Nativity Display Creates Stir Near Supreme Court
Even the people who appear to sincerely fighting the so-called War on Christmas are doing so with a healthy dose of jackassery. Take Reverend Rob Schenck. He’s assembled a nativity scene in the front yard of his office, which is across the street from our crumbling Supreme Court. He’s done so not out of reasons of faith, but out of cynical political chicanery: if the city makes him take it down, he can scream bloody murder over the War on Christmas. If the city doesn’t make him take it down, he can scream bloody murder over courthouses disallowing displays of the Ten Commandments.
Once upon a time, in a land not so very far away…actually, we live in it…there lived a man. This man was a man of God, a man charged with shepherding his flock past the minefield of sin and temptation and into the Promised Land of righteousness and seats behind the first base line at Washington Nationals’ games.
This man of God took his role and responsibilities seriously- so seriously, in fact that he felt compelled to go to extremes in order to force his narrow beliefs on others who may not think and believe as he does. And where better to do this than in Washington, DC, the home of ignorance, intolerance, and narrow-minded bigotry?
So, what’s a righteous soul to do but to engage in some over the top grandstanding to get your message out there and create an opportunity to raise hell no matter what the outcome is? Yes, kids; this truly is the stuff DUMB@$$ES are made of….
WASHINGTON - One man’s quest to get the ten commandments displayed in government buildings is taking an unusual turn: a nativity scene located across the street from the Supreme Court.
Reverend Rob Schenck says the manger - set up in the front yard of his office across the rear entrance to the Supreme Court — is part of a national effort.
Schenck, a member of Faithandaction.org, needs a special permit for the religious display since his front yard is technically public property, but he never applied for one.
Instead, Schenck says he is challenging the city to force him to remove the nativity scene.
If the city allows Schenck to display the manger, his next step will be to “ask the city, ‘Why not a permanent public display of the ten commandments?’”
Indeed, why not? Of course, there’s this whole “separation of Church and State” thing, but that’s merely an inconvenient technicality for a true man of God like Schenck, who probably feels that rules really only apply to ungodly mere mortals and other assorted heathens.
Perhaps if religious ideologues like Schenck could learn to keep their powder dry, they might stand a chance of winning a few people over to their side. For Schenck and those like him, though, this really isn’t about winning converts. It’s about power and control and who gets to decide. Religion just happens to be the facade ignorami like Schenck hide behind.
Ever wonder why demagogues and DUMB@$$E$ go together so well? Look no further than Rev. Rob Schenck, a true DUMB@$$ who somewhere along the line seems to have forgotten what Jesus was all about. Merry f——-g Christmas, Rev!
