While speaking at an Easter prayer breakfast held at the White House on Tuesday, President Barack Obama took a swipe at Christians near the end of his speech, the Washington Times reported. For a moment, the Times said, Obama appeared to break from his script.
“On Easter, I do reflect on the fact that as a Christian, I am supposed to love,” Obama said. “And I have to say that sometimes when I listen to less-than-loving expressions by Christians, I get concerned.”
"But that’s a topic for another day,” he said, receiving laughter and applause. “I was about to veer off; I’m pulling it back,” he added.
“Where there is injustice we defend the oppressed,” Obama said, returning to his prepared remarks. “Where there is disagreement, we treat each other with compassion and respect. Where there are differences, we find strength in our common humanity, knowing that we are all children of God.”
The remarks did not sit well with a number of people. Twitchy posted several tweets of critics who did not appreciate Obama's statement.
"Sounds like Obama's getting on his 'high horse' again," one person said. "Wading into the Indiana RFRA?"
"We really have to stop beheading in the name of Christ," another person added sarcastically. "And what about The Crusades, man!"
As we reported in February, Obama took a gratuitous swipe at Christians during another prayer breakfast. In remarks given at that event, he compared modern Christians to the Crusades, angering a number of people.
"Humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout human history, and lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ," he said. "In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ."
Not only did Obama attack Christians Tuesday, he refused to mention the recent slaughter of Christians in an Islamic terror attack in Kenya. Earlier this month, 147 were killed in an attack on Garissa University College. According to reports, Christians were separated from Muslims and were killed for no reason other than their faith. The White House condemned the attack at the time, but failed to mention that Christians were singled out. On Tuesday, he failed to mention the incident at all.
"Pres. Obama did not mention the Kenya university attacks in his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast," the Twitter account for Fox News' "America's Newsroom" said. "Do YOU think he should have?"
"Absolutely!" one person said, echoing the sentiments of many others. "What better forum than at a PRAYER breakfast."