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POLITICIANS PREFER CHURCHGOERS

I never thought I'd see the day when President George W. Bush, and Senator Ted Kennedy would utter the same bit of inflammatory nonsense.

Let's face it; none of our politicians know what the hell to do about this illegal immigration situation, that is, without hurting themselves in the polls.

Now if these guys had their wish, which is, get elected once, and you're in for life, you can bet they'd know what to do. The Liberals would declare the borders to be open, and the Conservatives would close the borders tighter than a clam's ass during mating season.

But these guys, except for the President, all face reelection and, like it or not, they have to deal with this illegal alien situation. But even the President, who does not have to worry about reelection, has concerns about the situation because whatever he does will reflect on his party, and could have an adverse effect on the outcome of the upcoming elections.

So we have a Conservative, President, and a Liberal Senator, who usually don't agree on anything, both saying the same thing, almost simultaneously.

Neither one of them wants to insult the illegal aliens, who will be able to vote sometime in the future, so the natural thing to do is make them appear more palatable to the general public.

So, within the past few days, both of these guys gave speeches extolling the virtues of the people who entered the USA illegally.

The usual reasons were given, especially the one about illegal aliens working at jobs that Americans don't want, and so forth. But then, both of them went on to say that these were good people who are here to better themselves, and that they were the kind of people you'd want as neighbors because they go to church.

So there you have it, Republican and Democrat alike, playing the religion card.

That's the part that pisses me off. Once again, the idea that churchgoers are better people than those who don't feel it necessary to worship with others, in a public setting.

I take umbrage at the implication that anyone who worships in a church is a better person than those who don't.

First off, far more people do not attend church services, than those who do. If you don't believe that then pick a Sunday, and drive by as many churches as you can find and see if there are mile-long lines of people trying to get in. I don't think so.

There will be a few people, perhaps a few hundred in the larger churches, but by and large, the vast majority of the nearly 300 million Americans will be somewhere other than church.

None of my neighbors attend any church, and they're all quiet, clean, decent, law-abiding people. And no, they're not all white bread, middle Americans, they're all kinds of people, Chinese, Blacks, Japanese, Hispanic, etc. In fact, the only time I encounter a pain-in-the-ass in the neighborhood, is when someone is going door-to-door trying to recruit people for his or her church.

I'm sure the vast majority of the illegal aliens in our country are decent people looking for a better life, despite the fact that the first act they commit on American soil is breaking the law.

However, to declare that someone, anyone, is a better person because he or she is a churchgoer, is not only wrong, it is a stupid assumption.

Again, I call for our politicians to stop allowing their views on religion to affect their political decisions.



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posted by Jim Ippolito on 4/01/2006 12:26:00 PM