The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Darryl E. Owens column: Harris attack on Nelson is insult to faith.(Column)

From: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) | Date: October 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Darryl E. Owens

Oct. 7--Legend has it that just before the battle at Mulvian Bridge near Rome, a fiery cross blazed in the sky above Constantine the Great.

Constantine saw it as a sign and adopted the cross as his insignia.

In a skirmish that historians view as the turning point for Christianity, Constantine triumphed. Maybe U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris was going for some of that Constantine karma this week. The Republican senatorial ...

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