The Church of Obama

The phrase, "hijacking a religion", which up until now has been used by politicians on both sides of the aisle to describe the rationalization of Islamic terrorism by radical Islamic clerics, has now been hijacked itself by Barack Obama in recent speeches:

"Somehow, somewhere along the way, faith stopped being used to bring us together and faith started being used to drive us apart," the Democratic presidential candidate said in a 30-minute speech before the national meeting of the United Church of Christ.

"Faith got hijacked, partly because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, all too eager to exploit what divides us," the Illinois senator said. --- [Hat Tip: Washington Post]

In a "Bush league" attempt to psychologically draw a parallel inferring the Christian right is on par with Hamas, Hezboulah and other Islamic fundamentalist terror organization for which this phrase has been most commonly associated during the past five years should not go un-noticed. What is he up to??

Could it be that Barack Obama is now a theological expert? Where does he get this deep insight from?

Obama is a member of the United Church of Christ, a church of about 1.2 million members that is considered one the most liberal of the mainline Protestant groups.

In 1972, the church was the first to ordain an openly gay man. Two years ago, the church endorsed same-sex marriage, the largest Christian denomination to do so. Obama believes that states should decide whether to allow gay marriage, and he opposes a constitutional amendment against it.

Conservative Christian bloggers have linked Obama to what they call the "unbiblical" teachings of his church. Theological conservatives believe gay relationships violate Scripture, while more liberal Christians emphasize the Bible's social justice teachings.

If you are a Democrat you have to begin to wonder if this latest back handed innuendo aimed at organized Christian religion is not the first sign of a religious live and let live philosophy aimed at pandering to the far left base. We suspect Barack Obama hopes this more "secular" position will resonate strongly with them driving any remaining hard left Hillary Clinton supporters into his camp as he begins to polarize his party even further. Obama appeared destined to fight with Hillary over the far left vote from the start of the campaign as the Senator from New York seems to have a solid following with main stream Democrats. Expect polarization, religious and racial pandering from the Obama zealots to amp up in coming months.

Obama trails Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York by 33 percent to 21 percent in the most recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll among Democrats and those leaning toward the party.

-- ZZ Bachman