Watching the news tonight, I heard something that gave me a chill. The report talked about how Obama went to Ohio to talk to some Christian Evangelists and stated plain as day that he will continue, if not expand President Bush’s FAITH BASED CHARITIES PROGRAM which gives taxpayer money to charities that offer assistance to the needy while preaching their religion and in some cases refusing to offer aid unless they listen to the proselytizing session.,
To me this is UNCONSTITUTIONAL since the First Amendment clearly states that the government will not have anything to do with the “establishment of religion” which means our government will keep away from anything to do with religion.
This fact has been affirmed over and over again throughout our history.
President Bush chose to disregard our Constitution in this case as well as many other cases; he is just a person that believes he was sent by god to make the world right and no stinkin’ Constitution is going to stand in his way.
BUT Obama; what the hell is he thinking. Is he so desperate for the religious vote? What about the liberal religious side that is AGAINST the involvement of our government in religious affairs?
I am afraid the man is starting to make me nervous. He is departing from the Democratic style of keeping religion a PRIVATE matter (Hillary did also) and starting to sound like those fanatic religious twits that made Bush possible and look what damage that did to the country and the world.
If Obama is willing to go against the Constitution and against his principals, then I feel the man is capable of doing anything to get elected and that is making McCain look better to me because he had the nerve to stand in a union state (Ohio) and say that NAFTA is better for the country - so there! He also is not spouting religion at each stop.
Who in the hell is running Obama’s campaign - Karl Rove?
Actually, the Constitution means the State shall not make a national religion (i.e. the founding of the Anglican church). The United States is founded on a Judeo-Christian base. Religion has ALWAYS been an intregal part of the United States and it should remain so. Unfortunately, religion in Obama's case means a deep hatred of the United States as evidenced by his long history with the Reverend Wright.
ReplyDeleteTim, Flint, MI
Tim, you are correct that the First Ammendment states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." but courts, including the Supreme Court have maintained that government endorsement of any religion is a violation of the First Amendment in that "endorsement" can be implied by ANY connection between the State and any religion.
ReplyDeleteYes, the nation was founded on a Judeo-Christian base because the population at that time was mainly Christian but the actual Founders were deists who believed in a creator but not in any religion and in fact, made it a important point to keep religion and the State very seperate and I think, we as a nation should be very greatful for that otherwise we would have a Taliban form of government now.
As far as Obama & the Rev. Wright, I think Obama was told to join a religion if he wanted popitical success (he was non-religious as were his parents and grandparents) and he probably did not pay much attention to what the Reverend actually preached and that is why he got burned by the Reverend.
I respect politicians that keep their religion to themselves as a private matter and I do not usually trust politicians who wear their religion on their sleeve; they usually end up confessing to being really bad sinners - Edwards, etc.