Obama Issues Despicable Command To Churches Across America You Will Be SICK [VIDEO] President Barack Obama stirred some serious controversy when speaking to Christian leaders at Georgetown University this weekend. During the event, he asked them to step back from divisive issues. I think it would be powerful for our faith-based organizations to speak out on this in a more forceful fashion, Obama claimed during the panel discussion. There is great caring and great concern, but when it comes to what are you really going to the bat for, whats the defining issuethis is often times viewed as a nice to have relative to an issue like abortion. The president went on to claim that he understands that he may be viewed as being self-interested in such matters, but argued that the churches will be sure to engage more followers if they are more open-minded. Nobody has shown that better than Pope Francis, Obama concluded. Who I think has been transformative just through the sincerity and insistence that this is vital to who we are, this is vital to following what Jesus Christ our Savior talked about. Watch the video below and tell us what you think. Is Obama trying to manipulate Christianity to fit his own agenda? 