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Rep. John Fleming, R-LA, has gone on the record expressing outrage over an episode a couple of weeks ago saying "Where you see socialism, you see a decline in Christianity and religion in general."
I would agree that you would at least see a decline in the freedom to express religious beliefs.
He said, "Obviously that suggests that our president does not want to be associated with religious symbols, at least not Christian symbols."
"That" is the incident that happened a couple of weeks ago at Georgetown University where Obama's administration asked that the historic symbol of Jesus Christ's name---IHS---be covered so it could not be seen during the President's speech.
He said their explanation wasn't good enough.
Fleming requested a minute to speak on the House floor saying, on the record, "I join many Christians in expressing my outrage at this request."
He said the administration has no problem spending money imprinted with the phrase, "In God We Trust," but won't have our President speak with any symbol of Christ in public view.
He says he sees a trend. I think he's right.
The Congressman said, "This country was founded on solid principles of Judeo-Christian ethics, why should our president cover an important symbol of our heritage?"
"I have a concern," he said, "about the very sharp turn to socialism that's happening in our government."
He said where socialism exists, you see a corresponding decline in Christianity and religion, and, "If, indeed, our president and our liberal Congress---based on the legislation that has happened and what's in front of us---that would be consistent with the secularization of society."
He also said he wanted to call attention to the White House request to have the IHS symbol covered, because it reveals the president's values.
It's hard to tell what the President actually believes, because there is little to no consistency between what he says he believes and what he actually does.
Case in point: Marriage. Life.
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Gary Randall
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Faith & Freedom
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