Barack Obama Is a Hero [kalpurna]

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OMG, this *speech*. I just... this articulates so much that I've been thinking and haven't been able to put into words. Because, seriously, who the hell decreed that religion belonged to George W. Bush? There's a long and illustrious tradition, *especially* in the United States, of the Church being an agent for social change, and religious liberalism, and... yeah, he says it better than I do. Go read.

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Hi -- we met briefly in DS chat tonight, and I thought I'd add you, since we seem to be interested in the same fandoms (and also roughly the same age). Also, I've been an Obama fangirl for a long time -- politics are sort of my profession, so to speak.

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Cool, I love new friends! Especially new friends who won't laugh at me for being a baby fangirl *g*. I friended you back. And yeah, Obama's the best.

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Oh gosh, no. I got into fandom when I was 13 and finished my first slash piece when I was 16 (which I'm still a little embarrassed about). I'm 21 now :)

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Hey, me too! My first slash piece was posted in the summer of 2004, and I'm 18 now. I just went back and looked at it the other day, and... *facepalm* I was such a disaster.

For one thing, I mispelled "prostrate" as "prostate".

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LOL -- that's one that spellcheck won't help you with ;)

Mine was pretty bad, too. Like, totally improbable sex. And I feminized the hell out of both of them. I think most people have something like that: a first fuck story that's just so bad it's laughable.

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We didn't meet so much, actually, but I saw you around the dS chat, and I've thought before of adding your journal, so ... um. Hi!

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Hi! *adds you back*

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Jumping on the bandwagon here. :) *friends*

I fangirl Obama so hard. I could not be prouder to have him as my Senator.

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Yay, new friends! *adds*

And yeah, I'm so thrilled to be in any way connected to that man. (U Chicago, whee!)

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This brings me to my second point. Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason. I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all.

Oh, WORD. So very much. This is what people are really not getting when being taught separation of church and state in schools. When I say the Bible is not a good enough reason, this is what I mean, ok?

I have to memorize this, I'm going to have to repeat it a lot.

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I know! I just want to, like, carry copies of it around with me to hand out. It would save so much explaining.

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I love Barack Obama. I'm from Illinois, so he's my homeboy. I gave a letter to his office downtown once.
Can I friend you? We have several common intrests.

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Of course! *adds back*

Also, I find it so funny that people seem to have gone on a friending spree lately, and because this is the most recent unlocked entry, they've all commented on this post. It's kind of a random place to do it, but hey! New friends!

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I followed your link to that speech the other day, and I finally finished reading it today. It almost made me cry at work omg.

I've been walking around chanting, "Save us, Barak Obama; you're our only hope."

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Hee! But, omg, he kind of is. There was this super negative reaction to this speech from the liberal blogs, and I was like, what? Why?

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