Atheist confronts Obama about religious discrimination

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By David Edwards

President Barack Obama intended to discuss the debt ceiling when he took questions at a town hall event in Maryland Friday, but the first question he got was from an atheist who was concerned about religious discrimination.

“I’m an atheist, and in Zanesville, Ohio in 2008, you asserted that no organization receiving taxpayer funds would be able to discriminate in hiring or firing based on a person’s religion,” a woman named Amanda told the president. “You have not rescinded this executive order that permits this type of discrimination. In a time of economic hardship when it’s difficult for a person to get a job based on her skills, what would you say to a woman who has been denied employment because of her religion or lack of religious beliefs by a taxpayer-funded organization.”

“Well, this is a very difficult issue,” Obama admitted. “It’s very straightforward that people shouldn’t be discriminated against for race, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation. What is happened is that there has been a carveout dating back to President Clinton’s presidency for religious organizations in their hiring for particular purposes, and this is always a tricky part of the First Amendment.”

More and video at: http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/07/atheist-confronts-obama-about-religious-discrimination/

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. WTF!.........weasel words if I ever heard a definition of them

Now he blames Clinton?............LOL




and thanks for the link and quotes.

[rhett o rick]

2. So it's ok if there is a "carveout"?? What the hell is a carveout? And cant we fix it if it is

wrong?

[MountainLaurel]

3. Oh heavens

What a steaming load.

[Warpy]

4. So rewrite the order

allowing the exemption for churches, only, and rescinding it for any public enterprise, whether it's owned by a church or not.

Religious bigotry is just as bad as any other bigotry.

[thereismore]

5. Sounds like he is well familiar with this "caveat". Why is it still in the books. nt

[riderinthestorm]

6. Because its perfectly okay to hate on atheists.

In fact, probably scores Obama some points for many people.