DeLay says he sees war on Christianity in U.S.

From the Houston Chronicle:

The Sugar Land Republican said some commentators — the "chattering classes" — will argue that there is no war on Christianity in this country.

"But in a sense, there always has been and always will be," he said. "Our faith has always been in direct conflict with the values of the world. We are, after all, a society that provides abortion on demand, has killed millions of innocent children, degrades the institution of marriage and all but treats Christianity like some second-rate superstition."

Despite those factors, DeLay said, "we have been chosen to live as Christians at a time when our culture is being poisoned. ... God made us specifically for it. ... Jesus Christ himself made us just so that we could live in this nation at this time."

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Okay, that's just too rich. Never mind the irony of a criminal like DeLay trying to take some moral high ground. The exact opposite is true; Christianity is waging war on America. Or perhaps I should say that Christian fundamentalism is waging war on the US, rather than Christianity in general--I know there are many moderate and relatively silent Christians who are sickened by what people like DeLay are doing in the name of Christ. America could really use the help of those quiet Christians now: the fundamentalists are wired into the GOP, which runs everything at the federal level, and are finding success in forcing their twisted values on everybody else through legislation. They really are at war, or, at least, understand what they're doing in terms of combat metaphor: they speak of donning "spiritual armor" while going to fight the good fight for Jesus. Man, just yesterday here at LSU I had a frothing-at-the-mouth evangelist screaming at me, and many other passers by, that we are "God haters," and condemned to Hell. They're the hostile ones; they're the ones who are literally trying to take over and remake this country into a theocracy. Sounds like war to me. And unless sane Americans figure this out, now, we may be all wearing birkas in the not too distant future.

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