During Tea Party rallies and campaign speeches, we’ve been told that America was founded as a Christian nation, and that if the Founding Fathers were here today, they would tell us so. Here’s John Adams in the Treaty of Tripoli:
“As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion—”
And here’s Thomas Jefferson:
“… that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions.”
And here’s the First Amendment to the US Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
What’s more frightening than the perversion of our great history, is that the sensible, strong, smart Republicans the VERY men and women who should be standing up to radical fundamentalism, are so frightened of losing primary battles to religious zealots that they’ve thrown in the towel on sanity. So we get this:
“Y-yes, the— the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation.” (Senator John McCain)
It’s ironic, because the biggest enemy of the phony Republican isn’t Nancy Pelosy or Harry Reid, or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. It’s this man (picture of Jesus is shown at this time)… He said, “Heal the sick, feed the hungry, care for the weakest among us, and always pray in private.”
