And Another Thing

There appears to be a segment of the population that believes, prior to the year 2000 or so, that the United States was a secular paradise. Quite the opposite, obviously. We have long been a nation of religious yaboos. It's part of the local color. No religious test indeed. It took just under 200 years to get a Catholic in the oval office, and for most of those two centuries, anti-Catholicism was practically the national pasttime. There's still never been a Jew. There have been a couple of atheists, like Reagan, but they've kept it under wraps. Anderson Cooper clutching a bible and pestering candidates to aver their particular level of allegience is hardly something new. How do we know you won't take your marching orders from the Vatican, Mr. Kennedy? You know what I'm sayin?

You all know that I'm not exactly surprised by the Arcadian fantasies of the activisti, but Brother J and Posse in heaven, I am sometimes surprised by the fervor they inspire.