[lbryce]

Well, he's really unto something there. In the same vein in which religious organizations (and condemned for it) have tried therapies speaking to gay people and offering programs that make them see that being gay is merely a lifestyle option, Obama now suggests that the problem we've had regarding abortion, same sex marriage, is really a matter of people resisting these everyday normal things because religious people see abortion, same sex marriage as that of being in opposition to those who have moral principles, deeply held religious beliefs. Now, if we can speak to these people and get them to understand that their way of life, their religious beliefs is the problem , we wouldn't have these diverse opinions on these issues. Seems simple enough to me. Just get rid of God.

[PeteePie]

My email to the president this morning via whitehouse.gov:
I applaud the President in his remarks that we need to “help people overcome their religious beliefs.” The growing extremism displayed by Muslim extremists world wide is a grave concern. With beheading and other forms of murder, oppression of women, stifling of education, suppression of truth, shunning technology, the list goes on. These extremist Muslim radicals are perverting their own Koran by murdering and suicide bombing. Sura 3, Imram’s Family (3.139), “It is not for any soul to die, save by God’s permission written down for an appointed time.”

They also boast of wanting to take over the world for Islam. This declaration and all the other unacceptable beliefs of the radical Islamists are declared in the name of religion. This is unacceptable and flies in the face of the Presidents very words. I stand behind him in our need to “help people overcome their religious beliefs.” How may I help in this regard?