<div dir="ltr"><br>>>In fact, given the realities of US politics at this<br>>>time in history, any candidate for president or vice president must<br>>>announce, and back up by action, they are a devout Christian, or they will<br>
>>have a limited chance of election. Witness Obama's repeated insistence he<br>>>is not Muslim, his emphasis on his Christian faith, and the attacks, by<br>>>those wishing to undermine his campaign, that he has a Muslim background.<br>
<br>The casting of aspersions about Obama's religion is the polite way for racists<br>to adorn their racism with the more "socially acceptable" and "politically correct"<br>window dressing of religious bigotry.<br>
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