The Tea Party Test
Not long ago, I made the case that the Tea Party was a re-branding of the Christian Right. A few “Tea Baggers” disagreed and reiterated the position that it is an pro-Constitution/cut government waste movement. Well, this is their lucky day, because I have discovered a perfect test to see which one of us is correct.
It has come to my attention that the House and Senate religious Chaplains are paid with tax payer money. This is clearly an issue of Church/State separation (i.e. unconstitutional), but more then that, this is an issue of government waste.
The Tea Party candidates pride themselves for being outside the “establishment” and as a result they seem to have no problem questioning little things like the 14th, 16th, 17th, and even the first amendment. Those are some pretty bold positions to take, so they clearly are willing to take on unpopular positions like pulling the tax payer salaries of these Chaplains.
So here is the test. Please go to your next Tea Bagging Mob… I mean rally and tell them that you think the local candidate should pledge to stop tax payer funds from going to the Congressional Chaplains. Tell them it is wasteful government spending (because it is). Let your Tea Bagger candidate know about this and see if they will take up the cause of stopping this government waste or whether they will refuse to take this challenge because they value religion over saving tax payers money and the Constitution. Let me know your experiences. Come back to this post in a few days and tell us what you have learned.
I bet you that even the Son of Dr. No won’t touch this unconstitutional waste.
Related articles
- The Tea Party And Social Conservatives (camelswithhammers.com)
- Many Tea Partiers part of religious right (reuters.com)
- Tea Party More Religious Than U.S., Less Than Conservative Christians (huffingtonpost.com)
Filed under: anti-intellectualism, church/state, culture war, Political Activism, Politics, Religion
