Chuck Norris is a religious moron. Nor only have I written about his epic stupidity but I’ve written to him before. And even though I wrote in a very civil tone, I never got a response. And back then I pointed out the irony of his proudly quoting Benjamin Franklin in an article accusing those who don’t worship his god of being unpatriotic.
Now he’s ranting against the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s (FFRF) lawsuit to prevent the separation of church and state from being clearly violated with an engraving of “In God We Trust” in the Capitol Visitors Center after it passed unanimously in the Senate and the House voted 410-8 in favor of it.
Sadly, Norris doesn’t seem to have learned anything about patriotism, the constitution, or American history since last I wrote him:
I’m a fighter for the freedoms of speech and religion. They are our constitutional rights – what the First Amendment is all about. But those freedoms don’t give atheists the entitlement to eliminate or revise America’s religious heritage in the new $621 million taxpayer-provided Capitol Visitors Center, or CVC, in Washington, D.C.
Norris’ whole response is citing all the other violations of church and state as precedent. And in doing so, “The Texas Ranger” illustrates what I’ve been saying for a long time. The motto, the pledge, the congressional acknowledgment of Christmas, all the congressional prayers, etc, etc.–they’re not small issues that aren’t worth our time to challenge. Every issue that gets written off as something secular Americans shouldn’t be wasting their time on are used against. Every time Christians try to force Jesus into the public schools or into government, they will always cite all these little things as precedent. They’re say, we already in god in our motto, on our money, and in our Pledge of Allegiance, so why not ____?” You give these assholes an inch of rope and they will hang you by it.
Also, I think those who voted against the engraving deserve to get recognized:
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD)
Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA)
Rep. James McDermott (D-WA)
Rep. Ronald Paul (R-TX)
Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA)
Rep. Fortney Stark (D-CA)
But let’s hear more from “The Texas Ranger”:
How could anyone have anything against the engraving of our nation’s motto, which is above the very speaker’s rostrum in the House of Representatives? How could anyone have anything against the same for the Pledge of Allegiance, which has been recited each day since its inception in both houses of Congress?
Actually Chuck, the “Under God” part wasn’t added to the Pledge until 1954 as a McCarthyist way of saying “FUCK YOU” to the godless Commies. But thanks for playing.
“Th-th-th-that’s all folks!”
When you can point out to me where the separation of church and state is in the United States constitution, I’ll cut you a little slack. Just to let you know, I stopped reading after that. Not knowing what you’re talking about is a complete turn off.
Article II and Amendment I. It is comes out in more detail in the letters of Thomas Jefferson (you may have heard of him) and in The Federalist Papers, which elaborate on the powers of government. Also, it’s worth stating because you clearly don’t understand how the legal system works, that America has two branches of law, statutory law and case law. And the prevailing case law when it comes to church/state separations issues is the 1970s case Lemon v. Kurtzman, which established 3 specific criteria for when a law does not violate church/state separation, all 3 of which must be true. The first of those criteria is that a law must have a secular purpose. It’s not I am misinformed about how our legal system but you.