CNSNews.com - After Covering Up Symbol for Jesus at Georgetown, White House Had Obama Speak in Front of Symbols for AMA, AARP and Human Rights Campaign

CNSNews.com - After Covering Up Symbol for Jesus at Georgetown, White House Had Obama Speak in Front of Symbols for AMA, AARP and Human Rights Campaign: "(CNSNews.com) – When President Barack Obama spoke at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University on April 14, the university complied with a White House request to cover up all signs and symbols on the wall of the stage behind where the president spoke. These included the monogram “IHS”-- a symbol for the name of Jesus--which is prominently engraved in gold on a pediment in the center of the back wall of stage.

The pediment was covered up with what appeared to be black-painted piece of plywood cut to fit precisely into the triangular space containing the name of Jesus.

When controversy ensued over the covering up of Jesus’s name, the White House issued a statement saying that the backdrop of blue drapes and flags had been erected at the back of the Georgetown stage behind the president because it is “standard for many presidential events.”"