After months of controversy, Barack Obama finally resigned his membership at Trinity United Church of Christ, his congregation of more than 20 years. RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY managing editor Kim Lawton discusses Obama's departure from the church and questions raised about whether candidates and public officials should have a zone of religious privacy.
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while i like getting your insights in this blog, i have to say that I don't see the point in videoblogging them...i could read your points in far less time than it takes to watch you say them.
Especially if you're covering a subject you don't need to give backstory on...it takes about 30 (kinda useless) seconds to get to the meat of your commentary.
I agree, especially as I have a dial-up connection. Video is totally frustrating for me, and others like me, and text is definitely faster to load and read (saving electricity). I do have a position on the fact, not issue, of Barack Obama leaving his church, and that is that any candidate's religion should be off limits.
We are, like it or not, a secular society (as stated in 1797, "We are no more a Christian nation than we are a Jewish or Muslim [one]".) Separation of church and state means that government has no role in supporting or subduing religion, and religion has no role in supporting political candidates or parties. Yes, religion does have an impact on individuals' values, but any political decision made must be based on the laws of the land--federal, state, and local.