The Secular Drive to Marginalize Faith

There are several books that have recently been published that point to the fact that there is a huge, unrelentless secular drive to marginalize faith in our country.

In an article published back in 2004, Allan Dobras quotes the views of former Clinton labor secretary, Robert Riech, which clearly demonstrates our current clash of worldviews:

"Mr. Reich says in part:
In its eagerness to promote the teaching of creationism in public schools, encourage school prayer, support anti-sodomy statutes, ban abortions, bar gay marriage, limit the use of stem cells, reduce access to contraceptives, and advance the idea of America as a "Christian nation," the Bush administration has done more to politicize religion than any administration in recent American history…

The great conflict of the 21st century may be between the West and terrorism. But terrorism is a tactic, not a belief. The underlying battle will be between modern civilization and anti-modernist fanatics; between those who believe in the primacy of the individual and those who believe that human beings owe blind allegiance to a higher authority; between those who give priority to life in this world and those who believe that human life is no more than preparation for an existence beyond life; between those who believe that truth is revealed solely through scripture and religious dogma, and those who rely primarily on science, reason, and logic. Terrorism will disrupt and destroy lives. But terrorism is not the only danger we face."

Can you just feel the hatred (towards anyone who holds any type of religious belief) absolutely dripping from the pen of Mr. Reich? "Anti-modernist fanatics?" It gives me the creeps that this man was once part of a former administration.

Even though this article was written just before the 2004 Presidential election, the 'clash of worldviews' expressed are still reeling to this very day. For instance, Mr. Dobras states:

"In essence, Mr. Reich is saying that “Bush’s God” is more of a threat to modern civilization than fanatical terrorism. His description of the issues at risk because of the president’s faith—sodomy, abortion, gay marriage, embryonic stem cell research, and contraceptives—reveals that little imagination is needed to see that sexual liberation is at the heart of the clash between the opposing worldviews."

In Gary Schneider's review of The ACLU Vs. America: Exposing the Agenda to Redefine Moral Values by Alan Sears and Craig Osten, we can vividly see "further evidence of principles antithetical to the founding tenets and subsequent prosperity and decency of this nation."

Gary states:

" The ACLU and their cohorts continue to aggressively undermine marriage, the family, the protection of children, the value of life, religious liberty and even American sovereignty itself. To this end they have acquired vast swaths of wealth and have been successful in undermining the will of the people in furtherance of their leftist anti-American putsch via the exploitation of the court system and their consistently applied strategy of legal intimidation, misinformation and fear."

He goes on to reveal:

"[This new book] effectively exposes the extremist agenda of the American Civil Liberties Union, its tactics, and ultimately the ongoing threat this organization and their allies pose to our children, families and to the nation. It is perhaps the first work of its kind to challenge the ACLU's design for America in such direct, succinct, organized and empirically supported terms."

"Indeed, this is not a ~215-page rant that engages in ad hominem attacks and emotional appeals to contrive a case against the ACLU; rather -- as good lawyers do -- the authors build their case using historical facts, documented statements, positions and court actions of the ACLU to, in effect, use the ACLU's history and actions against itself ... and the facts are quite incriminating."

"From its founding in 1920 by Roger Baldwin, a socialist with strong communist leanings, the ACLU was never a genuine force for American liberty as defined by America's founding fathers."

We might wonder why the ACLU is focused on "protecting pornographers, violent pedophiles and an "anything goes" culture -- all the while telling us it's for our own good -- and synchronously progresses efforts to further erode religious liberty, traditional values, marriage, parental authority and the value of human life."

The reason is simple.

"If you purge God and religion as a self-control mechanism and promote immorality, a need is created for innumerable new laws and dependence on the state for order."

And:

"[the] ACLU considers the U.S. Constitution to be something that must be undone and their relevance to American law and culture progressively marginalized."

"Without the Constitution as America's steadfast legal mooring, activist judges will be empowered to randomly select and apply foreign case law in American courts that suite their personally held worldviews."

Doesn't this describe exactly what is currently going on in our activist courts? The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals somehow magically finds a right or reason to take the words, "Under God" out of the pledge of allegiance and takes away the rights of parents to determine how, when, why and in what way their young children should be taught about sex. This is insane people!

Schneider correctly concludes:

"Perhaps the most essential point, though, that Sears and Osten seek to impart to the reader is this: The time has arrived when challenges to our way of life must be defended vigorously in order to once again establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity."

I pray that more Christians will get involved in the efforts to combat the secular humanistic attack against our heritage of Judeo-Christian values. Please support the efforts of law groups like The Alliance Defense Fund which has been hugely successful in defeating much of the agenda of the ACLU. This law group is actively and prayerfully defeating the agenda that would seek to undermine and even attempt to abolish the founding tenets and subsequent prosperity and decency of this nation!