The Washington Monthly: "The Texas Republican party is meeting again this year, which means the Texas GOP platform is once again in the news:
A plank in a section titled 'Promoting Individual Freedom and Personal Safety' proclaims the United States a 'Christian nation.'
....Also new this year is a section declaring that the Ten Commandments 'are the basis of our basic freedoms and the cornerstone of our Western legal tradition.'
'We therefore oppose any governmental action to restrict, prohibit or remove public display of the Decalogue or other religious symbols.'
....As delegates prayed and sang, oversized religious images, including Jesus on the cross, were displayed on the hall's giant video screens. Christian clergymen took turns leading the prayers, some with political overtones."
Monday, June 07, 2004
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