Posted on 04/24/2009 11:55:34 AM PDT by truthandlife
President Obama’s first 100 days in office will come to a close.
Obama's juggernaut candidacy swept many Christians into its wake. Some now appear to have "buyer's remorse."
As David Gushee, an evangelical Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University and a supporter of Obama recently wrote in the USA TODAY:
"Mr. President, we need more than lip service. Centrist evangelicals like me embraced Barack Obama's campaign pledge to help bride the gaps of the culture wars. Instead, the president's short record on abortion-related issues is is familiar— and disappointing—rather than revolutionary.”
Gushee is not alone. So, while politicos and pundits analyze the tea leaves of legislation, executive orders, appointments, foreign trips and the like, Christians are pondering these 100 days from their own perspective.
To many Christians, the following events—a few highs and more lows—portray an administration that is less cordial to Christian influence than previous administrations.
Day 1 (January 20) Obama includes “nonbelievers” in listing of faiths in inaugural address.
Day 4 (January 23) Rescinds “Mexico City Policy” on abortion.
Day 10 (January 29) Ignites the Faith Based partnership with Joshua DuBois at the helm. (Good move).
Day 38 (February 26) Proposes new limits on tax-deductible contributions to charitable institutions.
Day 39 (February 27) Announces intent to overturn health care conscience provisions.
Day 49 (March 9) Lifts restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.
Day 59 (March 19) Extends olive branch to anti-Israel Iran.
Day 67 (March 27) American cardinal calls out Notre Dame for inviting Obama to speak.
Day 77 (April 6) In a speech in Turkey, Obama says that United States is not a Christian nation.
Day 83 (April 12) Obama family finally attends church.
Day 85 (April 14) Monogram for the Name of Jesus is covered at Georgetown speech.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
Some Christians who supported Obama are rethinking their position; some are not. Regardless, we have many more days to come.
I’m not disappointed. I’m getting sick of that word. Let Hillary own that word. I’m over it.
I’m mad as hell!
Saps. Taken in, used, and discarded. Not to say that Republicans have not done the same thing for decades. Now Obama has bigger fish to fry — taking down the Catholic Church.
I’m with Father Newsome -
“voting for Obama constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil”.
Also, I WILL add:
There is no way to justify liberalism/socialism against scripture.
The Houston Comical "forgot" to include when he smiled at the "news" that he was named after Mohammed's grandson (happened when he visited the blue mosque) and was directed to look up and see a portrait of his namesake.
If ‘Christians’ were deceived by this rank teleprompter reading amateur, imagine how many will bow down to the Anti-Christ.
Unfortunately, that's all you're going to get.
When zero (obama) came out supporting abortion I knew that he was not going to be the right and a good president. Time proved me right. SHAME on my fellow evangelical Christians who voted for this piece of nothing!
Exactly!
Christians who voted for him shouldn’t be disappointed in Obama. He was unabashedly pro-abortion and not so Christian friendly before he was elected and took office. They followed the ‘advice’ of Kmiec and others and ignored their own consciences and now all of us - whether we voted for him or not - have to endure the ‘less cordial toward Christians’ nature of his administration. It’s just that some of us saw through the pre-election rhetoric. Disappointing, yes, but no one should really be surprised.
Meanwhile, muslims are ecstatic!!
Any concerned and thinking American should be disappointed and should also be very, very concerned about the direction of our Nation. The Home of the Brave and The Land of the Free will soon be no more if Obama and worthless administration have their way. Wake-up Americans.
Yes, indeed.
I am not one to say I told you so but to all the Obama voters: I TOLD YOU SO hahahah eat it cause you dems own it now.
Don’t you just love that president of all those 57 states.
Well, no wonder they voted for Obama.
I totally agree. They should have done their homework.
I've wondered if he wasn't blackmailed...
Very, very astute observation, and scary as hell.
I knew about 0bama advocacy for infanticide back in 2004 after he gave the speech at the Democrat Convention.
I took his measure then.
A whole lot of Christians voted for him. They got what he said he was going to give them. Why be disappointed in a man who tells the truth?
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