Blog Entry #1

Brittany Hughes

Carol O’Shea

1/15/13

Like many Americans today, Barack Obama was at first not a dedicated Christian. He had is doubts in the religion and did not want to go to church just to say that he went. After realizing that if he did not become apart of a stronger power a part of him would always be detached and missing.  By attending church it did not answer all of his unanswered questions, but in fact it did give Mr. Obama faith, something he had not had in awhile. While he ran for the Senate of Illinois Mr. Obamas faith was questioned. Mr. Keyes, Mr. Obamas opponent at the time questioned whether or not Obama was a true Christian being that he believed in certain life styles such as gay marriage, and that Mr. Obama believed in pro-choice when it came to women’s rights. Mr. Keyes did this to persuade people not to vote for Obama in the election, and did not succeed. Mr. Obama stated, “People are tired of seeing faith used as a tool of attack”, not everyone is going to have the exact same religious views and that is okay. Mr. Obama goes into detail about just because he does believe in pro-choice and gay marriage that does not mean that he is not Christian. Many conservative politicians blame their non-beliefs on their religion, but that doesn’t get the point across to everyone else who is of a different religion, or who is a non-believer all together. Instead of being prejudice towards each other just because someone does not have the same beliefs as one another, we should look further into it and see what similarities each other has and make it into a more positive experience for the Americans.