I’m pressed for time today, but there’s lots I would like to say about President Obama’s speech in Cairo. If you missed it, here’s a link to the text of the speech, which includes embedded analysis by a BBC commentator.
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Obama says “America not a Christian nation”…
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009…and in front of foreigners, no less. At a joint news conference in Turkey with Turkish president Abdullah Gül yesterday, Barack Obama said:
“Although…we have a large Christian population, we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation, or a Jewish nation, or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.”
The Stem Cell Wars have only begun
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009No sooner does President Barack Obama lift certain restrictions on stem cell research funding, than Georgia Republicans introduce a bill that will restrict such research in my adopted home state. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Meet the new boss…
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
…(hopefully not) the same as the old boss. Despite the waves of adulation for our new President still washing over the land, it seems appropriate to quote the lyrics of the classic song by The Who:
I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
We don’t get fooled again
Judge rejects inaugural lawsuit
Saturday, January 17th, 2009This is no surpise. “A federal judge on Thursday refused to order the words ’so help me God’ taken out of President-elect Barack Obama’s oath of office next week or to prevent ministers from praying at the inauguration celebration.” Even though it seems like a no-brainer, let’s face it: it’s a rare judge that’s going to buck tradition on this one.
Gay bishop to speak at Obama event
Monday, January 12th, 2009According to an Associated Press article, “The first openly gay Episcopal bishop will say a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial for one of President-elect Barack Obama’s first inauguration events.”
Hitchens on Rick Warren
Monday, December 22nd, 2008Christopher Hitchens delivers his latest blast of nontheistic spleen-venting against Rick Warren (who will offer up the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration). Leave it to ol’ Hitch to come up with phrases like “happy-slappy Sunday ‘Churchianity’ mega-feel-good fiestas.”
Rick F**king Warren???
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
What the hell is Barack Obama thinking? Rick “The Purpose-Driven Hammerhead” Warren is going to deliver Obama’s inauguration invocation? (We could talk about why there’s an invocation to start with, but that’s another matter…)
Will Pres. Obama be unchurched?
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Oh, the scandal! Since the election, Pres. Elect Obama is opting for the gym rather than a pew. Could this be a taste of things to come? I predict Pres. Obama will be generally uninterested in church and in the expansion of faith-based initiatives. Note also that while Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton attended church regularly while in office, our current Commander in Chief rarely darkens the door of a DC church.
Obama disappoints at NPB
Thursday, February 4th, 2010It’s disappointing that President Obama would attend the National Prayer Breakfast at all. The NPB is organized, you may already know, by “the Family”–a secretive and power-hungry cult that attracts congressmen (as well as international totalitarians and fascists) with their bizarre ideology that justifies any action as long as it’s committed by one of God’s chosen.
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