Democrats Catering to Religious Right?
July 8, 2013 at 9:14 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2013 at 10:53 pm by Michael Schubert.)
This afternoon, I came across a disturbing story in this month's issue of Free Thought Today:
The Colorado Supreme Court announced May 10 that it will hear an appeal by Gov. John Hickenlooper of the Freedom From Religion Foundation's solid appeals court victory declaring unconstitutional the governor's annual Colorado Day of Prayer proclamations.
Hickenlooper and his predecessors, including Gov. Bill Ritter, annually issue proclamations encouraging Coloradans to pray on the first Thursday in May in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer.
Now...the National Day of Prayer is arguably the dumbest holiday ever to be put forth by the government. Why the hell do we need an established national day to pray? Under powers delegated to us by the U.S. Constitution, we are allowed to express our religion basically however we want. We can pray any time at any place, whether it is in the church, the privacy of your own home, or practically anyplace else; as long as the government is not leading you in prayer. Under the 1st Amendment, the government may not promote religion.
But what is especially frightening about this story: Governors Hickenlooper and Ritter are both Democrats. The people who brought us this stupid National Day of Prayer were the Republican Party's Christian Dominionist Church of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Bryan Fischer. Post-1980, practically all Republican politicians were promulgating lies about America's Christian heritage. Sarah Palin is the one who immediately comes to mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQqZWw6s0c
But now that the Democrats are apparently catering to the Christian right and their campaign to build a master race of Christians, I am scared out of my mind. I already abandoned the Democratic party after I realized they were corporatists just like the Republicans, but this is appalling!
The Colorado Supreme Court announced May 10 that it will hear an appeal by Gov. John Hickenlooper of the Freedom From Religion Foundation's solid appeals court victory declaring unconstitutional the governor's annual Colorado Day of Prayer proclamations.
Hickenlooper and his predecessors, including Gov. Bill Ritter, annually issue proclamations encouraging Coloradans to pray on the first Thursday in May in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer.
Now...the National Day of Prayer is arguably the dumbest holiday ever to be put forth by the government. Why the hell do we need an established national day to pray? Under powers delegated to us by the U.S. Constitution, we are allowed to express our religion basically however we want. We can pray any time at any place, whether it is in the church, the privacy of your own home, or practically anyplace else; as long as the government is not leading you in prayer. Under the 1st Amendment, the government may not promote religion.
But what is especially frightening about this story: Governors Hickenlooper and Ritter are both Democrats. The people who brought us this stupid National Day of Prayer were the Republican Party's Christian Dominionist Church of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Bryan Fischer. Post-1980, practically all Republican politicians were promulgating lies about America's Christian heritage. Sarah Palin is the one who immediately comes to mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQqZWw6s0c
But now that the Democrats are apparently catering to the Christian right and their campaign to build a master race of Christians, I am scared out of my mind. I already abandoned the Democratic party after I realized they were corporatists just like the Republicans, but this is appalling!
