Ethics

O'Reilly's Christmas Blather

By Ed Brayton

You simply have to read the transcript of Bill O'Reilly cranking up the feigned outrage machine over a sign put up by an atheist group in Washington at the capitol building along with nativity displays, a menorah and other items. That sign, by the way, was stolen and then returned and now the religious right in Washington, led by uber-fraud Ken Hutcherson, are throwing quite a little hissy fit about it.

The sign says, "In this season of the winter solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell, there is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds." The back of the sign says "State/Church: Keep them separate." And O'Reilly is foaming at the mouth over it:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 09, 2008 (boomark / email).