The separation of church and state is protected in the US Constitution. Yet a group of 33 right-wing preachers have decided to break the law and from their Sunday pulpits, tell their parisioners to vote for John McCain. Aren't these the same people who complained about Islamic mullahs using ther religious influence to convert people to terrorism?
Such reckless disregard for the law could lead to these preachers' churches losing their tax-free status. Read more at Project Fairplay.
Here's Thomas Jefferson's Wall of Separation letter. Your thoughts about mixing politics and religion?
P.S. It seems there is no end to the lies put forth by the McCain campaign. He can't even remember what he said from one day to the next!
Somebody please give McCain a world map!
At an economic forum today, McCain said Venezuela is in the Middle East! Last week he thought Spain was in Latin America. He is either confused or delusional. Either way, he's not up to the job of being president.
You told me about this at dinner last month and it still scares the crap out of me. WAKE UP AMERICA!
Posted by: Di Overton | 07 October 2008 at 07:38
This is exactly the sort of mindset that says "Abortion is bad, except in the case of me/my daughter because we did nothing bad to deserve to suffer through this pregnancy." It sometimes seems to me that the defining characteristic of the religious right is hypocrisy.
They also make clear the most important issue surrounding the separation of church and state: It turns religion into nothing more than a mouthpiece for political interests. Under the guise of doing God's work these people try to bend the wills of the members of their church to support the work of the political right. This is exactly the reason why the founding fathers felt it was so critical to keep the two completely separate.
Posted by: dargie | 01 October 2008 at 21:29
He is unfit, no doubt. And so is Palin. More interviews with Couric show just how much. I love James Carville's quote on Palin. " She is supremely and uniquely unqualified".
I think it is ironic that McCain always made the case about Obama being unqualified. Now THAT is the pot calling the kettle black.
Latest reports have Obama gaining ground in the battleground states. And new voters are going for Obama 60% to 30% (with 9% still undecided). Good news for us!!!
Hope you'll be tuning in tomorrow night.
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Posted by: Ms Hays | 30 September 2008 at 20:02
Tara, it seems that people are now doing what they don't want done to them. These preachers are pseudo-Christians, as well as anti-Constitution.
It's like that hate-mongering anti-Muslim DVD that was sent out with newspapers and the result was that someone threw some kind of toxic material into a mosque room where the children are kept during prayers.
Posted by: Colette | 30 September 2008 at 18:40