Dougherty Arts Center
Politicize Religion, Not Politics!
RECEIVED Tue., Jan. 18, 2005
Dear Editor,
Now comes the accusation from the left that America is stingy in the aftermath of the devastation in Southeast Asia. The truth of the matter is that the U.S. has offered and already provided more aid than all the other countries in the world together.
I am sick of the continual politicization of everything that President Bush does. We are lectured by Marxist professors and their left-wing intellectual allies about all the evils of America, but when it comes right down to it, our remnant of a Christian ethic is still so powerful that we are the world's leading benefactor. I emphasize that it is our religious heritage, so mocked by European secularists and an embarrassment to American intellectuals, that motivates us to philanthropy.
I am deeply offended by the countless innuendoes in the liberal-socialist media that Christians, especially those who voted for President Bush, are selfish, ignorant, uncaring. This is the slander from the pro-abortionists, the pro-gay movement, from the anti-religious church and state separationists, and the liberal establishment.
The truth must be proclaimed and repeated: Americans are generous and compassionate because of what they believe, and they believe in core conservative values.
Now comes the accusation from the left that America is stingy in the aftermath of the devastation in Southeast Asia. The truth of the matter is that the U.S. has offered and already provided more aid than all the other countries in the world together.
I am sick of the continual politicization of everything that President Bush does. We are lectured by Marxist professors and their left-wing intellectual allies about all the evils of America, but when it comes right down to it, our remnant of a Christian ethic is still so powerful that we are the world's leading benefactor. I emphasize that it is our religious heritage, so mocked by European secularists and an embarrassment to American intellectuals, that motivates us to philanthropy.
I am deeply offended by the countless innuendoes in the liberal-socialist media that Christians, especially those who voted for President Bush, are selfish, ignorant, uncaring. This is the slander from the pro-abortionists, the pro-gay movement, from the anti-religious church and state separationists, and the liberal establishment.
The truth must be proclaimed and repeated: Americans are generous and compassionate because of what they believe, and they believe in core conservative values.
Gerard Kern
[Editor responds: Now's here's a magnificent idea related in a revealing paragraph - let's not politicize the actions of our elected Republican president but instead call people we disagree with names and politicize religion: "I am sick of the continual politicization of everything that President Bush does. We are lectured by Marxist professors and their left-wing intellectual allies about all the evils of America, but when it comes right down to it, our remnant of a Christian ethic is still so powerful that we are the world's leading benefactor. I emphasize that it is our religious heritage, so mocked by European secularists and an embarrassment to American intellectuals, that motivates us to philanthropy."]
