Did Obama ask Georgetown University to remove all religious symbols before he would speak there?
A religious symbol was covered at the Catholic and Jesuit institution after the White House asked for a neutral TV backdrop. FULL QUESTION I heard that when President Obama spoke at Georgetown Univ. he asked that all religious symbols be removed or shrouded. I doubt this very much, but thought I would ask so that I can set some people right. FULL ANSWER This mini-controversy bubbled up shortly after President Obama gave a speech on the economy on April 14 in Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall. Numerous media outlets reported on it, all of them saying virtually the same thing. But we’re still getting several queries from readers about it. The monogram “IHS” – a symbol for Jesus – that appeared behind the podium where Obama spoke at Georgetown was covered up with a piece of black-painted plywood. This led to speculation that the White House had asked that all religious imagery in the hall be covered or removed, as our reader notes. But Georgetown University and the White House have said
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