Ethics

Year of the Bible Resolution Contains False Claims

By Ed Brayton

Rep. Thad McCotter is co-sponsoring House Resolution 121, which calls on President Obama to declare 2010 "The National Year of the Bible." Unfortunately, the resolution contains historical inaccuracies that undermine its credibility. For instance, the resolution states:

Whereas shared Biblical beliefs unified the colonists and gave our early leaders the wisdom to write the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States...

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 14, 2009 (boomark / email).