Barack Obama actually said...

My suspicion at that time, and Michelle, I think, shared this concern, was that it was going to be very difficult to continue our membership...

I suspect if you were in my shoes it seems plausible at least that you wouldn't want your church experience to be a political circus.

I don't want to consider Christianity a place to avoid the real problems in the world.

My faith is not contingent on the particular church that I belong to.