Justice Sunday?
April 19th, 2005Mr David Hawpe, please get out of my head already. I couldn't have said it better myself! Please follow the link and read the entire piece...Its GOOD!
From The Louisville Courier-Journal
It's important to take a careful look at who is invoking Christianity, and for what purpose. Yes, some of the noblest impulses of the American experience have arisen out of Christian faith. But it's also true that fanatics, zealots and bigots have marched under the Christian banner, from the Salem witch trials to the Protestant Know Nothing movement to the cross-brandishing Klan.
It would be interesting to ask some Democratic officeholders whether they are "against people of faith." Imagine putting that question to the Rev. Emanuel Cleaver, pastor of St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, who is a Democratic member of the U.S. House. Or Kentucky Treasurer Jonathan Miller, who is finishing a book on how faith should inform politics.
But then defensively offering a list of Democrats who are faith-friendly just plays into the hands of cynical Republican strategists. The point is, our Founding Fathers intended to protect religious freedom, not impose religious orthodoxy. In America, religious faith is supposed to be a matter of personal choice, not majority rule.
There are bunches more editorials from papers all across the country, criticizing Sen. Frist for his involvement in "Justice Sunday". Did he really think this was going to win him points? I'd say Frist may be developing the same odor Delay has been carrying around.