{"id":6205,"date":"2009-02-16T13:33:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T13:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/02\/borders-displays-obama-books-u.html"},"modified":"2009-02-16T13:33:52","modified_gmt":"2009-02-16T13:33:52","slug":"borders-displays-obama-books-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/02\/borders-displays-obama-books-u.html","title":{"rendered":"Border’s displays Obama books under “religion”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you seen this story yet<\/a>? What is up with a bookstore that would put Michelle and Barack Obama children’s books in the religion section? According to a Border’s spokesperson this is what’s up:<\/p>\n

“We are a completely politically neutral organization,” she said. “As you can imagine we carry every political perspective, authors from both parties.
\n“What happened here is those books were for kids and they were put under an overarching sign. Our team did not mean to imply an inappropriate classification,” she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Still doesn’t answer the question, why in the world would they label the books as religious?
\nBTW, I checked to make sure that they weren’t books about Barack and Michelle Obama’s faith, they weren’t.
\n(via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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