Former President George Bush initiated the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships while in office, and our current President, Barack Obama, is expanding on it.
Obama wants to continue giving to faith-based charities; however, the President expressed his feelings for America as a whole, as he said there would be no favor given to one religious group over another, or even favor between religious groups and secular groups.
Four priorities of the White House regarding this issue are listed on the L.A. Times website.
Obama also spoke on his own faith while addressing the members of a prayer breakfast. He said his own parents' beliefs contradict his Christian faith. His dad was a Muslim who became an atheist and his mother was skeptical of any organized religious practices. "When I moved to the South Side of Chicago after college, ...God's Spirit beckoned me," Obama mentioned at the breakfast.
To see footage from the Presidential Prayer Breakfast, view the L.A. Times Video Clip
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