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Barack Obama Is Barack's plan to reconcile faith and politics going to violate the separation of church and state?

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no
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yes
   31%
 beaulingpin posted 1年以上前
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beaulingpin picked yes:
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beaulingpin picked yes:
oh, I'm sorry! the correct answer is obviously yes.
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MSF2 picked no:
If you knew anything about Barack you would know how stupid this is. He is not trying to make America a Christian nation like you're trying to make it sound, in-fact just the opposite. If you watched the whole video you would know that.
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Cinders picked no:
"...including the need for religious people to translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values during public debate."

It's "reconciling" not converting. Kind of like how Dr. Francis Collins tries to reconcile science with belief in his book "The Language of God."

I agree with MSF2. Particularly where Obama said Keyes was trying to tell the people that "Jesus wouldn't vote for Obama" and that whole speech.

"I can't impose my own religious views on another. I was running to be the senator of Illinois, not the minister of Illinois."

"Religious people do not have a monopoly on morality."

"I would rather have someone who is grounded in morality and ethics and who is also secular affirm their morality and their ethics and their values without pretending their something that they're not... But what I am suggesting is this. Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square... Our law is by definition a codification of our morality... If we progressives shed some of these biases we might recognize some of these overlapping values that both religious and secular people share when it comes to the moral and material direction of our country."

"We are no longer a Christian nation. At least, not just. We are a Buddhist nation and a Jewish nation and a Muslim nation..."

I loved what he said about how he can't pass a law against abortion just because it's against HIS religion, he would need to find a way how he could show it was morally wrong by ALL faiths, including those who have no faith.

Some words may be a little off. I tried to quote as directly as possible.
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kateliness2 picked no:
I like those quotes as well. Except the abortion thing. I find there are plenty of reasons except religious ones to back up being pro-life :)
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SG1-090 picked no:
^^ i don't, but i get where your coming from! i think he means restore faith in politics not faith in the religious sense.
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blackstalfos picked no:
As long as no religion is favored or persecuted, I'm happy. Religions and the State should just live and let live.
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Nemo_love247 picked yes:
i didnt understand the question lol
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ohwillke picked no:
I really don't know!!!
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Vallery picked no:
Well said my friend Cinders and MFS2!
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Addicted2TV picked no:
He was very clear about it.
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bubbles1290 picked yes:
rock on beaulingpin
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768 said:
WTF I don't understand the question
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heyjack247 picked yes:
boo oboma
posted 1年以上前.