6 Surprises From Obama's Sit-Down With the Catholic Press

I wish you had asked Obama if and when/where and by whom he was baptized. I've never heard ANYTHING about a baptism...

Also, does a "daily devotional" replace going to Mass??? What about his wife and children? And who can prove he gets a devotional in the first place – or that it's even Christian? No one has access to his B-Berry.

The above may sound mistrustful but let me remind everyone, despite his wholesome looks this is a Chicago politician.

Finally, Obama described the Arabic call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.” Is there anything comparable in the Christian faith that he also finds so beautiful?

Dorothy M. of PA 4:57AM July 11, 2009

I know pro-gay rights Roman Catholics. I know lesbian & gay Roman Catholics, bless their long-suffering, idealistic hearts. But I have never met a lesbian or gay Evangelical protestant. Even Jim Wallis doesn't sound authentic in his views on GLBT rights. Just use your rational noggin Mr. Prez. Give the Pentagon a date for ending DADT. It's how Harry Truman would do it.

rix of NJ 1:30PM July 10, 2009

Many comments show how Prolife propaganda sinks into the mind and stays there like a plug, preventing its terrible effect from draining away. Abortion isn't murder. It's a process that stops division of cells. Sperm enters egg, one cell each. The 2 cells divide to be a zygote. It divides to be 4 cells, called the blastocyst that fastens to the wall of the womb. 2 of the cells are part of he placenta and amniotic sac. At 4 weeks, the embryo has 2 layers of cells. At 8 weeks, it it's the size of one egg of Beluga caviar. If you make the woman wait to 3 months, the abortionist has to deal with one ounce of cells, about 3 inches long. At 4 months, cartilage is turning to bone. Ignorance of the process of mitosis is curable by study. See Washington State Dept. of Health list of genetic diseases, to understand why ending a conception is often a loving and admirable decision. Lawyers tell parents they're eligible for millions of tax dollars if their born child has a reportable genetic illness. Pro-Life churches believe each conception is a potential payer of tithes, if not aborted. The tithe is usually 10% of lifetime income. At a yearly income of $40,000 paid over forty years, the dollar value of a conception is $160,000.

auradawnveirs of CA 4:17AM July 09, 2009

If you really think that comment is going to reassure LGBT people, you're kidding yourself. As a gay man, I don't need my President to concern himself with whether I feel "victimized" or "hurt". I don't much care what sort of "solicitude" or "regard" or "concern" he feels for me. I just want him to keep his promises. Decisions about whether people should be protected against being fired for their sexual orientation, or barred from service in the military, or whether same-sex couples should have the same rights as straight couples, do not require the President to engage in spiritual soul-searching. They require him only to remember that his responsibilities as President are secular, not religious, and that he can't have it both ways. He will press for LGBT people to achieve the same rights other people take for granted, or else he will not. So far he has made a lot of speeches, but seems to believe that that is all he needs to do. Here's my prediction: you will see either actual movement on legislation to pass ENDA and repeal DADT and DOMA, or you will hear increasingly fierce criticism from the LGBT people who voted for Obama, and found that the President we voted for is not the President we got.

Michael M Miller of IN 3:32PM July 08, 2009