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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSouthern GOPer Says Only Christians Should be Protected by Constitution
Being back in Georgia always reminds me of the very different norms governing politics in Deep Red country. Yesterday I mentioned that in Georgias 11th district GOP runoff, Barry Loudermilk and Bob Barr were in disagreement about what, if anything, the U.S. should be doing in Iraq. I didnt mention they both favored the impeachment of the president (Bob Barr touts his experience as a Clinton impeachment manager as a plus), though Loudermilk thinks maybe its a waste of time to pursue it so long as Senate action to finish it is unlikely.
In another GOP runoff in north Georgia, in the 10th congressional district, the Rev. Jody Hice, who finished first on May 20, is an aggressive supporter of the point of view that only Christians should benefit from First Amendment protection of religious liberties, as the Atlanta Journal-Constitutions Jay Bookman reports:
Although Islam has a religious component, it is much more than a simple religious ideology, Hice wrote in his 2012 book. It is a complete geo-political structure and, as such, does not deserve First Amendment protection.
Hice believes that the Muslim Brotherhood is infiltrating the United States, with the intent to impose Sharia law on all of us. He also believes that its fine for women to seek political office, at least if certain conditions are met. If the womans within the authority of her husband, I dont see a problem, he told the Athens Banner-Herald in 2004.
That makes him a spiritual brother to 11th District candidate Loudermilk:
Loudermilk is an eager member of the Glenn Beck wing of the GOP. He is also an apostle of faux historian David Barton, who preaches that the U.S. Constitution is a document intended to create a conservative Christian government. Like Hice, they reject the notion of a separation between Christianity and state, and argue that the First Amendment was intended only to keep government from favoring one particular Christian denomination.
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Southern GOPer Says Only Christians Should be Protected by Constitution (Original Post)
doxydad
Jun 2014
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. First Amendment to the United States Constitution....
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
*oh wait that doesn't count, forget that and move to #2*
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. Actually, he just singled out Muslims.
I'm sure he has no problem with First Amendment rights for Jews. Or Pastafarians.
RainDog
(28,784 posts)3. the new civil war
southern conservatives are always looking for ways to commit treason.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)4. They are afraid of Muslims Sharia law but they has their own Sharia Law...
as the Christians they pretend to be.