If it is an acknowledgement, that would mean at one point he thought he could actually get the fundy vote, and I don't think Obama is stupid like that. He may have been trying to court homophobic independents.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
