ACLJ Resorts to name calling and distraction. Again.

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Sekulow amuses me. He cannot defend the case, so he insults and diverts. He cannot explain why Christians and nobody else should be honored at the WTC. He cannot defend why we should allow public funding of a religious shrine on public land. He cannot defend why atheists should not have equal representation. Instead, he calls us names and distracts the readers with diversions from the issue at hand.

We are cruel and idiotic, because we demand equality, require our government to obey its own laws, and we refuse to let priests and the politicians in their pockets make 9/11 about JUST Christianity, instead of all America.

This is what the ACLJ, and so many other Christian organizations, do. 9/11 had nothing more to do with Christianity than it did with atheism, but they really want the monopoly representation (it makes them look more relevant), so rather than support equality, they, well, act like children.

Sekulow is a lawyer, so he knows the fallacy of his arguments. He worked hard on that article ("Quick! I need irrelevant distractions, factual or otherwise!"). Please read it and comment. And no name calling, please, just the facts.

Dave Silverman

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Anonymous (not verified) / Mon, 08/15/2011 - 08:22

Absolute and willfully ignorance, that's what his argument is. Not only is he neglecting his duty as an officer of the judicial system, he is openly allowing his own personal beliefs to influence his judgement. If our own government isnt held accountable for it's own laws than how are we expected to do such? Am I not, then, justified in determining which laws I shall abide by and which not to? Personal beliefs are just that, personal and private. If this were a privately funded shrine to Christianity or any other denomination for that matter, then we wouldn't be having this conversation, but it is utilizing public funds, oh which I pay, and I am an atheist and DO NOT want my money going towards a symbol of a belief I do not agree with. Sekulow is a biased, narrow-minded individual and any one else that would compromise their beliefs in the name of civility doesn't warrant the freedom from religion that the Constitution of the United States provides.

Anonymous (not verified) / Mon, 08/15/2011 - 17:25

Perry also said this a few months ago:

I wanted to host this event for a simple reason. During this season, we are reminded that there is something about the resurrection. Something about the resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ that puts everything else in perspective.

Yes, he refers to the resurrection as a historical fact. That should completely disqualify him from the presidency, shouldn't it?

Anonymous (not verified) / Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:39

I have to agree with almost every item in the list in the article. The possible exceptions are historical documents that have secular purposes and the cemetary at Normandy unless the United States pays for upkeep, however I believe that any US soldier that is buried there and was not christian, should have a different marker.

Anonymous (not verified) / Wed, 08/17/2011 - 13:00

As I looked over Mr. Sekulow's list of real or imagined "things that must be removed or altered immediately to rectify the government's continued disregard for the hurt feelings of godless Americans," the very last item virtually jumped out at me and poked me in the eye: "Arlington National Cemetery is replete with religious symbolism complete with a list of authorized religious emblems." The Arlington list also includes one noteworthy nonreligious symbol: the American Atheist atom. I recall, way back in the days of Madalyn O'Hair, when American Atheists proudly announced that the request to include this symbol at Arlington had been granted. I'm guessing that Mr. Sekulow did not notice this emblem on the Arlington list -- assuming he actually looked at the list. I can't imagine that he would have knowingly included something in his own list that actually supports American Atheists' demand for inclusion at the WTC museum.