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Beck vs. Obama: Whose Version of Christianity Is More Mainstream?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 2) -- God is on whose side? Today, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs responded to criticism made by television talk show host Glenn Beck, who alleges that President Barack Obama believes in tenets of liberation theology, a social justice movement started in Latin America's Catholic churches in the 1960s in response to the plight of the poor. "The president is a committed mainstream Christian," Gibbs said at Thursday's press gaggle, adding that he wasn't sure whether Obama actually did admire the movement, nor where Beck had learned of the alleged connection. Gibbs' ...
Glenn Beck's Attacks Prompt White House Defense of Obama's Faith
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhite House spokesman Robert Gibbs Thursday pushed back against Fox News host and religious revivalist Glenn Beck by asserting that President Obama is "a committed, mainstream Christian." The White House has been flummoxed in recent weeks by surveys showing that a growing number of Americans believe that Obama is a Muslim and not a Christian -- one in five express that belief, according to a recent Pew survey. A Newsweek poll this week showed that a majority of Republicans believe Obama "sympathizes with the goals of Islamic fundamentalists who want to impose Islamic law around the ...
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