America’s Most Biblically-Hostile President
By David
Barton
WallBuilders.com
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 message. 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
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.
26
-
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.
27
-
March 2009 – The Obama
administration shut out pro-life groups from
attending a White House-sponsored health care
summit.
28
-
March 2009 – Obama
orders taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell
research.
29
-
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.
30
-
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.
31
He continues the deletion in subsequent budgets. 32 -
May 2009 – Obama
officials assemble a terrorism dictionary
calling pro-life advocates violent and charging
that they use racism in their “criminal”
activities.
33
-
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.
34
-
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.”
35
-
July 2010 – The Obama
administration uses federal funds in violation
of federal law to get Kenya to change its
constitution to include abortion.
36
-
August 2010 – The
Obama administration Cuts funding for 176
abstinence education programs.
37
-
September 2010 – The
Obama administration tells researchers to ignore
a judge’s decision striking down federal funding
for embryonic stem cell research.
38
-
February 2011 – Obama
directs the Justice Department to stop defending
the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
39
-
March 2011 – The Obama
administration refuses to investigate videos
showing Planned Parenthood helping alleged sex
traffickers get abortions for victimized
underage girls.
40
-
July 2011 – Obama
allows homosexuals to serve openly in the
military, reversing a policy originally
instituted by George Washington in March 1778.
41
-
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.
42
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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.
43
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.
44
-
April 2010 – Christian
leader Franklin Graham is disinvited from the
Pentagon’s National Day of Prayer Event because
of complaints from the Muslim community.
45
-
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.
46
-
August 2010 – Obama
speaks with great praise of Islam and
condescendingly of Christianity.
47
-
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.
48
-
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.
49
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October 2011 – Obama’s
Muslim advisers block Middle Eastern Christians’
access to the White House.
50
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February 2012 – The
Obama administration makes effulgent apologies
for Korans being burned by the U. S. military,
51 but when Bibles were burned by
the military, numerous reasons were offered why
it was the right thing to do.
52
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.
Endnotes
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3.Jim Lovino,
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4.Johanna Neuman,
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6. Meredith
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7. “Obama Mocks
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22. Jenny Dean,
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35. Matt Cover,
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