McDermott's Pushing all the "Right" Buttons, Yay!

Falwell on McDermott: It's a doozy.

I imagine that Rep. James McDermott has heard from many of his trendy liberal friends who have been telling him what a brave and courageous soul he is for snubbing the phrase "under God" when he led the House of Representatives in saying the Pledge of Allegiance on Tuesday.

And I'm sure he's heard from ten times as many rabid hyper-Xtians damning him to all hellfire for his devil-worshipping ways.

Today's secularists loathe America's biblical underpinning that served to inspire and motivate our founders to forge a nation that would recognize the value of its religious citizens, even in governmental affairs.

Bwahahahahahahaha

They disrespect our history and seek only to establish an agenda that eradicates our longstanding religious heritage.

Umm...who's history are secularists disrespecting, Mr. Revisionist-man? You do realize that our founding fathers intended a secular government, yes?

Secularists want the American public square to be devoid of religious influence...

No, only some secularists want the public square devoid of religious influence. Others only want the public square devoid of religion, rather than religious influence (a subtle difference). Others still are fine with religion in the public square, they simply want the government devoid of religion and religious influence.

From Ten Commandments monuments at American courthouses, to high school football game prayers, to the brief mention of God in our Pledge, secularists are seeking to enforce their marginal views on the nation

I'd hardly call the intent of the Constitution a "marginal view".

Barry Lynn, president of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a group that seeks to wholly secularize our nation, admitted to me that he ultimately hopes to purge the words "In God We Trust" from our currency.

Barry Lynn is a minister. He hardly wants to secularize the nation. He only means to keep the government secular -- as it was intended to be.

I wonder if secularists would, given the ability to do so, strike the phrase "endowed by our Creator" from the U.S. Constitution.

Well I know I would, but I can't speak for all of us, and neither should someone as clueless about who we are (and about many other things as well) as Falwell.

Will they take control of our nation's textbooks so that they can cleanse words that chronicle our founders as men of faith who routinely sought guidance from above?

You mean like how Xtian zealots have tried to take control of our nation's science textbooks in order to cleanse them of...well, science? No, Jerry, the fact that some of the founders did have religious faith -- of varying degrees and flavors, I might add -- is all just part of history and most people are intelligent enough to realize that it's got no bearing on the founders' intentions that the government of this country be secular in order that all may enjoy religious freedom.

Will ministers one day be punished for upholding the Word of God in sermons that counter the secularist standpoint?

No, you dumbass, that's what religious freedom is all about and that's what groups like the ACLU are fighting for -- the right of everyone to believe and worship as they please.

Columnist Ann Coulter,...

Buckle up, people, it's gonna get bumpy

...who certainly has a matchless way with words, said recently, "The nation waits with bated breath to see if, this term, the court will strike 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance. Liberals are so desperate for this to happen that some of them are actually praying for it."

Meaning, what? That all liberals are atheists? Hardly. What's so shocking about a religious person (a lot of liberals are religious) praying for an outcome that they believe to be fair and correct? It's far less shocking that the myriad of ridiculous things that people like Falwell and Robertson pray for. And it's certainly far less shocking than most things that are spouted by xenophobe Ann Coulter. Take wishing that Timothy McVeigh had bombed the New York Times instead of the Murrah Federal Building, for one. Or that we should "make an example" of people like John Lindh and Jose Padilla in order to scare terrorists straight.

Mr. McDermott will no doubt become the poster child for the effort to thoroughly secularize our nation.

No, Jerry, it's "return the government to its originally intended secular form", not "secularize the nation".

He is already revered (really? revered?) by secularists for his action in June 2002, when the House of Representatives voted to condemn the 9th Circuit Court's ruling that declared the Pledge unconstitutional. With a vote of 416-to-2, the House adopted the measure, with Rep. McDermott voting "present." Then in a March 2003 resolution, Rep. McDermott joined with six other "no" voters in refusing to condemn the 9th Circuit ruling.

Oh. Yeah. How terrible of McDermott to refuse to jump on the bandwagon of pubescent games like "we hate you, stupid 9th circuit court!" that are a huge waste of Congress' time.

Gary Bauer, chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, (yay! Another quote from a Reich Wing nut job) said, "While Jim McDermott may be in the minority in the House of Representatives, he does, unfortunately, 'represent' many on the lunatic fringe of American politics who are increasingly active and energized this year.

Lunatic fringe? Well, I never! Oh wait, he said, "of American politics". Yeah, okay, I have. But, but...takes one to know one! Na-na-na-na-naaa-naaaaaa.

"In the 'civil war' over values, either McDermott's worldview will prevail or our worldview, that recognizes God as the author of our liberty, will prevail."

Oh, come on, Jerry. Just say what you mean. "...or our wordview, the one that's 100% infallibly right,...". Anyway, with Falwell, it's "either/or", "black or white". It's too bad he fails to realize that his worldview and McDermott's worldview could co-exist peacefully in this country...if only we had a truly neutral government in matters of religion. That was the genius of the founding fathers. They knew that in order to preserve the religious preferences of everyone, the government should be secular. That is, it should keep out of such matters.

The chief problem, however, is that those in this lunatic fringe are characteristically portrayed in the so-called mainstream media as holding conventional viewpoints.

What media does Jerry read??! I'd like to get my hands on it -- I could use the validation. Wait. Oh yeah. I recognize this particular brand of propaganda. This is part of that "liberal media" myth. (For more on the "liberal media", see Al Franken's book, "Lies and the Lying Liars...").

Conjecture is treated as truth.

Wait. Did Jerry just change topics and start talking about BushCo's "case" for going to war with Iraq?

The mainstream media hold what have become established views on issues such as abortion, evolution and homosexual rights that counter the mindset of millions of Americans.

Yeah, millions of nutjob Americans, eh Jerry?

But they treat these views as fact, purposely disregarding and discounting as irrelevant the views of those who do not accept these "truths."

And now Jerry's switched topics again to discuss BushCo's views on such things as the environment, global warming, the existence of WMD, the Iraq-Saddam link, etc.

This is how our nation will become increasingly divided -- by allowing me to continue to spew forth my vitriol. It is a tragedy of immense proportions that so many of our fellow Americans simply fall into lockstep with the myth-as-truth mentality.

Sorry. Took a few "artistic liberties" there. Couldn't resist. I mean, ol' Jerry was so close to hitting the nail on the head that I just had to help him along a bit.

That is why it behooves every one of us who loves America and the foundation on which it was built to uphold the legacy of our forefathers by taking a stand for our religious freedoms. (Actually, Jerry means "...take a stand for the Xtian religion...". If he really supported religious freedom (of all religions -- or none at all), he'd support removing references to a monotheistic, and arguably Xtian, god in the Pledge, on our currency, in the openings of the Supreme Court, etc.) Unless we rise up and take action -- a good first step would be to vote out the Jim McDermotts of the day -- our children will one day wake in a vast secularist wasteland that used to be America.

Fearmongering, threats and distortions, oh my!