Dr. Paul Kengor,The Center for Vision and Values
I got the email in late afternoon. “In a major liberal initiative to curtail discussion of President Obama’s religious identity,” the email began,“over 70 Christian leaders and denominational heads have signed a letter saying that questions about the religious philosophy of the president of the United States should be ignored and suppressed by the major media.”
This couldn’t be correct. No doubt another internet hoax by the vast right-wing conspiracy. I wasn’t taking the bait.
Rather than hit delete,however,I took a moment to open the hyperlink. Lo and behold,the letter (click here),signed by over 70 self-described “Christian pastors and leaders,” proclaimed:
[W]e are deeply troubled by the recent questioning of President Obama’s faith…. [T]he personal faith of our leaders should not be up for public debate…. Therefore,we urge public officials,faith leaders,and the media to offer no further support or airtime to those who misrepresent and call into question the president’s Christian faith.
Likewise remarkable was the letter’s appeal to political neutrality. “This is not a political issue,” the pastors insisted.
The letter was posted at the website of Eleison Group,whose president,Burns Strider, offers faith-based political advice to Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi. Signers include Jim Wallis,who is synonymous with faith and politics,widely known for his group Sojourners and bestseller God’s Politics.
Most striking is the letter’s stunning demand that the media offer no airtime to anyone questioning the president’s faith,even as this president has arguably the most unconventional faith profile of any president in history,understandably creating confusion among the public.
No airtime? Obviously,such a demand presents a host of thorny considerations,beginning,of course,with the First Amendment.
I'm sure glad I do not have them in front of me practicing my Religion. Of course it matters if he is Muslim. It is a Muslims duty to spread this. You submit or die. Look at what they do to Christians in other countries,they kill them,cut off their hands ect. These spiritual leaders are drinking some kind of kool-aid or they are taking a kickback somewhere,or perhaps they do not believe in Christianity after all. This man if left in power,has circumvented the Constitution,he could make and executive to become dictator and have sharia law. He is so full of himself and with the United Nations adoring him,who knows. They are walking a thin line my friends.
I have no doubt that he is a "CLOSET MUSLIM"and in our whitehouse ???
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