A change I wholeheartedly welcome
How much has changed in barely 4 months... New President, an intellectual, a tolerant human being, a doubter, a progressive.
We went from a christian crusader of the previous Administration who had tried to push religion into our public and private lives any and each way to the one who acknowledges that there are those of us who have no faith. This is exactly what Obama had said at the Notre Dame commencement speech past Sunday, May 17th:
For if there is one law that we can be most certain of, it is the law that binds people of all faiths and no faith together. It's no coincidence that it exists in Christianity and Judaism; in Islam and Hinduism; in Buddhism and humanism. It is, of course, the Golden Rule--the call to treat one another as we wish to be treated. The call to love. To serve. To do what we can to make a difference in the lives of those with whom we share the same brief moment on this Earth.
We, the godless heathens, the sinful atheists do exist. Obama, certainly, reserves the right to agree or disagree with us, but he acknowledges our existence, our place at the common table, our voice.
What a refreshing change it makes from the Bush I who had once famously said,
I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.
This refreshing change reminds me why I am proud of my country, it recalls all those values that countless real patriots, regardless of their religion, dies for.
We went from a christian crusader of the previous Administration who had tried to push religion into our public and private lives any and each way to the one who acknowledges that there are those of us who have no faith. This is exactly what Obama had said at the Notre Dame commencement speech past Sunday, May 17th:
For if there is one law that we can be most certain of, it is the law that binds people of all faiths and no faith together. It's no coincidence that it exists in Christianity and Judaism; in Islam and Hinduism; in Buddhism and humanism. It is, of course, the Golden Rule--the call to treat one another as we wish to be treated. The call to love. To serve. To do what we can to make a difference in the lives of those with whom we share the same brief moment on this Earth.
We, the godless heathens, the sinful atheists do exist. Obama, certainly, reserves the right to agree or disagree with us, but he acknowledges our existence, our place at the common table, our voice.
What a refreshing change it makes from the Bush I who had once famously said,
I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.
This refreshing change reminds me why I am proud of my country, it recalls all those values that countless real patriots, regardless of their religion, dies for.