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Hillary Clinton and President Obama Mention Uganda at Prayer Breakfast

by Tommy Christopher | 3:30 pm, February 4th, 2010

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At today’s National Prayer Breakfast, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama spoke out against draconian anti-gay legislation being proposed in Uganda. The President’s appearance at the National Prayer Breakfast has been the subject of controversy, given the ties between “The Family,” the event’s organizer, and the proponents of that Uganda law.

Although “The Family” in the US says it opposes the law and is working to defeat it, it was a “Family” member in Uganda who proposed the law. On Monday, Rachel Maddow spoke out against the President’s appearance:

The President’s response was probably not what Rachel was looking for, but he and Hillary Clinton did both address the issue in their remarks at the breakfast:

While it is commendable that they spoke in support of gay rights, it is doubtful that this will assuage critics. While not exactly a coronation of the King of Peace, the National Prayer Breakfast remains a thorn in the side of proponents of separation of church and state, and to those wary of “The Family” and its secretive nature.

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Madcow never fails, in revealing her arrogant ignorance, first by her attempt to slime a religious organization by the misdeeds of some of its members. There is enough slime to go around using her “guilt by association” logic. How quickly she forgot Obama’s association with the racist Reverend Wright, or with the dishonest ACORN. She was so adept at bringing up the sexual infractions of some of “The Family’s” members, but how quickly she must have forgotten Obama’s latest advisor/affiliate Charles Phillips and his sexual escapades for nine years, while married.

As for separation of church and state issues and Maddow’s guest, do they think that most Americans are stupid and don’t know what the constitutions states about religion and the state? The separation of church and state has been so badly misconstrued by PC liberals that it has become a muddy pool of excrement in American politics and with people like Maddow. The amendments say Congress shall make no laws establishing religion nor shall it prohibit the free exercise thereof. That does NOT mean that faith/religion has no place in the lives of politicians, including the President. It means Congress can’t rule churches or establish churches. The President attending a prayer breakfast has nothing to do with a violation separation of church and state, but a simple participation in a religious event, something all American’s have a right to do.
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Golly, look at all the “Is Gay Marriage Wrong?” ads on this page.

I wonder if they get more clicks when they say that instead of, say, “Is Gay Marriage Right?”
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I know I’ll be called extremely ignorant for asking this, but, what exactly is “The Family”?