Ethics

Robert O'Brien Trophy Winner: Ken Hutcherson

By Ed Brayton

I haven't given out a Robert O'Brien Trophy in a while and this guy is just begging for it. From ultra-right wing anti-gay bigot Ken Hutcherson in -- naturally -- the Worldnutdaily.

Many reading this may not understand where I came up with this concept of calling Christians "the new Negro."

The reason is because there are undeniable similarities. Jim Crow laws were passed to keep me from having my constitutional rights and my rights under the Declaration of Independence of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Even though the Constitution gave me those freedoms, man was smart enough to be able to keep me from living those freedoms by saying I was "separate but equal."

Today, my constitutional right of freedom of religion is being eroded again by laws such as the Hate Crimes Bill and repeated attacks by the politically correct crowd. Threats that came along as a result of an African American wanting to get out from under Jim Crow laws were formidable and scary and designed to keep African Americans quiet. The same thing is happening to Christians today.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 11, 2009 (boomark / email).