Despite His Religious Leanings, Atheists Like Obama
How much faith should the faithless put in Barack Obama? The president said in his inaugural address that the United States is "a nation of Christian...
How much faith should the faithless put in Barack Obama? The president said in his inaugural address that the United States is "a nation of Christian...
CBN | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
New information from the latest Gallup Poll shows a majority of weekly Church attendees are happy with the job he's doing. Read below from Gallup:...
CBN | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
Dr. Frank Page, one of the most conservative Evangelicals on President Obama's Faith council has been very frank in his assessment of President Obama'...
newser.com | Michael Wolff | Posted 04.13.2009 | Living
Barack Obama is looking for a church, but what's his religion? Through the campaign, he was dogged by the rumor that he's secretly a Muslim, a slee...
Gay Politics | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
Fred Davie, the openly gay president of Public/Private Ventures, has been named to serve on President Barack Obama's Policy Council on Faith-Based and...
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Declaring that "there is a force for good greater than government," President Barack Obama on Thursday established a White House of...
CBN News | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics
The Brody File has learned that President Obama will announce the creation of a new President's Advisory Council on Faith during this Thursday's Natio...
C. Brian Smith | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics
If our new president is truly devoted to change, he will separate, once and for all, the sloppy, congealed mess that is Church and State. He will allow us to shed unsolicited religious ideology which suffocates us like a dirty, wet t-shirt.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
With the inauguration of the first black president occurring the day after Martin Luther King Day, politics and race are firmly colliding in Washingto...
Deepak Chopra | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics
One senses a blessed return to rationality and the end of intolerant dogma as Obama prepares to enter the White House, but secular spirituality has expanded since the days of Jefferson and Adams.
Eric Shutt | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
Being a public figure doesn't mean you have to deny your beliefs. But as religion plays a role in American politics, preserving the boundary between religion and government is more vital than ever.
US News & World Report | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics
In the eight weeks since Barack Obama was elected president, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Director David Saperstein or members of his Was...
Bob Ostertag | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics
The gay marriage issue has intruded so profoundly on gay politics that I am told I should protest the inauguration of Obama, because he invited a minister to say a prayer whose main priorities are climate change, poverty, and AIDS.
Bob Ostertag | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
How is it that queers became the odd ones out at such a momentous turning point in history? By pushing an agenda of stupid issues like gay marriage.
Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics
By selecting Rick Warren, Barack Obama has sent out the wrong message to the American people. He has betrayed not only gay and lesbian and transgendered Americans, he has betrayed us all.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics
Ever since Barack Obama was elected president, the media has been pining to write a story about liberal dissatisfaction with his transition efforts. B...
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics
Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun-Times interviewed Barack Obama in 2004 on his faith and spirituality. She's now published the entire interview. He...
New York Times | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama succeeded in chiseling off small but significant chunks of white evangelical voters who have been the foundation of the R...
beliefnet.com | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living
From the flap over Rev. Jeremiah Wright--Barack Obama's longtime minister--to the video of Sarah Palin's appearance with an African pastor who was pra...
Jim Wallis | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics
People of faith, and all of us, should be "values voters" but vote all our values, not just a few that can be easily manipulated for the benefit of one party or another.
CBN | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
Imagine if I told you four years ago that voters felt John Kerry was friendlier to religion than George Bush? You would say that is crazy and you'd be...
BeliefNet | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
God-o-Meter has learned that the Obama campaign is about to email religious supporters an annoucnement about a new line of Obama faith merchandise--bu...
Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 08.26.2008 | Home
Clinton supporters aren't the only Democrats who aren't thrilled with the presumptive nominee. At a gathering today of Spiritual Progressives, a priest, a rabbi, a Muslim, and an evangelical Christian lamented Barack Obama's move toward the center.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home
Forget their specific callings, however -- these men and women of the cloth sure can preach. The two-hour event is almost an embarrassment of riches.
John Tomasic | Posted 08.18.2008 | Home
OTB community member Lynn Lyons was on the ground outside Saddleback this past Saturday for Pastor Rick Warren's Faith Forum with candidates Barack Ob...
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Politico | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics