Actually, Obama tried to get the platform committee to pass some measures, two of which were taking God out of the platform and also not recognizing Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel.
It went to the floor and the (slight) majority of democrats to their credit voiced their vote in favor of God, but did not voice their vote for Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel.
I have been puzzled as to why Obama felt the need to have Jerusalem downgraded to a non-capitol. The whole thing was really squirrelly.
So, God stayed in the platform but Jerusalem did not.
Really? I mean - you're really puzzled?
Scary stuff.