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Is Nancy Pelosi Anti-Antidisestablishmentarianism?

Barack Obama administration’s House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated, or admitted,

The cardinals, the archbishops, the bishops that come to me and say, ‘We want you to pass immigration reform,’ and I said, ‘I want you to speak about it from the pulpit. I want you to instruct your’ — whatever the communication is…The people, some (who) oppose immigration reform, are sitting in those pews, and you have to tell them that this is a manifestation of our living the gospels.1

Now, just what are cardinals, archbishops and bishops doing in asking of Nancy Pelosi that the government pass immigration reform? Regardless of your view on the issue itself; they are acting in accord with the Constitution of the United States of America’s First Amendment which references that one “right of the people” is “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

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Now, just what is Nancy Pelosi doing prescribing to cardinals, archbishops and bishops what they are to preach from their pulpits?

Has she just become a neo-pseudo-evangelist?

She stated, “I want you to speak about it from the pulpit. I want you to instruct…you have to tell them…”

Is she anti-antidisestablishmentarianism?

I am bringing is up for one reason which is to ask; where are all of those organizations who are constantly on the lookout for the slightest infringement of the separation of church and state?

Here is the House Speaker, the third in line from the presidency dictating to the church what they are to preach from the pulpit and it is that which the state wants.

I have checked for outrage from various such organizations via articles, press releases, law suits, etc. What are the results?

Dan Barker’s “Freedom From Religion Foundation”
Utterly nothing to say.

“American Civil Liberties Union” (ACLU)
Utterly nothing to say.

“Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Utterly nothing to say.

“Theocracy Watch”
Utterly nothing to say.

“Talk to Action”
Utterly nothing to say.

I wrote to all of these groups asking them to direct me to any relevant articles, press releases or lawsuits, etc.
The response was that the only one that wrote back—Theocracy Watch—had not even heard of Nancy Pelosi’s comments.

I also checked:

Sam Harris
Utterly nothing to say.

Richard Dawkins
Utterly nothing to say.

I know that this will come as no surprise but; these groups are quite obviously not interested in the un-biased upholding of the laws of the USA, its Constitution, etc. They are anti-conservative, anti-traditional morals, anti-Judeo-Christian support groups—period.

Buy the way and as an aside but an side that is not besides the point:
The separation of church and state does not exist in the USA’s Constitution or Declaration of Independence. The Constitutions contains the Establishment Clause that prohibits the government from establishing an official religion. The concept of Church-State separation derives from letter written by Thomas Jefferson.
This is the same President of the USA Thomas Jefferson who, deist or not, attended Christian church services at the Capitol Building—something for which he would now be sued or impeached. Apparently, modern atheist activists think that they understand Jefferson better than Jefferson understood Jefferson.

Asked for clarification, a Pelosi spokesman issued the statement: “From health care to energy security to immigration reform, the speaker believes the faith community has played and will continue to play a critical role in our national debate.” Pelosi said the church “has an important role to play” in teaching about dignity and respect, and “as a practical matter” it’s not possible to tell 12 million illegal immigrants to “go back to wherever you came from or go to jail.”… Pelosi said she prays for her colleagues all the time, Democrats and Republicans alike.

“It’s a beautiful thing to listen to different points of view. From a religious perspective we come from a similar Catholic background but sometimes we have to come to a different conclusion about how we translate that into public policy,” she said.

This is all well and good as she can believe “the faith community has played and will continue to play a critical role in our national debate.” She can pray “for her colleagues all the time.” That she misrepresents the position of her opponents as merely and solely stating that 12 million illegal immigrants “go back to wherever you came from or go to jail” is another issue.


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