A baby girl, from what I gather - Kender just spoke with him. Go here to wish them well in comments and congratulate Jay, although I think we should also mention that mom was in labor on mother’s day….and deserves some kudos for doing all the work.

So does he think that’s what he’s running for, or what? It’s just interesting that he would make such an interesting faux pas; considering he has three muslim names, his muslim background, the fact that he claims he’s a Christian and nobody is calling for his death as an apostate from Islam, etc.

Here’s the link to the article at the International Humanist and Ethical Union.

And here again is Obama with the freudian slip talking about the 57 Islamic United States.

My previous post: Obama wants to be president of 57 states. Jay had it had this at Stop the ACLU

President Apostate?
By EDWARD N. LUTTWAK
Published: May 12, 2008
New York Times

In Islam, however, there is no such thing as a half-Muslim. Like all monotheistic religions, Islam is an exclusive faith.

As the son of the Muslim father, Senator Obama was born a Muslim under Muslim law as it is universally understood. It makes no difference that, as Senator Obama has written, his father said he renounced his religion. Likewise, under Muslim law based on the Koran his mother’s Christian background is irrelevant.

Of course, as most Americans understand it, Senator Obama is not a Muslim. He chose to become a Christian, and indeed has written convincingly to explain how he arrived at his choice and how important his Christian faith is to him.

His conversion, however, was a crime in Muslim eyes; it is “irtidad” or “ridda,” usually translated from the Arabic as “apostasy,” but with connotations of rebellion and treason. Indeed, it is the worst of all crimes that a Muslim can commit, worse than murder (which the victim’s family may choose to forgive).

Actually, I don’t think he’s an apostate at all.

That an Obama presidency would cause such complications in our dealings with the Islamic world is not likely to be a major factor with American voters, and the implication is not that it should be. But of all the well-meaning desires projected on Senator Obama, the hope that he would decisively improve relations with the world’s Muslims is the least realistic.

I don’t think the Islamic world views it that way, otherwise there would have been a fatwa against him, like there was from the Islamic world against Salman Rushdie.

Obama’s “slips” have been very revealing in this respect. For example, when he said we would go after Israel (even with nukes) if Iran fell under attack- and his claim in the Audacity of Hope - that if it got ugly, he would side with the muslims - Hamas’ support, when he said the muslim call to prayer was the sweetest sound on earth, Hezbollah’s support ad infinitum from radical muslim organizations including even Calypso Louis Farrakhan’s endorsement- is all we need to know about what lies in his heart. And in the Islamic world, that is what is important.