When one observes President Obama’s unwillingness
to accommodate America ’s four-century long religious conscience protection
through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines and
beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that
characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out
Catholics, he has equally targeted traditional Protestant beliefs over the past
four years. So since he has attacked Catholics and Protestants, one is tempted
to say that he is anti-Christian. But that, too, would be inaccurate. He has
been equally disrespectful in his appalling treatment of religious Jews in
general and Israel in particular. So perhaps the most accurate description of
his antipathy toward Catholics, Protestants, religious Jews, and the Jewish
nation would be to characterize him as anti-Biblical. And then when his
hostility toward Biblical people of faith is contrasted with his preferential
treatment of Muslims and Muslim nations, it further strengthens the accuracy of
the anti-Biblical descriptor. In fact, there have been numerous clearly
documented times when his pro-Islam positions have been the cause of his
anti-Biblical actions.
Listed below in chronological order are (1)
numerous records of his attacks on Biblical persons or organizations; (2)
examples of the hostility toward Biblical faith that have become evident in the
past three years in the Obama-led military; (3) a listing of his open attacks on
Biblical values; and finally (4) a listing of numerous incidents of his
preferential deference for Islam’s activities and positions, including letting
his Islamic advisors guide and influence his hostility toward people of Biblical
faith.
1. Acts of hostility toward people of
Biblical faith:
- April 2008 – Obama speaks disrespectfully of
Christians, saying they “cling to guns or religion” and have an “antipathy to
people who aren't like them.” 1
- February 2009 – Obama announces plans to revoke
conscience protection for health workers who refuse to participate in medical
activities that go against their beliefs, and fully implements the plan in
February 2011. 2
- April 2009 – When speaking at Georgetown University
, Obama orders that a monogram symbolizing Jesus' name be covered when he is
making his speech. 3
- May 2009 – Obama declines to host services for the
National Prayer Day (a day established by federal law) at the White House. 4
- April 2009 – In a deliberate act of disrespect,
Obama nominated three pro-abortion ambassadors to the Vatican ; of course, the
pro-life Vatican rejected all three. 5
- October 19, 2010 – Obama begins deliberately
omitting the phrase about “the Creator” when quoting the Declaration of
Independence – an omission he has made on no less than seven occasions. 6
- November 2010 – Obama misquotes the National Motto,
saying it is “E pluribus unum” rather than “In God We Trust” as established by
federal law. 7
- January 2011 – After a federal law was passed to
transfer a WWI Memorial in the Mojave Desert to private ownership, the U. S.
Supreme Court ruled that the cross in the memorial could continue to stand, but
the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be transferred as required
by law, and refused to allow the cross to be re-erected as ordered by the Court.
8
- February 2011 – Although he filled posts in the
State Department, for more than two years Obama did not fill the post of
religious freedom ambassador, an official that works against religious
persecution across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the
public and from Congress. 9
- April 2011 – For the first time in American history,
Obama urges passage of a non-discrimination law that does not contain hiring
protections for religious groups, forcing religious organizations to hire
according to federal mandates without regard to the dictates of their own faith,
thus eliminating conscience protection in hiring. 10
- August 2011 – The Obama administration releases its
new health care rules that override religious conscience protections for medical
workers in the areas of abortion and contraception. 11
- November 2011 – Obama opposes inclusion of President
Franklin Roosevelt’s famous D-Day Prayer in the WWII Memorial. 12
- November 2011 – Unlike previous presidents, Obama
studiously avoids any religious references in his Thanksgiving speech. 13
- December 2011 – The Obama administration denigrates
other countries' religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights.
14
- January 2012 – The Obama administration argues that
the First Amendment provides no protection for churches and synagogues in hiring
their pastors and rabbis. 15
- February 2012 – The
Obama administration forgives student loans in exchange for public service, but
announces it will no longer forgive student loans if the public service is
related to religion. 16
2. Acts of hostility from the Obama-led
military toward people of Biblical faith:
- June 2011 – The Department of Veterans Affairs
forbids references to God and Jesus during burial ceremonies at Houston National
Cemetery . 17
- August 2011 – The Air Force stops teaching the Just
War theory to officers in California because the course is taught by chaplains
and is based on a philosophy introduced by St. Augustine in the third century AD
– a theory long taught by civilized nations across the world (except America).
18
- September 2011 – Air Force Chief of Staff prohibits
commanders from notifying airmen of programs and services available to them from
chaplains. 19
- September 2011 – The Army issues guidelines for
Walter Reed Medical Center stipulating that “No religious items (i.e. Bibles,
reading materials and/or facts) are allowed to be given away or used during a
visit.” 20
- November 2011 – The Air Force Academy rescinds
support for Operation Christmas Child, a program to send holiday gifts to
impoverished children across the world, because the program is run by a
Christian charity. 21
- November 2011 – The Air Force Academy pays $80,000
to add a Stonehenge-like worship center for pagans, druids, witches and Wiccans.
22
- February 2012 – The U. S. Military Academy at West
Point disinvites three star Army general and decorated war hero Lieutenant
General William G. (“Jerry”) Boykin (retired) from speaking at an event because
he is an outspoken Christian. 23
- February 2012 – The Air Force removes “God” from the
patch of Rapid Capabilities Office (the word on the patch was in Latin: Dei). 24
- February 2012 – The Army orders Catholic chaplains
not to read a letter to parishioners that their archbishop asked them to read.
25
- April 2012 – A checklist for Air Force Inns will no
longer include ensuring that a Bible is available in rooms for those who want to
use them.26
- May 2012 - The Obama administration opposes
legislation to protect the rights of conscience for military chaplains who do
not wish to perform same-sex marriages in violation of their strongly-held
religious beliefs.27
- June 2012 - Bibles for the American military have
been printed in every conflict since the American Revolution, but the Obama
Administration revokes the long-standing U. S. policy of allowing military
service emblems to be placed on those military Bibles.28
3. Acts of hostility toward Biblical
values:
- January 2009 – Obama lifts restrictions on U.S.
government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling
abroad, forcing taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or
perform abortions in other nations. 29
- January 2009 – President Obama’s nominee for deputy
secretary of state asserts that American taxpayers are required to pay for
abortions and that limits on abortion funding are unconstitutional. 30
- March 2009 – The Obama administration shut out
pro-life groups from attending a White House-sponsored health care summit. 31
- March 2009 – Obama orders taxpayer funding of
embryonic stem cell research. 32
- March 2009 – Obama gave $50 million for the UNFPA,
the UN population agency that promotes abortion and works closely with Chinese
population control officials who use forced abortions and involuntary
sterilizations. 33
- May 2009 – The White House budget eliminates all
funding for abstinence-only education and replaces it with “comprehensive”
sexual education, repeatedly proven to increase teen pregnancies and abortions.
34
He continues the deletion in subsequent budgets. 35
- May 2009 – Obama officials assemble a terrorism
dictionary calling pro-life advocates violent and charging that they use racism
in their “criminal” activities. 36
- July 2009 – The Obama administration illegally
extends federal benefits to same-sex partners of Foreign Service and Executive
Branch employees, in direction violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
37
- September 16, 2009 – The Obama administration
appoints as EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, who asserts that society should
“not tolerate” any “private beliefs,” including religious beliefs, if they may
negatively affect homosexual “equality.” 38
- July 2010 – The Obama administration uses federal
funds in violation of federal law to get Kenya to change its constitution to
include abortion. 39
- August 2010 – The Obama administration Cuts funding
for 176 abstinence education programs. 40
- September 2010 – The Obama administration tells
researchers to ignore a judge’s decision striking down federal funding for
embryonic stem cell research. 41
- February 2011 – Obama directs the Justice Department
to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 42
- March 2011 – The Obama administration refuses to
investigate videos showing Planned Parenthood helping alleged sex traffickers
get abortions for victimized underage girls. 43
- July 2011 – Obama allows homosexuals to serve openly
in the military, reversing a policy originally instituted by George Washington
in March 1778. 44
- September 2011 – The Pentagon directs that military
chaplains may perform same-sex marriages at military facilities in violation of
the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 45
- October 2011 – The
Obama administration eliminates federal grants to the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops for their extensive programs that aid victims of human
trafficking because the Catholic Church is anti-abortion. 46
4. Acts of preferentialism for
Islam:
- May 2009 – While Obama does not host any National
Day of Prayer event at the White House, he does host White House Iftar dinners
in honor of Ramadan. 47
- April 2010 – Christian leader Franklin Graham is
disinvited from the Pentagon’s National Day of Prayer Event because of
complaints from the Muslim community. 48
- April 2010 – The Obama administration requires
rewriting of government documents and a change in administration vocabulary to
remove terms that are deemed offensive to Muslims, including jihad, jihadists,
terrorists, radical Islamic, etc. 49
- August 2010 – Obama speaks with great praise of
Islam and condescendingly of Christianity. 50
- August 2010 – Obama went to great lengths to speak
out on multiple occasions on behalf of building an Islamic mosque at Ground
Zero, while at the same time he was silent about a Christian church being denied
permission to rebuild at that location. 51
- 2010 – While every White House traditionally issues
hundreds of official proclamations and statements on numerous occasions, this
White House avoids traditional Biblical holidays and events but regularly
recognizes major Muslim holidays, as evidenced by its 2010 statements on
Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-ul-Adha. 52
- October 2011 – Obama’s Muslim advisers block Middle
Eastern Christians’ access to the White House. 53
- February 2012 – The Obama administration makes
effulgent apologies for Korans being burned by the U. S. military, 54
but when Bibles were burned by the military, numerous reasons were offered why
it was the right thing to do. 55
Many of these actions are literally unprecedented
– this is the first time they have happened in four centuries of American
history. The hostility of President Obama toward Biblical faith and values is
without equal from any previous American president.
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