One step closer to reality

So Barack Obama has been elected the 44th President Of The United States Of America. The biggest fuss over his election is the fact that he is of African-American descent, the first ever in presidential history. A historic landmark for sure, but the other issue I think is just as important, if not more is his lack of, or should I say, less-of religious belief, in both personal and political aspects. Most probably don’t know that Obama grew up with no religious beliefs, his mother had no religious ties and despite his father being raised as a muslim, eventually became an atheist.  Yes, that’s where the muslim connection came from and no he is not a muslim, not that it even matters. Obama has since aligned himself with the United Trinity Church of Christ, but a lot of that had to do with tradition in African-American culture. So with that being said, Obama is as close to a non-religious President since Thomas Jefferson who, while may or may not have been an atheist, certaintly questioned religion’s authority and was a strong proponent in maintaining seperation of Church and State in the U.S., which by the way is the only country in the world that maintains that to this day. After 8 years of Bush and his religiously driven foreign policy, even politically on the domestic side, it’s nice to know that we are a step closer to finally having a president that is not religious in motives, even if it’s still a long way to go.