Obama up against religious prejudice
In fact, of course, Obama took his oath on the Bible, not -- as the rumors have it -- on the Quran. He is far more active in church than McCain is.
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What is happening, I think, is this: Religious prejudice is becoming a proxy for racial prejudice. In public at least, it's not acceptable to express reservations about a candidate's skin color, so discomfort about race is sublimated into concerns about whether Obama is sufficiently Christian.
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