Obama criticized as anti-religious for first reading version Gettysburg Address

Yesterday on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln Gettysburg, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has urged all video reciting the address. Learning the web site of the direction, featuring a number of celebrities of the speech, says that there are 5 versions of the Gettysburg address.  Burns asked President Obama to recite the "Nicolay version" - the earliest version of the speech which, among other things, does not include the reference to "God" in later versions. A number of conservative commentators and web sites - perhaps aware of why the President then - strongly attacked Obama for "omission of God" in the Gettysburg address. For example, said a press release from the Council of freedom:After five years of putting down religious freedom, is not surprising or unexpected that President Obama ignored "under God" when reciting the Gettysburg address. Today the "new birth of freedom" means to take a stand against a tyrannical, anti-religious aggression at all levels of Government in the Department of Justice, for municipalities, public schools of.And American family Association theme analysis Director Bryan Fischer wrote: "the omission of 'under God' Obama is further evidence of his anti-Christian intolerance. He honors Islam but does not respect Christianity."According to a CBS News report:Jay Carney White House spokesman on Tuesday gave a simple explanation for reading. "He read the version of the address provided to Ken Burns," he said, noting that Burns is a "well-known scholar of the Civil War".