Right-wing pastor flips out over Obama's presidential library: 'Downright diabolical'

Systemic Error Podcast · Jul 3, 2026 · 4m

When a Pastor Sees a Playground and Calls It BlasphemyThe Power on DisplayThis story is not about architecture. It is about narration. Todd Friel, a right-wing radio pastor with a microphone and an audience, spent his airtime treating Barack Obama’s presidential library in Chicago as if a public building were a personal insult to his theology. The target is a 19.3-acre campus in the Park District, scheduled to open on Juneteenth, with a “fully inclusive” playground designed for children of all physical abilities.The actual institutional power in this story belongs to the people who approved…