06 May 2005
Opps

I missed the National Day of Prayer yesterday! Silly me! I really wasn't invited anyway (read the fine print at the bottom of the page). A tip of the hat to the Wildhunt Blog for reminding me!

But my mom always told me "Better late than never!", so here's my thought for the National Day of Prayer, in the form of a quote. I've have this particular piece laying around in my files for a while, and have always considered it's author to be one of my heroes, but I must acknowledge that this has been brought to the fore courtesy of an excellent column today by Christopher Hitchens:

The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100%. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. . . . Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some god-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism."

-- Sen. Barry Goldwater

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