tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post8781713228942058214..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: The role of religion under ObamaSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-61171856961555869192009-01-23T15:08:00.000-08:002009-01-23T15:08:00.000-08:00We are approaching a de facto state religion; loo...We are approaching a de facto state religion; look at the hoopla over any Muslim political candidate. I would argue it's next to impossible to be elected as an atheist. My marriage is now imperilled because Catholics and Mormons seek to impose their religious unerstanding of marriage on the state definition thereof--and on non-Catholics and non-Mormons, simply because there are More of Them. IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-40491349727237552942009-01-23T14:07:00.000-08:002009-01-23T14:07:00.000-08:00That prospect alarms activists who work to preserv...That prospect alarms activists who work to preserve separation of church and state.<BR/><BR/><I>"It remains to be seen what Barack Obama will do with the moral or ethical advice he is getting from religious leaders," says the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United, in Washington. "It would be odd if he were not meeting with people of faith, but he has to temper his religious RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-42811865029596135852009-01-21T17:01:00.000-08:002009-01-21T17:01:00.000-08:00One comment though I know you didn't write the art...One comment though I know you didn't write the article.<BR/><BR/>For a tradition going back to George Washington it has some very long gaps. The first apparently being the one from George Washington's first inauguration until 1933. In 1933 there seems to have been a service the afternoon of the inauguration according to the cathedral website though the New York Times article at the time Erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037406583478493064noreply@blogger.com