Home is where the heart is. And according to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, a church home is where a person formally joins, not where they regularly attend services.
2President Barack Obama reiterated his pro-gay pledges to the homosexual community during a White House reception Monday. Obama vowed again to overturn the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
343After over a year of being without a worship community, President Barack Obama has reportedly settled on a church home – Evergreen Chapel at Camp David.
23Southern Baptists passed a resolution Wednesday, celebrating the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president while at the same time denouncing some of the president's recent actions on such issues as homosexuality and abortion.
244Eight years ago, Hispanics were just glad to be in America. Today, they're pushing for upward mobility and for the ears on Capitol Hill.
3President Obama will be making an appearance at the 2009 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast on Friday and is expected to speak to the more than 750 Hispanic leaders gathered.
2President Obama left both sides of the same-sex marriage debate unhappy after he signed a memorandum on Wednesday to extend some benefits to gay and lesbian partners of federal employees.
325Earlier this week I - along with many religious rights organizations including the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom - urged President Obama to address the issue of freedom of religion and other basic human rights in the Muslim world during his major speech from Egypt.
1Although President Obama's speech was generally hailed as successful in placing the U.S. and the Muslim world on better terms, some Christians and Muslims found fault with what he chose not to say.
143President Obama called on the Muslim world to respect people's right to choose their religion in his Cairo address on Thursday.
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