO REMIND US THEY ARE ON ANOTHER

LOSING TRAIN,

Jo Ann, good point, but Clinton supporters have nothing to be mad about. They need to learn a lesson about scheming from her loss.

This lawsuit thing is ridiculous. These people need to realize that Sen. Obama is not replacing God, he is running for president. This does not mean they have to bow down to him. It only means the respect that is due to all men already.

I really can't believe people are so ignorant.

I will start a new organization with the name Jesus in its title and sue anybody using that name from now on!

This story doesn't really deserve any comments. People need to let it slide by. No serious lawyer will even take this up. I will not let this nuisance case go beyond the preliminary hearing because it is totally baseless; and I am not even a paralegal.

Send a cease and desist campaign altogether.

Interesting, are there copyright laws on the Bible??? This is just plain pathetic.

People like this are one reason Americans can't compete with the rest of the world - they sue for everything and anything.

This from the same right-wing nutjobs that are always using medical malpractice and frivilous lawsuits as their political soapbox?! But then again, isn't being a hypocrite the epitome of being on the right?

So does that mean that the Obama camp can sue John McCain for changing their slogan to "A Leader you can Believe In"? That's is a direct rip off of Obama's slogan of "Change you can Believe In".

Sounds to me like Mr. Farris is not practicing what he preaches. Why not just ask the Obama campaign to change the name if you think it's too close to your name? Why come out suing? Sorry Mr. farris but you'll lose these one. I sure the Obama camp will chane it thogu just to shut you up.

BTW "Selected not Elected": Obama actually raised $272 million from 1.5 million donors including myself. How is it that as one of over 18 million Obama voters I was paid? Remember, Hilary had over 100 superdelegates before the primary even started. Obama had to earn his throughout the campaign. I hate to sound childish but you are stupid.

this is the stupidest thing i have heard yet coming from the so called conservative christian. What the hell are people mixing their religion with politics anyway. Isn't the message from the church supposed to be love, tolerance, understanding, hope, faith and loving your enemies. Maybe positive change could happen if these people would live by their God's commandments, instead of trying to make a buck from someone else's hard wor

As an evangelical christian I must say that I am ashamed that some of us think they own the Bible or Jesus_ They are full of hate and pretend to be christians_ We all know what your anointed Bush brought us. You should think about this instead of working to divide people

Let's face it, folks: Christian Conservatives think they have a monopoly on everything religious, including references to Jewish heroes. It's truly unfortunate, because Christian Conservatives make up only about half of the Evangelical movement. Most Evangelicals are more interested in community development and care than in the typical liberal/conservative divide. It's most unfortunate that they've been given a bad name by people like this — providing further fodder for the neo-Falwell movements inside the Republican Party.

How bout you sue some real criminals - bush, cheyney and mcwar…

NO HUSSEIN!, He won the popular vote, he won the pledged delegates and ended up with more support from the super delegates, so again, how did he win ?? and what do it have to do with topic anyways ??

Poor Evangelical people , only way to get their spam out into the media is this way ??? So if McCain gets the Evangelical vote, do Obama get the Catholic vote ?? since the Evangelican's call the Catholics w….. ???

The name Joshua is in the public domain. Like the name Jesus, Christian and Bible.
You can't claim what belongs to all of us. How selfish a Christian you are.

Wow - that's a good waste of your money and time - you really think that'll hold up in any court? No! It doesn't matter if you support Huckabee - who by the way was very funny in his jokes about Obama being shot - crazy radical - You don't have a trade mark on the religion, you're not CEO of Coke so relax and worry about something important -

The Bible and its names belong to EVERYONE including Mathew, Mark,Luke, and John. The names of the Groups are not SPECIFIC as to what either Group represents. I believe that the Church Group is wasting its money. I think that Their candidate McCain could use it in better places . Not sure if they would support this suit ??? You know with seperation of church and state and things like that.

Anyone here saying they are for Hillary and supporting McCain are really hired McCain bloggers. Beware! The primary is over, we will prevail against McSame in November because if you make under $250k a year voting for McCain is really stupid. If you are really wealthy but do not like the way the economy is going then voting for McSame is really dumb. Generation Joshua is not a copyrighted name and if Obama wants to use, more power to him.

The level of ignorance displayed in these blogs is astounding.

Educate yourselves people so you don't become a slave to the media. Don't be gullible and believe everything you read and don't mistake a candidate for the actions of his/her followers.

Hillary is a much better person than her supporters who post on this blog as is Obama and his vengeful supporters.

U2 should sue both parties… they released the Joshua Tree roughly 25 years ago. For those of you claiming that Obama was not elected and you will not vote for him, fine, sit back and enjoy the revolution.

Have you noticed. He can't come up with an original idea. He repeats other peoples words without giving credit for it. I agree with a previous comment that Obama has been selected, not elected. Selected by the media, DNC (especially after the FL and MI), mean spirited bloggers, Elected Officials etc..

Well the paid Repub bloggers are out in full force posting divisive and hateful things about Obama. No surprise here - we're on to you! And your posts are so easy to spot! I just want you to be aware that I am a previous Hillary supporter, but I will now be supporting Obama and so will all of my family and friends that were all originally for Hillary. The majority of true Hillary supporters I have met all feel the same way. So, get used to it. Your tactics will not work because we are going to put a DEM back in the White House. From a previous Hillary supporter, current Obama supporter, Lifelong DEMOCRAT.

"Rus in St. Paul, MN June 9th, 2008 4:34 pm ET
So….this means if I open a restaurant named King Burger I'll get sued?"

You should be sued you freaking plagiarizer!! You must be an Obama supporter. How about I just open up a restaurant and call it Bell Taco then. You, like Obama, have no originality.

Oh yes, and Obama is a liar and a cheat and corrupt?
What the heck do you base that on, really you have nothing on him, nothing.

two words for you:

KEATING FIVE

Check it out.

Democrats beware of Republicans posing as Hillary Supporters …they are a disgrace to America aviod them like the plague FOR THEY BRING RUIN AND MISERY !

Joshua Generation Project….yes we can and Chelsea is on board!

Go. Go .Go Obama ………Go Democrats …Go Hillary …Stay McCain home mccain

and Repubicans please do not let John out alone without Cindy ,,,he loses his bearings !!!

You know, for being good christians some of you people are very nasty.

And for what?

For an old fart like McCain, you conservatives dont really like him anyway.

Oh I forgot, you're just mean and spitefull.

the GOP must be shaking in their boots-

IS THIS THE BEST THEY CAN COME UP WITH?

these feeble lawsuits? concern trolls posting away spouting gibberish about a defeated campaign?

america will not fall for it this time

get ready to say "president obama" for the next 8 years

I have to agree with Gary the Viet Vet.

BTW I just don't trust Obama and that fist pumping wife of his. I don't trust Bush either.

I think bamus will be another Carter. He will try to serve out Carter's second term. We fell for Carter once let's not make the same error here twice.

Bam was selected. He got a ton of delegates from Idaho and WA and the net vote there was about 20,000 people give me a break. The DNC and their election apparatus sucks big time.

do this fellow have patent on those words

I support and will continue to support Hillary all the way to Denver, if not I will vote for her in 2012. There is absolutely no way i will be supporting Obama and his racist wife Michelle. McCain will get my vote in Nov.

McCain 2008, Hillary 2012-2020

cnn post this all the paid bloggers, Obama, his supporters, the DNC, the party elite, and the mainstream media have conspired to marginalize the millions of Democrats who have voted for Hillary, and they will now be using every trick in the book to "bring the party together" to further their ruthless ambitions. They will want you to forget all about the months of biased press, the biased party elite, the insults, the sexist remarks, and the race-cards. They will want you to forget that the Democratic Party now is the party that stands for disenfranchisement of the voters and the rationalization of racism. They will use any method to persuade you to vote for the man who they have preordained as the Democratic nominee. DON'T FALL FOR IT!

These comments are rather disturbing. I'm amazed at how zealous people are when it comes to the candidate they want elected. And I'm also offended by anyone who calls Christians "nut cases". This country has a real morality problem. Nobody in this world is perfect, and that includes Obama, Clinton, and McCain. Some people that leaves comments here really need to settle down and accept that in this country, we all are entitled to our separate opinions, and just because my opinion may not be the same as yours, that doesn't make me crazy or wrong.

Sexism had nothing to do with Hillary losing. She ran a lousy campaign, period.

Read the litany of errors in the Op-Ed section of yesterday's NYTimes — campaign infighting, the war, changing messages. That stuff had nothing to do with sexism.

Go vote for the anti-choice Republican. Live with his Court appointments.

Oh good grief, get over it!

Yeah, because Michael Farris has a copyright on the Bible. What a joke. (And by the way, I'm an evangelical Christian.)

"Generation Joshua" IS a registered trademark. The fact that the title of Obama's initiative is substantialy similar and is dealing with the same type of activity (encouraging Christian youths to vote) could pose a problem. Adding the word "project" to it doesn't really do anything because it's simply descriptive. Some of you really need to do a little reading about trademarks before saying how stupid it is.

You know they are reaching when this is all they have.

Forget about this petty nonsense for a minute and think about what's at stake here:

Do you want China & India to emerge as world superpowers while we waste $Trillions of dollars on senseless McBush wars in the middle east? While lobbyists run the white house?

If you do, then by all means, vote for McBush's 3rd term and sue Obama over trying to reach out to Christian youth with bible names… This is so petty!

Look, I want my country to unite and prosper, and I strongly believe Obama is the man who can help get us there. People, please overlook your personal likes/dislikes for the man and listen to his ideas and plans for our nation. Be open-minded whilst you do, and trust me, you'll give him a chance!

Democrats 2008!!!

The two names are NOT the same!!!

pelase get real, no one, or party has the rights over religion!!!! jeez!!

Huckabee should have been the Republican nominee. Evangelicals and true Conservatives will never support McCain/Lieberman and their neo-con coalition of idiot Clinton supporters and military contractors. The Libertarians nail you McCain.

AH MEN. who would want that canidate or his group using your name or title for anything. He hates america and everything it stands for . especially white america. You know cnn can state all that it wants to that the school he attended in Indonesia was a public school. What they are trying to spin with Rick Sanchez is like it is here in the states . What they don't want you to understand is that indonesia is a muslim country. Now ask yourself what kind of school would that be there. I believe all muslim countries schools teach the muslim doctrine.

What would Obama do?

So, this must be what Republicans mean when they say "frivolous lawsuits."

Thank you…..barackobama4prez June 9th, 2008 4:43 pm ET

Oh yeah, McWAR stole Barack's style and altered his campaign slogan. HRC's supporter changed their chant to "Yes She Can". No one owns the words, but originality has been lacking to the entire process. CNN didn't list my comment, I totally agree with you.

For you Clinton supporters who saw her a savior….you think the republicans are sincere about you, your feelings and your vote after Clinton didn't win….let me enlighten you….from Sen. Dole (REPUBLICAN-NC) explain it best…I don’t want either of those two answering the White House telephone at 3 o’clock in the morning”.

I guess the old saying is true….IF YOU ARE A TRUE REPUBLICAN, NOTHING STOP'S YOU FROM BEING A REPUBLICAN………..IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, NOTHING STOP YOU FROM BEING A DEMOCRAT!

We argueing over a Two (2) word title versus a Three (3 ) word title and the Key word is a book from the bible … sorry Mr. Farris, you don't OWN that name.

Legal precident in this situation is clearly on the Senator's side … I'm reminded of the two actressess named Vanessa Williams.

One is required to use her middle initial so that the public can tell them apart. This is exactly the same principle with not nearly as close an opportunity for misunderstanding.

Case dismissed.

We all can agree most of the evangelacles are a little….insane.

Didn't U2 have an album called the "Joshua Tree?" Since trees are commonly used to show family generations, then shouldn't U2 be allowed to sue everybody? Obama is going after the youth of the Republicans through through the religious right. Divide and then conquer. You gotta love it.

Hillary supporters need to look at the exit polls again. Her gender HELPED her with the voters that said gender mattered. So your claims of sexism are incorrect.
If you're still bitter in November, vote for McCain as you threaten. May he appoint justices to overturn Roe v Wade and send your kids to Iraq.

"Legally "Joshua Generation Project." and "Generation Joshua" are two separate entities. Let the conservative Christian activists go ahead and to sue the Obama’s campaign, that's one way the Republic can create jobs for the Conservative lawyers.

Wait a minute - Generation Joshua is my aunt's sister's nephew's step-mother's brother's third cousin's second wife's son's name?

OBAMA HAS BEEN SELECTED, NOT ELECTED! SO, I'M NOT VOTING FOR "MEDIA DARLING" AND "SELECTED" CANDIDATE.
IT'S SMELLS LIKE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY HERE. IT IS DISGUSTING…

MARK…………. Generation Joshua and the Joshua Generation Project are two different names….sorry its true (SOUNDS GOOD TO ME )

Brian Knoxville, TN………It's not news that Obama can't come up with anything original………WHERE OH WHERE did you Originated from ……GET A JOB
Evangelical plans lawsuit over new Obama outreach effort………………..
CHRISTIAN have you discuused this Senator Obama ….There are several ministries that use some variation on the name

Oh, "Joshua" belongs to the Christian right. And all this time, I thought it was a Biblical name. A name for all. What is coming next? It seems like they'll use anything, any excuse, any word, and any sentence to attack or discredit Senator Obama and his campaign.

Choose every word carefully, because you are not permitted to make a mistake. If you make a mistake you will pay a severe price for it.

God, help us all.

MY SON NAME IS JOSHUA SO I GUESS THATS WRONG GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!

It does seem Obama believes in Change you can Xerox, and NOT change you can believe in.

For all you anti Obama people who claim to be Dem, we know you are only trying to keep the dem divided and to all you Dem who believe it "Stupid" is the perfect word for you.

PS. They are trying the Rush "retarted" Limbaugh thing, to keep the dem divided. Lets work together we need a Dem in the white house.

Those names are not similar enought to sustain a lawsuit. I don't think anyone has a copywrite on Biblical terms.

He can call them The Omega Generation; a greater generation after great ones

Sue Him!!!!!!!!!!!!