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A really fun story from the Washington Post:

Churches Vie to Attract the Newest First Family

The excitement astonishes presidential historians.

“I can’t recall another situation where there is this kind of interest before the president even takes office in terms of where he is going to go to church, and churches campaigning for his attendance,” said Gary Scott Smith, author of “Faith and the Presidency” and a history professor at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. “This is unique in American political history.”

The historic nature of the new First Family — as the first African Americans and the first in decades with small children — plus Obama’s high-profile difficulties with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is placing unprecedented attention on the family’s choice of a church. Normally, say historians and members of previous administrations, the selection rarely raises a ruckus.

Well, I grew up in the United Methodist Church, and whenever there is news of that church, I have a hope that they will be successful. Of course, Obama came to faith in the United Church of Christ, and I think that he will be more comfortable there. And – I have a strong desire, as part of demonstrating black culture to the wider American audience, for the Obamas to choose to worship in a black congregation.

That said, if the Obamas want to be really outside the box, perhaps they’d like to drop in on the DC Baha’i community! Ok, he couldn’t run for re-election if he became Baha’i, but there have been Baha’i political leaders here and there, so you never know! LOL!

QT

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