The Secular Leftist Fusion Of Church And State

     Recently, a devoutly Christian friend expressed a degree of frustration with aspects of the treatment of Christians in contemporary culture. Her moment of frustration, specifically, 

     

     Now, I’m a Godless heathen. I, and other fellow heathens that I know have found ourselves in an odd, unexpected place – defending Christians freedom to practice their religion in the manner they see fit. Heretic that I am, I’m going to take a shot at both defending Christians ability to practice their faith in the manner they see fit and try to address my friend’s frustrations.

     At the heart of the matter, the secular left does not understand the First Amendment; the part that says, “or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” in regards to religious expression and/or practice.

Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

The secular left also has a hard time with the “shall not establish,” part. There has been a long standing blurring of lines in regards to expression versus establishment by Atheist organizations, as well as a contortion of distinguishing between a state house and an act of congress. Under a thin veil of “civil rights,” there has been a judicial as opposed to legislative approach to the chiseling away of the bedrock of religious practices where public eyes may fall upon the practice of living by the edicts of ones specific sect.
     The secular left is, in a strange and contrarian manner, INSISTING on a state definition or sanction of religion; an establishment of sectarian permissible practice, an ESTABLISHMENT of religion, an establishment of secular interpretation upon sectarian practices and expression of religion. It is an imposition of a State sanctioned and regulated Religion.

Yah, it’s totally ass backwards, in regards to the Constitution. 

     Look, it's just this simple, my friend(s); the secular left has no regard or concern for religious faith, principal, practice, and will take every opportunity to manipulate and distort the scriptures of your sect and use relativism to turn those edicts upon their ear as a weapon against you as a means to their self comforting, self serving ends.