President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.
Associated Press
Our take: While much has been written about Mitt Romney's Mormonism, here is an examination by CNN's John Blake on Presidents Barack Obama's Christianity. Blake calls Obama a religious pioneer who is expanding the definition of who can be a Christian "by challenging the religious rights domination of the national stage."
President Barack Obama was sharing a pulpit one day with a conservative Christian leader when a revealing exchange took place.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a conservative Christian who has taken public stands against abortion and same-sex marriage, had joined Obama for an AIDS summit. They were speaking before a conservative megachurch filled with white evangelicals.
When Brownback rose to speak, he joked that he had joined Obama earlier at an NAACP meeting where Obama was treated like Elvis and he was virtually ignored. Turning to Obama, a smiling Brownback said, "Welcome to my house!"
The audience exploded with laughter and applause. Obama rose, walked before the congregation and then declared:
"There is one thing I have to say, Sam. This is my house, too. This is Gods house."
Read more about The Gospel according to Obama on CNN.
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If the religious right thinks God needs a self-annointed surrogate to review credentials and certify who qualifies as the right kind of Christian, then I won't make the cut either.
America is great, because America is good.
We need leadership which does not promote coveting, lying, adultry, stealing, killing of babies, but one that respects God as the creator of a country which supplies free choice.
Yes, the religious Right does consider Obama to be "the wrong kind of Christian."
And Utah is the Reddest state in the country! Utah is the standard bearer of the religious Right!
That doesn't reflect we'll on