"Congressman Stark's statement is a very sad benchmark for America. It could be the moment which defines the decline of our country or it could be the spark which marks an important day. That would be the day that religious Americans stood-up to the liberal bullies who are so determined to use the power of government to silence prayer and every other religious expression of free speech.So...being an atheist threatens the very existence of religion? Who knew faith in God was so ... fragile?
Update: Steve Bates reminds us Congressman Stark is an Unitarian Universalist. Some other ones connected to American history:
 | Paul Revere* |
| Josiah Quincy (1722-1864) |
| Elliot L. Richardson |
| Leverett Saltonstall |
| Francis George Shaw |
| Col. Robert Gould Shaw |
| Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)* |
| William Howard Taft* |
| Daniel Webster* |
2 comments:
Oh, what folly. Stark proclaimed himself a Unitarian. UUs are all over the map on the existence and/or nature of a deity. And Stark is not... I emphasize, not... the first UU in Congress. I haven't looked this term, but there used to be two or three of them. Of us... I am one.
A fundamentalist Christian once sat across the lunch table from me at a music workshop and told me that UUs were dangerous. I told her that I am one; she did not relent. OK, I'm dangerous... to narrow minds. So were all these people.
What a good reminder of more intellectual times. I will post, thanks.
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