Pandering to the Superstitious: In a calculated move to further tighten hostility between fundimentalist Christians and everyone else, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill restricting a woman's right to safe abortions while he was on church grounds. The Governor, who is rich enough and powerful enough to make sure that any of the women in his family can receive legal and safe abortions anytime they might choose, also signed a bill to outlaw same sex marriages.

Certainly, the synical behavior of the governor, a step to close the gap between church and state, thus allowing a handful of politocos to manipulate the citizenry of the country through their religious beliefs, ironically took place on the grounds of a Baptist Church. Throughout the history of Baptists, that organization has made one of its primary tenents the separation of church and state.

Since the advent of mega churches, Republicans have come to realize that they can manipulate large numbers of people through these churches to empower themselves (the politicians). People like Perry and Bush are laughing their heads off at the gullibility of their constituents.

Note: One of my forefathers was a Baptist minister who, as a member of the Rhode Island Assembly, passed the U. S. Constitution on the condition that it contain the Bill of Rights, especially insisting on the Ammendment to insure the separation of church and state. One of his progeny became the president of Baylor University and president of the Southern Baptist Association. They are both spinning in their graves now.