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April 29, 2004

One Nation

Indivisible, but not under God, in this post by Brent from UTI.

A politician, who happens to be a Christian who supports the principle of separation of church and state to such an extent that he omitted the words "Under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance on Tuesday while it was his turn to lead the House in it's recital.

His name is Representative Jim McDermott, and he's a democrat from the Seattle area of Washington state.

Of course, the Republican theocrats went insane and began bleating about how McDermott had "embarrassed" the House of Representatives and the state of Washington. The presiding officer of the House of Representatives, Rep. Mike Simpson - a republican from Idaho - actually stated that the he would alter the Congressional Record of Tuesday's proceedings and insert the words "Under God" into it, regardless of what was actually said by Jim McDermott. He would deliberately lie in the Congressional Record, in other words.

Brent, Brent, Brent - given that Rep. Simpson has little respect for Amendment I, why should he have any respect for Commandment VIII*?

* For you Protestant or Jewish visitors, I believe that would be Commandment IX. God never got past remedial math, you see.