The Politics of Hate:

“We have a way of doing things here, and it’s not going to change to accommodate a very small minority,’’ said Kenneth R. Stevens, 41, a businessman sitting in the Georgetown Diner. “If they feel singled out, they should find another school or excuse themselves from those functions. It’s our way of life.”

The quote comes from today's Times, in an article about religious based bigotry and fear in Delaware. The article reports on the practice of school prayer in the public system. Some of us may be under the impression that school prayer was outlawed some decades back, but whatever the Supreme Court may have ruled on religion in school, the practice is still taking place in many locations around the country, where fear and bigotry still rule.

It is certainly interesting that so called Christians are convinced that their churches and families are so impotent at instilling "Christian values" in their own children that they must rely on the public school system to do it.

Obviously, this is not the case. Religion is simply being used by demagogues in an attempt to homogenize the electorate. Those familiar with World War Two history will recognize the process.