Michelle Obama: 'Our Government...Outlawed Indian Religions'

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http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cnsnewscom-staff/michelle-obama-our-governmentoutlawed-indian-religions

CNSNews.com) - On Wednesday, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed a gathering at the White House that focused on the topic of creating opportunity for Native American youth. The White House posted her prepared remarks online.

The full speech, as posted by the White House, can be read by clicking here. Here is an excerpt from the First Lady's remarks:

    You see, we need to be very clear about where the challenges in this community first started.

    Folks in Indian Country didn’t just wake up one day with addiction problems. Poverty and violence didn’t just randomly happen to this community. These issues are the result of a long history of systematic discrimination and abuse.

    Let me offer just a few examples from our past, starting with how, back in 1830, we passed a law removing Native Americans from their homes and forcibly re-locating them to barren lands out west. The Trail of Tears was part of this process. Then we began separating children from their families and sending them to boarding schools designed to strip them of all traces of their culture, language and history. And then our government started issuing what were known as “Civilization Regulations” – regulations that outlawed Indian religions, ceremonies and practices – so we literally made their culture illegal.

    And these are just a few examples. I could continue on like this for hours.

    So given this history, we shouldn’t be surprised at the challenges that kids in Indian Country are facing today. And we

[flowers]

Still nothing from her about the slaughtering of Christians in the world.

[musiclady]

Still nothing from her about the slaughtering of Christians in the world.

If she cared about it, she'd say something about it.

Then again, maybe she doesn't even know about the holocaust going on against Christians.  Maybe she's in the same protective bubble as Barry is, and is only told what she wants to hear......

[mountaineer]

These issues are the result of a long history of systematic discrimination and abuse.

Uh, no, these issues are the result of a long history of gubmint handouts.

[GourmetDan]

 

And these are just a few examples. I could continue on like this for hours.

This is simply code for 'those evil, white Christians'.

Her base understands this quite well...

[Right_in_Virginia]

The Obamas cannot leave the national scene quickly enough.   :nometalk: