10 Most Important Obama Faith Moments

10 Most Important Obama Faith Moments U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT [NY Daily News/Mortimer Zuckerman] - April 29, 2009 1. Rick Warren's Inauguration Day Invocation http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments/rick-warren-invocation 2. Granting First TV Interview to Arabic Language Network http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments/obama-on-al-arabiya 3. Reversing Mexico City Policy on Family Planning Providers Abroad http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments/family-planning-abroad 4. Opening Rallies With Prayer George W. Bush started cabinet meetings with prayer and encouraged the formation of Bible study groups at the White House, but President Obama has gone a big step further in embracing religion by opening many of his public events with prayers that have been commissioned and vetted by administration aides. The prayers, which have kicked off at least a half dozen of the president's outside-the-beltway rallies, are written and read by local community members who've been selected by the White House. Interviews with former White House aides and official presidential archivists going back to the Carter administration turn up no evidence of similar programs. "If a similar thing had been done by President Bush's White House, I guarantee you there would have been a lot of people crying foul," says Bill Wichterman, President Bush's liaison to religious groups. The White House declined to comment about the program, other than to say that such prayers have been standard since Obama began his presidential campaign. http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments/opening-rallies-with-prayer 5. Launching White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments/white-house-faith-office 6. Convening a Faith Advisory Council http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments/faith-advisory-council 7. Joe Biden's Receiving Ashes on Ash Wednesday http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments/biden-ash-wednesday 8. Lifting Restrictions on Federally-Funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments/stem-cell-research 9. Announcing Plans to Give Notre Dame's Commencement Address http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments/obama-at-notre-dame 10. Speaking to Muslim World From Turkey http://www.usnews.com/listings/ten-obama-faith-moments FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of religious, environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.