I was touched to hear the President speak disappointedly of the ways faith is often used as an excuse for intolerance. I was ecstatic to hear the President speak of the need for separation of church and state. I was excited to hear humanists (a group I commonly identify with) mentioned as a prominent group of organized Americans. Oh and I was so elated to hear the President speak of the skeptical views of his mother, as I deeply honor my inner skeptic.
To me, this marked an important and exciting day for the religious, spiritual, humanists, and secularists of our country, both in terms of policy and hope for a more tolerant and accepting humanity.
As the President said, "Mission of love and service is at the heart of all humanity."
May it be so.
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3 comments:
I think you meant to say that the President spoke *disappointedly*, not disappointingly =:-o
you always hope the first comment is going to be how someone was so moved by your blog, but I actually do appreciate typo comments quite a bit too!
one more thing...
This may have been my favorite part...
“The goal of this office will not be to favor one religious group over another — or even religious groups over secular groups. It will simply be to work on behalf of those organizations that want to work on behalf of our communities, and to do so without blurring the line that our founders wisely drew between church and state,” the president said today during a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast.
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