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Religion at the Republican National Convention Strong spiritual beliefs were on display during prayers, forums and speeches delivered by some of the nation’s top religious, political and social leaders.
Kenneth Hutchins, a retired Massachusetts police chief and a Mormon, pauses while delivering the invocation on Aug. 30, 2012.
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Republican National Convention attendees bow their heads in prayer during the invocation during the final session on Aug. 30, 2012.
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Kenneth Hutchins, left, gives the invocation as U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner bows his head during the final day of the Republican National Convention.
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His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston gives the benediction during the third day of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 29, 2012.
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Ranae Lenox from Bellefontaine, Ohio prays during benediction at the Republican National Convention on Aug. 29, 2012.
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Ishwar Singh, president of the Sikh Society of Central Florida, delivers an invocation at the opening of the second night of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 29, 2012.
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A delegate sits in the prayer room on Aug. 29, 2012, same night vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan was expected to share the ticket's ideas on cutting the budget and energize the party's base.
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Binyamin Rose of the Mishpacha Jewish Family Weekly in Brooklyn, N.Y., prays in a designated prayer room at the Republican National Convention.
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The Rev. Sammy Rodriguez delivers the benediction on the first full session of the Republican National Convention.
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People bow their heads during the benediction at the start of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 27, 2012 in Tampa.
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Actress Janine Turner, addressing the audience at the Republican National Convention, rouses the crowd when she said: "The government didn't build it, President Obama ... it was God, God, God and the American people."
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Before performing "Amazing Grace," members of the iconic country group the Oak Ridge Boys comment on their fears that society was "pushing God further and further from our lives."
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Eleanor Schnell of Fort Lauderdale prays during the call to order of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
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In endorsing Mitt Romney, Sher Valenzuela, a candidate for lieutenant governor of Delaware, said on Aug. 28, 2012, "We need a leader who understands the moral case for free enterprise."
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Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University, leads the Republican National Convention crowd in prayer as RNC Committee Chairman Reince Priebus listens.
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TAMPA, FL - AUGUST 27: A woman bows her head during the benediction at the start of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 27, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. The RNC is scheduled to convene today, but will hold its first full session tomorrow after being delayed due to Tropical Storm Isaac. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Former presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) prays during a pro-life event called "Treasure Life" at the Tampa Aquarium in Tampa on Aug. 28, 2012. The event honored the advocacy of the former Republican presidential candidates Sen. Rick Santorum, Bachmann and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
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A convention-goer from Virginia prays during the call to order for the opening of the 2012 Republican National Convention on Aug. 27, 2012.
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Prayer room where convention-goers may go to rest, pray and gather for fellowship.
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Members of the Texas delegation pray as convention opened and recessed on Aug. 27, 2012 due to Tropical Storm Isaac before it became a hurricane that made landfall in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Republican U.S. congressional candidate and Saratoga Spring, Utah Mayor Mia Love addresses the second session of the Republican National Convention, stirring the audience as she described being fortunate to live in one of the most blessed nation's on Earth. As she spoke, endorsing Mitt Romney for president, she also referenced the Civil Rights Movement and invoked the name of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 49th anniversary of the March on Washington.
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Honor guard of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal benefits organization, rehearses before the session on Aug. 28, 2012.
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Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, left, bows his head while the Rev. Russell Levenson, rector of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston leads a prayer on the first day, which was abbreviated due to Tropical Storm Isaac.
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