Rick Perry is the current front runner for the GOP presidential nomination. This may be a positive thing for our President in his bid for a second term, but the cost could be devastating, and for a very wrong reason: a showdown with the religious extremist of this country would be very divisive, and thus, very expensive culturally.
People of faith are for the most part very good and honest folks whose intentions are usually just. The problem emerges when these same well meaning people feel that their world view must be forced upon the entire nation We already have certain fear mongers spewing hateful innuendo about the possibility of Muslims of the country attempting to institutionalize Sharia law here in America, while at the same time vowing to force their interpretation of the Jewish and Christian paradigm onto our own constitution. These religious extremists have the twisted notion that the founders of this nation intended to establish a Christian nation here in the New World. How is this any different than the establishment of Muslim nations of the Middle East or north Africa? None, and sound minded individuals should be fearful of Biblical Law becoming the guiding force for our form of government.
I call this extreme religious coalition the "world is flatters". They base their faith on the Old Testament view that the Earth is the center of the Universe and that science is the working of the devil. This nation can't afford Rick Perry, the cost to our constitutional form of government is too great. Our founders fervently believed in freedom; all kinds of freedom including freedom of association, freedom of the press, and very importantly, freedom of religion. They founded a nation of Christians, not a Christian nation.
Speak up!!!!!!
