Reply #4: Then there's that weird disconnect... [View All]

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...that even a lot of mainstream and liberal religious groups seem to have.

They obviously don't want the Fundies completely bulldozing the Wall Of Separation.

OTOH, they join the Fundies in defending things like "under God" because "it's tradition" or "oh, that's just a little thing and doesn't matter much."

For those who missed it, when Judge Alfred Goodwin issued his Pledge ruling in 2002, EVERY member of the Senate stood on the Capitol steps and bellowed the words "under God" while reciting the POA.

As I ranted before, to me that was an absolutely shocking display of the religious majority bullying all minorities.

Which, IIRC, is exactly the reason we have a First Amendment--to defend the rights of the minority.

I don't really want to re-start the flame-wars over the Pledge, but the mindset completely baffles me.

BTW, Judge Goodwin is a Reagan appointee and lifelong conservative Republican. In his opinion, he noted that he was a combat veteran of WWII. He compared "under God" in the POA to the slogan he saw on the belt buckles of dead Nazi soldiers--"Gott Mit Uns" (God Is With Us).