Leonard Pitts Great Article on 2 Smiths/Christianity

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Nice little article looking at how so called Christians are acting versus real Christian acts. Spot on at pointing out the hypocrisy and arrogance of these so called religious right.

"When the man came to, he asked why Smith had beaten him unconscious. "Because I'm Christian," Smith said.

The anecdote comes from a story about alleged prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay written by Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg. Prisoners say their American captors kicked and stomped Korans, cursed Allah and denied them pants, knowing Muslims are prohibited from praying with bodies uncovered. A man who refused to surrender his pants said he was beaten and pepper-sprayed."

"Add to that last year's whiny complaints that saying "Happy holidays" as opposed to "Merry Christmas" somehow threatens the foundations of Christendom and the crusade to force public display of a rock bearing the Ten Commandments. And attempts to force schools to teach so-called creation science"

"Then, there's Ashley Smith"

http://www.freep.com/voices/columnists/pitts18e_20050318.htm