The first clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America has a very clear meaning. It reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. In short, when it comes to matters related to religion, Congress is supposed to stay away, and allow individual citizens to make their own decisions. Congress is certainly not supposed to take action on behalf of any particular religion, such as Christianity.

At least, that’s what the Constitution says. Barry C. Black says differently.

Barry C. Black is the Chaplain of the United States Senate, a Christian preacher who is paid by the federal government, through law passed by Congress, to direct the Congress with religious rituals. The mere existence of the position of Senate Chaplain is a clear act of rebellion against the Constitution’s ban on congressional establishment of religion. However, Chaplain Black takes this defiance of the Constitution to an additional level, using his Senate pulpit to preach on behalf of theocracy.

Yesterday, for example, when Barry Black gave a speech to open the day’s Senate proceedings, he proclaimed that the job of United States senators is to do the work of God. “God of grace and glory,” he preached, “our Senators strive today to fulfill Your purposes”.

Our nation’s Constitution states that the job of the United States Senate is to work for “We the People of the United States”, to “promote the general Welfare”. It doesn’t mention anything about the Senate, or any other part of the government, working in order to fulfill the purposes of the Christian God, or any other deity of any other religion.

Barry C. Black’s speech yesterday was yet another indication of a dangerous effort, coming from within the United States Senate, financed with public money, to subvert the Constitution of the United States of America. It is a theocratic insurrection more harmful to the health of American liberty than any foreign enemy.