Barack Obama apparently does not feel that government should solve all the social and economic problems in the U.S. Today he stated that he wishes to expand President Bush’s faith-based initiative programs, and even went as far as to say that he supports the decisions of faith-based organizations to hire according faith. More from MSNBC.
CNN reports that Obama is working hard to energize the Christian vote, working among groups, pastors, and churches that have hitherto been neglected (perhaps taken for granted?) by John McCain.
In apologetics circles, one often hears that a fundamentalist’s worst nightmare is a Catholic with a Bible. Analogically, a Democrat with religion is no doubt the worst nightmare of the so-called “Religious Right.”