During President Obama's campaign for President he tried to link himself with Lincoln. Having studied about Lincoln somewhat I came to realize the ONLY thing they share in common is being residents of Illinois.
People have tried to unjustly paint Lincoln as an athiest. This goes back even to his own time period. Just the opposite is true however. Lincoln cleared all confusion when he held up the Bible and said this is what he bases his firm beliefs and values on.
The confusion began because Lincoln refused to join any religious organization, although he regularly attended their meetings. He refused to join because he felt that the ministers or preachers were hipocrites. They swore their faith on the Bible but it failed to be recognized in their behavior. Their advocacy of slavery was a huge block in Lincoln's eyes. How could anyone condone slavery and claim to be a Christian?
Lincoln's spent all energy to uphold the Constitution. Politicians today do everything they can to create admendments to destroy or get around the Constitution, Obama being no different.
One main characteristic I liked about Lincoln was his honesty and integrity even when his view was against the popular tide. He didn't care what telling the truth would cost him for he knew if he did not he could not live with himself.
I don't think anyone could study Abraham Lincoln and not find him one of the greatest men to ever live and that he was a firm believer in God and Jesus Christ.

I wanted to add to my last post.
This world is God's creation, it is no accident. It is only natural God has a plan and design for our existence, this life is but the most brief part of our eternal existence. God, therefore, gives us guidelines...commandments to live by that will allow us greater freedom and happiness in this life and the life beyond. He has however also given us the gift of agency...to choose for ourselves what we will do, how we will live. He compels no one, only encourages us to use our agency wisely. While we have the agency to choose our own path we will be held accountable for the choices we make. If we live His laws and commandments we are blessed with greater happiness, if we choose to break His commandments we must suffer the consequences.
All creation is based upon eternal laws, when those laws are broken justice must be measured out. The only exception is through sincere repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ came to earth that He could make Atonement for the sins of those who repent and follow Him, all others will pay the price of justice themselves at some point.
This agency of man while being a gift to us also explains why there is so much suffering in the world...we bring it upon ourselves.
Our purpose here in this life is to learn to have faith in God and follow Him....AND to gain experience. To experience good and bad, joy and misery, as we experience these they will hopefully bring us to Christ. He suffered all things, He can heal a broken heart, He can help us forgive each other, He can comfort us in the loss of loved ones. His experiences in life gave Him the ability to understand what we go through so that He can succor us in all things. Do we believe it? He said we can try Him and see if He will not do it. From my own experiences in life I know He will but we must seek Him and ask Him. As mentioned He will compel no one to follow Him. To follow Him is His invitation to us..."Come, follow me".
I've not always done things as I should, I've done many things I'm not proud of, things I have needed to repent of and because of this I know as we turn our lives to Christ He will bless us and we can have greater peace and happiness in life. I encourage all to seek Jesus Christ, go on your knees and pray for guidance and faith, He will bless you and lead you to pure waters. He is a respecter of no persons, He loves all. No matter what we have done, how terrible it might be if we come to Him He can heal us. The way is not easy but well worth it.

There has been much criticism of late about the outdated views of religion: religion needs to step up and embrace today's way of thinking, many are shouting. This is going on about homosexual choice in relationships, about abortion and other things: as a Christian and a Mormon how do I feel about this?
I will stand on the Lord's side. If one believes in God, which I do, then one must believe that God is all knowing, that He is unchangeable...if not He would exist to be God and the elements and all things would cease to obey Him. God our Father has been who He is for many more millenia than we have been who we are in years. His wisdom and understanding far exceeds that of man. Therefore I will stand with God.
Most people wish to have truth on their side but do not necessarily wish to stand on the side of truth. Look what man has accomplished...say over the last one hundred years. Great knowledge has been opened up to us, from God, and look what we have done with it. We are no closer to world peace now than 100 years ago, we are only a little closer to extinguishing hunger and sickness. Actually we have the technology and the means to wiping out sickness and to preventing starvation but we don't do it. Medical companies want their billions and are not about to give their breakthroughs away. Let someone else buy their medications and vaccines and they can give it away. The government pays farmers not to grow food so that the markets are not flooded, this keeps the prices up and quantities limited. True farmers need X amount to be able to grow food, but if we were really concerned about wiping out hunger we would make it possible for food to be grown and farmers to have the money they need to live.
In short we are still very selfish, self centered beings.
What would God have us do to solve these problems? He stated it simply; love thy neighbor as thyself and He has given us the intelligence to solve ALL our problems. If we truly loved each other we could not rest until everyone had a roof over their head, clothing on their backs and food on their tables.
No, I will stand with God. He is ALWAYS right. Whatever He commands is right. I know that He knows what is best and why and while He does not always give the whys but asks us to have faith, I will put my faith and trust in Him.