Lightning struck at Tuesday's Republican presidential debate just as candidate Rudy Giuliani stepped to the microphone to answer a question about his support for abortion, LifeSiteNews.com reported.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked Giuliani to address comments made by Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, who had compared Giuliani to Pontius Pilate and said, "Rudy's public proclamations on abortion are pathetic and confusing. Even worse, they're hypocritical."
As Giuliani started to answer, lightning struck several times nearby, momentarily zapping the sound system and producing alternating static and silence. Giuliani raised his hands and glanced toward the heavens.
"For someone who went to parochial schools all his life," he chuckled, "this is a very frightening thing."
Nonetheless, he took his chances and expressed his personal opposition to abortion, but reaffirmed his belief that government should stay out of it.
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