TYT: Obama Breaks Down Why We Need Separation Of Church And State

[ihavenobias]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x155455

Obama DID nail it here.

And Cenk makes a great point when he asks "which sect"?

[laconicsax]

1. And yet the rest of that speech is about how faith and religion are what makes America great.

http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060628-call_to_renewal/

[Synnical]

2. You have to pander to be Pres

That's why I can never run for even local office. Reality bites for secular people when it comes to politics.

-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale

:(

[frebrd]

3. He's pretty selective....

I'm stil waiting for him to pander to me! Apparently he thinks he's already got the GLBT's and the Atheists sewed up.

:(

[laconicsax]

4. The nice part about being under the bus is that you don't need to worry about

sitting next to someone with really bad body odor or a crying child kicking the back of your seat.

[laconicsax]

5. Funny...a good grip on reality is what leads to 'secularism'

[ihavenobias]

6. Realistically, it's not like we're going to get an atheist/agnostic president

It's not going to happen in our lifetimes, that's for sure.

At any rate, the more relevant point is not letting those personal religious beliefs dramatically influence policy in a negative way. Sure, O's position on the faith based program is questionable, but if that's the extent of the influence for him, I'll take it.