Republican: Separation of church and state is Nazism!

[Dan82]

http://freestudents.blogspot.com/201...hurch-and.html

The Republican in this video is Glen Urquhart, a Republican running for Congress in Delaware. Listen as the history teacher said that the phrase "separation of church and state" came from a letter. Urquhart denies this, says it isn't true, and then makes the claim that Hitler originated the term! Actually the letter Thomas Jefferson sent to the Danbury Baptists said: "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."

Where did this theocrat get this idea? From another theocrat, of course. They rarely think for themselves. The source for this claim is Bryan Fischer, of the American Family Association. You will remember we had a video of him claiming the Nazis were really all gay because Hitler couldn't get straight people to be so violent and vicious, only homosexuals are so nasty as to push Jews into gas chambers...

[xCrazyInsanity]

facepalm is too little for this.

[Steve712]

ZOMG! He's so right. I should renounce my Nazim and join him in his gay bashes and racism! (Coincidentally, Nazism was very homophobic and racist.)

[RaRa]

And the sad thing is some people actually believe him.

I find it hard to take people like this seriously.

[Apocalypte]

Originally Posted by xCrazyInsanity

facepalm is too little for this.

[Steve712]

Even better:

[NickT]

That's funny considering Hitler was Christian...

[Steve712]

Originally Posted by NickT

That's funny considering Hitler was Christian...

Catholic, at that. The Catholic Church under Pius XII was very supportive of Nazim and Facism. He is even called Hitler's Pope sometimes.

[theJosephDean]

[Shevanel]

Originally Posted by Steve712

Catholic, at that. The Catholic Church under Pius XII was very supportive of Nazim and Facism. He is even called Hitler's Pope sometimes.

Erm... what? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pi..._the_Holocaust

[Steve712]

Originally Posted by Shevanel

Erm... what? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pi..._the_Holocaust

You'll find that the article both supports and goes against what I said. Of course, it's a Wikipedia article, so it's bound to do so. :P

[ANightDude]

Originally Posted by Steve712

You'll find that the article both supports and goes against what I said. Of course, it's a Wikipedia article, so it's bound to do so. :P

It doesn't really matter, as Hitler started his own "cult" kind of religion in Germany. Pretty stupid, claiming he was the messiah, all that jazz.

Anyways, as for the dude, has he even read the constitution, Bill of Rights, etc? Quite a few documents make the separation clear. America is NOT a christian nation.

[Swamp56]

The title should be changed since it implies that republicans believe that the separation of church and state is Nazism, rather than just this outlier.

[IsItSo]

I've heard this before. Fundie dumbasses have come up with so many [orgy-induced] idiotic ideas that I'm not surprised in the slightest.

[Steve712]

Originally Posted by Swamp56

The title should be changed since it implies that republicans believe that the separation of church and state is Nazism, rather than just this outlier.

"Republican:" signifies that one member of the Republican party said it. Journalists normally make their titles as concise of possible, for reasons I don't quite understand in some cases.