Stephen Colbert mocks the Christian Coalition’s rejection of Joel Hunter (last week’s Truthdigger of the Week) as its president. Hunter wanted to expand the group’s agenda to address the AIDS epidemic and poverty — issues the Christian conservatives thought would cause people to confuse them with liberals, or perhaps Jesus.

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