Does the Obama White House See Mexico As the Model For Church and State?

I noted a few weeks ago that our Secretary of State was doing this troublesome "word change"

Now this post shows President Obama is doing the same thing. See Obama Reduces the “Freedom of Religion” to the “Freedom of Worship

Now again maybe just maybe there is nothing going on here. However both Clinton and Obama are of course Lawyers and words DO MATTER. Be sure to read the whole link at the link.

Now I am not sure if anything is up but if this pattern continues some questions should be asked.

Let me give two real life examples. In the debate over Gay marriage the response from advocates of that new regime respond "HEY THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU MARRY GAY PEOPLE IN YOUR CHURCH SO WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL". That right there shows a mentality that restricts Freedom of Religion to what is happening inside the Church. It is much more limited than Freedom of Religion.

In Mexico we are seeing this play out as the Mexico Catholic Bishops are very alarmed about some proposeded changes. This has strangely gone under the radar in the USA. In fact this is example number one of why this is dangerous as anyone that knows Mexican history knows.

Read Catholic leaders upset with proposed change to Mexican Constitution

Mexico Catholic and other Christian leaders know there is a difference
Catholic officials have called for an end to those restrictions and for a guarantee of "freedom of religion," instead of the current "freedom of worship" mentioned in the constitution, but have denied wanting to meddle in political matters.
"In one of the most extensive and comprehensive documents of the past few years, the Mexican bishops' conference affirmed, 'We understand and accept the secular state,'" said Archbishop Jose Martin Rabago of Leon, former president of the bishops' conference, in a Feb. 9 statement.
The archbishop added, "We don't want to return to the old 19th-century concept" that estranged church and state and limited the church's role in Mexican public life to "merely spiritual matters."

We see this occuring at the same time as Mexico is dealing with the same hot button social issues we are.

What perhaps make me more concerned here is that when you look at this one cannot help but think of the new foreign policy of the United States that is seems to be in part run out of the office of Planned Parenthood.

For all the talk of American Imperalism it appears there is little concern about these developments on the left.

Again maybe nothing is up but I really wish that Faith Leaders would be pressing the White House and the State Department for clarification. In fact perhaps the Vatican Sec of State might have our envoy over and ask him if this language means something.

Tip of the hat to Instapundit