Life in the UK

Two stories about life in the UK, both point to the same thing, the downward spiral of a once (and still) proud people who are giving up the freedoms their fathers and forefathers fought and died for.

In the name of convenience and security, let the government take care of every problem. But to do so, the government must have more and more power. So in the end, the government is blamed for everything bad that happens and the people have no freedoms left because the government needs the ability to snoop to solve the problems. Why do we (humans) always seem willing to trade our freedoms for convenience or supposed safety and security?

Next, I thought the UK had freedom of religion. They may have it on paper, but not in practice.

Church and State Separation

Very interesting article whereby a pastor openly endorses Obama, who was visiting the church.

the pastor of the Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ, speaking from the pulpit, advocated for Obama, possibly breaking the law. Pastor Leon Smith told the congregation that "the more he (Obama) speaks, the more he wins my confidence, and ... if the polls were open today, I would cast my vote for this senator.

Of course, the MSM doesn't follow up on this.

As much as the article doth protest, I think that we take separation of church and state too far in this country in that never the two shall mix in any context. This, to me, is a duality that I cannot support. If faith is true, then faith must inform politics. What then does separation of church and state mean? It means we must abide by the principle set by the framers: no religion should be excluded from public discourse or made verboten.

I found this comment by the pastor more disturbing:

[Pastor Leon Smith] urged them to [vote] the same, saying, “If you can’t support your own, you’re never going to get anywhere."

One blog commentator sums it up:

"In other words, blacks should always vote for blacks in order to “get anywhere,” which must mean that as President Obama is expected to favor blacks over whites in signing legislation, in awarding positions in government and in giving out lucrative contracts. He will not be the President of all the people, but of one slice of America. Note too that Obama apparently didn’t have any problem with that remark. Judging by his silence, that’s apparently what he intends to do." (emphasis mine)

I'm just as alarmed as he is, although I'm not quite ready to tar Obama with motives not yet proved out.

(hat tip Mark Stricherz at getreligion.org)

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