Obama Didn’t Have Georgetown Cover the Cross Behind His Podium - THIS TIME
Back in April 2009, the White House had asked that GU cover up all signs and symbols in Gaston Hall before President Obama delivered remarks on the U.S. economy.
Today, President Barack Obama participated in the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Georgetown University. Surprisingly, the White House didn’t ask GU to cover up the “IHS” monogram and cross in the auditorium this time.
The university complied, concealing both the gold “IHS” monogram—an acronym for the Latin Iesus Hominum Salvator, meaning "Jesus, Savior of Mankind"—and the cross behind the main podium with a triangle of black-painted plywood - and the scandal prompted national outrage and media coverage.
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