0:29
Question to English correspondent in America:
"The man who is there in the White House behind you; is it correct that there are Christians who hate him?"
0:36
quote Charles Groenhuijsen - English correspondent in the United States
"- Yes. And there are many more of them than many people would think, more than even many other Christians imagine. Because there are a considerable number of Americans who are deeply convinced that Barack Obama - whom many still think is a Muslim - is throwing this country into a pit of godlessness. "
01:01
Late June, in Washington: a large crowd gathered outside the Supreme Court, waiting to hear the decision on the controversial “Obamacare” law. A new law designed to give every American healthcare at a reasonable price.
But debate has been raging over the law, in particular over the issue of abortion. Christian groups have argued that they are being asked to indirectly fund a practice they disagree with.
And that's not the only hot potato.
As election fever grips America, why are so many crucial Christian voters turning against Obama?
1:34 soundbite clip Steven Anderson
3:41 soundbite Alveda King
1:45
Alveda King has been campaigning for years against abortion. She herself has had two of them, before her views began to change.
And despite being the niece of Martin Luther King Jr, she says she feels no allegiance to Obama, even though he was the first black president.
2:01 ratio alveda king
FRAGMENT OBAMA: gay marriage
2:28 soundbite Mat Staver
2:36
Mat Staver is the head of the Faculty of Law at Liberty University, a Christian university in Lynchburg, south of Washington.
Staver has also founded an organization that is taking Obama to court over his new healthcare plan.
2:49 ratio Mat Staver
3:09 clip watching Obama
3:25 Bob Knight soundbite-behind computer ... and responding ...
3:39
Bob Knight is a conservative activist, writer and passionate opponent of Obama. He is convinced that the President is lying when he says that he is a Christian.
3:49 Knight
4:09 clip Steven Anderson
4:23 watch by Charles Groenhuijsen
4:26 reporter question: "Is this an exceptional case?"
4:29 quote Charles Groenhuijsen - English correspondent in the United States
"No, he's not all that exceptional. Although he is an extreme example, fortunately. There are many people who would not agree. "
"- But he's not the only one?"
"He is absolutely not the only one. He's talking there in front of a congregation and these people listen to him every Sunday. "
4:40
Getting hold of Steven Anderson, the anti-Obama preacher shown in the clip, isn’t easy.
SOUND BITE
The church can be found on the Internet, but the number listed goes repeatedly through to voicemail.
4:55 soundbite
5:01 Alveda King excerpt
5:16
Alveda King is speaking today at a demonstration against Obamacare.
But she is adamant that she won’t speak any hateful words. She believes in a peaceful struggle against the president.
5:27 Alveda King Quote
5:46 clip FRAGMENT: BREAKING NEWS: OBAMA FOR gay marriage
06:12
In May Obama announced that gay marriage should be legalised. Christian Americans argue that as the leader of a Christian nation, he's wrong.
6:22 Knight quote:
06:42
According to Knight, and many other Christian opponents of Obama, a true Christian would never allow gay marriage. Therefore, they argue, Obama is not a true Christian, and so can have no real care for American values.
6:54 ratio Charles Groenhuijsen
"They can not imagine that in their proud America gay people would be allowed to get married. This is fundamentally offensive to them. And I understand them in a way, although I do not feel the same. But knowing their convictions and their love for this country - and do not forget how proud Americans are of their country and how much they love it - they think, how can such as thing be possible in America! They honestly think this is horrible and that explains in part the hatred for that man. "
7:22
And that hatred is further fuelled by the suspicion that Obama hides his true colours. A conspiracy theory that can still be heard everywhere.
Fragment Mat Staver
08:14
Mat Staver is giving a lecture to a group of high school students.
SOUND BITE
His introduction is dominated by his anti-Obama philosophy.
quote Mat Staver
reactions of students.
09:06 soundbite Steven Anderson
09:15 quote Margje Fikse - reporter - while driving
"I can not get through to Pastor Steven Anderson through his website. He doesn’t return phone calls. Continually we get his voice mail. I left a couple of messages, but I never get called back. What we do know is where the church is. And that's here in Arizona, near Phoenix. The town is called Tempe. "
09:35
But even in the town it proves impossible to get any clear information about the pastor.
09:50
Interestingly there is different number on the door of the church than the one on the website….
Sound Bite
…but the number of turns out to be for someone that has nothing to do with the church ..
10:03 quote Margje Fikse - reporter
“I’ll send him an email – but I don’t expect a response!”
10:20
Phoenix, Arizona. Together with a friend Christina Forrester looks at the latest news about Obamacare. She was relieved that the Supreme Court decided not to drop Obama’s Care Act.
QUOTE CHRISTINA Forrester
10:46
Forrester is founder of the Christian Democrats of America, an organization that wants to give a voice to the Christians who are supporting Obama. Part of her campaign is a music video in which she says that Christians should not judge, but rather be charitable towards the gay community.
SONG
reaction Forrester
11:44
The Christian Democrats group has nearly ten thousand official members, but in reality there are many more, according to Forrester.
quote Forrester
clip Obama meeting with boy
quote Bob Knight
quote Forrester
clip Obama