Barack on the Secular State
For those who get tripped up on the idea of a secular state, Barack Obama gives a good definition. A secular state isn’t anti-religious. It is religiously neutral, allowing everyone to believe whatever their conscience dictates. It involves coming together on common ground to work together.
It’s good to hear a presidential candidate making this much sense.
(via Mind on Fire)
Tags: Barack Obama, government, religion, secularism, United States
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June 12, 2008 @ 9:22 am
The opposite of secularism is sectarianism.
Stephanie said,
June 12, 2008 @ 2:00 pm
I have tried to explain this concept to my extremely Mormon father. He just can’t process it. Of course, he also cannot process evolution, so he’s probably a lost cause. When I ran in the last Canadian federal election representing the Green Party, he actually didn’t vote for me, he voted Conservative.
June 12, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
I’m sure that made for awkward family relations.
Some day I’ll regale you with stores about the (continuing) argument between my father and my brothers about the definition of a circle. No joke.