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, 21:59, January 2, 2009→In addition, Obama will likely be the first Muslim President: disagreement
::Well, there was an explanation given in the LA Times article. According to Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt, "The president-elect didn't want to disrupt a church community on Christmas with the burdens that come with a presidential visit."
::Well, there was an explanation given in the LA Times article. According to Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt, "The president-elect didn't want to disrupt a church community on Christmas with the burdens that come with a presidential visit."
::That makes a certain amount of sense. Still, even as a not particularly religious person myself, I have to agree that Obama is, at the least, not as solid of a Christian as previously thought.--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 22:49, 26 December 2008 (EST)
::That makes a certain amount of sense. Still, even as a not particularly religious person myself, I have to agree that Obama is, at the least, not as solid of a Christian as previously thought.--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 22:49, 26 December 2008 (EST)
:::I disagree. I support Obama's decision to spend the Christmas holiday with his family over disrupting a chruch service in what probably would have been decried as a publicity stunt. I really don't think this does anything to "prove" that he's not a Christian, especially considering that George W. Bush did the same thing http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103ap_eu_vatican_christmas.html [[User:ShawnJ|ShawnJ]] 16:59, 2 January 2009 (EST)