Two Nations - One Under God

God In GovernmentBy Michael Mina

   

    John Kerry got it three ways to Sunday, literally.

    Archbishop O’Malley of Boston recently said that politicians whose views on political matters contradict the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church “shouldn’t dare come to Communion,” though he did not mention Kerry by name. Also, while Kerry was campaigning in Missouri, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of St.

Louis warned him not to go to Communion because of his consistent support of abortion rights. Finally, Cardinal Francis Arinze, a top Vatican official, agreed that Catholic politicians favoring abortion rights should be denied Communion.

    One of Kerry’s replies to questions about this very visible dissonance between his views and those of his church was, “I’m not a church spokesman. I’m a legislator running for president. My oath is to uphold the Constitution of the United States in my public life.... Our Constitution separates church and state.”

    Really? Where was he when the California Supreme Court recently upheld a state law requiring Catholic Charities and other church-affiliated organizations to provide contraceptive coverage to employees in violation of Catholic teachings?

    But I digress. Does separation of church and state really mean that the Catholic Church can’t require agreement with Catholic teachings as a condition of membership simply because someone holds an elected office? Kerry could not become a senator without taking an oath to uphold the Constitution -- in other words, he had to agree with the fundamental beliefs of the group that he was joining. Can’t a church ask for some level of agreement with its beliefs as a condition of membership?
    Most workplaces want their employees to separate their home life from their work life, and many employees want the same. Does this mean that employees are free to ignore their marriage vows at work? Only former President Clinton could think that.

John Kerry

    Nevertheless, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post Poll, 68% of Americans, including 72% of Catholics, believe that politicians who support abortion should not be denied Communion. I’d be interested in knowing how many of those surveyed would disapprove of a woman denying intimate relations to her unfaithful husband. According to the same poll, 64% of Americans do not believe that church leaders should try to influence politicians. What would Rev. Martin Luther King have thought of them?

    America is well on its way to becoming two nations, the first one a nation that values traditional morality and places itself under God, the second one a nation that is its opposite. Its religion is what Rabbi Daniel Lapin has called “secular fundamentalism,” and it includes people on the so-called religious left whose contempt for our Judeo-Christian heritage is well known.

    It is this second nation that was behind the recent vote to decross the Los Angeles County seal. The seal has a very small cross representing, according to the

Los Angeles county website, “the influence of the church and the missions of California,” referring to the Spanish and then the Mexicans who had lived in Los Angeles. The most prominent feature on the seal, however, is the Pagan Roman goddess Pomona, “the goddess of gardens and fruit trees,” representing Los Angeles County’s agriculture.

    The ACLU threatened to sue Los Angeles County because of the cross. Ramona Ripston, Executive Director of the ACLU of Southern California, has said that it makes non-Christians “feel unwelcome.”  The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted three to two to remove the cross. Pomona can stay, even though she is a goddess still worshipped by people today. They are called Numinists, and they worship Pomona and Vertumnus as the Great Mother and Heavenly Father respectively.

    Does Pomona make non-Numinists feel unwelcome, especially since she is allowed to remain on the seal while the cross is not? Didn’t Pagan Romans feed Christians to lions? Is that why the ACLU of Southern California wants her to stay on the seal? Does the name St. Paul make non-Christians feel unwelcome? What about Corpus Christi, which is Latin for (gasp!) “the Body of Christ?”

    This madness will end only when we convince the second nation that the costs it will bear in prosecuting its war upon the first nation outweigh the benefits it will reap, and that it has no chance of victory. It’s a tall order, but it’s up to citizens of the first nation to accomplish this.

    Political activism is only part of the answer. The Republican Party has been moving ever leftward, and may continue to do so because our children and young adults have been indoctrinated with a leftist worldview, and fewer conservatives are being produced. Faced with the choice of moving leftward or losing elections, the Republican Party will move leftward.

    This must stop! Marxist-Leninism has been thrown onto the ash-heap of history, and cultural Marxism must follow. We conservatives need our own long march through the institutions, one successful enough to make Gramsci, the hell-dweller, scream in despair as his unholy legacy crumbles.

    Find like-minded families, organizations and individuals to network with, so that together we can foster an appreciation of our culture and our Judeo-Christian heritage. Teach our history to your children, and if you could stand to learn more yourself, learn with them.

    Become more assertive in your dealings with liberals and encourage others to do so as well. Show no mercy, give no quarter. When people attack the founders

of America, demand that they condemn the Aztecs for sacrificing 50,000 people every year in the name of their religion by cutting out their hearts while they were still living. Demand that they condemn the Iroquois for ethnically cleansing the Erie Indians from parts of Ohio, and the Cherokee for owning black slaves. When Christian beliefs in the miraculous are ridiculed by a professor, cite beliefs of other religions in the miraculous and challenge the professor to condemn those as well. If they do, then condemn their failure to appreciate diversity. If they don’t, then condemn their bias against Christianity and call their views bigoted. Remind the class that the professor’s views are shared by human rights violators’ world wide and thank God in front of the class that the professor doesn’t hold political office and is not in any position of power through which they could act upon their appalling bigotry. Of course, it’s easier to stand up to a professor if you already have a degree and a job, and are taking courses for personal growth. That is exactly what those of us who are able should do.

    Be aggressive in your defense, as Jesus was on occasion. Publicly calling people “viper’s brood” in His day was serious. Ask Ripston and her ilk if they hate Christianity, or just California’s Hispanic heritage. Ask those who pontificate about separation of church and state to condemn Martin Luther King for trying to influence politicians.

Tell liberals to explain why Hillary has the right to divorce Bill for infidelity on the job (though she chose not to) while the Catholic Church has no right to divorce itself from Kerry or other politicians for infidelity on the job.

    President Reagan was mourned by most of the first nation, even as much of the second nation reviled his legacy. My parish priest, a recent immigrant from Egypt, said that the late president was a great man, and that America needed another president like him. How likely is that to happen when our schools and universities demonize conservatism and its Judeo-Christian soul? Armed with truth and courage, we must assert ourselves at work, at home, in school, at college--everywhere.

    Second nation dogma is a house of cards built on sand, and you know it. Expose their folly, and encourage your friends and your kids to do so as well. Help spread traditional American Judeo-Christian values in a place sorely in need of them: America. Fight on.




Michael Mina is the Interim President of the Ohio Republican Assembly. He is a regular contributor to several political websites. His science fiction and horror stories have been published in a variety of magazines. Readers can e-mail him at mikeamina@aol.com