"Every year around this time, many conservatives rail against the #WarOnChristmas, using a few dismantled nativities to suggest that America muffles worship. Hardly. We have God on our dollars, God in our pledge of allegiance, God in our Congress. Last year, the House took the time to vote, 396 to 9, in favor of a resolution affirming 'In God We Trust' as our national motto. How utterly needless, unless I missed some insurrectionist initiative to have that motto changed to 'Buck Up, Beelzebub' or 'Surrender Dorothy.' We have God in our public schools, a few of which cling to creationism, and we have major presidential candidates — Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum — who use God in general and Christianity in particular as cornerstones of their campaigns. God’s initial absence from the Democratic Party platform last summer stirred more outrage among Americans than the slaughter in Syria will ever provoke." http://nyti.ms/UyqggG

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