I just read this in The Guardian: Republicans v secular America

[icymist]

With blatant disregard for the first amendment, Republicans' intolerance of US secularism means things are turning ugly.

If you're part of secular America – that is, if you're an atheist, an agnostic, a religious liberal or even a mainstream believer who thinks religion should be kept out of politics and vice-versa – then you should be very afraid of what the Republican party has in store for you in 2012.

No news there, you might say. The Republicans, as we all know, have been in thrall to the Christian right since the Reagan era. But there's something new, something more intolerant, something truly ugly in the works. And if you don't believe me, let's start with Tim Pawlenty, unassuming governor of Minnesota in his day job, fire-breathing Christian warrior and aspiring presidential candidate in his spare time.

"I want to share with you four ideas that I think should carry us forward," Pawlenty said on Friday at the annual gathering of the Conservative Political Action Committee, or CPAC. After invoking "basic constitutional principle and basic common sense," he continued:


"The first one is this: God's in charge. God is in charge ... In the Declaration of Independence it says we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights. It doesn't say we're endowed by Washington, DC, or endowed by the bureaucrats or endowed by state government. It's by our creator that we are given these rights."
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Why is it that I need to turn to the forgein press to discover what stupid things were said by our so-called, political leadrers? Oh yeah, our press has been bought and sold. Never mind.

[customerserviceguy]

1. I'm not too worried

It's just Timmeh Pawlenty trying to suck up to the fundies as well as Caribou Barbie. His only problem is she's got an immense head start.

Whatever this asshat says doesn't bother me, he's less concern than the next fly that hits my windshield.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[maxsolomon]

3. it says CREATOR, not Yahweh, Pawlenty you dipshit

that could mean your Dadz - i assume he "created" you with your Momz. Jefferson made it ambiguous on purpose so everyone would agree.

[tanyev]

4. Do they believe that God was in charge on Nov. 4, 2008?

Or did the almighty and omnipotent One make a mistake that day by allowing Barack Obama to win the election? Maybe God's getting really angry with them for refusing to submit to His will.