Christian Religious Fanatics Eroding American Democracy
There have been a number of moves on the part of Christian religious fanatics that are part of a concerted and fierce effort to erode and eventually destroy freedom and democracy in the United States of America.
In 1954, Congress passed a law injecting the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, which is recited an average of tens of millions of times a day by school children across the US. This forces people to either lie or break the law.
Shortly after his election, George W. Bush started funneling federal funds into religious organizations, what he calls "Faith Based Initiatives." To date nearly all of this so called federal money, which is actually money that has come out of the pockets of Jews, Moslems, humanists, Buddhists and adherents to numerous other diverse belief systems, has gone to specifically Christian organizations.
George W. declared that his King James Bible is a "higher law" than the constitution of the United States. And yet in becoming the President of the US, Bush pledged to uphold the constitution. His declaration that the Bible is a higher law demonstrates that he can't be trusted to uphold his pledge.
The House of Representatives approved a measure Thursday that would bar federal courts from ruling on the "under God" text of the Pledge. While this measure will probably not stand, and many consider this to be an election year ploy to divert the American people's attention from more serious issues, it is still a move on the part of American religious fanatics to push their religion on others.
These are all part of a concerted and fierce attack by Christian religious fanatics to turn the United States into a land not of freedom and democracy but of religious repression and theocracy. The US, called the Great Experiment and the Light of the World, is threatened and may be destroyed in the not too distant future. To me, a patriot, a true American, this is an attack on all I hold most precious and dear.
Eternal vigilance is the price of democracy. It is easy for people to slip into a sense of complacency and apathy and to allow the reality of it here in the US to be destroyed by enemies from within. We are all guilty of this to an extent, and understandably so.
But the situation is becoming more serious every day. It's time to take action. Call your representatives. Express your feelings on the matter to your friends. Demonstrate. Vote. Blog.
Unfortunately, it's going to take a lot of action. No politician ever raises this issue publicly, and they all pay lip service to being religious. It is the real third rail of politics.
In 1954, Congress passed a law injecting the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, which is recited an average of tens of millions of times a day by school children across the US. This forces people to either lie or break the law.
Shortly after his election, George W. Bush started funneling federal funds into religious organizations, what he calls "Faith Based Initiatives." To date nearly all of this so called federal money, which is actually money that has come out of the pockets of Jews, Moslems, humanists, Buddhists and adherents to numerous other diverse belief systems, has gone to specifically Christian organizations.
George W. declared that his King James Bible is a "higher law" than the constitution of the United States. And yet in becoming the President of the US, Bush pledged to uphold the constitution. His declaration that the Bible is a higher law demonstrates that he can't be trusted to uphold his pledge.
The House of Representatives approved a measure Thursday that would bar federal courts from ruling on the "under God" text of the Pledge. While this measure will probably not stand, and many consider this to be an election year ploy to divert the American people's attention from more serious issues, it is still a move on the part of American religious fanatics to push their religion on others.
These are all part of a concerted and fierce attack by Christian religious fanatics to turn the United States into a land not of freedom and democracy but of religious repression and theocracy. The US, called the Great Experiment and the Light of the World, is threatened and may be destroyed in the not too distant future. To me, a patriot, a true American, this is an attack on all I hold most precious and dear.
Eternal vigilance is the price of democracy. It is easy for people to slip into a sense of complacency and apathy and to allow the reality of it here in the US to be destroyed by enemies from within. We are all guilty of this to an extent, and understandably so.
But the situation is becoming more serious every day. It's time to take action. Call your representatives. Express your feelings on the matter to your friends. Demonstrate. Vote. Blog.
Unfortunately, it's going to take a lot of action. No politician ever raises this issue publicly, and they all pay lip service to being religious. It is the real third rail of politics.
posted by Stryder at 6:03 AM
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