Obama and Religion (Muslim and Otherwise)

October 06, 2008

Palin raises Rev. Wright

Key quote: "Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, tells columnist Bill Kristol she doesn't know why Barack Obama's former pastor is off-limits for discussion, calling his anti-American and anti-Semitic remarks 'appalling.' "

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September 19, 2008

Biden, Obama, and the Catholic Vote

Key quote: " 'Last Saturday Time magazine asked: "Does Biden Have a Catholic Problem?' "

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September 17, 2008

Jewish voters report calls disparaging Obama

Key quote: "Jewish voters in Florida and at least one other state are being targeted by a telephone survey tying Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Palestinian causes, an advocacy group alleged Monday."

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September 10, 2008

Obama is like "Jesus"

Key quote: Barack Obama was again compared to Jesus Wednesday, but this time not by Republicans claiming the Illinois senator has an inflated view of himself.

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Rabbis for Obama

Key quote: “we fear that the attempts by some to use Israel as a wedge issue against him, unjustifiably is dangerous in that it politicizes the pro-Israel position.”

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National Review take on Obama interview

Key quote: "The third installment of Bill O’Reilly’s sit-down with Barack Obama aired on Fox News last night. This portion of their discussion focused almost exclusively on Obama’s troubling associations with the likes of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, and far-left bloggers."

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September 08, 2008

Michelle Obama's cousin the Rabbi

Key quote: "While Barack Obama has struggled to capture the Jewish vote, it turns out that one of his wife's cousins is the country's most prominent black rabbi - a fact that has gone largely unnoticed."

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"My Muslim faith"

Key quote: "The quote became a magnet for comments on the YouTube.com video site and by bloggers as the day went on. Some seized on it as confirmation of their suspicions and some ridiculed it as a gaffe."

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Abortion follow up on "above my pay grade"

Key quote: "Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that he was probably too flip when he said it was "above my pay grade" to answer a question about when is a baby entitled to human rights."

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September 05, 2008

Obama Loses Support Among Moderate Evangelicals

Key quote: "'Because of the emotional/social hot-buttons of the traditional evangelical community, things just got very difficult for Sen. Obama,' said Joel Hunter, the Republican pastor who gave the benediction at the Democratic convention. 'I am not sure of the shelf-life of ecstasy.'"

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