Comments on: Liberalism => Persecution http://kaiserfam.com/kyrieeleison/2007/06/26/liberalism-persecution/ "Lord Have Mercy" - Thoughts & images from a Catholic dad's perspective. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:33:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: RobK http://kaiserfam.com/kyrieeleison/2007/06/26/liberalism-persecution/#comment-642 RobK Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:58:00 +0000 http://kaiserfam.com/kyrieeleison/?p=234#comment-642 My reading is that he is saying that he wants to uphold the separation of Church and State and that Faith should have no role in public life. I see your re-read, and you may be correct. But as I read it, I see him saying keep your faith out of politics.<br/><br/>I could be wrong. My reading is that he is saying that he wants to uphold the separation of Church and State and that Faith should have no role in public life. I see your re-read, and you may be correct. But as I read it, I see him saying keep your faith out of politics.

I could be wrong.

]]> By: Tim http://kaiserfam.com/kyrieeleison/2007/06/26/liberalism-persecution/#comment-641 Tim Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:41:00 +0000 http://kaiserfam.com/kyrieeleison/?p=234#comment-641 I'm no fan of Obama, believe me, but I think either I don't get what you mean or maybe the way this was written or said makes it sound like one thing is being said while the opposite is actually being said. Taking out the aside about upholding the separation of church and state the line reads like this:<br/><br/><i>Doing the Lord's work is a thread that's run through our politics since the very beginning," Obama told church members. "And it <b>puts the lie</b> to the notion that the separation of church and state in America means faith should have no role in public life."</i> (My emphasis)<br/><br/>So as I read it he's saying that faith does have a role in public life. If that's what he is saying then I applaud the sentiment. For many reasons I can't applaud the speaker. I’m no fan of Obama, believe me, but I think either I don’t get what you mean or maybe the way this was written or said makes it sound like one thing is being said while the opposite is actually being said. Taking out the aside about upholding the separation of church and state the line reads like this:

Doing the Lord’s work is a thread that’s run through our politics since the very beginning,” Obama told church members. “And it puts the lie to the notion that the separation of church and state in America means faith should have no role in public life.” (My emphasis)

So as I read it he’s saying that faith does have a role in public life. If that’s what he is saying then I applaud the sentiment. For many reasons I can’t applaud the speaker.

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