WALL OF SEPARATION (AU) – Pious Political Posturing Alert!: U.S. House Set To Vote On Bills Promoting Religion

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Our nation has more than a few pressing problems.

The economy is in the tank, unemployment is unacceptably high and foreclosures are kicking many families into the street. The gap between the uber-wealthy and everybody else gets wider every day, and many people are worried about how we’ll pay for Social Security and Medicare as more baby boomers join the rolls.

So what’s on the agenda in the U.S. House of Representatives today?

You guessed it: two bills promoting religion on government property.

H.R. 290, the “War Memorial Protection Act” would encourage the use of religious symbols in war memorials. H.R. 2070, the “World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2011,” would order federal officials to add a prayer recited by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on D-Day to the World War II Memorial on the National Mall.

House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor have scheduled votes on these measures today. Both bills are intended to undercut the constitutional separation of church and state and send a shout-out to the Religious Right and any other voters who like publicly pious politicians.

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