Last week the Pew Center released a report that showed18 percent of Americans believe that President Barack Obama is a Muslim. This figure is up from 11 percent last year. In last year’s poll, 48 percent thought that he was a Christian, this year only 34 percent believe that he is a Christian. 43 percent claimed they have no idea what President Obama’s faith is.
Roland Martin talks with Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell about Americans questioning President Obama’s faith and could this have a political impact on him. Pastor Caldwell is the pastor of the largest Methodist church in the country, Windsor Village. He was spiritual adviser to President George W. Bush and has often prayed with President Barack Obama.
Pastor Caldwell calls this controversy “amazingly ridiculous.” 60 percent of those polled said they got the information about President Obama being a Muslim from the media. Caldwell said he was glad that the “Tom Joyner show and brother Roland Martin are addressing this issue head on.”
Caldwell told Roland, “At the end of the day, we all know that if your opponent can attack what you do and who you are they have laid the foundation for your defeat. So this whole politics of personal faith destruction is simply a strategy to defeat who the president says he is.”
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