Not many years ago, this kind of news story about any American political leader (much less a man with a real shot at the White House) would have been alarming. I regret to say that dabbling in such dark stuff is viewed by many people today (particularly young people) as being a sign of openness and inclusion. And as you surely know, 'tolerance' no longer means 'live and let live', but has now been expanded to mean 'you must accept such silliness as equal to your own faith'.
And I further regret to say that there are many ministers of the word who would not be alarmed by this news. They have chosen conformance with the world. For example (and sadly, only one of many possible examples), the Catholic higher-ups responsible for operating the Fatima shrine in Portugal allowed a group of Hindus to perform some pagan ritual at their shrine, in the name of the new gods named Tolerance, Openness Inclusion, and Diversity.
This news story will not hit the mainstream press, not because they're looking to shield Obama, but because the mainstream press cannot grasp that there are still some 'troglodytes' (ie, people like us on this board) who refuse today's modern definition of tolerance. And I regret to say that most Americans would think nothing of this also.
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