What Higher Obligation Does A President Have

In View Of The Tide Of Religiosity Engulfing A Once Secular Republic It Is Refreshing To Be Reminded By Freethinkers That Free Thought And Skepticism Are Robustly In The American Tradition. After All The Founding Fathers Began By Omitting God From The American Constitution.

Few Secret Undertakings Ever Did Any Nation Any Good.

The Great Religious Ages Were Notable For Their Indifference To Human Rights... Not Only For Acquiescence In Poverty, Inequality, Exploitation And Oppression, But Also For Enthusiastic Justifications For Slavery, Persecution, Abandonment Of Small Children, Torture, And Genocide... Moreover, Religion Enshrined Hierarchy, Authority, And Inequality... It Was The Age Of Equality That Brought About The Disappearance Of Such Religious Appurtenances As The Auto-da-fe And Burning At The Stake.

Politics In A Democracy Is, At The End, An Educational Process.

What Higher Obligation Does A President Have Than To Explain His Intentions To The People And Persuade Them That The Direction He Wishes To Go Is Right?