I wish he'd stop being so divisive . . .

In a campaign appearance last week--ostensibly to burnish his "spirituality" credentials, Senator Barack Obama took the opportunity to deride Religious Conservatives. ("Obama slams 'Christian Right,' voices faith in testimony"). From Obama's remarks:

"'Somehow, somewhere along the way, faith stopped being used to bring us together and faith started being used to drive us apart,' Obama said. 'Faith got hijacked, partly because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, all too eager to exploit what divides us.

'At every opportunity, they've told evangelical Christians that Democrats disrespect their values and dislike their church, while suggesting to the rest of the country that religious Americans care only about issues like abortion and gay marriage, school prayer and intelligent design.'"

Of course, Jesus Himself said that He came to divide (Luke 12:51-53)--maybe Sen. Obama missed that part of his Bible.

But it's nice how he characterizes "evangelical Christians" as dupes who don't know the Democrat Party's stances on issues and citizens of "the rest of the country" as folks unable to figure out what "religious Americans" care about.