McCain, Obama on faith

Time magazine has scored two personal essays from John McCain and Barack Obama about their faith. For as much attention as Obama’s faith has generated during this campaign, I was a bit surprised he wasn’t a bit more open. McCain: In the life of our country, faith serves the same ends that it can serve […]

Time magazine has scored two personal essays from John McCain and Barack Obama about their faith. For as much attention as Obama’s faith has generated during this campaign, I was a bit surprised he wasn’t a bit more open.

McCain: In the life of our country, faith serves the same ends that it can serve in the life of each believer, whatever creed we might profess. It sees us through life’s trials. It instills humility, calling us to serve a cause greater than ourselves. At its best, faith reminds us of our common humanity and our essential equality by the measure that matters most.

Obama: I don’t believe we should ignore the debate over traditional “values issues” at the expense of these other moral challenges. But we can’t just talk about “family values.” We actually have to stand up for policies that value families.


While you’re at Time, be sure to check out David Van Biema’s worthwhile profile of megachurch pastor Rick Warren, who will host Obama and McCain at Saddleback Church on Aug. 16.

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