Key notes: bore to the point of complacency with field-related jargon, misinform, perpetuate anachronistic stereotypes, repeat. If you do this frequently enough, chances are you’ll find success as a GOP legislator!
We’re about to entrench ourselves in another decade of shit–this time in Syria. Oh, and it’s been revealed that the massive deregulation of the banking sector–that, you know, instigated the 2007 financial meltdown–was planned, and one of the key minds behind that is a contender to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. And what the hell is going on in Egypt? Is democracy really being fulfilled when brute military force overthrows a fairly-elected leader after a year and then tries to squelch the cries of those who rightly oppose what the military has done? We can talk about that later–did you see Miley Cyrus on the VMAs? Mindful of this, Miley Twerking On Reality was born. If she twerks on it, maybe we’ll give a shit.
The Article: 35 Founding Father Quotes Conservative Christians Will Hate by Stephen Foster Jr. in Addicting Info.
The Text: The separation of church and state is one of the cornerstones of America’s foundation. Conservative Christian fundamentalists have sought to crush this cornerstone in the hopes of establishing Christianity as the state religion, an action that would threaten the rest of the foundation that makes up the Constitution. These conservatives contend that the Founding Fathers dreamed of making America a Christian state at the expense of those who practice other religions or none at all.
So here are 35 quotes from the Founding Fathers. Perhaps your first thoughts are the first four Presidents and maybe Benjamin Franklin, but there were many other Founding Fathers. Many were signers of the Constitution and The Declaration of Independence. They were lawyers, judges, soldiers, merchants, farmers, and some were even clergy. And the great majority of them signed the Constitution knowing that matters of government and matters of religion would be separate.
1. “If I could conceive that the general government might ever be so administered as to render the liberty of conscience insecure, I beg you will be persuaded, that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.”
~George Washington, letter to the United Baptist Chamber of Virginia, May 1789
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the 200,000-person deep march to the nation’s capital in demand for truly meaningful–and above all, equal–protection under the law. Much has been accomplished since then, but there’s still more work to do. Below is Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech, spoken half a century ago today.
What a crafty little chokehold they’ve got us in.
