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"Jamie Foxx has been condemned by a Catholic group for making a &amp;quot;startling&amp;quot; joke about US President Barack Obama. The Django Unchained actor humorously referred to Obama as his &amp;quot;Lord and Savior&amp;quot; while hosting the 2012 Soul Train Awards, which was taped weeks ago but aired last night.      &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s like church over here. It&amp;#039;s like church in here. First of all, give an honor to God and our Lord and Savior Barack Obama. Barack Obama,&amp;quot; Foxx quipped during the awards ceremony. Those comments have drawn criticism from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in the United States official Bill Donohue, who accused Foxx of insensitivity. Donohue said in a press statement: &amp;quot;Foxx&amp;#039;s epiphany is startling. It just goes to show that even though Obama did not succeed in stopping the oceans from rising (as he promised to do in 2008), he did succeed in convincing Jamie Foxx, and no doubt legions of others, that God exists.  &amp;quot;Whether God can survive an ACLU lawsuit accusing him of violating church and state grounds remains to be seen.&amp;quot;   Foxx has not yet responded to Donohue on his Twitter account. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in the United States has often criticized entertainment figures, films and television shows in recent years for alleged blasphemy as well as vulgarity. Kathy Griffin, the Farrelly brothers, Nicki Minaj, Lady GaGa and the films Dogma and The Golden Compass have been previously been targeted for boycotts by the group. Obama re-election: Newspaper front pages:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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