Age of Political Perversion
Welcome to a new age that I will call the Age of Political Perversion, where perverts hijack the tenets of our democratic republic for their own nefarious aims.
The perverts say they love the flag, but a few hundred of them used Old Glory to assault police offices in the nation's Capitol on 1/6, inflicting serious bodily harm in the process.
They claim to be evangelical Christians, yet they throw their support behind a man who has admitted to cheating on his wives, admitted to groping women in their private areas and has been found liable for the sexual assault on a woman who accused him of raping her.
They say they cherish family values but now support efforts to separate children from their parents over alleged illegal entry into the United States.
They call themselves "strict constructionists" of the Constitution, but then challenge a free and fair presidential election and seek to overturn its result.
We're going to celebrate our nation's birth. It's been more than two centuries since we tossed aside the ham-fisted rule of the British monarchy. Our nation's founders established a secular government devoid of any reference to a specific religion. Yet many of our founders' descendants contend this is a "Christian nation" founded on the principles espoused in the New Testament. The founders were men of faith but they kept their faith to themselves and purposely established that there "shall be no law" establishing a state religion.
I love the flag. I salute Old Glory whenever possible. I am going to fly it in front of my home tomorrow. Let us remember, though, that the flag is a symbol of freedom and liberty. It isn't a sacred piece of merchandise. Its sacred qualities lie in the liberty it represents.
So, when the president of the USA decides to hug and kiss Old Glory -- which the current guy did a few years ago -- he only furthers the perversion of the movement that follows his every lying word.
Happy birthday, America. Many of us still love you.