Sanctimonious Holiday Wishes from the Colorado GOP Vice-Chair

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by: Jason Salzman

With Hanukkah behind me, and fresh from celebrating the solstice (and looking forward to Christmas), I saw this Facebook post by Derrick Wilburn, Vice Chair of the Colorado Republican Party.

Wilburn: For what its worth, not one of the Democrat candidates in last night’s debate mentioned or invoked “God” at any point, not even closing statements. The Republican candidates, at the very least, would end their closing statements with “God bless America” or similar. As close as any of the three last night came was Hilary who closed with, “And may the force be with you.”

Is it relevant? To some yes, to some no, but this much is inarguable – from removing of “God” from the wording of it’s 2012 platform (then subsequently adding Him back in via a rigged vote resulting in God Himself being boo’d on the convention floor) to last night’s complete snubbing, the Democrat Party is marching toward a wholly secular existence at neck-breaking speed. Some may think that’s a good thing some may not, but neither side can dispute that it is truth.

Obviously religion is important in America, but how long will Republicans promote themselves as the party of God and Country? While taking jabs at secularism? It can’t last, with the country going in the opposite direction? Well…

More Facebook viewing turned up this post, by State Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt (R-Colorado Springs), in which he goes further than Wilburn. He tells us who, among the believers, are the heretics and who aren’t .

“This graph separates the non-Christian, heretical, apostate churches from the true Christian churches in our generation,” wrote Klingenschmitt on Facebook, pointing to data showing that members of many Protestant denominations are now more accepting of homosexuality.

You don’t have to say “Thank God” to appreciate that trend, especially around Christmas.

14 thoughts on “Sanctimonious Holiday Wishes from the Colorado GOP Vice-Chair”

Conserv. Head Banger says:

December 23, 2015 at 12:20 pm

Fundamentalist Christian jihad is alive and well at holiday time. Not really sorry if someone gets offended by my comment as I am heavily tired of attempts to perpetually cram somebody else's religion down my throat.

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1. FrankUnderwood says:
  
  December 23, 2015 at 12:24 pm
  
  I agree with you, CHB……but they are waging their jihad through your political party.
  
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  1. BlueCat says:
    
    December 23, 2015 at 11:40 pm
    
    And not just a fringe of that party. It's pretty much a 21st century GOP thing. Remember the last presidential primaries back in 2012 when none of the GOP contenders would admit to accepting the science of evolution? And hasn't every single GOP majority legislative body fought marriage equality on the basis of what they claim the bible says? Being the party of the fundamentalists and forcing religion down people's throats is the official GOP position and has been for a long time now.
    
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Diogenesdemar says:

December 23, 2015 at 12:44 pm

I didn't watch the debate, but I pretty sure none of the Democratic Presidential candidates uttered the word "schlong", either . . .

. . . apparently that's the reason God made republicans???

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mamajama55 says:

December 23, 2015 at 1:17 pm

I'm afraid Trump will only get worse. He has always put down women, so this latest "disgust" at women's bathroom habits, menstrual cycles (his jibe at Megyn Kelly), his record of sexual violence with first wife Ivanla….

will only continue.

Trump's base eats it up, and as long as they do, there's really nothing to restrain him.

I hope that Hillary and Bernie have some snappy rejoinders on tap for when debates get general.

Bernie Sanders, by the way has a 13 point lead on Trump in the recent Quinnipiac poll – Hillary only tops Trump 47-40 %.

Slate, ABC, and Fox news polls all showed that Sanders won the debate.

Real Clear Politics showed . Clinton beating Trump by only 3 points (43-40), while Trump beat Sanders 43-41.

Better keep on praying, Mr. Wilburn. Reality is about to smack you upside the head.

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Phoenix Rising says:

December 23, 2015 at 1:26 pm

I'm pretty sure that the Constitution suggests strongly that no political office-holder within these United States shall be limited by any religious test. While the prohibition specifically means that no law or employment qualification from the government itself can bar someone on the basis of religion, the sentiment is that we should be above judging any of our candidates based on their religion.

We've had Presidents who were Deist (Universalist), Unitarian, Quaker, and Atheist, in addition to the more mainstream Protestants and Catholics. Lincoln, for example, never professed a public belief in God or Christ.

Thanks once again, Republicans, for being the party of closed-mindedness and exclusion.

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1. BlueCat says:
  
  December 23, 2015 at 11:44 pm
  
  I think that would be Catholic singular.
  
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BlueCat says:

December 23, 2015 at 6:58 pm

This may come as a shock to them but the government of the United States of America as set forth in the constitution is specifically barred from interfereing in religious matters one way or the other. As a state the US is secular. Religious tests for office are forbidden. Government endorsing religion is forbidden. The state is to deal in secular/temporal matters only, not religious/spiritual ones. George Washington even opposed the establishing of military chaplains because he didn't think it was the government's business to meddle in the spiritual lives of its soldiers.

So the question shouldn't be why don't Dem pols talk about God in connection with their campaigns. The right question should be why do Republicans think God and religion should be part of political campaigns while running for office in a government constitutionally mandated to stick to the secular sphere and mind its own business when it comes to individual American's religious beliefs or lack thereof?

The constitution is perfectly clear on what the qualifications are for various offices and equally clear that religious belief is not among them. So why do Republicans think it should be?

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1. Conserv. Head Banger says:
  
  December 24, 2015 at 3:21 pm
  
  "Religious tests for office are forbidden……….." That would be Article VI of the Constitution. Or to put it differently, that is the part of the Constitution that refutes ANY notion that the US was founded as a "Christian nation."
  
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  1. FrankUnderwood says:
    
    December 25, 2015 at 4:24 pm
    
    Good luck explaining that to your fellow conservatives…….You'd have greater success talking to a coffee table.
    
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Duke Cox says:

December 23, 2015 at 8:07 pm

I don't particularly care if churches engage in politics…as long as they are not tax exempt…but..they are…so…

PS BC… "Republicans think"..oxymoron…

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1. BlueCat says:
  
  December 23, 2015 at 11:25 pm
  
  Sure seems to be these days. The Donald wins warm praise from Putin and the KKK and his lead for the Republican nomination goes up. Guess an endorsement from ISIS would really cinch it for him with our brilliant 21st century Republicans.
  
  Speaking of brilliant I don’t know how I managed to put that extra “e” in “interfering”. But at least I know when I’ve done something stupid.
  
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Denise says:

December 24, 2015 at 8:29 am

I do believe atheist and non believers are one of the largest populations than any single religious sect. More of us than Jews, Baptists, Lutherans, Scientologists, Mormons….. Non believers are the new coming Majority. I find pols that use a god to attack or promote their agenda to be the terrorists we should be fighting.

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1. Duke Cox says:
  
  December 26, 2015 at 2:14 am
  
  yes…this…
  
  I find pols that use a god to attack or promote their agenda to be the terrorists we should be fighting.
  
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