1/2/13
This is a story that can only make you say “quoi?” the
American Family Association sent out an email to their members with the intent
to instill fear in them. The title of the email was “What will religion look like in the year 2060?” They claim that within fifty years,
Christians will be persecuted like African Americans were in the 1960’s.
Some of their claims according to the email:
Conservative
Christians will be treated as second class citizens, much like African
Americans were prior to civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
Family as we
know it will be drastically changed with the state taking charge of the
children beginning at birth.
Cities with a name
from the Bible such as St. Petersburg, Bethlehem, etc. will be forced to change
their name due to separation of church and state.
I highly doubt that a large majority population of any
country, especially the United States, will ever see the kind of persecution
that has historically befallen minorities in this country.
This list is ridiculous. The third example simply tells me
that the group does not understand what the separation of church and state
means. I have no problem with a place
called Saint Louis retaining its name.
There is hardly a religious tone too it.
Saint in the name doesn’t mean it is a religious city anymore than
Island in Grand Island, NE means that the city is on an island.
The list also says that we will have, or have had, a Muslim
president. I understand that the group
is playing to the irrational fears of their members. Having a Muslim president is not a bad thing
like they imply. Rep. Keith Ellison of
Minnesota is Muslim and does a fantastic job representing his district in
Congress. Perhaps he could be that
Muslim president eventually.
It is important to stay vigilant with groups like this
about. These people vote and elections
have consequences.
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