The Kingdom of Congress
Given that Americans have lived in a democracy, not a monarchy, for almost 240 years now, why are we having official religious rituals in Congress that use the language of the British Empire?
Given that Americans have lived in a democracy, not a monarchy, for almost 240 years now, why are we having official religious rituals in Congress that use the language of the British Empire?
If you want an education, but don’t have the money or time to go back to school, just show up at the office of the United States Senate Chaplain, and ask Alan Keiran to pray you the knowledge and insights you need.
Bruce Braley’s religious nepotism reminds us that the office of the House Chaplain is a corrupting influence within what is supposed to be a representative assembly serving all Americans, not merely the sacred elites.
If I were Preacher Barry C. Black, I wouldn’t push it with declarations about how my religion’s god is going to come into Congress and destroy any laws he doesn’t like.
Chaplain 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.
Chaplain Barry C. Black has consistently pushed an agenda that seeks the transformation of the United States of America into a Christian theocracy. The official web site describing the work of the Senate Chaplain, proclaims “God as Sovereign Lord of our Nation…” and declares that the Senate not honor what Black refers to as “the separation of God and State”.
Given that we have a multicultural society with an expanding non-Christian population, and a House of Representatives that includes many non-Christian members, Coughlin’s message encouraging religious conversion is not only unconstitutional. It’s also divisive.