Second story not for the Bush apologists

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Armageddon for the Religious Right? They've climbed to the top of Mount Power. But from here on out, it may be all downhill for America's ayatollahs.

On Feb. 22, inside a Clark Atlanta University auditorium, Christianity girded its loins with faith, anointed itself with righteousness and went forth to do battle with, well, Christianity.

Sadie Fields, the brittle vicar of Georgia's Christian Coalition, told a town hall forum on immigration reform what her brand of Christianity taught about undocumented immigrants. Invoking Old Testament Scripture, Fields intoned, "We uphold the rule of law. God would never condone chaos and lawlessness for he is a God of order, justice and righteousness."

For the crowd, largely black and Hispanic, that was enough. From the back of the auditorium, Aquiles Martinez jumped to his feet, marched forward and addressed Fields in a voice that trembled with anger.

"Jesus was an exile himself," Martinez fumed. "He lived an uprooted life. He opposed unjust laws. He opposed the religious and political establishment of his day."

Martinez paused and gathered himself, knowing he was on the verge of challenging an authority as stern and unforgiving as the Pharisees. Then the Methodist minister from Reinhardt College in Waleska, Ga., thundered, "How dare you support legislation that victimizes the poor!"

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Again, bravo. It's about time people got the backbone to stand up to the thugs, liars and religious zealots that have taken over the American political process.

(Linkage snagged from griffen)

Comments

[estaratshirai.livejournal.com]

HUZZAH. May more of Christ's people speak up against the Pharisees who have taken hold of American politics.