I received an email from American Family Association, which keeps me updated on some of the insanity that goes on in this country. This one, I couldn’t believe (read the full article here):

According to U.S. Representative Marilyn Musgrave, our nation’s legislators are now prohibited from using references to God in certificates of authenticity accompanying flags flown over the Capitol and bought by constituents. Such references include: “under God” in the pledge, “God bless you,” or “in the year of our Lord, 2007.” Never before has this official prohibition been leveled.

Architect of the Capitol Steven Ayers said he has removed the words because reference to God and the Lord may offend some Americans. He now prohibits them from being placed on official documents such as flag certificates.

Musgrave was astonished when she flew a flag over the U.S. Capitol building as a tribute to a senior citizen, and the accompanying certificate she received was edited with all religious references removed.

The congresswoman was more astounded when, upon further investigation, she discovered the certificate was censored by order of The Architect of the Capitol, an unelected very low-level official who manages the flag office.

Responding to a request for a flag flown over the United States Capitol in honor of a World War II veteran’s 81st birthday, the congresswoman ordered the flag and a certificate to state: “This flag was flown for Mr. John Doe on the occasion of his 81st birthday, the eleventh day of July, in the year of our Lord, 2007. Thank you, Grandpa, for showing me what it is to be a true patriot — to love God, family, and country. We love you!”

When the flag and certificate came back from the flag office, each reference to the Lord and God were removed. A group of lawmakers confronted architect Stephen Ayers seeking to find where he had the authority to restrict their freedom of speech and religious expression. Ayers refused to give the lawmakers a clear justification of his authority to delete the religious references. For more information: click here (Washington Times).

“May offend some Americans?” Give me a break! Anything that anyone does offends SOMEONE in this country. The plurality of this country is what makes it so great because everyone is free to believe as they wish. If mentioning God or Lord offends someone, then tough luck! This country was built on a Christian foundation. People in government and the extremist groups keep tending to forget that.

I mean, God’s name has been on our money since day 1, and His name has been part of our calendar system for about 1500 years. It drives me nuts when I go to a museum and see years represented as B.C.E. (Before Common Era) or C.E. (instead of B.C. & A.D.) It’s all part of this trend to neutralize everything and offend nobody. Well, in trying not to offend anyone, they sure are offending many Christian people, which totally negates their argument.

This backwards thinking is actually kind of funny when you think about it. Try not to offend a few people, and in the process, actually end up offending tons of people. I also think it’s kind of funny how the whole scientific movement is trying desperately to switch to the B.C.E. & C.E. designations to “not offend anyone” and take God’s name out of it. Well, there are still 2 designations, one for before SOMETHING and one for after. I wonder what event marks the turning point from one to the other? What (or should I say “WHO”) began this “Common Era?” ;-D

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