For the Love of God
North Carolina Democrat Kay Hagan, who running against Republican Libby Dole for a seat in the U.S. Senate, recently filed a defamation lawsuit in response to a campaign advertisement from Dole questioning Hagan’s faith in God. Hagan is also running an ad of her own to assure people that she is a God-fearing person.
Why should it matter whether Hagan believes in God? We may swear our politicians in using a Bible, but the laws they swear to uphold are those of the United States. The last time I checked, the highest law of our land, the U.S. Constitution, explicitly states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
The idea that calling someone an atheist is “defamatory” just shows how much religious bigotry still exists in this country. Prejudice against atheists is still prejudice, folks.
November 1st, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I so hope this blows up in Dole’s face in a huge way. She’s been more and more bitter and angry sounding every time I’ve seen her do the chat shows of late (and moreso the ones on Fox News) that this really didn’t take me off gaurd when I found out about it.
Please let this be the last straw on her voter’s backs.
November 1st, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Would it be particularly ironic if I were to say Amen to that?
November 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Jerry Chandler: “I so hope this blows up in Dole’s face in a huge way.”
Hagan hasn’t exactly covered herself in glory with her response. She’s basically pandering to those who are bigoted towards atheists. Hagan could just as easily have said, “I wish to make it clear that I am a Christian, because I am proud of my faith. But what if I were an atheist? In the United States, you have the right to believe — or NOT believe — as you choose.”
And yes, I know, that might have hurt her in the polls. Don’t care. Just once, I’d like to see a politician show a bit of spine.
November 4th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
And Fox News just called Kay Hagan as the winner.
November 5th, 2008 at 8:50 am
See? There is some justice in the world.