Government and Free Society

“Anyone who wears their religion on their sleeve is not to be trusted.”

Jon Grayson
Radio Personality

Everybody knows that the words “Separation of Church and State” are not in the Constitution. But the concept clearly is. This beautiful 45-word sentence explains it all:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Judges order people to go to Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous is an extremely religious organization. Federal money supports the Salvation Army. The Salivation Army can hire and fire people on the basis of whether or not they go to church.

The city of Lynchburg lives in the shadow of the Falwell organization. Literally. Near Liberty University, there is a mountain bearing the image of LU–in a huge circle. They took a mountain, one of God’s most beautiful creations, and turned it into of an advertisement, for their business. You can’t tell me that Liberty University doesn’t turn a profit.

They have a big auditorium that public high schools use for graduation ceremonies. I don’t know how much money changes hands. When I went to my niece’s high school graduation, there was a sign hanging in the auditorium that said, “Christ: God’s only way to Heaven.” There were children there, what if one of them saw that?

If Trump leaves office, we must keep Vance in power until he selects a Vice President! The Speaker of the House is second in line to the Presidency. Mike Johnson is a dangerously insane human being.

When he first took power, he said that, “If you want to know my agenda, just look in the Bible.” After that, he showed no visible signs that his religious beliefs were influencing his decisions. He seemed like a calm and intelligent person–no nonsense, strictly business.

Yet, in Johnson’s mind, Christianity has been the established religion of the United States since its inception: “The birth of our great nation was inspired by the bold declaration that our individual, God-given liberties should be preserved against government intrusion,” he says on his official website.

What about the liberties of transgender people? Trump and his clones just love to trample on those. No one in the military had a problem. Whether or not parents give their teenagers puberty blocking drugs is an exceedingly difficult and personal decision. The rights of parents should be kept free from government intrusion. The government should keep its nose out of everybody’s business.

Johnson likes to mock and belittle those who don’t think that America is the greatest nation the world has ever known. He sure does love to shove his system of beliefs down the throats of anyone who might disagree with him. Mike Johnson is an intolerant fool. He didn’t drink the kool-aid…he mixed it.

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About Dave Brandt / author

From Colorado, I am the youngest of six. I have also lived in California, Michigan, Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia—which is home now. There was always interesting music around the house, and I was encouraged to spend time reading. As a kid, I would listen to music and read along with the lyrics, study them. I actually enjoyed diagraming sentences and I always preferred essay questions. At VCU in Richmond, I majored in English. In the nineties, I became involved in zine culture. I cut my teeth as a writer with my publication, 'The Crisp Fabric.' I have formed meaningful friendships with writers and artists I have never met. My favorite novelists are Kurt Vonnegut, Hermann Hesse, Italo Calvino, and Franz Kafka. The nonfiction writers I like are Buckminster Fuller, Hunter S. Thompson, and Frank Zappa. Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson are my favorite poets.
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