Hillary To Speak at Saddleback Church

Last year some eyebrows were raised when Barack Obama took part in the AIDS Conference at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA. This year another prominent Democrat will appear at the conference - Hillary Clinton:

(CBS) LAKE FOREST, Calif. Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., will attend a meeting on AIDS at the Saddleback Church hosted by pastor and "The Purpose Driven Life" author Rick Warren and his wife Kay, church officials announced Thursday.

"I commend Rick and Kay Warren for their work to fight HIV/AIDS," said Clinton, who is considered the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. "Our churches have a powerful role to play in raising the consciousness of the nation and the world to this pandemic and urge compassion for the sick and the suffering."

The third annual Global Summit on AIDS and the Church will be held Nov. 27 through Dec. 1.

Other presidential candidates, including former Democratic North Carolina Sen. John Edwards; Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.; former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani; Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.; and former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., also have expressed a desire to participate and are currently working on scheduling issues, according to the church.

"Inviting politicians from different perspectives to the summit is not a political decision, it is a humanitarian and Christian action," Rick Warren said. "When millions are dying each year, we're interested in lives, not labels. We want everyone to become concerned about the AIDS pandemic."

I'm only about 5 miles from the church. I wonder if I'll be able to feel the evil all the way over here?

UPDATE: The Devil Went Down to Lake Forest, Looking for a Soul to Steal....