{"id":6439,"date":"2011-12-04T00:02:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T08:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/04\/gop-rep-trashes-1st-amendment\/"},"modified":"2011-12-04T00:02:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T08:02:31","slug":"gop-rep-trashes-1st-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/04\/gop-rep-trashes-1st-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Trashes 1st Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The First Amendment to the US Constitution is clear that the US may have no state religion, and that all may worship freely according to their beliefs.  However, that does not work for Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians, who insist that they are the stare religion and declare the Obama administration to be \u201chostile to religious freedom\u201d, because they refuse to bow to Theocon demands.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"4Chapel\"Back in November, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins charged that the Obama administration \u201chas been the most hostile toward religious freedom<\/a>\u201d and particularly \u201chostile toward Christianity<\/a>.\u201d However, apparently the freedom of religion for non-Christians is not important for Perkins, who today was joined by Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) on Washington Watch Weekly [Theocons delinked] where they condemned the Air Force Academy for allowing self-identified pagans to build and pray at an outdoor worship grounds<\/strong>. As Air Force Chaplain Maj. Darren Duncan told the Los Angeles Times<\/a>, \u201cWe\u2019re here to accommodate all religions, period,\u201d noting that Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu cadets also have worship spaces on campus.<\/p>\n

The Air Force Academy spent $3.5 million<\/a> to build the Cadet Chapel, but Perkins and Hartzler were outraged that the Academy spent $80,000<\/a> on the pagan worship center. Perkins said that it shows government \u201cpromotion\u201d of \u201cfringe religions\u201d and Hartzler called the move \u201ccrazy.\u201d Hartzler went on to say that \u201cChristianity is the main religion in our country\u201d and the government should not be \u201cfacilitating or accommodating fringe religions.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Perkins and Hartzler say they speak for the freedoms of people of faith, they clearly lack any respect for the freedoms of Americans, even service members, of minority religions\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I have been to the Air Force Academy Chapel many years ago and it is truly awe inspiring.  Given that Christians have been provided such a magnificent structure, for pseudo-Christians to claim discrimination is patently absurd.  But please understand that Republican Theocons have nothing whatsoever to do with authentic Christianity.<\/font><\/p>\n

There are two ways to deal with this issue that meet Constitutional requirements.  One is to to allow cadets of all faiths to share equally in the use of that magnificent $3.5 million chapel.  The other is to provide cadets of all faiths with worship spaces sufficient to their needs and numbers.<\/font><\/p>\n

As a Christian, I honor people with faiths different from mine.  Therefore I stand in solidarity with the pagans.  It\u2019s the only Christian thing to do.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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