<Gasp> Obama is not a Citizen!

I just received another copy of the email referred to here:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/occidental.asp

This brought up here are two things that I don't like about the Republican Party right now:

1. They start every political meeting with a prayer, pretending that their proceedings, beliefs, and leadership are especially blessed with the patronship of God (thereby relieving the majority of the members of any need to actually think,) and
   
2. They have a large, powerful contingent of foul-mouthed, gossipy, hateful folk who spend all of their time knocking the opposition, rather than leading the party in any real way. Worse yet, the rest of the party doesn't seem to think there is anything wrong with this and promulgates the misinformation and hate-talk. I have even witnessed District-level meetings where the next thing after the prayer is a joke about some Democrat!

I am not knocking anyone's religion. I am, however, belittling the practice of confusing "the things which are Caesar’s" and "the things that are God’s." The current Republican leadership apparently sees no conflict, since it encourages (or at the very least tolerates) the conflation of the two.

The current leadership claims (or abides the claim) that the founders of this country intended no separation of church and state, and that keeping religion and politics separate is both un-American and un-Christian, ignoring the historically clear separation of church and state, exemplified by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and the admonition of Christ referred to above.

I have nothing against religious beliefs or humor. However, I think those of us who have a brain and aren't afraid to use it are obligated to stand up and shout that the GOP leadership has no substance! They have no business claiming to represent us with their dual agenda of injecting religion into policies and substituting humor for honest debate. They must go before this country becomes a one-party country!

David Rogers