wake up already

And so you remained quiet. The stuff gone awry in this nation really hasn’t yet interrupted your life. The noise discussing the pro’s and con’s is just that, loud ugly an annoyance, but with most aggravation ignoring it usually permits it to die or at least haunt someone else. Of course you know some Gay people, but no one in your family has come out or maybe they are still enjoying life in the closet. And those Gays you know seem quite content as is! Your wife is a female and maybe you are, but she or you never got pregnant out of wedlock, and certainly won’t find them needing any assistance from a doctor who provides assistance with an abortion. Planned Parenthood is one step beneath your social strata and reproductive needs so if a few of those clinics close it does not really apply to you; its really for the poor folk. No one as you recall has hassled you and you to church on Sunday, pray at the Temple on Saturday and smothered with your own parishioners why the fuss about whose religion is the right one.

And then Clarence Thomas a Supreme Court Justice cocooned in a tight black robe, hidden from the realities of the every day citizen, emboldened that his sexual affair with a single woman was quieted and muted comes forward and says he supports making Christianity the state religion.  ‘It appears that Clarence Thomas, a conservative appointee, has thrown away all his common sense along with his knowledge of the history of the nation and case law. You would expect more from a Supreme Court Justice but in today’s polarized political climate many of the conservative justices are projecting their own personal viewpoints into law, completely absconding the judicial jurisprudence that was necessary for all judicial nominees prior to their entrance into this hallowed court.

Stating that the Federal Government can “probably” not establish a state religion is only the tip of the iceberg for Thomas, as he refutes the common sense that state and local governments should not establish a religion also. He thinks it entirely acceptable to establish a religion at the state and local level, so long as it is Christianity.’ (Huff Post)

238 years after a nation is created on the principle of “freedom from religion The First Amendment (Amendment I) to theUnited States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion… a Justice sitting on a court able to wield the most power and authority in the nation ponders against one of the main tenants for this nation. Justice Thomas kind of sort of thinks that maybe its not cool for the Federal Government to insist on an official religion, but those 50 states, well heck they have all kinds of permission to do so. Before the Civil War individual states decided on who was a citizen and who was a slave. Before the 19th amendment individual states could let the women remain as chattel. Before Loving vs Virginia individual states could deny the right to marriage toward integrated couples (Justice Thomas a Black man’s marriage would not be recognized in a a few dozen states, as his wife Virginia is white). Currently individual states can play doctor regarding female reproductive rights and marriage counselor with same-sex marriage. Imagine a state where there is only one officially tolerated religion, whose constitution is governed by the laws of that Bible…Its really not too hard to imagine, some of those states are called Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia. 

For all of us out there who think that it is a bunch of fools running the government, none of which are to be taken too seriously. For all of us out there who laugh at the stupid remarks made by Palin, Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Hannity and Beck surely certain that those entertainers are harmless. For all of us who would rather look the other way because whatever shit seems to be falling from the sky has NOT yet splattered on our finely pressed clothes. For all of us who think they are immune from this STUPID, we had better wake up NOW. When a a Justice of the Supreme Court pontificates on the merits of a state run religion, there is a while lot to fear for a whole lot of people.