Getting Hammered

I was sent a link to this article by Samantha Levine and goddamn does it piss me off. I'll pick over a few of the really, really egregious points.

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DeLay says he sees war on Christianity in U.S.
Sugar Land Republican speaks at conference of religious leaders
American society looks down on Christianity, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay asserted Tuesday at a conference of religious conservatives, but God and Jesus Christ have chosen Christians to stand up for faith.

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Actually, if the "Hammer" had done his research, which is something I've learned people from that side of the aisle are exempt from he would have realized that "American’s increasing acceptance of religious diversity doesn’t extend to those who don’t believe in a god" and that in fact Atheist are the most distrusted by American society in general.

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DeLay, who is facing tough times of his own, offered a half-hour speech that was part history lesson and part sermon to a crowd of about 300 gathered at a Washington hotel for a two-day conference titled "The War on Christians and the Values Voter in 2006."

The Sugar Land Republican said some commentators — the "chattering classes" — will argue that there is no war on Christianity in this country.

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The Hammer is having tough times because, well, DeLay was indicted by a grand jury for matters related to a conspiracy to skirt campaign finance laws. I don't really see how that is very Christian at all. As far as the chatter classes, I'm willing to bet that if two students went to school and one wore a WWJD t-shirt and the other there is no God t-shirt, the later would be the one who got sent home.

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"This is a man, I believe, God has appointed ... to represent righteousness in government," Scarborough told the audience, which included Eagle Forum Founder Phyllis Schlafly, former ambassador Alan Keyes, and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.

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Too bad in the US God doesn't put people in House, voters (or more likely Diebold) does. Also that group you run with isn't the best crowd.

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Scarborough said DeLay had been "nearly destroyed in the press," and he made a vague pitch for the conference participants to support DeLay in his general election race in November. DeLay should not worry about it, however, he said: "God always does his best work after a crucifixion."

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To equate DeLay with Jesus, I'm pretty sure would offend even God. Additionally I thought churches weren't supposed to endorse candidates as the "The Internal Revenue Code now expressly prohibits churches and other nonprofit organizations from directly endorsing or opposing political candidates."