As noted thirteen months ago here on Blog Smith, the Cairo speech was the beginning of a major re-definition of American religious practice. In June 2009, Obama substituted the common Islamic/international phrase of "freedom of worship," as has Clinton, as a replacement for the traditional 1st Amendment phrase freedom of religion.
Obama highlighted the change, barely noted in the U.S., in his Cairo speech stating, "Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion. That is why there is a mosque in every state of our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. That is why the U.S. government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it."
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