Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Jesus!
All I can do is shake my head; via the National Jewish Democratic Council:

 
During a debate today surrounding an amendment by Rep. David Obey (D-WI) to fully examine allegations of proselytizing and religious intolerance at the United States Air Force Academy, six-term Republican Rep. John Hostettler (IN) rose to assert that "Democrats can't help denigrating and demonizing Christians." [Rush transcript.] Rep. Obey, the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, interrupted Hostettler's deeply disturbing remarks and demanded that they be formally retracted; Hostettler ultimately agreed to retract one sentence from his diatribe.

Earlier in his remarks, Hostettler discussed the drive by Democrats to erase every "vestige" of Christianity from America; he also prefaced his remarks by noting that "The long war on Christianity today continues on the floor of the House of Representatives." During a meeting of the House Armed Services Committee on May 18th, while debating a similar amendment by Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), Hostettler referred to "the mythical wall separation (sic) between church and state that's been erected by the courts."
 

To Rep. John Hostettler, I direct this portion of letter to the editor that my Mother-in-Law wrote to a newspaper in her home of Raleigh, NC:

 
Can you recognize that there are Christian values that make some of us Democrats, such as Jesus’ teachings on helping "the least of these,"admonitions on the perils of hoarding wealth, strong condemnations against judging others, the commandment to love our enemies, and warnings against public displays of religiosity leveled at the Pharisees?
 


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