The new poll question is up:

Which Democrat candidate would do more to further abortion ideology and the industry as president?

The most popular response to last week's poll question surprised me. Almost 85% of you think a pastor should steer clear of political talk? Not good....

In reality, American churches were free and did speak passionately on grave moral issues like slavery, women's suffrage, and child labor for nearly the 1st 200 years of our history, weaving politics and candidates' positions into their teachings.

In 1954 all that changed with the (Lyndon) Johnson amendment to the tax code, chilling the constitutional right to free speech from the pulpit, including abortion. Pro-lifers should support restoring First Amendment rights to churches. Of course liberals don't want churches speaking out on the issues. Why would we concur?

If you voted, find your personal brightly colored flag on the maps below, the top of the USA and the bottom International. This week all seemed to agree on the poll answer. Click to enlarge:

The International map fascinates me. I'm learning geography. For instance, the green flag below right of Australia is in New Zealand. The blue flag above left Australia is in Singapore. And the blue flag off the coast of Africa? That one appears to have come from a ship. There is no land mass in the vicinity.

If you want to view these maps in more detail, click on "Comment" on the Vizu poll, You'll see this week's map, which can be manipulated and enlarged. If you want to check a previous week's poll map, after clicking "Comment," highlight "My Vizu," click on "My Polls," and then click on the poll question that interests you. You'll see the map.

As always, please make comments to either the old or new poll here, not at the Vizu website.

Here is an off-topic but related question this weekend.

This week Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama was touring a Detroit auto plant when a female reporter tried to ask him a question...

Obama later apologized to the reporter for calling her "sweetie." Do you think he was displaying sexism in an un guarded moment, or are we all just hypersensitive to any "-isms" in these politically correct days?