Christianity and Leftist Atheism

Christianity and Leftist Atheism

Religion and faith are touchy concepts in a nation without a state religion and moreso in a country that has become as secular as ours where any public religious display is met by an uproar from the American Civil Liberties Union which consistently invokes a non-existent constitutional ”separation of church and state” clause.

The ACLU and other atheists hang their hats on the Constitution’s Second Amendment which in part reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

Those words reflect the Founding Fathers’ abhorrence of the idea of state religion and insistence on the right of absolute religious freedom but make no reference to banning religion from the public square.

Founded on fundamentally Christian principles, for over a century America thrived on religious precepts and evolved into a predominantly-Christian nation where, even today, 77% of our citizens describe themselves as Christians–despite ACLU protests to the contrary.

Nevertheless, the issues of religion and Christianity are far from fully resolved in America and continue to be raised by atheists and other godless people.

Religion became an issue in 1928 with Alfred E. Smith and in 1960 with John F. Kennedy, both Roman Catholics. It has again become a hot topic in 2012 because Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is an adherent to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a Mormon.

The point is, Does anyone’s religion or lack thereof really matter in the United States? Aside from radical faiths dedicated to our destruction, atheists, and the Left, it shouldn’t, yet it does.

Religion obviously matters to sixteen year old budding atheist Jessica Ahlquist, a junior at Rhode Island’s Cranston High School West.

Ms. Ahlquist protested, with help from the ACLU, against the display of a 49-year old “prayer banner” at Cranston. She succeeded in getting a federal judge to rule the banner unconstitutional and school officials to cover it up in spite of widespread community opposition.

The prayer addresses “Our Heavenly Father” and exhorts students to grow morally and physically, to be kind, helpful, honest, and friendly, and to smile.

Ms. Ahlquist won that battle though she has been beset by reprehensible threats due to her complaints. Cranston, Rhode Island, and the rest of us lost. See the story and the text of the offensive prayer here http://huff.to/xJatyL.

Leftist politics not only makes for strange bedfellows. It makes for some strange and nasty people who use their contempt for religion to further political agendas.

Chris Matthews, the unacknowledged Clown Prince of MSNBC, a nice, Catholic boy as my mother used to call virtually every Catholic boy, somewhere lost his way, his decency, and his mind. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=12298.