Obama hosts first evangelical summit at White House

[rug]

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey | Religion News Service, Published: October 12

President Obama formally extended his ear to evangelicals ahead of the 2012 election, meeting with top leaders of the National Association of Evangelicals in the White House for about 30 minutes on Wednesday (Oct. 12).

International religious freedom was a top priority for the group as they thanked Obama for condemning the charges against Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian pastor facing execution for his conversion to Christianity.

George Wood, the general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, cited other cases of people who been persecuted in cases around the world.

“Someone commented that all these things relate to issues of religious freedom,” NAE President Leith Anderson said in an interview after the meeting. “He (Obama) did a lot of listening.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/obama-hosts-first-evangelical-summit-at-white-house/2011/10/12/gIQAgDnyfL_story.html

[monmouth]

1. I hope they touched on Separation of Church and State....n/t

[laconicsax]

2. Trod upon more likely.

[DURHAM D]

3. Puke

:puke:

[glinda]

7. +1

[lunasun]

4. So many evangelicals are supporters of Obama they deserve a p rivate meeting @ WH

[NMMNG]

5. How special

George Wood, the general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, cited other cases of people who been persecuted in cases around the world.

The cases where Christians were persecuted (in their own minds if nowhere else), not the cases where Christians did the persecuting.


“Someone commented that all these things relate to issues of religious freedom,”

Religious freedom for conservative Christians, but not for other people.

[msongs]

6. they yuk it up about obama's bible with only 9 commandments nt

[glinda]

8. Has he hosted one for Atheists? Lutherans? Or Buddhists? Or any other group?

[elehhhhna]

14. liberals? progressives?

eff him he's a loser/phoney/trojanhorse

[glinda]

19. Yeah but has he?

[Bonhomme Richard]

9. Does he really believe that these people and those that....

are against medical marijuana are going to vote for him? Really?

[Lionessa]

10. Yuck! Get your religion out of our politics! YUCK!

I just typed that in another thread, and it seems perfectly appropriate here as well.

WTF has this country come to?

[NC_Nurse]

11. what bullshit. ugh.

[darkstar3]

12. Yet another president that doesn't understand or care that religion has no place in governance.

[NMMNG]

13. "God is in the mix"

If you don't believe in their god, or if you do and don't approve of him being involved with your government, that's too bad for you.

[darkstar3]

15. Well, after all,

we just don't qualify as citizens for these people.

[NMMNG]

16. They sure don't mind

taking our tax money to subsidize their churches and other religious endeavors, though.

[darkstar3]

17. Now there's a point. If my rights aren't respected, and my government officials

say I shouldn't be a citizen, should I have to pay taxes?

[slay]

18. Will he ever hold a liberal/progressive summit?

hahahaah. sorry made myself laugh when i asked that. obama - caring what progressives think or want? bwhahahah! :rofl: :( kinda sad really.

[NMMNG]

20. Not likely

We're just supposed to automatically vote for him because he has a D after his name. He apparently doesn't think we're worth courting. Why he's bothering, however, with people who wouldn't vote for him if he were the last candidate on Earth I'll never understand. Sadly this has been a continuing pattern.