The Voices in Marty Peretz’s Head
Pres. Obama has nominated Dr. Francis Collins, a geneticist who headed the Human Genome Project, to fill the top spot at the National Institutes of Health. Collins is certainly qualified for such a position, and the response to his nomination has generally been positive. However, Gardner Harris, who wrote the New York Times article about the nomination, makes one mention in a single paragraph that some discomfort was expressed about Dr. Collins’ overt religiosity (he wrote a book called The Language of God in which he argues that the human genetic code is evidence for the existence of God) — and that was enough to set off the “left-liberal anti-religion martyrology” alarm system in Marty Peretz’s head:
Marty “The Wedding Singer” Peretz writes:
“Christian Believers Would Be Excluded From Government If The Left Liberals Had Their Way”
If they weren’t believers, they wouldn’t be Christians. And if they weren’t liberals, they wouldn’t be on the left.
And how exactly did Barack Obama, who identifies himself as a Christian, become President without the the support of “The Left Liberals?” By the unanimous vote of The Right Conservatives?
But Marty’s headline isn’t the worst piece in his monument to crap. Neither Spinnin’ Marty nor the NYT article to which he links identifies a single Left Liberal who would exclude the subject of the post, Dr. Francis Collins, from government service because of his religious affiliation or beliefs. The article says that “some in the field [presumably, other geneticists]” express “unease” about Collins’ evangelism. It doesn’t say that those unnamed persons are Left Liberals (as opposed to Right-Wing Jews or Moderate Jehovah’s Witnesses or Apolitical Atheists or Mind-Your-Own-Damn-Business Canadians).
Peretz himself offers no evidence for his repetitive thesis. He just pulls it out of his rectal posterior ass.
Fighting Tactical With A Losing Strategy
In what’s becoming an established tradition Michael A. Newdow, the California atheist famous for suing to have “under God” removed from the pledge has joined up with a variety of atheist and humanist organizations to sue to prevent President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration from including prayer or referencing religion.
He [Newdow] wants to remove the phrase “so help me God” from the oath of office, noting that it isn’t in the oath set out in the Constitution. The lawsuit also seeks to block inaugural prayers by the Rev. Rick Warren and the Rev. Joseph Lowery.
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“Equality is important to me,” Newdow told The Examiner. “We should show equal respects for all of our citizens, regardless of their race, gender or religion.”
Sarah Palin’s Church, the State of Alaska, and God’s Plan
Andrew Sulllivan has a video up today of this speech Sarah Palin gave back in June at her former church in Wasilla to a graduating class of “commission” students. You’ll remember, this is the speech in which Palin urged the audience:
God of Small Things, Meet the God of War
Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit, posts the following video:
and comments:
PRAYING FOR THE TROOPS, AND THE WORLD. Are we fighting a Holy War?
Devastating.
Believe in Jesus, Or Die
Bobby Jindal: My Choice For McCain’s Running Mate
Seriously, this guy’s awesome!
On Putting Crosses on License Plates
South Carolina officially endorses the Christian religion:
Cutting Off Your Nose To Spite Your Face
There is a line that separates support and obsession. That same line acts as the boundary between activism, and self destructive action. This line is etched in anger, and what ultimately decides which side you are on is your ability to control that anger.
Where Are the Religionists When You Need Them?
Easy answer: They are never there when someone’s religious freedom is really being violated.
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