Albert Mohler: Why Secularism Will Not Work

Monday, June 16, 2008

"As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for," warns Katha Pollitt. Writing in The Nation, Pollitt is warning Democrats that their embrace of religious leaders and symbols will lead to embarrassment and disaster. Her proposal -- embrace secularism.

Pollitt is one of the most predictably liberal columnists in America. Her periodic articles in The Nation offer a window into the logic of a liberal mind unconstrained by political considerations. She does not trim her sails or pull punches.

As she explains the challenge of the Democratic Party, the Democrats "have been trying to shed their secular image in order to appeal to voters who think Jesus is a Republican." Well, no political party has any legitimate claim on Jesus, but this doesn't stop the parties from attempting to position themselves with Christian voters. the rest