Right after Sen. Obama announced his candidacy for president a rumor spread that he was a Muslim. (The internet magazine Insight claimed that the Clinton campaign told them Obama attended a Muslim school as a child in Indonesia, of course, the Clinton campaign denied the allegations.) But the falsehood was all that was needed for fringe members of different Christian denominations to lose faith in Obama’s presidential qualifications.
Obama supporters rejected the Muslim label and reinforced their candidate’s Christian assertions. But Obama supporters never attempted to silence the Muslim accusations by asking the Islamophobic accusers: So what if he is? Or what difference does it make? They didn’t bother to point out that Article VI of the constitution states no religious test shall be required for office holders. Why not? Because the constitution doesn’t restrict the opinion held by the public, people are prejudicial.
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