I agree on every point. I'm not atheist, exactly, but I noticed and appreciated that. I have good friends who are atheist who insist that prejudice/intolerance against atheists is more widely tolerated than just about any other sort, and it's hard to dispute the point. How many decades away are we from the possibility of a non-Christian president--let alone an atheist one?
On the other hand, the prayer by that guy from Saddleback was the most overtly Christian one I can recall. My impression is that usually the people brought in for that sort of thing give vaguely theistic prayers that pretty much any Christian, Jew, or Muslim could get behind. Not so much today.
I put the inauguration on in class. I had to concentrate on not crying myself. First of all, that would have freaked kids out. Beyond that, though, I don't know if my kids could have understood why this white guy thought Obama's election was such a big deal. (And, of course, I'm not allowed to make political statements.)
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Date: 2009-01-20 09:46 pm (UTC)On the other hand, the prayer by that guy from Saddleback was the most overtly Christian one I can recall. My impression is that usually the people brought in for that sort of thing give vaguely theistic prayers that pretty much any Christian, Jew, or Muslim could get behind. Not so much today.
I put the inauguration on in class. I had to concentrate on not crying myself. First of all, that would have freaked kids out. Beyond that, though, I don't know if my kids could have understood why this white guy thought Obama's election was such a big deal. (And, of course, I'm not allowed to make political statements.)