here's a link to the Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022305103.html
I suspect that this so called council has some ulterior motives, I noticed this for instance: "The Chicago Council's task force was led by R. Scott Appleby of the University of Notre Dame and Richard Cizik of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good." The many of the members of the council also appear to be more strongly affiliated with the more evangelical wings of Christianity. On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > So here's the question. Who's religion should be integrated into our > foreign policy? We have an envoy to the Organization of The Islamic > Conference, should we have one to some Christian, Jewish, Hindu, etc. > agency? (the Islamic envoy post was set up by Bush, not Obama. The > current ones quotes supporting terrorism is another story) > > > Council To Obama: Make Religion Part of Foreign Policy > http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/181218 > > (IsraelNN.com) America's commitment to portraying itself as a secular > Western country is feeding religious extremism and inhibiting > America's ability to promote peace, according to a report presented to > the White House on Tuesday by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. > > The two year study, conducted by a 32-member task force including > government officials and scholars is recommending that President Obama > make religion "an integral part of our foreign policy," according to > The Washington Post. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312534 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
