American exceptionalism

Anywhere else in the Western world this would not be news.

Congressman says he doesn't believe in God

Democrat Pete Stark of California is the highest-ranking elected official in the U.S. to make such a public acknowledgement.

De Tocqueville was on to something:

In his social and political study of the United States, Democracy In America, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, "the religious atmosphere of the country was the first thing that struck me on arrival in the United States."

Another example. Do senior public officials no longer have the obligation to give honest answers to questions? Do they not have the right to hold personal views on moral matters that are not politically correct (pace politicians both Democratic and Republican)?

Note that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was speaking of both homosexuality and adultery. Exceptionalism again in terms of the Western world. What's a right thinking person to conclude? Seek counselling, perhaps.

Mark C.

Posted by markc at March 14, 2007 08:03 AM