More on the Obama / Dobson Controversy: The Intersection of Faith and Reason in Public
The Washington Post chimed in on the Obama-Dobson feud yesterday with this interesting piece . It speaks of Obama's keynote address at a "Call to Renewal" conference on June 28, 2006, about which Dobson was so displeased. The message of the Post's piece is that Obama should be commended for espousing the value of a public faith , but not one which seeks a literal application of Scripture in modern affairs. For one thing, Obama took on liberals "who dismiss religion in the public square as inherently irrational or intolerant" and "caricature religious Americans ... as fanatical." He went on to say: "Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square.... To say that men and women should not inject their 'personal morality' into public policy debates is a practical absurdity. Our law is by definition a codification of our morality, much of which is grounded in the Jud...