Ethics

The Relevance that American Ideals Didn't Come From the Bible

By Ed Brayton

My studies concentrate on showing how "Christian Nationalists" take credit for American Founding ideals on erroneous historical grounds. So why is it important for libertarians to note this? It's because the Christian Right are not libertarians and they don't believe in respecting the personal liberty of folks who don't follow their worldview. If you don't believe me just watch the clips of the late D. James Kennedy speaking here about the need to impose his morality on society. They may not be "theocrats" in the sense that they want a particular church to run things politically. But they want their "Christian Right" worldview to run things politically.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on January 12, 2009 (boomark / email).