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What Happened to the Wall that Separates?

I am pretty sure that I remember when W. was running for President and while President he was accused…of all things…making decisions based on his faith and by praying to God for guidance.  And I also remember that the press and the left blasted W. for trying to impose religion on the US and establishing a theocracy.

THERE IS A WALL SEPARATING CHURCH AND STATE! Isn’t there?

But fast forward eight years, and now Obama not only speaks regularly about his religion, Christianity, but he is appearing IN churches giving political speeches.  Sure McCain has appeared in churches, too.  But the point here is what happened to the left’s opposition of Christianity on public display….and from a politician.

Dr. Mohler states it better than me:

“I was not very hopeful about the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency held at the California megachurch last Saturday night.  In the first place, I am not really comfortable with the idea of hosting such a politically charged event in a church.  No matter how the event is planned and projected, once the event starts it can turn into something far more politically volatile than planned.”

Where’s the outcry? Where’s the rage?  Where the fear that Obama would try to establish a theocracy?  Will Obama tear down that “wall?”

(Now, in my opinion, there is no such wall…and a true study of history of the phrase from a letter penned by Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists reveals the opposite meaning as it used today…)

But let’s assume that there is a wall between church and state, Obama gets to ignore it because….why?

And why does the press and the left not care that ‘religion’ seems to be such a big part of Obama’s life?

  • so true!!
  • Micah
    I think everyone's fear with W was that he is really, really dumb.
  • @Micah he may be dumb, but you have to give the guy credit for being a hard worker. Who else do you know that is dedicated enough to get up early in the morning and personally set gas prices unbelievably high at every single station in the country?
  • Micah
    Sadcox,

    I was talking about Pres. Bush, not McCain's version of Obama.
  • Let's just be honest...the left doesn't care that Obama is a Christian, they don't expect him to act on it.
  • Bethany Joy Simmons
    Was Jesus the first person on earth to speak to this topic of separation of church and state?

    Please read this scripture and help me understand:

    Matthew 22:15-22

    "Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away."
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