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A South Carolina pastor says he was not trying to be political when he posted a sign in front of his church linking Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Pastor Roger Byrd said he just wanted to make people think when he put up a sign reading Obama, Osama 8211; humm, are they brothers in front of the Jonesville Church of God on Thursday.
Obama, a Christian, attends Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Fifteen per cent of respondents to a recent Associated Press-Yahoo News poll said they thought the Illinois senator was a Muslim.
WYFF-TV reported on Monday on its Website that Byrd said he wouldn8217;t take the sign down. He said is congregation voted unanimously on Sunday to keep it up.
Jonesville is a town of about 1,000 people in northwestern South Carolina.
