I absolutely HATE the idea of bring religion into politics. But, since this seems to be a part of the recent discussion, I am going to throw my 2 cents into this. Part of it too is being driven by the many headed hydra of none other than ...
Donnie Mcclurkin: This whole thing irritated me too. But, I have actually seen people declare that they are not supporting Obama based on this episode. I find this a tad hypocritical since I failed to see to much support for Dennis Kucinich on this site, who, after all was the only candidate supporting fully the LGBT community.
Hopefully though, that isn't what this diary is about.
Barack Obama sure talks a lot about God : This kind of irritates me too. He seems to be talking about it more than the other candidates (well, except for Mike Huckabee!) But, after a breath and a pause, I also know that no other candidate is being called out as a traitorous Manchurian Muslim Candidate -- so, for me, I am giving him a pass on this one.
Now, for those of You fence sitting on this whole Donnie McClurkin thing or anything else, let me take You into the way back machine
To a patordan diary from 2004
Basically, the UCC was having their advertisements banned because of controversial subject matter. Here is probably my favorite of the series:
Bouncer Ad
Ejector Ad
There was overwhelming support of the DailyKos community back then for the support of this ad campaign, in that virtually all of us saw 'the better angels' of religion as represented in these ads.
And You know what -- THIS IS Barack Obama's Church
While bothered by some aspects of religion in this campaign, I can hear Barack Obama's voice in these commercials and the message of these commercials in him.