Why The White House is Fuming Over Axelrod's Book!
In the Bible a King is uniquely called and anointed for the office. The same is true for a Priest. Carrying this over to today, the Pastor's office is not above the Politician's office. Likewise the Politician's office is not above the Pastor's office. God actually honors these roles of delegated authority whether we think so or not.
It does not matter if you're a Republican, Democrat or Libertarian. If a sincere Pastor like Rick Warren reaches out and is willing to give you a fair exposure to their evangelical audience by all means respond, but do not use them or lie to them. And don't wrap your deception up in your “faith” and cite the Bible. We all stumble in many ways, and we should have more grace for elected officials. But certain sins will get you into trouble and this one falls into that category.
I don't know why a former close Presidential advisor like David Axelrod would reveal the information he did last week. Regardless of motive, it's not your typical political naughtiness he describes. As you'll see.
In his new book “Believer,” former Obama strategist David Axelrod reveals that President Obama intentionally misled the American public and used Rick Warren in particular to deceive church going voters regarding his beliefs about gay marriage.
— the “WEEK” reporter Matt K. Lewis says…
“In Axelrod's telling, Obama was, at heart, a supporter of same-sex marriage when he ran in 2008, but Axelrod advised him NOT to reveal his beliefs because “opposition to gay marriage was particularly strong in the black church.” And indeed, it wasn't until 2012 that President Obama publicly came around in favor of gay marriage, after a much-mocked, faux-Hamlet period of “evolving.”
“In the wake of Axelrod's revelation, conservatives have been quick to note that Obama had often in the past cited his faith when opposing gay marriage. “What I believe, in my faith, is that a man and a woman when they get married are performing something before God, and it's not simply the two persons who are meeting,” he said in 2004. “I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman,” he told Rick Warren in 2008. “For me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union — God is in the mix.”
“I've seen conservatives and Christians cite this fact as though it were prima facie damning evidence. National Review, for example, ran a post titled: “Obama Didn't Just Lie About Opposing Gay Marriage; He Kept Citing His Faith While Doing It.” Critics have documented the faith element of Obama's apparent lying as if the implications were self-evident. But let's spell it out: Why is masking a lie in the cloak of faith so inherently disturbing and telling?
“In terms of its magnitude, this lie might seem pretty harmless to a nonbeliever. FDR's campaign promise that “your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” was obviously much more significant in the grand scheme of things. George H.W. Bush's “Read my lips” tax pledge and Bill Clinton's “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” were arguably more substantive lies than Obama's. But Obama's still belongs in a category by itself.
“Consider this imperfect analogy. You say, “On the life of my daughter, I'm telling the truth…” and I find out that you lied. The lie itself might be about something terribly minor. But what kind of person would do that?
“That's the problem here. Obama cited his belief in something sacred to buttress an argument he apparently didn't actually believe. By making his faith an accessory to a lie, he subjected something sacred to something profane.
“For the faithful, this really is a damning revelation.
“I'm less interested in how Obama feels about gay marriage than I am in the fact that he's the kind of person who would cite his faith to justify a lie.”
by: Matt K. Lewis
Lance: To his credit the President was uncomfortable lying to the electorate. What makes it wicked is he KNEW he was going to promote an agenda that might cost him his election. This is typical of progressives- they know better than you and have to deceive you. Once in power they will impose their will on you for your sakes.
