{"id":909,"date":"2014-02-07T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/02\/president-obama-speaks-at-the-2014-national-prayer-breakfast.html"},"modified":"2014-02-07T20:38:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T20:38:00","slug":"president-obama-speaks-at-the-2014-national-prayer-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2014\/02\/president-obama-speaks-at-the-2014-national-prayer-breakfast.html","title":{"rendered":"President Obama Speaks at the 2014 National Prayer Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<\/head>

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THE PRESIDENT:\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 Please, everyone have a seat. Giving all praise and honor to God, who brought us here this morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Thank you so much for our two outstanding co-chairs, Louie and Jan.\u00a0 And I have to say, I would have enjoyed a behind-the-scenes look at the two of these folks getting this breakfast organized this morning.\u00a0 (Laughter.)\u00a0 But there does seem to be that sibling thing a little bit, Louie.\u00a0 (Laughter.)\u00a0 They love each other, but they\u2019ve got to go at each other a little bit.\u00a0 I, by the way, have always found Louie to be unbelievably gracious every time I\u2019ve seen him.\u00a0 Now, I don\u2019t watch TV, I\u2019ve got to admit.\u00a0 (Laughter.)\u00a0 But he is a good man and a great storyteller, and Janice was just reminding me the first time we saw each other was at one of my first events when I first ran for office.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
It\u2019s wonderful to see all of the dignitaries and friends who are here today.\u00a0 To the Presidents, and Prime Ministers, the leaders of business and the nonprofit community; to my incredible friend and Vice President, Joe Biden; to my Cabinet members who are here and members of the administration who do such great work every single day; to my fellow Hawaiian, it is wonderful to see you.\u00a0 I should tell you that my surfing is not that good.\u00a0 (Laughter.)\u00a0 I just want to be clear.\u00a0 But my bodysurfing is pretty good.<\/span><\/div>\n
HAMILTON:\u00a0 Bodysurfing is fun.\u00a0 (Laughter.)\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
THE PRESIDENT:\u00a0 It is.\u00a0 (Laughter.)\u00a0 And to Raj Shah, who is just such an incredible young leader and is out there every single day, I could not be more proud of his outstanding leadership at USAID.\u00a0 And it\u2019s a good reminder \u2014 (applause) \u2014 it\u2019s a good reminder of the dedicated public servants that I have the chance to interact with every single day.\u00a0 And they do great work, don\u2019t always get a lot of credit, sometimes get subject to the sort of criticism that you do when you\u2019re in public life, but Raj is single-minded in terms of trying to help as many people as possible all around the world and is an extraordinary representative for our country.\u00a0 So I\u2019m very, very proud of him \u2014 although he does always make me feel like an underachiever whenever I listen to him.\u00a0 (Laughter.)\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking, I should have been working harder and not slouching.\u00a0 (Laughter.)\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Dale Jones and everyone else who worked on this breakfast this morning, thank you, and obviously I\u2019m thrilled to be joined by my extraordinary wife and she does a great job every single day keeping me in line.\u00a0 (Applause.)<\/span><\/div>\n
Just two other thank-yous.\u00a0 To our men and women in uniform all around the world, we pray for them.\u00a0 (Applause.)\u00a0 Many of them doing such great work to keep us safe.\u00a0 And then there is one colleague of mine who is missing today.\u00a0 A great friend of mine who I came into the Senate with, Senator Tom Coburn.\u00a0 Tom is going through some tough times right now but I love him dearly even though we\u2019re from different parties.\u00a0 He\u2019s a little closer to Louie\u2019s political perspective than mine but he is a good man and I\u2019m keeping him and his family in my prayers all the time.\u00a0 So just a shout-out to my good friend, Tom Coburn.\u00a0 (Applause.)\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
So each time we gather, it\u2019s a chance to set aside the rush of our daily lives; to pause with humility before an Almighty God; to seek His grace; and, mindful of our own imperfections, to remember the admonition from the Book of Romans, which is especially fitting for those of us in Washington:\u00a0 \u201cDo not claim to be wiser than you are.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
So here we put aside labels of party and ideology, and recall what we are first:\u00a0 all children of a loving God; brothers and sisters called to make His work our own.\u00a0 But in this work, as Lincoln said, our concern should not be whether God is on our side, but whether we are on God\u2019s side.<\/span><\/div>\n
And here we give thanks for His guidance in our own individual faith journeys.\u00a0 In my life, He directed my path to Chicago and my work with churches who were intent on breaking the cycle of poverty in hard-hit communities there.\u00a0 And I\u2019m grateful not only because I was broke and the church fed me, but because it led to everything else.\u00a0 It led me to embrace Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.\u00a0 It led me to Michelle \u2014 the love of my life \u2014 and it blessed us with two extraordinary daughters.\u00a0 It led me to public service.\u00a0 And the longer I serve, especially in moments of trial or doubt, the more thankful I am of God\u2019s guiding hand.<\/span><\/div>\n
Now, here, as Americans, we affirm the freedoms endowed by our Creator, among them freedom of religion.\u00a0 And, yes, this freedom safeguards religion, allowing us to flourish as one of the most religious countries on Earth, but it works the other way, too \u2014 because religion strengthens America.\u00a0 Brave men and women of faith have challenged our conscience and brought us closer to our founding ideals, from the abolition of slavery to civil rights, workers\u2019 rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
So many of you carry on this good work today \u2014 for the child who deserves a school worthy of his dreams; for the parents working overtime to pull themselves out of poverty; for the immigrants who want to step out of the shadows and become a full member of our American family; for the young girl who prays for rescue from the modern slavery of human trafficking, an outrage that we must all join together to end.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Through our Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, led by Melissa Rogers, we\u2019re proud to work with you on this and many other issues.\u00a0 And I invite you to join us in a new initiative that I announced in my State of the Union address \u2014 an effort to help more young men of color overcome the odds, because so many boys in this country need that mentor to help them become a man and a good father.<\/span><\/div>\n
I\u2019ve felt the love that faith can instill in our lives during my visits to the Holy Land and
\nJerusalem \u2014 sacred to Jews and Christians and Muslims.\u00a0 I\u2019ve felt it in houses of worship \u2014 whether paying my respects at the tomb of Archbishop Romero in San Salvador, or visiting a synagogue on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul or a Buddhist<\/a> temple in Bangkok.\u00a0 And I\u2019ve felt the compassion of so many faith leaders around the world, and I am especially looking forward to returning to the Vatican next month to meet His Holiness, Pope Francis, whose message about caring for the \u201cleast of these\u201d is one that I hope all of us heed.\u00a0 Like Matthew, he has answered the call of Jesus, who said \u201cfollow me,\u201d and he inspires us with his words and deeds, his humility, his mercy and his missionary impulse to serve the cause of social justice.<\/span><\/div>\n
Yet even as our faith sustains us, it\u2019s also clear that around the world freedom of religion is under threat.\u00a0 And that is what I want to reflect on this morning.\u00a0 We see governments engaging in discrimination and violence against the faithful.\u00a0 We sometimes see religion twisted in an attempt to justify hatred and persecution against other people just because of who they are, or how they pray or who they love.\u00a0 Old tensions are stoked, fueling conflicts along religious lines, as we\u2019ve seen in the Central African Republic recently, even though to harm anyone in the name of faith is to diminish our own relationship with God.\u00a0 Extremists succumb to an ignorant nihilism that shows they don\u2019t understand the faiths they claim to profess \u2014 for the killing of the innocent is never fulfilling God\u2019s will; in fact, it\u2019s the ultimate betrayal of God\u2019s will.<\/span><\/div>\n
Today, we profess the principles we know to be true.\u00a0 We believe that each of us is \u201cwonderfully made\u201d in the image of God.\u00a0 We, therefore, believe in the inherent dignity of every human being \u2014 dignity that no earthly power can take away.\u00a0 And central to that dignity is freedom of religion \u2014 the right of every person to practice their faith how they choose, to change their faith if they choose, or to practice no faith at all, and to do this free from persecution and fear.<\/span><\/div>\n
Our faith teaches us that in the face of suffering, we can\u2019t stand idly by and that we must be that Good Samaritan.\u00a0 In Isaiah, we\u2019re told \u201cto do right.\u00a0 Seek justice.\u00a0 Defend the oppressed.\u201d\u00a0 The Torah commands:\u00a0 \u201cKnow the feelings of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt.\u201d The Koran instructs:\u00a0 \u201cStand out firmly for justice.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 So history shows that nations that uphold the rights of their people \u2014 including the freedom of religion \u2014 are ultimately more just and more peaceful and more successful.\u00a0 Nations that do not uphold these rights sow the bitter seeds of instability and violence and extremism.\u00a0 So freedom of religion matters to our national security.\u00a0 (Applause.)\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
As I\u2019ve said before, there are times when we work with governments that don\u2019t always meet our highest standards, but they\u2019re working with us on core interests such as the security of the American people.\u00a0 At the same time, we also deeply believe that it\u2019s in our interest, even with our partners, sometimes with our friends, to stand up for universal human rights.\u00a0 So promoting religious freedom is a key objective of U.S. foreign policy.\u00a0 And I\u2019m proud that no nation on Earth does more to stand up for the freedom of religion around the world than the United States of America.\u00a0 (Applause.)<\/span><\/div>\n
It is not always comfortable to do, but it is right.\u00a0 When I meet with Chinese leaders \u2014 and we do a lot of business with the Chinese, and that relationship is extraordinarily important not just to our two countries but to the world \u2014 but I stress that realizing China\u2019s potential rests on upholding universal rights, including for Christians, and Tibetan Buddhists, and Uighur Muslims.\u00a0 (Applause.)\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
When I meet with the President of Burma, a country that is trying to emerge out of a long darkness into the light of a representative government, I\u2019ve said that Burma\u2019s return to the international community depends on respecting basic freedoms, including for Christians and Muslims.\u00a0 I\u2019ve pledged our support to the people of Nigeria, who deserve to worship in their churches and mosques in peace, free from terror.\u00a0 I\u2019ve put the weight of my office behind the efforts to protect the people of Sudan and South Sudan, including religious minorities.<\/span><\/div>\n
As we support Israelis and Palestinians as they engage in direct talks, we\u2019ve made clear that lasting peace will require freedom of worship and access to holy sites for all faiths.\u00a0 I want to take this opportunity to thank Secretary Kerry for his extraordinary passion and principled diplomacy that he\u2019s brought to the cause of peace in the Middle East.\u00a0 Thank you, John.\u00a0 (Applause.)\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
More broadly, I\u2019ve made the case that no society can truly succeed unless it guarantees the rights of all its peoples, including religious minorities, whether they\u2019re Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan, or Baha\u2019i in Iran, or Coptic Christians in Egypt.\u00a0 And in Syria, it means ensuring a place for all people \u2014 Alawites and Sunni, Shia and Christian.<\/span><\/div>\n
Going forward, we will keep standing for religious freedom around the world.\u00a0 And that includes, by the way, opposing blasphemy and defamation of religion measures, which are promoted sometimes as an expression of religion, but, in fact, all too often can be used to suppress religious minorities.\u00a0 (Applause.) We continue to stand for the rights of all people to practice their faiths in peace and in freedom.\u00a0 And we will continue to stand against the ugly tide of anti-Semitism that rears it\u2019s ugly head all too often.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
I look forward to nominating our next ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom to help lead these efforts.\u00a0 And we\u2019re moving ahead with our new strategy to partner more closely with religious leaders and faith communities as we carry out our foreign policy.\u00a0 And I want to thank Shaun Casey, from the Wesley Theological Seminary, for leading this work at the State Department.\u00a0 Shaun I think is here today and we want to thank him for the outstanding work that he\u2019s doing.\u00a0 (Applause.) Thank you, Shaun.\u00a0 (Applause.)<\/span><\/div>\n
So around the world we\u2019re elevating our engagement with faith leaders and making it a regular part of our diplomacy.\u00a0 And today, I invite you to join us in focusing on several pressing challenges.\u00a0 Let\u2019s
\ndo more together to advance human rights, including religious freedom.\u00a0 Let\u2019s do more to promote the development that Raj describes \u2014 from ending extreme poverty to saving lives, from HIV\/AIDS to combating climate change so that we can preserve God\u2019s incredible creation.\u00a0 On all these issues, faith leaders and faith organizations here in the United States and around the world are incredible partners, and we\u2019re grateful to them.<\/span><\/div>\n
And in contrast to those who wield religion to divide us, let\u2019s do more to nurture the dialogue between faiths that can break cycles of conflict and build true peace, including in the Holy Land.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
And finally, as we build the future we seek, let us never forget those who are persecuted today, among them Americans of faith.\u00a0 We pray for Kenneth Bae, a Christian missionary who\u2019s been held in North Korea for 15 months, sentenced to 15 years of hard labor.\u00a0 His family wants him home.\u00a0 And the United States will continue to do everything in our power to secure his release because Kenneth Bae deserves to be free.\u00a0 (Applause.)\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
We pray for Pastor Saeed Abedini.\u00a0 He\u2019s been held in Iran for more than 18 months, sentenced to eight years in prison on charges relating to his Christian beliefs.\u00a0 And as we continue to work for his freedom, today, again, we call on the Iranian government to release Pastor Abedini so he can return to the loving arms of his wife and children in Idaho.\u00a0 (Applause.)<\/span><\/div>\n
And as we pray for all prisoners of conscience, whatever their faiths, wherever they\u2019re held, let\u2019s imagine what it must be like for them.\u00a0 We may not know their names, but all around the world there are people who are waking up in cold cells, facing another day of confinement, another day of unspeakable treatment, simply because they are affirming God.\u00a0 Despite all they\u2019ve endured, despite all the awful punishments if caught, they will wait for that moment when the guards aren\u2019t looking, and when they can close their eyes and bring their hands together and pray.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
In those moments of peace, of grace, those moments when their faith is tested in ways that those of us who are more comfortable never experience; in those far-away cells, I believe their unbroken souls are made stronger.\u00a0 And I hope that somehow they hear our prayers for them, that they know that, along with the spirit of God, they have our spirit with them as well, and that they are not alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Today we give humble thanks for the freedoms we cherish in this country.\u00a0 And I join you in seeking God\u2019s grace in all of our lives.\u00a0 I pray that His wisdom will give us the capacity to do right and to seek justice, and defend the oppressed wherever they may dwell.<\/span><\/div>\n
I want to thank all of you for the extraordinary privilege of being here this morning.\u00a0 I want to ask you for your prayers as I continue in this awesome privilege and responsibility as President of the United States.\u00a0 May God bless the United States of America, and God bless all those who seek peace and justice.\u00a0 Thank you very much.\u00a0 (Applause.)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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