Lost in the kerfuffle over Pres. Obama's remark is I think recognition that the U.S. owes its freedom and success to two sources: a) the providence of our creator and b) the long history of respect for human rights--to life, liberty and property--that we've inherited from our cultural ancestors.
I take the first only to be controversial for the nontheist. I take the second to be an assumption for liberals of all stripes, from Romney to Obama. If so, the question we should be asking is how to best preserve these rights.
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