In some Protestant churches, he said, the problem was unequal attention and virtual endorsement of particular candidates.
With help from editors who decry hostility in text but promote it with photos, Martin let his first fling with national cover-boy fame become a virtual endorsement of the frequent flagrant fouler, which for months he insisted he wasn't.
Then MoveOn set a deadline of 11 am Thursday for members to back a virtual endorsement vote.
Here's what a spokesperson for Democratic Presidential contender Barack Obama said when he got wind of former Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's virtual endorsement of Obama's White House bid: "Senator Obama has been clear in his objections to Minister Farrakhan's past pronouncements and has not solicited the minister's support".
In a virtual campaign endorsement played up on Russia's state-owned TV, Blair bestowed pre-emptive forgiveness on the former K.G.B. operative who had won popularity among Russians by slaughtering the pesky Chechens.
Cloughs's two months of virtual silence followed by the board's effective endorsement of his action have only made it worse.
The wave of endorsements from the Washington powerful and the virtual blackout by corporate media of opposition candidates assure Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
Michael Abrash, a programmer at the game developer Valve Corporation, who is working on virtual reality and other projects there, said Mr. Carmack's endorsement gave Mr. Luckey's headset "instant credibility".
But exuberant endorsement of the aerial bombardment has now become a virtual test of loyalty.
If a majority support the idea, virtual balloting will run overnight, open only the group's 3.2 million activists, and an endorsement could be announced by Friday.
Centra charged past these hiccups and began its token sale, got its endorsement from Mr. Mayweather (more on that later) and moved ahead with its plans for a virtual currency debit card.
