Well Obama's gone and done it. He's ticked off the Evangelicals by going back on his committment not to be divisive. He has taken the low road in demeaning and mocking the faith of Conservative Christians. This is something he promised he wouldn't do.
This weekend he spoke at the national meeting of the very liberal United Church of Christ. He said the "Christian Right" has exploited its stance on several hot-button issues to attack the Democratic Party.
He said "Faith got hijacked, partly because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, all too eager to exploit what divides us," At every opportunity, they've told evangelical Christians that Democrats disrespect their values and dislike their church, while suggesting to the rest of the country that religious Americans care only about issues like abortion and gay marriage, school prayer, and intelligent design." I don't know what Bible they're reading, but it doesn't jibe with my version."
Of course my question is not only who is really doing the hijacking here but also, do you suppose Obama really reads his bible? If he does, then he's right, because his version sounds very different than almost every version I've ever read.
Didn't this same Obama promise to not be like the others? Didn't he promise not to be harsh or divisive as he set about a "new tone" in Washington, DC? Well I'd say he did some dividing this weekend. Certainly millions of Evangelical Christians will think so.
But think about it. Who really is doing the dividing here? The Christians haven't changed their stance. Historic Christianity and evangelical Christians have been unified in their commitment towards the protection of innocent human life, the sanctity and dignity of human life, and protecting women from abortion. The evangelicals have always maintained that marriage is between one man and one woman. So who's doing the dividing here? Certainly it can't be the ones who have always taken the stand for moral and absolute truth. Who's really changing the rules here? It's not the Christians. Me, I think the gap has just widened, and Obama is helping things along. It's like what God says, "when you feel far away, who moved?" "Not me" he says.
Do you suppose his harsh statements towards those on the right is to garner more votes from the ultra-liberal, because he's trailing Hillary in the polls? Or is this just the same old, same old; promise one thing and when they get into the thick of it, look around, do the ol' switcharoo and change their spots or maybe in this case...... his mask just plain fell off a bit earlier than usual?
I know one thing, he just bombed with the Evangelicals big time.