Lack of attendance at a Christmas service shows Barack Obama's church dilemma
President-elect does not like to disrupt other churches with security detail and has yet to pick a new home church
HONOLULU — Barack Obama has long stressed the importance of religion in his life.
But as his fellow Christians around the world attended Christmas services on Wednesday and Thursday, the president-elect and his family remained sequestered at their vacation compound on the windward coast of Oahu.
His lack of attendance at formal religious services showcased a dilemma faced by Obama, who is between churches and often expresses concern about bringing the disruption of his security detail into the lives of others.
Still, he has not attended a public church service since before being elected, a departure from the actions of his two immediate predecessors.
"The president-elect didn't want to disrupt a church community on Christmas with the burdens that come with a presidential visit," Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said Thursday.
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the author of this article has definitely been gulping down the koolaid.Fixed. :-)
no big mystery here; his track record of using the church as a political stage prop is pretty extensive. he only joined trinity
to get street cred, and he threw the whole bunch under the bus whenit turnedthe rest of the world found out that the place was throbbing with lunatics.
and he has thrown the whole idea of church away now that he has been elected prezdint.
marketing is useless after the sale has been made.
He's waiting for them to finish construction on "The Church of Obama".
He's waiting for them to finish construction on "The Church of Obama".