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God and Country by Dan Gilgoff

Obama's Inaugural Prayer Team: Where's the (Religious) Diversity?

January 13, 2009 11:04 AM ET | Dan Gilgoff | Permanent Link | Print

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What's the change we really need?

What's the change we really need? Find plenty of examples at: http://obamaprayers.blogspot.com

the inaugural prayer

was great. It included everyone and was a prayer of repentance and well given. If atheists don't like it, shut your ears.

we have freedom to express our feelings and prayer as much as you

have the right to protest but you do not have the right to take away my right to pray when and how I want.

I felt the prayer did not slander or harm anyone but it lifted and

encouraged.

Our Lord is in His heaven and keeps us day and night.

Interesting point

I think someone has confused different political views within Protestant Christianity with "religious diversity." I am a Christian, but feel much more comfortable with the idea of including those of other religions than merely having different types of Christians. I think the latter creates much more controversy--almost seems like a move designed to create a stir--while including other religions would be much more respectful and logical.

Very odd.

And while were at it, don't forget the druids, pagans, naturists, agnostics, athiests, satan worshipers and all the other religious "sects" out there.

Whatever happened to the days when there was one invocation given by one person of the president's choosing. The press needs to give us facts and let us interpret them ourselves, too bad the press and the elite of this country know the rest of us are too dumb to think.

Religious Diversity

the writer asks the question,"Whee is the religious diversity?" I would suggest that it is about where it is in Sauda Arabia or Egypt, not very evident. For over 200 years we have done fairly well with the tolerance thing. If the Muslims were in power we would see much more intolerance. PAUL nEFF

Interfaith Prayer Service

It will very nice to consider an Interfaith Prayer Service with Christain,Hindu ,Moslem,Jews and other major Religious Leaders offering Prayers.

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Dan Gilgoff covers religion for U.S. News & World Report. He is the author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War, and is a former politics editor at beliefnet. E-mail Dan at godandcountry@usnews.com.

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