Faith in America
Posted at 9:29pm on Jun. 2, 2008 Obama's Faith Far From Conventional
Obama sees religion as political tool
By Kevin Holtsberry
Please read this transcript of an interview with Barack Obama on his faith/spirituality with Chicago-Sun Time religion columnist Cathleen Falsani. It is full of interesting tidbits like this:
GG:
Do you still attend Trinity?OBAMA:
Yep. Every week. 11 oclock service.Ever been there? Good service.
I actually wrote a book called Dreams from My Father, it’s kind of a meditation on race. There’s a whole chapter on the church in that, and my first visits to Trinity.
And this:
GG:
Do you have people in your life that you look to for guidance?OBAMA:
Well, my pastor is certainly someone who I have an enormous amount of respect for.
I have a number of friends who are ministers. Reverend Meeks is a close friend and colleague of mine in the state Senate. Father Michael Pfleger is a dear friend, and somebody I interact with closely.GG:
Those two will keep you on your toes.OBAMA:
And theyr’e good friends. Because both of them are in the public eye, there are ways we can all reflect on what’s happening to each of us in ways that are useful.I think they can help me, they can appreciate certain specific challenges that I go through as a public figure.
His tune is a little different now.
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Posted at 10:54am on Apr. 4, 2008 Anglican Schism Update: Victory in Virginia
By Ben Domenech
Several prominent breakaway Anglican churches get to keep their property according to a ruling yesterday in Virginia:
A Fairfax circuit judge has awarded a favorable judgment to a group of 11 Anglican churches that were taken to court last fall after breaking away from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia in late 2006.
In an 83-page opinion released late last night, Judge Randy Bellows ruled that Virginia's Civil War-era “division statute” granting property to departing congregations applies to the Northern Virginia congregations, which are now part of the Nigerian-administered Convocation of Anglicans in North America.
“The court finds that a division has occurred in the diocese,” the judge wrote. “Over 7 percent of the churches in the diocese, 11 percent of its baptized membership and 18 percent of the diocesan average attendance of 32,000 [per Sunday] have left in the past two years.”
The lawsuit, which is the largest property case to date in the history of the Episcopal Church, involves millions of dollars of real estate and assets. With the finding that a division has occurred, the congregations get to keep the property under Virginia law.
These churches were prepared to leave even if they lost their buildings - the so-called "cornfield moment" - but this is a real victory for the orthodox believers in the Anglican communion.
Posted at 2:00pm on Dec. 6, 2007 Romney Blew It
By California Yankee
Promoted by Jeff. Ben's opposing viewpoint can be seen here.
I watched Romney's "Faith in America" speech.
It was mercifully short, it was decent and there was no point in Romney giving it.
As Romney said in advance, it wasn't a JFK-esque speech. So why give it? In essence all he said is that there should be no religious test for president, and we should follow the separation of church and state as designed by the founders:
Read on.
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