Harris separates self from any chance of serving state
The ever headache inducing Kathllen Harris at her anti-historical best:
U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris told a religious journal that separation of church and state is "a lie" and God and the nation's founding fathers did not intend the country be "a nation of secular laws." The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate also said that if Christians are not elected, politicians will "legislate sin," including abortion and gay marriage.
Or my favorite: Separation of church and state is "a lie we have been told," Harris said in the interview, published Thursday, saying separating religion and politics is "wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers.
God, voters and people who aren't afraid to abuse the privilege of their elected offices.
posted by Chris Dykstra @ 9:33 AM |
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." (U.S. Const. Amend. I.)
"The right of every man to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience shall never be infringed; nor shall any man be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any religious or ecclesiastical ministry, against his consent; nor shall any control of or interference with the rights of conscience be permitted, or any preference be given by law to any religious establishment or mode of worship; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state, nor shall any money be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious societies or religious or theological seminaries". (Minn. Const. Art I. Sec 16.)
Read it. Learn it. Live it.
It's easy to shake our heads and laugh about it, "Oh those crazy far right extremists," but let's be serious: Harris is the Republican base. Scary enough as it may sound, she doesn't represent an extreme wing within the GOP, she is the GOP. We should all remember this the next time a commentator, talk radio host or blog describes themselves as "center-right." They're not center-anything. Harris may be a Crazy Jesus Lady but if the GOP prevails we're all gonna be stuck with more crazy, more Jesus and more lady (apologies to Roy Edroso).
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