Radical Religious Righters such as Republican Harris
Condemns, if
elected to congress in numbers, would do much more
than amend the
Constitution; they would replace the Constitution
with the 10
commandment. Anyone for a Theocratic Taliban like
government?
If this kind of extremism became grass roots picking
up momentum, it
would be very fertile ground for Neo-conservative in
the DOD, Pentagon,
and CIA who know how to tap into grass roots
movement, through deceit
and manipulation, to increase their own power.
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Rep. Harris Condemns Separation of Church, State
By Jim Stratton
Orlando Sentinel
Saturday, August 26, 2006; Page A09
ORLANDO, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.)
said this week that
God did not intend for the United States to be a
"nation of secular
laws" and that the separation of church and state is
a "lie we have been
told" to keep religious people out of politics.
"If you're not electing Christians, then in essence
you are going to
legislate sin," Harris told interviewers from the
Florida Baptist
Witness, the weekly journal of the Florida Baptist
State Convention. She
cited abortion and same-sex marriage as examples of
that sin.
Harris, a candidate in the Sept. 5 Republican
primary for U.S. Senate,
said her religious beliefs "animate" everything she
does, including her
votes in Congress.
Witness editors interviewed candidates for office,
asking them to
describe their faith and their positions on certain
issues.
Harris has always professed a deep Christian faith.
But she has rarely
expressed such a fervent evangelical perspective
publicly.
Political and religious officials responded to her
published remarks
with outrage and dismay.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said she was
"disgusted" by the
comments "and deeply disappointed in Representative
Harris personally."
Harris, Wasserman Schultz said, "clearly shows that
she does not deserve
to be a representative."
Ruby Brooks, a veteran Tampa Bay Republican
activist, said Harris's
remarks "were offensive to me as a Christian and a
Republican."
"This notion that you've been chosen or anointed,
it's offensive,"
Brooks said. "We hurt our cause with that more than
we help it."
Harris told the journalists "we have to have the
faithful in government"
because that is God's will. Separating religion and
politics is "so
wrong because God is the one who chooses our
rulers," she said.
"And if we are the ones not actively involved in
electing those godly
men and women," then "we're going to have a nation
of secular laws.
That's not what our Founding Fathers intended, and
that certainly isn't
what God intended."
Harris campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Marks would not
answer questions
about the Harris interview. Instead, she released a
two-sentence statement.
"Congresswoman Harris encourages Americans from all
walks of life and
faith to participate in our government," it stated.
"She continues to be
an unwavering advocate of religious rights and
freedoms."
