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It looks like our very own mayor Michael Coleman of Columbus has resisted the anti-religious juggernaut<\/a>.\u00a0 The euphemistically named Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a letter bellyaching that this is a breach of the Separation of Church and State.\u00a0 In the article, the group is described as \u2018a nonprofit group that seeks to promote constitutional separation of church and state and to offer education on non-theism.\u2019<\/p>\n

Of course that is hogwash.\u00a0 It is a radical group that seeks to eradicate religion from society, utilizing the SCOTUS\u2019s unfortunate 1948 spin on the First Amendment by finding cracks in the judicial system that will allow it to effectively remove the right to the free exercise of religion from our nation.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Mayor\u2019 Coleman\u2019s response is but a mere setback.\u00a0 The foundation has gained steam, and is the darling of many atheist groups as well as a host of anti-religious organizations and advocates.\u00a0 It lacks the arsenal of wealth that the ACLU possesses, but seems to have found a friend in that organization more than once.\u00a0\u00a0 With such alliances, and a growing pot of gold, it can launch minor skirmishes all over the country, overlooking the occasional failure while seeing each success as one more step toward a religion-less society in the best tradition of the Soviet bloc.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Nonetheless, though it\u2019s but a setback, it\u2019s still a setback.\u00a0 Mayor Coleman is a Democrat, and hardly a right winger.\u00a0 His willingness to see tactics of oppression and extermination of rights for what they are therefore brings extra hope.\u00a0 As I\u2019ve said before, the radical Left\u2019s greatest ally is the refusal of so many liberals \u2013 liberals in the classic sense \u2013 to call out those extremist elements who could care less about the more noble aspirations of those who once made liberal a worthy label.\u00a0 More like him please.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"