Ethics

Obama's Inclusion of Non-Believers Bothers Wingnuts

By Ed Brayton

This article notes some of the silly reaction to Obama's simple and obvious statement that the nation includes non-believers. Here's what Obama said:

"For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness," the new president said. "We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth," he also said. Nothing too controversial, proclaiming that America's strength lies in its diversity.

But between those two statements, the new president got specific: "We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).