Obama's 'War on Religion' Controversy (VIDEO)

Has Obama waged a war on religion?

Republican presidential hopefuls from Rick Santorum to Newt Gingrich to Mitt Romney have declared that Obama is hostile to religion, citing examples varying from the administration's take on the "ministerial exception" in a recent Supreme Court case to Obama's recent insurance contraception mandate.

Sarah Posner of Religion Dispatches, Michael Livingston of the National Council of Churches and John Garvey of the Catholic University of America discuss.

Comments

[sinbad usn]

04:12 PM on 02/27/2012

I think I'll become a member of Huffpost. This is too much fun(blog)to miss out on.

[peter010908]

02:38 AM on 02/27/2012

The evangelicals want the election to be based around religion, nothing else.

[Tmiley]

03:23 PM on 02/26/2012

Obama is a Christian. If he wasn't he could not be president in this country. The atheists are where the gays were 30 years ago politically. First we have a black president and then a gay one and then an atheist. I would like to see a black, gay, atheist become president in this country. Then I would know for sure that we had an intelligent, open minded, and worldly population.

[mabinog]

10:47 PM on 02/25/2012

contrived and dishonest election year demogoguery

[Killermolls44]

07:01 PM on 02/25/2012

Lol there's no war on religion. Sorry you don't get your way every time, doesnt mean you're being oppressed at all.

[George Genung]

11:28 AM on 02/25/2012

It is laughable that people who claim to worship a deity that created the universe, supposedly all powerful, are afraid that this deity is under attack. How do you attack something that is all powerful ?
Plus, Obama has shown that he is a believer in this supposedly all powerful entity.
Now, just because he doesn't suck up to the foaming at the mouth religious zealots of the far right, he is somehow attacking religion. He is showing intelligence, which terrifies them, intelligence is their greatest enemy.

[ecphx]

07:22 AM on 02/28/2012

This "war" was invented by FOX News , to keep the knuckle dragers attention

[erehwon man]

11:06 AM on 02/25/2012

This is another diversionary tactic by the right in this country and nothing more. Like the
bogus "war on Christmas" invented by Fox to increase the number of blockhead viewers
who become unhinged at the thought that someone might question the fantasy world they
live in.

One has to wonder why Christians are so insecure. If they believe they're going to live
forever (a disquieting thought, for sure) then why really care about what others might think
or do. How do they not expect to be ridiculed when they persist in seeking to legislate
what they think is morality? Especially when that "morality" is so demeaning to women. Or
homosexuals. Or to anyone not wishing to live in the Dark Ages, or times of inquisitions.
This government of this country was never founded on Christianity and it hopefully will remain free of religious restrictions. If the religious right is serious about installing a theocratic regime they should study the existing ones in this world, like Iran or Saudi Arabia.

[PandaUnbound]

03:50 AM on 02/25/2012

It's not a Controversy, it's the truth and no matter how many phony photo ops obama minions take, it won't change that reality. The obama regime and the poodle press denoigrate Christianity on a regular basis while endorsing islam.

[Asal Cliste]

04:18 AM on 02/25/2012

foolish nonsense.

[NellWebbish]

06:07 PM on 02/25/2012

Ahh, another Whiner for Christ. When are you people going to learn that "Not Getting Everything My Way at the Expense of Everyone Else" does not equal persecution?

[Jampa]

10:09 PM on 02/24/2012

What about the War on Humanity waged century after century by organized religion.

[Killermolls44]

07:04 PM on 02/25/2012

Apparently that doesn't matter to them, lol

[Dosadi]

09:45 PM on 02/24/2012

"The Government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian Religion." -1796 Treaty of Tripoli, signed by President Washington

[Dosadi]

09:43 PM on 02/24/2012

"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State."  Thomas  Jefferson

[no dash american]

05:20 PM on 02/24/2012

Enough already, any thing that does not conform to those in charge of their respective Churches seem to believe it is a war on Religion, What did the Pharisees believe about Jesus?

[sinbad usn]

04:15 PM on 02/27/2012

that he was a threat. oh, sorry- Pharisees--I thought you said Santorum.

[no dash american]

04:22 PM on 02/27/2012

Navy it figures

[JDuck]

03:06 PM on 02/24/2012

http://www.politicususa.com/en/people-are-laughing-at-my-country-and-they-should-be

[no dash american]

05:22 PM on 02/24/2012

http://www.everything-online-is-real.com

[johntangier]

07:59 AM on 02/24/2012

THE ECONOMY HAS TO BE IMPROVING AS THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NOW SHIFTED TO MORAL POLICYS. IN THE LAST 10 YEARS MAYBE 10 LAWS WERE PASSED CONCERNING WOMENS HEALTH AND BIRTH CONTROL, SINCE 2010, WHEN THE REPUBLICANS TOOK OVER, WE HAVE HAD OVER 45 LAWS PASSED IN THE HOUSE CONCERNING A WOMANS UTERUS.

[Tmiley]

03:26 PM on 02/26/2012

Don't use caps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[johntangier]

07:56 AM on 02/24/2012

THERE IS NO WAR ON RELIGION, OBAMA HAS GOVEN MORE MONEY TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS THAT BUSH DID IN HIS LAST 3 YARS.

[Tmiley]

03:27 PM on 02/26/2012

Don't use caps because it is hard to read.