Pastors who pray with Obama say he's a devout Christian

[bloomington-lib]

Source: Miami Herald

Some of Obama's more socially liberal positions on gay rights or atheists' role in society could be contributing to the corollary belief that he isn't a Christian.

However, the pastors also said that his preference to practice his faith privately rather join a Washington church or to wear religion on his sleeve might have helped minimize the public's impression of him as a religious person.

Hunter described the president's call to him earlier this summer when he learned that Hunter's granddaughter had brain cancer.

"He said, 'Remember now, the Lord's with you,' " Hunter recalled. "He became my pastor for just a conversation. It was very genuine, very personal and very much at his initiative. It's one of those glimpses no one else is able to see, and if they were it wouldn't even be a question" of his faith.

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Not that I think religion matters AT ALL, it's just another example how conservatives are always wrong. Plus I think it says Obama,in general, is a genuinely caring person. At least more than Bush by a mile.