The White House declined to comment this week on whether or not President Obama agrees with his recent appointee who said the Pope is a "discredited leader". 

The man in question is Harry Knox, Obama's appointee to the White House Advisory Council of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a government body that was started by former President Bush.  Knox currently serves as Director of the Faith and Religion program at the Human Rights Campaign, which is a homosexual rights advocacy group.

Knox is also the same guy who stated in a 2004 debate the St. Paul's letter to the Romans was "not true".

The fact that the President nominated Knox in the first place, to say nothing of the fact that he hasn't sacked him after these comments, says something about his level of concern over offending America's Christians.  And it's even more of an insult when you consider that Knox is Obama's appointee to the Faith Based Council in the White House...not some low level functionary in the bureaucracy.

Add this insult to yesterday's news about how Obama's White House asked Georgetown University to cover up the Greek name for Jesus to avoid it being visible behind Obama when he make a speech there.

Of course there is absolutely no reason for anyone to be surprised by this behavior, given the type of people Obama has appointed so far.  In fact, if there's anything to be surprised at, it's not the administration's behavior, but the fact that the media overlooks it...knowing that there would be a media firestorm if such slights involved another faith.  But then again, that's nothing to be surprised at either.  Just disappointed.

But I can't help but point out that this comes while Obama's in the process of what seems to amount to a world "apology tour", offering either criticisms of America or apologizing on its behalf to world leaders from Europe to Mexico?

I guess he was worried they've been "offended" by our behavior at some point.  Too bad Christians can't get the same treatment.