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[MelissaB]

And he plans to do it by recruiting an army of more than 2,000 pastors - "patriot pastors,'' as he calls them - to do the grassroots work.

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As a non-profit organization, the Ohio Restoration Project can't endorse candidates, but it was clear at Thursday's luncheon that, for many of the group's faithful, the favorite among the three Republican candidates for governor is Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, who was given a long standing ovation after his speech.

Clutching a microphone in one hand and a Bible in the other, Blackwell quoted Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King Jr. as he urged Christian conservatives to get involved in the political process.

"We cannot sit back and let the public square be stripped naked of faith, religion and God,'' Blackwell said. "The true warrior in this cultural battle must be willing to serve.''