The Detroit Free Press this morning has a profile of Keith Butler, a pastor of the hugely successful Word of Faith church in Southfield, suburb of Detroit, Michigan.
Apparently the GOP is hoping it can get the outstate rightwing racist vote with a black man who is against gays and reproductive rights, and hoping to collect some of the local African American vote that traditionally votes Democratic. He represents a departure in that he is not traditional corporate repub material, but he's all for tax cuts.
Stabenow has been an excellent Senator imo except for the grievous bankruptcy bill. link is below.
from the article:
KEITH ANDRE BUTLER, Age: 49
Occupation: Founder and chief executive officer of Word of Faith International Christian Center, an independent, nondenominational church with affiliates in a dozen states, Canada, Europe, Africa and South America. The 110-acre campus in Southfield houses church headquarters, a school and other ministries.
Education: Graduate of Rhema Bible Training Center in Tulsa, Okla., and the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Personal: Married 30 years to the former Deborah Bell, also an ordained minister. Three adult children.
Issues: Butler differs with Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow on:
*Abortion. He opposes it; she supports choice.
*Taxes. He wants to make President George W. Bush's tax cuts permanent; she favors allowing them to expire to help pay for urgent national priorities.
*Marriage. He favors amending the U.S. Constitution to define it as a union between one man and one woman; she does not.
http://www.freep.com/news/politics/butler24e_20050924.htm