Obama Religion

Despite His Religious Leanings, Atheists Like Obama

Politico | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics


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...

Weekly Churchgoers Are Down With Obama

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:...

Conservative Evangelical: Obama Told Me To Speak Out When I Disagreed With Him

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'...

Barack Obama's New American Religion

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...

Obama Appoints Gay Man To Faith-Based Council

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...

Obama Attends Prayer Breakfast, Orders Review Of Faith-Based Groups

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...

Obama Creates Advisory Council On Faith

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...

A Prayer for Most Americans

C. Brian Smith | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics


C. Brian Smith

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.

Sam Stein

Obama's Election: "This Thing Is Ordained"

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...

Obama And the Rise of Secular Spirituality

Deepak Chopra | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Deepak Chopra

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.

Which One? Anti-Christ vs. Committed Christian Campaign Rhetoric

Eric Shutt | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics


Eric Shutt

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.

Obama Brings In Faith Groups To Help Craft Policy

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...

Gay Marriage, Part 2

Bob Ostertag | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics


Bob Ostertag

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.

Why Gay Marriage is the Wrong Issue

Bob Ostertag | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


Bob Ostertag

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.

Et Tu, Obama?: The Choice of Rick Warren Is Unacceptable

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Geoffrey Dunn

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.

Sam Stein

Rick Warren, Obama Invocation Choice, Causing First Real Rift With Progressives

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...

Obama's Faith: Fascinating Interview Unearthed

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...

Obama Made Gains Among GOP Base Of White Evangelical Voters

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...

Obama Vs. McCain: Take The Faith Quiz

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...

My Personal 'Faith Priorities' for this Election

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Jim Wallis

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.

Poll: Obama More "Friendly To Religion" Than McCain

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...

Obama Rolls Out Faith-Based Merchandise

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...

Obama Move To Center Lamented By Spiritual Progressives

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 08.26.2008 | Home


Kelly Nuxoll

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.

Democratic Convention Interfaith Sunday

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

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.

Outside Rick Warren's Obama-McCain Faith Forum

John Tomasic | Posted 08.18.2008 | Home


John Tomasic

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...