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[quote="NewsBot"][url=http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060628_Sen.Barack_Obama_Podcast_Call_to_Renewal_Keynote_34.mp3][img]http://thecomichaven.com/images/podcastIcon.gif[/img][/url] [size=16][b][url=http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060628-call_to_renewal_keynote/index.html]Call to Renewal Keynote[/url][/b][/size]

Senator Obama spoke at the [i]Call to Renewal Conference[/i] sponsored by [url=http://obama.senate.gov/cgi-bin/exitmsg?url=http://sojo.net/]Sojourners[/url] earlier to day.  He spoke of the role of religion in politics.

[i]"This is why, if we truly hope to speak to people where they're at - to communicate our hopes and values in a way that's relevant to their own - we cannot abandon the field of religious discourse.

Because when we ignore the debate about what it means to be a good Christian or Muslim or Jew; when we discuss religion only in the negative sense of where or how it should not be practiced, rather than in the positive sense of what it tells us about our obligations towards one another; when we shy away from religious venues and religious broadcasts because we assume that we will be unwelcome - others will fill the vacuum, those with the most insular views of faith, or those who cynically use religion to justify partisan ends.

In other words, if we don't reach out to evangelical Christians and other religious Americans and tell them what we stand for, Jerry Falwell's and Pat Robertson's will continue to hold sway."[/i]

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Senator Obama spoke at the Call to Renewal Conference sponsored by Sojourners earlier to day.  He spoke of the role of religion in politics.

"This is why, if we truly hope to speak to people where they're at - to communicate our hopes and values in a way that's relevant to their own - we cannot abandon the field of religious discourse.

Because when we ignore the debate about what it means to be a good Christian or Muslim or Jew; when we discuss religion only in the negative sense of where or how it should not be practiced, rather than in the positive sense of what it tells us about our obligations towards one another; when we shy away from religious venues and religious broadcasts because we assume that we will be unwelcome - others will fill the vacuum, those with the most insular views of faith, or those who cynically use religion to justify partisan ends.

In other words, if we don't reach out to evangelical Christians and other religious Americans and tell them what we stand for, Jerry Falwell's and Pat Robertson's will continue to hold sway."

[b]Author:[/b] U.S. Senator Barack ObamaU.S. Senator Barack Obama
[b]Duration:[/b] 00:40:04
[b]Category: [/b] podcast
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[b]Source: [/b][url=http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/]U.S. Senator Barack Obama Podcast[/url]
[b]Description: [/b][size=10]Senator Barack Obama's audio reports on issues affecting Illinois, the nation and the U.S. Senate.[/size]
[b]Summary:[/b] [size=10]Senator Barack Obama's podcasts on issues affecting Illinois, the nation and the U.S. Senate.[/size][/quote]

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