Tribune readers already know that our 9th District Republican congressman, Mike Sodrel, rushed to the defense of writer Chris Morris in yesterday's newspaper with a guest column entitled, "America started and is a Christian nation."
There'll be more to say about this, but weekends are a busy time for me even before a round of much-needed bicycle repairs that took up most of the morning. Now I'm off to sell as many $12 pints of Progressive Beer as possible to customers and residents of the Morris/Sodrel theocratic state.
Readers are encouraged to examine yesterday's NAC interview with 3rd District councilman Steve Price, in which CM Price began by insisting that he's a "21st century Democrat who represents all the people," and he believes in "standing up for what is right and speaking out against injustice."
Does this mean that CM Price is aligning himself with the principles espoused at the official web site of the 21st Century Democrats?
When has CM Price spoken out against injustice, and what was the nature of this injustice?
There'll be more follow-up questions.
Please save me one of those $13 pints.
ReplyDeleteI know I've said this before, but America started as a nation of people seeking religious freedom. In most ways (though failing in some) it still is a nation of religious freedom.
ReplyDeleteOf course, if these small-minded modern day crusaders get their way, it will be just another step towards freedom and civil liberty being a thing of the past.
Any non-christian is likely already behind the side of stopping people like Morris. But, if any Christians are reading this I would like to remind them that only God has the right to tell us how and when to worship, and even He gave us free will. Is Morris higher than God? Does he have the authority to revoke God's gift of free will?
It is not only our right, but our responsibility to seek the path to God we think is the correct path. Why should the Government be empowered to hinder not only our rights but our responsibilities to God?
I know how you feel about Christianity, NewAlbanian, so forgive me for getting a little preachy on your site, but the non-christians are already on your side so I needn't really say anything to that group, or "preach to the choir", as they say, but I think people who consider themselves religious need to be reminded that any hinderance of religious freedoms is as much an injustice to them as to anyone else.
This LAND was home to a vast variety of spiritual nations before the white man came, but that was not actually THIS nation, that was the world that this nation trampled on in order to come to be.
ReplyDeleteHowever, this nation (the U.S.A.) was still founded mainly by people seeking religious freedom in a nation that would not force the state religion down their throats. Yes, most of them were of one form of Christianity or another, but that doesn't change the fact that many had fled the countries that forced one government-wed religion upon them.
So, it seems to me that this prattle about America's roots being that of a Christian nation is just foolishness, because they are forgetting precisely what brought those christians here and are betraying the very freedom that those Christians sought.
Plus, while we're at it, lets keep in mind that many who came to america were beggers and theives who were simply not wanted where they came from. Should we teach our school children how to pick pockets just to honor our roots?
Our diversity and our freedoms should be what make us unique and give us strength. Those who try to stomp out our freedoms and diversity are trampling on the best of what America is.