Ellen Goodman enlightens us on how the the Christian Right, which has a headlock on the GOP, is becoming bolder by the day in equating government policy with "good" Christian values. As a former schoolboy Catholic (and alterboy) turned flaming fundamental atheist (or something like that), it make my stomach churn. Snippet:
"It's not just prayer meetings in the attorney general's office. It's not just abstinence-only education and the rather hubristic assertion that God is on our side in battle. It's on the home front too.
A couple of weeks ago there was a flap that didn't even reach the Santorum altitude. In an article in a Baptist paper titled ''America's Education Evangelist,'' Rod Paige, the secretary of (public) education, expressed his preference for college education. ''All things being equal, I would prefer to have a child in a school where there's a strong appreciation for values, the kind of values that I think are associated with the Christian communities.'' What would he say to those who disagree with him? ''I would offer them my prayers.''
I know this is what's called ''playing to the base.'' But the base is awfully basic. Even, um, fundamentalist."
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