President Obama has repeatedly attempted to reach out to America’s godless, but non-believers say they are growing tired of his “lip service.” David Gibson reports:
Since November, Obama has also shown himself to be the most biblically (and theologically) literate president in decades, and one who makes no effort to hide his light under a bushel. In fact, the current president invokes Jesus more regularly than his predecessor, George W. Bush—and of course he has to, given persistent rumors that Obama is a Muslim, or simply an unbeliever in Christian clothing.
Secularists could live with the God talk, if it were just talk. “While we’d rather not see so much religious rhetoric, it is the norm” for presidents, said Jesse Galef, spokesman for the Secular Coalition for America. “That’s not a battle we’re looking to fight, going after him for invoking Jesus’ name more than George Bush did.”
More troubling for the coalition and its fellow unbelievers, however, are some of Obama’s policy initiatives—such as his apparent tolerance for religious discrimination in hiring for faith-based programs, and his split-the-baby compromise on embryonic stem cell research—and several recent personnel moves.
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