Submitted by Austin
A recent poll in the US reported that 43% of Americans when asked “What is Obama’s religion?” still are unsure, with many still thinking he is a Muslim. Let me keep it real for a moment, I’m not a betting man but it would not surprised me if we discovered that many of the unsure and still confused about Obama’s religion are those who have not gotten over the nation electing the first African-American President.
Many of these same folks who believe this nonsense of Obama being a Muslim which he has said repeatedly he is not, interestingly enough also blast him for being associated with the controversial Christian Reverend Wright as one of his followers. OK confused people which one is it?
Racism and religious bigotry in the US in recent years has had to find new ways to spew its venom, and from time to time raises it’s ugly head in very creative ways. What is also puzzling to me is that despite religious freedom being a founding principle in the US constitution, somehow its core meaning often gets marginalized.
The issue of Obama’s religion has regained momentum in recent weeks due to Obama’s public comments supporting the building of an Islamic mosque near ground zero in NYC. Obama had taken a constitutional stand on the issue that takes real courage in the face of such ignorance, and which lives up to the core definition of what freedom of religion truly means. As someone who hates using the race, prejudice and blatant bigotry card sometimes it’s simply warranted.
This kind of ignorance reflected in the results of the poll is frankly scary to say the least. Those that attacked the US on 9/11 sought to change the way of life in the US, by no means should America let terrorist declare victory by causing the public to question core constitutional principles like freedom of religion.
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