God is not so easily removed.
Posted on 09/05/2012 7:34:46 PM PDT by neverdem
The atheists are thrilled.
God has been removed from the Democrats' platform.
And no less than Illinois Senator Dick Durbin says removing God is "carping on a trifle."
As reported on the CNN Political Ticker:
David Silverman, president of American Atheists, said the exclusion of "God" in the Democrats' document was a step forward in including non-religious Americans in the official party stance."We are obviously happy that the Democrats are taking these positive steps," Silverman wrote. "We are looking for the inclusion of everyone and we are hopeful that that inclusion will continue to the point that we can depend on Mr. Obama to repeal the faith based initiatives and reinforce the separation of church and state."
"It comes as a pleasant surprise," he added. "It is something that we have been pushing for and is certainly a positive step. But it is only one step and I would like to see action more than words."
If the atheists are thrilled, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin was nothing but defensive and angry.
Fox reported last night that the Democrats had removed the solitary reference to "God" from their platform. This was followed by a Bret Baier interview with Senator Durbin, the Senate Majority Whip and a close Obama ally.
As seen here, Durbin quickly became upset when Baier began to question him on the fact of "God out of the platform."..
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
IMHO, putting it back in just highlighted the issue further.
Indeed. What a debacle for the Damnocrats.
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