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I ran into an interesting headline today: OBAMA LEAVES GOD
OUT OF THANKSGIVING SPEECH, RILES CRITICS.
The critics, right-wing, conservative Republican nitwits
forgot to mention that Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum did not
mention God in their Thanksgiving Day messages either.
Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. It is a holiday at
the end of the growing season where families gather to celebrate and give
thanks for a bountiful harvest hence the cornucopia symbol?
Since many of us are not farmers, we gather to celebrate and
give thanks for the blessings of the past year, individually and as families
and give thanks in any way we want; religious or not.
Our Constitution specifically bars the use of religion as a
test for public office and even thought I know that in Obama’s message,
omitting God was purely accidental since he has mentioned God in his other
messages, making a big deal out of it paints those Republicans as the
hypocrites that they are; they want to abide by the Constitution but also
disregard it if they so choose.
This country was founded with freedom of religion and from
religion as a basic tenet so for those critics that lambasted Obama for
skipping a thank you to God, I say the president can thank who he wants to,
there is no rule that obligates him to thank God.
And since the president also represents an ever growing non-religious segment of our population; it probably is more prudent to keep religion out of his pronouncements.
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