Blog Entry #1

In, then Senator Obama's, speech he hit on a few key points. He at first starts off with a greeting and a quick word of thanks to the people whom he is addressing. He then goes on to congratulate them on their presentations. As the speech progresses past niceties he begins by talking about the Bible and how they can talk all they want but it will not make a difference if they are not willing to put in the hard work. He gives them an example form his campaign against Alan Keyes, and how Mr. Keyes stated that Jesus would not vote for him. Then he tells the people on how he came into the Trinity United Church of Christ. He then proceeds to use key points in speeches given by Lincoln and Dr. King. Later on Obama says that he believes in "vigorous enforcement of our non-discrimination laws" but he also feels that diversity is necessary for our nation's leader. But he tells the crowd that not every progressive should jump on the religious bandwagon. He then says that for someone to tell someone else that they need to "leave their religion at the door" is wrong and what we really need is cooperation between religious and secular America. He closes with a letter form one of his supporters and their congratulations on his victory, but how they might not vote for him in the general election. The author of this letter goes on to state that his voting choice is based on how he was raised and how he felt about abortion. Obama then sent this letter out and changed the wording on how he himself felt about abortion. He closes with the story of a prayer that we can all come to live together.