Last spring, Barack Obama decided against holding a public event or even giving a public statement at the White House on the National Day of Prayer. Robert Gibbs explained that Obama preferred to pray privately and stick to written proclamations, rather than hold a public event with Christian and Jewish leaders to mark the occasion as George Bush did for the previous eight years:
“I think the president understands, in his own life and in his family’s life, the role that prayer plays,” Gibbs said. “And I would denote that the administrations prior to the past one did proclamations. That’s the way the president will publicly observe the national prayer day. But, as I said, privately, he’ll pray as he does every day.”
Of course, if the President prefers to make his religious observations in private, that’s his business. As long as he’s consistent, it shouldn’t cause anyone any problem, right? Right?
President Obama continued his charm offensive on the Islamic world today, posting on the White House blog a video wishing Muslims a happy Ramadan, the month of fasting, prayer and charity observed by Muslims worldwide.
But to be fair …
This isn’t the first time Obama has sent special holiday messages — in April, for example, there was a two-fer video post on the White House blog recognizing Passover and Easter.
And yet …
But this message was part of a larger push, a point made clear in the introduction to the Ramadan video by Rashad Hussein, a deputy associate counsel in the White House who was the first Muslim in Obama’s administration.
“This month is also a time of renewal and this marks the first Ramadan since the President outlined his vision for a new beginning between America and the Muslim world,” Hussein wrote. “The President’s message is part of an on-going dialogue with Muslim communities that began on inauguration day and has continued with his statement on Nowruz, during trips to Ankara and Cairo, and with interviews with media outlets such as Al Arabiya and Dawn TV.”
I’ll leave this one to your judgment.
On a related note...
For 42 years, the God and Country Rally in Idaho has started its rally with a military fly over.
The God and Country Rally is a non-denominational rally that supports American soldiers.
For 42 years the Pentagon has carried out the military fly over.
Not any more.
In Barack Obama’s America, the military is no longer allowed to do such things if the group requesting the fly over is Christian oriented.
That’s not an exaggeration.
Let’s roll the tape:
Gird your loins, people of faith. Gird your loins.
There's my two cents.
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