Bless Them.

       Good Lord please forgive the evangelicals for forgiving all the sins of their favorite President. He's working on the Ten Commandments. He's got over half committed. He's closing in on three quarters. But the evangelicals are still in his corner. How come you may ask? It's because of the most important promise he's keeping. Most important to evangelicals, that is. He's appointing hard right conservative judges which the U.S. Congress is rubber stamping like the good little puppies they are.
       Now why would a Congress full of supposedly intelligent representatives of the entire country jump at the chance to do the President's bidding. Of course the Republicans do hold majorities in both houses, but that's not the main reason. The main reason is that if they don't do as they are told, evangelicals might not vote for them.
       Now you can't say the same thing for the Catholics of Methodists or any other denomination. These denominations don't march in lock-step like the evangelicals. Your not supposed to think for yourself apparently, if you're gonna be an evangelical. I'm told, they're told how to vote by their church. To me that seems to fly in the face of separation of church and state, but if you've got the ear of the President, well, you know.
       We should start a new church. One that requires every member to vote their own heart and mind. Let's call it America. You can belong to any church you wish, but the church can't tell you how to vote. Only that you should vote in every election and that you should take the time to understand who and what you're voting for. Come to think of it, that church already exists. We call it America. Problem is, too many folks don't try to understand who or what they're voting for. There should be a law against voting a straight party. Because no party fields all the best candidates. Just look at the President.