A. Barton Hinkle on Obama's Unchallenged Religiosity

George W. Bush had one small office devoted to faith-based initiatives, and was savaged for it, writes A. Barton Hinkle. By 2004, several million gallons of ink already had been spilled warning that Bush's "faith-based presidency" was "nudging the church-state line" (The New York Times) and was "turning the U.S. into a religious state" (Village Voice) and was "arrogant" and "troubling" (St. Petersburg Times) and was "pandering to Christian zealots" (Salon). Barack Obama, on the other hand, says faith drives much of his domestic agenda—and no one even blinks.