Here’s video of Blue Like Jazz author Don Miller’s Benediction from the first night of the Democratic National Convention:To God-o-Meter, the most noteworthy part of the video is how intently the convention audience is following the benediction, many with heads bowed. This crowd seemed more checked out during some of the evening’s earlier speakers. God-o-Meter doubts that most folks at home are watching the convention via C-Span, the one channel to carry the benediction, but those who were saw a window into Democratic delegates that jars with the party’s secular image.7

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