So What If Obama Was Muslim? -Newsweek

Between March and July, the percentage of people who believed Barack Obama is Muslim increased 10 to 12 percent. We live in a country that separates church and state, I'm just not sure how deviated I would like the oval office to be, from my Roman Catholic denomination.

Ellis Cose wrote the article and speaks highly of Obama...does not believe the "race card" should be pulled relating religion to the September 11th attacks; they are so close in appearance, Cose could be his brother.

Wikipedia.org states:
Several of the original Thirteen Colonies were established by English settlers who wished to practice their own religion without discrimination: Pennsylvania was established by Quakers, Maryland by Roman Catholics and the Massachusetts Bay Colony by Puritans. Nine of the thirteen colonies had official public religions. Yet by the time of the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, the United States became one of the first countries in the world to enact freedom of religion by way of a separation of church and state.

Adherents.com outline:

Religious Affiliation of U.S. Founding Fathers	# of Founding Fathers	% of Founding Fathers
Episcopalian/Anglican	88	54.7%
Presbyterian	30	18.6%
Congregationalist	27	16.8%
Quaker	7	4.3%
Dutch Reformed/German Reformed	6	3.7%
Lutheran	5	3.1%
Catholic	3	1.9%
Huguenot	3	1.9%
Unitarian	3	1.9%
Methodist	2	1.2%
Calvinist	1	0.6%
TOTAL	204

2008, Pew Research Council, Top 3 Religious Affiliations, United States :
Christian
Jewish
Muslim
(Adherent)

Currently, there are 4.1 million Muslims in the U.s.

Barack Obama wants to be, "The change we need."

Muslim was not a religion this country was founded on. I am not prepared to change our principles, if, in fact...Mr. Obama practices Muslim.

I believe in the fundamentals of this great American society: prayer in school, pledge of allegiance, reciting the Preamble in history class.

What is the need to change something that our country has existed on for so many years?

I understand that we're a melting pot, but that does not mean that we have to deviate from our cherished founding fathers. America is a place where people from all over the world can come together and practice their own beliefs. Melt and glue together in a common peace, without imposing their beliefs on others.

(Adherents.com 7 Dec. 2005 http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#Pew_branches)













Wikipedia.org. "Religion in the United States." 10 Oct. 2008