In case anyone was harboring fantasies that the Obama administration would represent even a nominal turn toward the resecularization of American politics, think again and check out the rather staggeringly religious structure in which his inauguration has unfolded.
(Particularly notable is Rick Warren's polyglot hailing of variant names for the almighty. We're getting closer to the Senate debating via speech in tongues and snake handling.)
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ReplyDeleteThe really interesting thing about Warren's spiel (well, not interesting, but important to note) is that he wasn't talking up the big g-dawg, but rather the spawn, j-roc, the little guy on a stick. AND! he said specifically that he worships 'issa' -- arabic for jesus -- meaning that he specifically chose to say 'hey, you islams of the frim-fram world, eat my fuck!'