Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Obama hung in effigy at a good Christian school

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Sep 24, 6:43 PM EDT

Obama effigy found hanging from Ore. campus tree

By MARY HUDETZ
Associated Press writer
Galveston County Daily News

NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) -- Officials of a small Christian university say a life-size cardboard reproduction of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was hung from a tree on the campus, an act with racial undertones that outraged students and school leaders alike.

George Fox University President Robin Baker said a custodian discovered the effigy early Tuesday and removed it. University spokesman Rob Felton said Wednesday that the commercially produced reproduction had been suspended from the branch of a tree with fishing line around the neck...

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