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Obama's Fascinating Interview with Cathleen Falsani - Steven Waldman
OBAMA: I was raised more by my mother and my mother was Christian. FALSANI: Any particular flavor? OBAMA: No. My grandparents who were from small towns in Kansas. My grandmother was Methodist. My grandfather was Baptist. This was at a time when I think the Methodists felt slightly superior to ...
The Faith of Obama
culture11.com — In 2004, Obama gave an interview to Chicago Sun Times columnist Cathleen Falsani in which he talks... in detail about his faith. The full transcript had never been published in a major publication until yesterday when Beliefnet reprinted it in its ... (more) The Faith of Obama
Obama on Separation of Church and State - The Just-Published 2004 Falsani Interview on Obama's ...
talkingpointsmemo.com — There has been so much speculation in the media, and there have been so many lies, about... Barack Obama's religious beliefs, that it is amazing to me that this interview hasn't been printed in full before now. In 2004, Cathleen... (more) Obama on Separation of Church and State - The ...
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Obama's Faith: Fascinating Interview Unearthed
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun-Times interviewed Barack Obama in 2004 on his faith and spirituality. She's now published the entire interview. Here are some highlights. ...

Obama's Faith: Fascinating Interview Unearthed
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun-Times interviewed Barack Obama in 2004 on his faith and spirituality. She's now published the entire interview. Here are some highlights. ...

Despite Campaign Claim, Obama Told Paper He Attended Trinity Church ‘Every Week’
CNSNews.com Headlines — ... 2004 while he was a state legislator running for a U.S. Senate seat that he attended services at Trinity United Church of Christ every week. This is in contrast to what Obama, as a presidential candidate, said this year after controversial anti-American remarks by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright surfaced. Obama then told news outlets that he did not attend the church frequently and was not aware of Wright s comments. The comments from Obama about his church attendance appeared in the transcript of an interview posted Tuesday on the religious news Web site Beliefnet.com. The ...

Obama in 2004
Talking Points Memo — ... , I found out that Beliefnet.com has just published the full transcript of an interview Obama gave in March 2004 to the then-religion rpeorter for the Chicago Sun-Times, Cathleen Falsani. The interview is principally about Obama's religious beliefs but also, inevitably, draws in many other issues. ...

“Despite Campaign Claim, Obama Told Paper He Attended Trinity Church ‘Every Week’”
protein wisdom — ... in 2004 – while he was a state legislator running for a U.S. Senate seat – that he attended services at Trinity United Church of Christ every week. This is in contrast to what Obama, as a presidential candidate, said this year after controversial anti-American remarks by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright surfaced. Obama then told news outlets that he did not attend the church frequently and was not aware of Wright’s comments. The comments from Obama about his church attendance appeared in the transcript of an interview posted Tuesday on the religious news Web site Beliefnet.com. The ...

Ayers: Obama Was ‘Family Friend’ … Obama: I Attended Wright’s Church “Every Week”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... can free our minds.’’ It’s “[d]eja vu all over again,” Ayers writes. Ayers is scheduled to appear for a live interview Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.’’ —————————————————————————————— Obama’s Fascinating Interview with Cathleen Falsani (Beliefnet) The most detailed and fascinating explication of Barack Obama’s faith ...

Friday roundup: transition edition
Top of the Ticket — ... And then, after that thrilling dénouement . . . comes a lull. Suddenly, your electoral college map is irrelevant. And your RSS feed don't call no more.  But don't worry, there is still plenty of interesting political news being churned out, and we at the Ticket vow to supply you with a steady fix. Once a week, beginning today, we'll post a roundup of some of the most interesting stories from around the web. This week we offer: An intimate look at Barack Obama's faith. A dispatch from the Republican Governors ...

Presidents and Heretics
Ross Douthat — ... Barack Obama is a Christian, one thing to keep in mind is the extent to which heresy of various sorts pervades American Christianity at this point - and, moreover, the extent to which it cuts across confessional, cultural, and political lines. The Obama interview that provided the grist for this conversation does indeed suggest, as Larison ...

Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars — ... on climate science Open Left: The tax history conservatives want us to forget PERRspectives: GOP preparing to block health care reform...again The most sensible discussion I've seen on the economic crisis HOLY CRAP: Happy interfaith (and no faith) Thanksgiving...More 'Obama as Anti-Christ' insanity...Some good news...Supporting religious prejudice...The Gospel of secularism...Obama's spirituality...Christians Against Cartoons...Religious belief is bad for ...

Shock of the Day
N/A — ... I am shocked, shocked that progressive blue America sees red.  Apparently no one else was available to offer an Obama inaugural invocation but Rick Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice, Pro- ...

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