President Obama and His Evangelical Supporters

Much has been written about Notre Dame inviting President Obama to be the speaker for its upcoming commencement service, at which time the university will award the president an honorary degree in recognition of his various accomplishments. John Armstrong weighed in today with a fine statement about the whole controversy. He notes that Obama is the most pro-choice (meaning pro-abortion) president in our history. And no one should be surprised by that. Every action he has taken since assuming the presidency is perfectly consistent both with his past record and with what he said during the campaign.

This statement from the article stood out in my mind:

I am alarmed by how many evangelicals who voted for Obama now seem silent about the moral issues that define life and protect it. So many of these Christians assured me they would be faithful in the moral outcry against him if he went down this path. I do not hear their voices but maybe I am missing something here.

My only difference with John on this point would be that I am neither alarmed nor surprised. I would use the word saddened. 

We certainly have a lot to pray about tomorrow during the National Day of Prayer.