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Barack Obama's purpose-driven gamble

The Democrat wanted to show he could compete for evangelical votes, too. Will he succeed?

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  • Sunday, August 17, 2008 09:24 PM

    Slouching Towards Theocracy

    Barack Obama audaciously and arrogantly promises to violate his oath of office. He has consistently made it abundantly clear that RELIGION (that is, his self-righteous version of it) is the ONLY reason he would deny an entire class of his fellow Americans the ‘fundamental’ civil right of secular marriage. This so-called ‘civil rights lawyer’ has never once stated even one legal reason why he would deny this minority the same civil rights he reserves to his own class of citizens and to the exclusion of others.

    The promise and intent to deny civil rights in the name of religion is a violation of Oath of Office that should disqualify any person from holding public office in America. Unlike the Founding Fathers who swore on the Bible to uphold the Constitution Barack Obama (and politicians of his ilk) foreswears the Constitution to uphold his notion of the Bible. This may be Christian but it is clearly un-American.

    Ecrasez l'infame!!

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