[FYI: I am reposting this as I am moving it from where it was originally posted]
You know that you are in trouble when you are a Christian and the blog God’s Own Party? endorses you; their motto is “ReBiblicans appeal to the hearts of the mindless; and the minds of the heartless.”
They also endorse groups such as Americans United Against Church & State, Freedom from Religion Foundation (find info on them here), Right Wing Watch. The blog is a member of Bloggers Against Theocracy and link to Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Liars for Jesus, Theocracy Watch and it goes on and on and on.
They are obsessed with Sarah Palin—and not in a good way and urge readers to “Help…Keep the Bible OFF Our Ballots! by DONATING…” Oh, by the way, the author of the blog, Leah L. Burton, claims to not be an anti-Christian—apparently, you just have to be a very, very, very liberal one; perhaps a CINO (Christian in name only).
This was mere an intro into just who is endorsing the California Council of Churches and California Church IMPACT. But why would a theophobe endorse churches? Well, for example, the California Council of Churches is the sort that oppose the biblical definition of marriage, so you get the idea.
God’s Own Party? endorses sung the praises of California Council of Churches IMPACT’s Director of Public Policy; Elizabeth Sholes because she spoke at an award ceremony for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation in Albuquerque.
Elizabeth Sholes noted, in part:
California Council of Churches IMPACT has made an alliance with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation that works to guarantee freedom of religion for the men and women in our military.
CCCI has long supported the separation of church and state as an essential guarantee that we all may worship as we choose. We also believe our government and our defense system have one goal – preserving our Constitution. It cannot be the promoter of any religious view at all. If America adopts a dominant theology, how can any of us be free?…
MRFF is strongly supportive of all faiths, including that of our diverse Christian member denominations…They oppose the presence, as sanctioned speakers, of those individuals who promulgate disrespect for religious diversity and especially those who preach hate toward another faith. To this end, they recently had gotten a prominent evangelist, whose radical anti-Muslim stance is well-known, dis-invited as the guest speaker for a national event at the Pentagon.
Why do such groups always feed upon the low hanging fruit?
The Declaration of Independence states that the “truths” that are “self-evident” is that our rights are given to us by our “Creator…Nature’s God,” “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Why do they not take on and declare the Declaration of Independence unconstitutional?
Note also the intolerance of the pseudo-tolerant and the lack of diversity of the pseudo-diverse. They take pride in the fact that they succeeded in officially excluding Franklin Graham from the “national event at the Pentagon.” At least, they succeeded officially as Graham still showed up and prayed, albeit, outside of the Pentagon (yes, he too exercises freedom of religious expression).
Incidentally, just what did God’s Own Party?—you know, the member of “Bloggers Against Theocracy”—have to say about Nancy Pelosi prescribing to clergymen what they are to preach from their pulpits? Well, just like the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Theocracy Watch, Talk to Action, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, etc., they had absolutely nothing to say.
For details on this issue see Is Nancy Pelosi Anti-Antidisestablishmentarianism?
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[1] Leah L. Burton, “California Council of Churches Weigh in on Dominionist Hate,” God’s Own Party?, May 17, 2010