Christians for Obama...
Peter Heck, Liberty Tree — Let me start by saying I understand how explosive of an accusation this could appear to be to call President Obama the most anti-Christian president in our history. So let’s stipulate a couple things right off the bat. First, you have to keep in mind that we’re working with a small sample of 43 guys. Yes, I know there have been 44 presidents, but 2 of them were the same guy, Grover Cleveland, with his terms split. So 43 guys that you’re comparing Mr. Obama to when you make this accusation. It’s not saying he’s the most anti-Christian world leader in history.Second, let’s really define what we mean by anti-Christian. It does not mean he is the Antichrist. It does not even mean that he’s not a Christian. Seriously. There are plenty of Christians who support ideas that are detrimental to the faith, or that undermine the cause. That’s what we’re talking about here. When you step back and look at the policies, the positions, the worldview of the various presidents of America’s past, Barack Obama is by far the most hostile to basic Christianity than any other.
[...] Whether someone wants to believe he’s a Christian, an atheist, a progressive agnostic or whatever really isn’t of consequence to me. What is of consequence to me is the effect his policies have on the practice of Christianity in America. And here’s just a short list, compiled by conservative historian David Barton (WallBuilders), of what Obama has done:
Acts of Hostility Toward Biblical Values
• January 2009 – Obama lifts restrictions on U.S. government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, forcing taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or perform abortions in other nations.
• January 2009 – President Obama’s nominee for deputy secretary of state asserts that American taxpayers are required to pay for abortions and that limits on abortion funding are unconstitutional.
• March 2009 – The Obama administration shut out pro-life groups from attending a White House-sponsored health care summit.
• March 2009 – Obama orders taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research.
• March 2009 – Obama gave $50 million for the UNFPA, the UN population agency that promotes abortion and works closely with Chinese population control officials who use forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations.
• May 2009 – The White House budget eliminates all funding for abstinence-only education and replaces it with “comprehensive” sexual education, repeatedly proven to increase teen pregnancies and abortions. He continues the deletion in subsequent budgets.
• May 2009 – Obama officials assemble a terrorism dictionary calling pro-life advocates violent and charging that they use racism in their “criminal” activities.
• July 2009 – The Obama administration illegally extends federal benefits to same-sex partners of Foreign Service and Executive Branch employees, in direction violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
• September 16, 2009 – The Obama administration appoints as EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, who asserts that society should “not tolerate” any “private beliefs,” including religious beliefs, if they may negatively affect homosexual “equality.”
• July 2010 – The Obama administration uses federal funds in violation of federal law to get Kenya to change its constitution to include abortion.
• August 2010 – The Obama administration Cuts funding for 176 abstinence education programs.
• September 2010 – The Obama administration tells researchers to ignore a judge’s decision striking down federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
• February 2011 – Obama directs the Justice Department to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
• March 2011 – The Obama administration refuses to investigate videos showing Planned Parenthood helping alleged sex traffickers get abortions for victimized underage girls.
• July 2011 – Obama allows homosexuals to serve openly in the military, reversing a policy originally instituted by George Washington in March 1778.
• September 2011 – The Pentagon directs that military chaplains may perform same-sex marriages at military facilities in violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
• October 2011 – The Obama administration eliminates federal grants to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for their extensive programs that aid victims of human trafficking because the Catholic Church is anti-abortion.
That’s a difficult list to read through and not come to the same conclusion that I started with. Regardless of what President Obama personally professes as his chosen faith, there is no doubting that his behavior has been repeatedly hostile to the values espoused by the Bible. Barton compiles specific actions of the president that are hostile to Christian individuals, both in and out of the military, which is equally alarming.
No, we don’t elect a theologian-in-chief, and that’s an important thing to remember. But we do elect a chief executive who wields great influence and power over our ability to practice our chosen theology free from fear or threat. Barack Obama’s actions demonstrate that he has unquestionably used that influence and power to the detriment of Biblical values. » Read More
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