Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) announces she is voting against the nomination of J. Leon Holmes

How Appealing ^ | 7-6-2004 | Howard Bashman

[Dataman]

we see yet one more step to the day when "Are you now, or have you ever been, a Christian?" will be an accepted litmus test for public office-holders. All who answer in the affirmative will be excluded.

That ain't the way it used to be:

From George Washington's Farewell Address to the American People:

"With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits and political principles."

In nearly every discipline of life, one must be trained in a related field in order to be a professional-- unless serving in the House or Senate. Then one is allowed to be an ignoramus, oblivious to American history and the role of Christianity in the founding of this country.