DAMON LINKER DECEMBER 18, 2008
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Worthy of note:
Liberals love to declare the end of the culture war, but as soon as a Democrat reaches out to someone on the other side of the cultural/religious divide, prominent liberal groups throw temper tantrums. (Would anything resembling this level of outrage have been sparked by Obama tapping someone who dissented from a liberal line on taxes? Or guns? Or health care? Or even the war? I very much doubt it.)
And so the culture war continues . . . .
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- Anonymous
December 18, 2008 at 1:30pm
Over on his new blog (which you should bookmark), Damon Linker has been duking it out over the Rick Warren
- Anonymous
December 18, 2008 at 7:14pm
"(Would anything resembling this level of outrage have been sparked by Obama tapping someone who dissented from a liberal line on taxes? Or guns? Or health care? Or even the war? I very much doubt it.) "
You're probably right, Damon. I've noticed that your average, run-of-the-mill, everyday trampling of that old all-men-are-created-equal civil rights nonsense does get liberals a little more riled up than the other stuff. Because it's, oh, I dunno ... the basic tenet upon which this great nation is allegedly based? Sure, that provokes a hearty YAWN! amongst the politically savvy, but there are still quite a lot of folks who care about it.
Wow! What a bunch of radicals!
- WoodyBombay
December 18, 2008 at 8:40pm
How about doing away with the invocation completely? That would be real change. Invoking religion at a Presidential Inauguration has nothing to do with seeking God's blessing but it is an attempt by the political system to get the blessing of the religious establishment. A Christian's job should not be to sign off on the corrupt and messy nature of democratic politics but must speak truth to power. This is why the doctrine of seperation of Church and state is so crucial here. Both the Church *and* the state must remain separate from each other so as not to not establish a state religion nor the state insulate itself from the prophetic voice of the Church!
Along that route churches should probably stop performing civil marriages as well, that would help solve the "gay marriage" issue at least in part. Each state could determine what a marriage *is* and each church could decide if it would perform a "blessing" of said union. The judge signs the license and a couple is free, or not, to have a church ceremony additionally.
- censtad
December 19, 2008 at 2:15pm
Or conversely, censtad, the state only performs "civil unions" no matter whether gay or straight. Marriage is relegated to some sort of religious sacrament, with no legal binding.
- cspencef
January 12, 2009 at 9:27pm