Newt Gingrich and the the godless pagans

June 6, 11:42 PMIndependent ExaminerBrian Trent

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Newt Gingrich, counting backward to 1692

Here we go again.

This weekend, Newt Gingrich spoke at Rock Church in Virginia to peddle the usual bogeyman, lies, and misdirection.

During his fiery oration, Gingrich said the following:

I am not a citizen of the world. I am a citizen of the United States because only in the United States does citizenship start with our creator. I think this is one of the most critical moments in American history. We are living in a period where we are surrounded by paganism.

Yet again, we see Gingrich underscoring a political mentality so bereft of knowledge about the nation he lives in that I must wonder why he doesn't just move away.

American citizenship, of course, starts not with God but with the Constitution. Only people who haven't read it would think it is in any way, shape, or form a religious document. It is in fact a secular document which permits religious liberty, and which in its own words is "the supreme law of the land." 

So Newt, not only were you wrong about where citizenship starts in this country, you are also wrong about your condemnation of paganism. In America, you can be pagan, and Christian, and Muslim, and whatever else you want to be. That's what a "free country" is all about. The America you are pining for never existed; Salem's theocracy-driven witch trials happened in 1692, and therefore before the United States existed.

The rest of us might want to remind Newt about Article 6 in the Constitution, which states no religious test is required of public officials.  We might also want to point him in the direction of the First Amendment, which spends its first ten words arguing against the endorsement of a state religion (you know, the way Rome didn't and why Rome subsequently plunged into a Dark Age.)

But none of these facts matter to Newt, who bears the standard for a culture of raw belief. Newt, who represents an abomination of not just classic conservativism but of the country he lives in. He continues a desperate appeal to ignorance and militant evangelism, wrapping his desire for theocracy in red-white-and-blue and pretending it isn't a beverage from Jonestown.

So I must wonder again: Since he hates America and all it stands for, when is he leaving?