Notwithstanding that Roy J. Schimelpfenig’s letter “Vote, Christians, for freedom” (Aug. 2, Our Readers’ Views) tells us that Christ’s name should be included in our Constitution, his letter is a testament to exactly why that name and the names of all religious founders and inspirations should be left out.
Let’s counter the gibberish in that letter: publicly funded schools and government are rightfully nonsectarian; if liberal cities run rampant with homelessness, crime and debt more than conservative ones do it’s because more people choose to live in them than choose conservative cities; liberals are not anti-god; our founding fathers were not Christian, they were Unitarian; politicians of all stripes would rewrite the Constitution to fit their biases, not just liberal ones; every American is free to worship God and to choose whatever religion they desire; our Constitution is not “Christian-founded”; and our rights are documented in a Constitution authored by men, not by God.
Schimelpfenig isn’t proposing freedom but its opposite: a Christian theocracy. He says we’re not better off under socialist rule. We’re not a socialist nation; we’re a capitalist nation. The U.S. is a liberal democracy.
How often do politicians speak of Jesus, Schimelpfenig asks. As often as they should: Never.
