Posted by rskontos on November 12, 2008, at 18:12:18
In reply to Re: The forgotten corners of the world » Sigismund, posted by Nadezda on November 12, 2008, at 17:42:31
that his middle name was given to him by his parents. Of which he had no control. And the school, which I also looked up like Nadezda, is a public school with no real religious bent. I found nothing that indicated it made all its students Muslims, Hindus, or anything in particular. Any religious bent he might have had at that time would have been due to his parents, he was a child. Just like when I was a child I went to a Southern Baptist Church and a Catholic church because I had a parent of each. I am now Greek Orthodox because that is what my husband is and I wanted a one religion family life.
In the words of Colin Powell, "so what if he was Muslim". In a country that has a government based mainly on separation of church and state we do get hung up on if our leader is of any particular religion, yet if our leader got up on the White House lawn and said, I want everyone to go to church, we would all be upset too.
I think sometimes we are confused in what we do and what we expect our leaders to be and do.
Just my observations.
All I can say is I am thrilled we elected Obama. His is my President and I am proud I support him. I believe it was the right thing to do and he is the right man even if my taxes go up.
rsk
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