[Dialogue] Fact Check re: Obama

[Diann McCabe]

Yes, it¹s disturbing that whoever is putting out this stuff assumes that a
³Muslim² is someone to be feared and loathed.  We have much work to do to
enlighten people about how we as ³Christians² have many, many connections to
the Islamic faith.--Diann


On 3/6/08 1:29 PM, "facilitationfla at aol.com" <facilitationfla at aol.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, Del,
> Yes, this is disgusting.  Another paper (similar to National Enquirer) had a
> front page headline last month: "Obama's hidden ties to Al Queda".  Last week
> -- again on the front page it had a photo of a grizzled white guy with the
> headline, "I slept with Obama".  I went to the Publix store manager and told
> him he shouldn't be selling such trash in our community.
> Cynthia
>> This appeared in the newspaper February 28.  I just hadn¹t had a chance to
>> send it on until now.
>>  
>> FACT CHECK
>>  
>> Some of the rumors and allegations about Barack Obama are clearly not true,
>> yet still spread, often anonymously.
>>  
>> 1.  A debunked chain e-mail circulating widely suggests he is hiding his
>> Islamic roots.  It says he was sworn into the Senate on the Quran and turns
>> his back on the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance.  Actually, he took his
>> Senate oath with his hand on a family Bible, and he says, ³Whenever I¹m in
>> the United States Senate, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
>> States of America.²
>>  
>> 2.  Another false report says he attended a Muslim madrassa as a child in
>> Jakarta.  Obama was born in Hawaii and moved to Indonesia when he was 6 to
>> live with his mother and stepfather. He returned to Hawaii when he was 10 to
>> live with his maternal grandparents.  Interviews last year by the Associated
>> Press at the elementary school in Jakarta found that it is a public and
>> secular institution and has been open to students of all faiths since before
>> Obama attended in the late 1960s.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Del Morrill <del at hypnocenter.com>
> To: Order Ecumenical <OE at wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 1:56 pm
> Subject: Fact Check re: Obama
> 
> This appeared in the newspaper February 28.  I just hadn¹t had a chance to
> send it on until now.
>  
> FACT CHECK
>  
> Some of the rumors and allegations about Barack Obama are clearly not true,
> yet still spread, often anonymously.
>  
> 1.  A debunked chain e-mail circulating widely suggests he is hiding his
> Islamic roots.  It says he was sworn into the Senate on the Quran and turns
> his back on the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance.  Actually, he took his
> Senate oath with his hand on a family Bible, and he says, ³Whenever I¹m in the
> United States Senate, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
> America.²
>  
> 2.  Another false report says he attended a Muslim madrassa as a child in
> Jakarta.  Obama was born in Hawaii and moved to Indonesia when he was 6 to
> live with his mother and stepfather. He returned to Hawaii when he was 10 to
> live with his maternal grandparents.  Interviews last year by the Associated
> Press at the elementary school in Jakarta found that it is a public and
> secular institution and has been open to students of all faiths since before
> Obama attended in the late 1960s.
> (from the Associated Press)
>  
>  
>  
> Del Hunter Morrill
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>  
> There can be nothing to frighten you if you refuse to be afraid. (Mahatma
> Gandhi)
>  
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