I just got a trackback on my post from yesterday about the ACLU and Tennessee seperation of church and state issue: Incoherent Babble (indeed).
Since “Damion’s Journal” apparently won’t let me comment without registering, and I can’t find where to register, here’s my rebuttal:
Now, to be fair, I wasn’t bashing the ACLU or Tennessee for this situation. I honestly didn’t even read all of the story to see why they had this on display (ie: was it actually purchased to be part of the display, was it some decorator that happened to include it because they liked it, or was it simply someone placing it on their own desk?). I was just getting in on the general ACLU bashing because I know how annoying they can be.
Personally, I agree that the seperation of state and religion should be severely maintained (since I’m a non-Christian living in the Bible belt of the south, surrounded by religion-obsessed Southern Baptists). I’m just tired of the ACLU rocking the boat about insignificant stuff. Where were they with Bush’s Intelligent Design BS? What about the Dover, PA schoolboard’s Intelligent Design desision (which was just ruled unconstitutional this week)?
Let’s stop worrying about a stupid candle in a statehouse and find something that really matters to complain about, shall we?
It was the 11 parents and the ACLU’s suit against the Dover school board that got the unconstitutional ruling.