http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080917/evangelical-dismisses-obama-faith-buttons-as-clever-packaging.htm
[The Christian Post] 18 Sep 2008--A prominent evangelical leader dismissed presidential candidate Barack Obama’s new line of faith-based merchandise as “clever packaging.”
Various campaign buttons targeted at strategic voting constituencies on the Obama campaign’s Web site are the cause for Dr. Albert Mohler’s remark.
Among the buttons is one that reads “Obama Pride” underneath the campaign logo that has been modified to feature a rainbow, a sign associated with the gay community.
Then a few rows down, visitors can find buttons that read, “Catholics for Obama,” “Pro-Family, Pro-Obama” and “Believers for Barack.”
"This generic reach-out to people of 'faith' is going to be pretty quickly seen for what it is: more advertising than substance," Mohler, who is a member of the Focus on the Family board, told the ministry’s political action arm CitizenLink news.
He connects the faith items with Obama’s performance at Saddleback Civil Form, describing them both as trying to reach out to evangelicals but seeming “to be completely out of touch with what evangelicals were concerned about."
In particular, Mohler – president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and who often represents the Christian voice on programs such as CNN’s “Larry King Live” and NBC’s “Today Show” – said Obama is out of touch with evangelicals on issues of human life and marriage.
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