What does "out of context" mean? Perhaps they meant to say "out of church"...??
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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Came here from Elena's blog ...
What does "out of context" mean? Perhaps they meant to say "out of church"...??
The hall Obama spoke in (Gaston Hall) isn't a church, despite the ornamentation. And despite its resemblance to a typical mega-church, etc.
That's my point...Does the Obama administration mean to say religious symbols are "out of context" outside of church?
Last time I checked, Georgetown was a Roman Catholic university. At least nominally.
Oh, I see your point.
But then, you can tell from the image that the symbols would be right above Obama's head and, since Gaston Hall isn't a church, seeing those symbols on camera might give the impression that he's perhaps speaking from a pulpit when he isn't ... when, in fact, he cannot.
He could have moved his podium.
Laura Bush gave a speach from that very same spot, didn't cover the pediment - in the pictures from her speach it is barely noticable in the background.
No, he is not speaking from a pulpit, but he is speaking at a Christian institution, and Christian institutions display Christian symbols.
Oops. Speech. S-p-e-e-c-h. Speech.
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