Obama has assumed the office of spiritual adviser to the nation. Think he will get any push back from anyone of our spiritual leaders?
Well, the Russian Orthodox Church became an arm of the Communist Party under Stalin, and to a greater or lesser extent they remain joined at the hip to the state.
(Friends in the know say there's a movement among some to declare Stalin a Saint - there are icons, you know...)
So if it can happen in mother Russia, can it happen here?