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A declaration by a member of Congress didn’t receive nearly the attention it deserves; therefore, I will try to rectify it with this brief blog post.<\/p>\n

U.S. Rep. What’s Her Name<\/em> — aka Marjorie Taylor Greene — the Republican from Georgia, recently pronounced herself to be a “Christian nationalist.” I can’t recall the context of her comment or the venue in which she uttered it. All I can recall is her saying, “If you want to call me a Christian nationalist, then that’s what I am.”<\/p>\n

That is a frightening thing to hear from a member of Congress.<\/p>\n

I shall remind you once again that these individuals take an oath to “defend and protect the U.S. Constitution.” Indeed, I took such an oath in August 1968 when I was inducted into the U.S. Army, so I have some exposure to its meaning.\u00a0I took it to mean, and I do so to this day, that I protect what the Constitution sets forth in its governing policy.<\/p>\n

Rep. What’s Her Name needs to understand, too, what it means … but she ignores the obvious tenet of our nation’s government framework.\u00a0It is that the Constitution establishes a secular government. It says in plain English in Article VI that there shall be “no religious test” required of anyone seeking public office.<\/p>\n

The word “Christianity” is nowhere to be found in that document.<\/p>\n

I know I have whipped this critter bloody already, but I will keep doing so until it sinks in. Christian nationalism seeks to turn the United States into a “Christian nation.” It isn’t. We are a nation with a population that comprises a strong majority of Christians as citizens. Our government was founded on Judeo-Christian principles<\/em> and I am totally fine with that.<\/p>\n

I am not fine with the notion that our Constitution somehow contains language that mandates our laws be faithful to New Testament scripture.\u00a0So, for dipsh**s like Rep. What’s Her Name to suggest that it does reveals a remarkable level of ignorance about the very oath she took to uphold.<\/p>\n

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