As a guide for the perplexed regarding Barack Obama's clumsy evangelical outreach, we present this teaching moment in comparative religiopolitics:
It is doubtful that children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance feel oppressed or brainwashed as a consequence of muttering the phrase 'under God'...
It is doubtful that children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance feel oppressed or brainwashed as a consequence of muttering the phrase 'Allahu Akbar'...
Different? How, exactly? Discuss.
Bonus question: Why is it that Dems like Obama and Howard Dean are unable to talk about religious values without insulting or undermining their own base? Ten minutes, then pencils down.
(Cross-posted.)
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