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God vs. the Constitution? Don't buy it

I can tell that Dan Champion is feeling a bit better these days because he's arguing politics.

More specifically he asks, "Is it me, or has the ACLU become just plain mean?" He's referring to this post at Blogcritics.

Allow me to say a couple of things here.

First, the post at Blogcritics is a review of David Limbaugh's book, Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity. Both the blogger and Rush's brother would prefer that we frame this in a certain way, but I'm not buying it.

Second, I'd appreciate a link from the blogger to the quote about "removing [Christians] from society." Until that happens, I'm not buying it.

Third, the ACLU is about protecting our rights as detailed in the Constitution. This means that they will often be representing the minority position, which by definition will be "unpopular."

Fourth, David Limbaugh is practicing one of the oldest political tricks in the book: pitting "us" against "them," or more specifically, Christians against the ACLU.

But the next time you hear someone, anyone, do that, just remember this: What they're really saying is that it is God against the Constitution.

And that's a false choice.


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