<p>IBfootballer -</p>
<p>I disagree. He was speaking at a Catholic university - One would expect to see statues of Jesus and other religious symbols at this religious venue. It would not represent an endorsement of any kind as he was giving a speech at a Catholic venue. No message sent - Obama should have respected Georgetown for what it is (a Catholic university) and as such, he should have respected the symbols that are representative of it. For an outsider to request that these symbols be covered up is just wrong.</p>
<p>And I don’t understand how you can differentiate between Obama’s other gestures as being respectful towards those religions but that his fear of being labeled as “endorsing” Catholicism (and thus requesting the “cover up”) gives him the right to disrespect this religion.</p>