Family values and the 10 commandments

We've seen the separation of church and state trashed in favor of giving taxpayer money to religious organizations approved of by a "unitary executive" (politically correct term for dictator, btw). We're also still hearing rhetoric about making the Christian 10 Commandments into US law. Keep in mind that the first of these demands that only the Christian God shall be worshiped. Making this into law would make it a crime to be atheist, Jewish, Muslim, Wiccan, Buddhist, Hindu, or anything else that is not deemed by the courts to be the specific kind of Christianity that the "law" demands. Also, remember that two of the commandments begin with "thou shall not covet". Should those be made law, if law enforcement decided that you so much as envied the spouse, property or any possession of another person, then you would be violating the law and should be punished.

Of course, the neocon push to make the Ten Commandments into law is just more political pandering, with no real substance behind it, in order to distract from the horrible situation they have created over the last 5 years of holding absolute power. Don't believe it? Then consider the chief architect of the proposed law that would require the Ten Commandments (but not corresponding tenants of other religions) to be part of the US Senate and US House of Representatives. That would be Georgia Representative Lynn Westmoreland. When asked point blank by Stephen Colbert during an interview about the Ten Commandments, he didn't even know what they are. The man is following his party's platform to pass such bizarre laws instead of working for the good of the future, and he doesn't even know what he's striving for. Typical of the neocon propaganda and rhetoric machine, but just so pathetic.

Now let's look at what the neocons consider family values. They talk about this conceptually a lot, but in the real world, they just want to single out heterosexuals as being better, with more rights, than anyone else. They recently advocated that it's perfectly all right for 15 year old girls to be married off, and noted that the law would allow girls as young as 12 to be married off. They do not consider adultery or divorce to be against their family values. They want to force, whenever possible, rape to result in a child. They want blastulas from in vitro fertilization to be destroyed rather than be used to help find a cure for horrible diseases. All this is what really lies behind their "we're for family values" sound bite. Again, avoiding real issues facing this country and this planet, in favor of spewing hot air and hate. Pathetic.