In a bid to energize Christian voters, a new wave of ads from a prominent evangelical group that describe the president and Democratic Party as less than God-fearing and his administration antagonistic to religious groups is hitting battleground states.
“Under Obama, faith is under attack,” concludes the ads being placed in Iowa and Ohio media markets by the Campaign for American Values, headed by Gary Bauer, the former presidential candidate and the former head of the Family Research Council.
“The national Democratic Party is on balance a very secular party and is increasingly hostile to faith-based voters,” he told Secrets.
The radio ads echo his two TV ads that hit Democratic National Convention delegates for booing a reference to “God” in their platform, the administration’s requirement that religious institutions offer health insurance that includes abortion services, the president’s reluctance to hold a national day of prayer at the White House or to mention “endowed by their Creator” when quoting the Declaration of Independence.
Bauer told Secrets that he plans to increase his anti-Obama effort with an upcoming TV ad that “contrasts his kowtowing to Islam abroad with his hostile attitude toward faith-based people and institutions at home.”
