Ethics

Interview with Doug Kmiec

By Ed Brayton

The Economist has an interview with Doug Kmiec, the former Reagan and Bush DOJ official who endorsed Barack Obama for president, that really shows how thoughtful and reasonable Kmiec is when it comes to religion and politics. He takes some shots at the religious right and the exploitation of Obama's speech at Notre Dame, which is particularly important given Kmiec's strong Catholic perspective. He says, for example:

In campaigning for the presidency, Mr Obama refused to follow the opposition's consistent ploy of using religious differences as a tool of division. To that end, the president would do well to take a page from the campaign and encourage the graduates to bring their faith into the public square, while being careful not to assume that their religion will always be given preference.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 14, 2009 (boomark / email).