Obama stuns pro-lifers with prayer breakfast speech; says no God condones taking life of 'innocent human being'
At the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton Hotel this morning, President Obama caught pro-life advocates off guard when he said God wouldn't condone taking the life of an innocent human being.
Obama spoke of the need for people of all religions to end persecution "in the name of perceived righteousness."
"[F]ar too often, we see faith wielded as a tool to divide us from one another as an excuse for prejudice and intolerance," he said. "There's no doubt that the very nature of faith means that some of our beliefs will never be the same."
The president said people from various religions all have different views about how humans came to be on Earth and "where we are going next."...