Nice stuff for me, but not for thee.
The Satanic altar at Iowa’s state capitol showcases the same GOP bad faith, but at least with some levity. As atheists and other religious minorities have long argued, the reason Republicans want nativity scenes and other such religious symbols up on government grounds is obvious: To signal that the U.S. is a Christian nation, not a secular one. But Republicans can’t admit that out loud, so instead they play word games with concepts like “free speech” and “freedom of religion.”
The reaction to the Satanic altar in Iowa shows the emptiness of GOP rhetoric about “free speech.” State Rep. Brad Sherman is on the warpath, insisting it’s “a tortured and twisted interpretation of law that affords Satan, who is universally understood to be the enemy of God, religious expression equal to God in an institution of government that depends upon God for continued blessings.”
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