Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Browbeat By The LAT
This marks the first post where I have ever said anything about the Los Angeles Times. It's so bad, and so widely acknowledged as such that it almost seems pointless, but this story I just cannot leave alone.
And by the way, would they not have been elected by people who thought their faith was OK, and representative of them? Of course not, were it not for the power of the press, they would hide their faith from the voters, like some sort of Godly fifth column. They would be elected by stealth and subterfuge only to unleash their unrelenting religious committment once in office when it was too late.
This is more than just an anti-religious diatribe on the part of the Times, this is a complete departure from reality. This is not looking at things through colored glasses, this is a fantasy contructed from nearly whole cloth. This is why I cancelled my subscription long, long ago.
Nearly every Monday for six months, as many as a dozen congressional aides - many of them aspiring politicians - have gathered over takeout dinners to mine the Bible for ancient wisdom on modern policy debates about tax rates, foreign aid, education, cloning and the Central American Free Trade Agreement.What a crock! Faith and commitment to God renders one unaccountable to the powers of government? How? Since when? In a courtroom this would qualify as jury nullification.
Through seminars taught by conservative college professors and devout members of Congress, the students learn that serving country means first and always serving Christ.
They learn to view every vote as a religious duty, and to consider compromise a sin.
That puts them at the vanguard of a bold effort by evangelical conservatives to mold a new generation of leaders who will answer not to voters, but to God.
And by the way, would they not have been elected by people who thought their faith was OK, and representative of them? Of course not, were it not for the power of the press, they would hide their faith from the voters, like some sort of Godly fifth column. They would be elected by stealth and subterfuge only to unleash their unrelenting religious committment once in office when it was too late.
This is more than just an anti-religious diatribe on the part of the Times, this is a complete departure from reality. This is not looking at things through colored glasses, this is a fantasy contructed from nearly whole cloth. This is why I cancelled my subscription long, long ago.
