About a quarter of Americans, according to surveys, believe that President Obama is a Muslim.<\/p>\n
Obama says he’s a Christian but there’s almost nothing in his behavior or his speech that’s distinctively Christian. By contrast, nobody doubts that Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum and George W. Bush are Christians.<\/p>\n
Obama evinces a comfort with Islam that he may not show with his purported religion. <\/p>\n
Peter Wehner writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n On Tuesday, Reverend Franklin Graham gave an interview on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe\u201d that created a bit of a stir among the political class. At the core of the controversy is what Graham said about President Obama\u2019s Christianity.<\/p>\n When asked directly if the president was a Christian, Graham said, \u201cHe\u2019s come out saying that he\u2019s a Christian. The question is, What is a Christian?\u201d At another point Graham said, \u201cIf he says he\u2019s a Christian, I\u2019m not going to say he\u2019s not.\u201d But when faced with this direct statement \u2014 \u201cSo therefore, by your definition, [Obama\u2019s] not a Christian\u201d \u2013 the Reverend Graham answered, \u201cYou have to ask him. I cannot answer that question for anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n Except that in the same interview, when asked if Rick Santorum is a Christian, Graham was able to answer that question for somebody. \u201cOh, I think so,\u201d Graham said. He added there was \u201cno question, I believe [Santorum is] a man of faith.\u201d The Reverend Graham then chimed in, \u201cI think Newt is a Christian. At least he told me he is.\u201d To which Willie Geist said, \u201cSo Newt Gingrich is a Christian, but you\u2019re not sure that President Obama is. And you said based on the way they\u2019ve lived their lives.\u201d And just in case Graham hadn\u2019t said enough, when asked if he could say categorically that President Obama was not a Muslim, Graham said, \u201cI can\u2019t say categorically, because Islam has gotten a free pass under Obama.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About a quarter of Americans, according to surveys, believe that President Obama is a Muslim. Obama says he’s a Christian but there’s almost nothing in his behavior or his speech that’s distinctively Christian. By contrast, nobody doubts that Newt Gingrich … Continue reading