Barack strikes again
Barack Obama hield van de week wederom een baanbrekende speech. Het onderwerp was politiek en religie: een explosief goedje in de Amerikaanse samenleving. Hier wat highlights. De hele speech is te zien en te lezen op zijn website.Faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts.
After all, the problems of poverty and racism, the uninsured and the unemployed, are not simply technical problems in search of the perfect ten point plan. They are rooted in both societal indifference and individual callousness - in the imperfections of man.
In fact, because I do not believe that religious people 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 ethics and values without pretending that they're something they're not. They don't need to do that. None of us need to do that.
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.
It's a prayer I think I share with a lot of Americans. A hope that we can live with one another in a way that reconciles the beliefs of each with the good of all. It's a prayer worth praying, and a conversation worth having in this country in the months and years to come.
