Obama on Separation of Church and State

[akirlu]

So Saturday afternoon I peeled myself out of the house to go caucus for Barack Obama. Another chaotic Saturday in a school gymnasium. (Again, as ever, I find that the Washington State Democrats could learn a thing or two from fans, volunteer-organizationally speaking.) There were some highs: meeting various neighbors, including the lady from across the drive (her husband is PCO), the guy from the next street up who says he's willing to lend out his goat, and the young lady who enjoys talking about linguistics. There were some lows: our precinct broke 16-10 Obama vs. Clinton, but the calculus turned that into two delegates for each. How bogus is that? Though, overall, the rough estimate was that the overall balance of delegates went 2-1 for Obama, so I will not grumble overly.

Then today Jay Lake had a pointer to an excerpt from an Obama speech on how he reconciles his Christianity with his stances on homosexuality and legal abortion, and in it he takes a well-argued stance for separation of church and state, while explicitly bringing atheists into the tent. I am that much gladder to support Barak Obama, and that much gladder to have made the effort on Saturday.

You can read the excerpt here in tongodeon's journal. You can read the whole speech here (it's long).

Tip of the hat to Jay Lake for the pointer.