Protestantism

» Migisi - Requiem

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I am 100% supportive of the First Amendment's establishment clause.
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We can talk all day long about the Founder's intentions, the stated and implied Constitutional guarantees and the Bill of Rights. But we'd have to talk in past tense. They don't exist anymore, thanks to Bush's Patriot Act of 2001, and all the other so-called 'terrorist' and 'national security' bills passed since.
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(Falwell, Robertson, Dobson, etc) who organize and/or lobby and/or speak out to influence the political process should be held SUSPECT and should be eyed very carefully.
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Well, yeah! ANY religious fanatic who has the ear of the President and counsels him should indeed be held suspect and watched carefully.
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Here's an old article (2001) and some snippets well worth reading, IMO, to help you understand the concerns:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn...
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Religious Right Finds Its Center in Oval Office -
Bush Emerges as Movement's Leader After Robertson Leaves Christian Coalition
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By Dana Milbank
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 24, 2001; Page A02
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Pat Robertson's resignation this month as president of the Christian Coalition confirmed the ascendance of a new leader of the religious right in America: George W. Bush.
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For the first time since religious conservatives became a modern political movement, the president of the United States has become the movement's de facto leader -- a status even Ronald Reagan, though admired by religious conservatives, never earned. Christian publications, radio and television shower Bush with praise, while preachers from the pulpit treat his leadership as an act of providence. A procession of religious leaders who have met with him testify to his faith, while Web sites encourage people to fast and pray for the president..."
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Read the rest for some rather worrisome quotes by Christian conservative leaders making Bush out to be a divine answer to all problems.

-- posted by Migisi