As we all know, America is a Christian nation, and Mrs. Betty Bowers examines the Constitution to prove it once and for all! We seem to be more Christian than ever before. That’s why you can’t swing a cat without hitting a politician who is more Christian than the next…And it is political suicide to even imply that you might be something (gasp!) other than Christian in this country.
Come and take a look at the Constitution, and surely you will see how our wise Christian Founding Fathers intended this great country to be run. Yes, I know – Atheists and Agnostics argue that the Founding Fathers were heathens, but you know your Constitution by heart…Or maybe a refresher would be in order. Let’s see,
Article V1 ‘No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”
How did THAT get in here? There is something else about church and state… Never-mind, I’m sure it’s a printing error.
The Founding Fathers certainly will set things straight. Take George Washington for example. “Religion causes more acrimony and hatred than anything else.” Surely he was speaking of those ‘other’ religions.
How about the next President, John Quincy Adams. “The United States of America was not in any sense founded on the Christian religion!” Did he drink to excess?
Two strikes, but here is patriot and undisputed Founding Father Thomas Jefferson…He whom the Tea Party claims as their own. Let’s see what he says about the Holy Bible. “The Bible is a dung hill.” It seems he was a man of fewer words than I’d have thought.
This is depressing! Perhaps we can redeem ourselves by following the edicts of Jesus who was big on giving money to the poor. I believe we’ve failed this test as well.
Betty sums up.
“If parents treated their children as evenhandedly as America treats its citizens, one child would get a pony for Christmas — and the rest would get cancer.”
To think, the Tea Party and pals carry little portable copies of the Constitution in their pockets – it appears that no one has wanted to crease the pages by opening – much less reading them.