Irony at its best: The Freethought Society proceeds to restrict freedom
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311298,00.html
Georgia’s governor is, quite wisely, praying for rain today. He’s doing so with other leaders on the steps of the State Capital, because he knows that God is the source of rain and they desperately need it (even moreso than we do in NC, where the drought has been devastating this year).
Ironically, the strongest opposition is coming from a tiny group of people who call themselves the Freethought Society. Evidently the word “Free” is either a joke or a misnomer, because they do not advocate free thought, free speech, or free anything else: they seek to restrict the governor from exercising his right to free speech.
Sure, sure. Separation of church and state. That’s not only absent from the Constitution, it’s ridiculous on its face. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” is what the First Amendment has to say regarding the subject. It doesn’t say that Congress cannot be religious, that Christians cannot exercise their faith, that we must kick God out of every public venue (as if we could… not to mention that the very people who penned those words PRAYED publicly, endorsed Christianity, and enforced Christian morals!!). All the First Amendment says is that Congress cannot create The Church of The United States.
If you don’t like Georgia’s governor praying for rain, tough. If your religious beliefs, or absence thereof, prevent YOU from praying… fine. That is your prerogative. You’re welcome to claim that the First Amendment prohibits anything you like (because you do have freedom of speech!) but you cannot make the rest of us go along with such nonsense.
November 14th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
“Georgia’s governor is, quite wisely, praying for rain today. He’s doing so with other leaders on the steps of the State Capital, because he knows that God is the source of rain and they desperately need it (even moreso than we do in NC, where the drought has been devastating this year).”
I just wonder how many other devout Christians have been praying for rain and guess what? Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zippo. Maybe God will listen to politicians instead.
November 14th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
We prayed for rain and have been getting it - not as much as we’d like, but “enough” rain would be disastrous so I’m glad that God knows best (”enough” rain would produce flooding, mudslides, and ruin what crops are growing)
November 15th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Hmmm… it IS raining… all across the Southeast.