Bruce Ledewitz, professor of Law at Dusquene University, argues that "God is Just Another Word" in a report from a Netroots conference posted at Religion Dispatches.
Fred Clarkson argues that what Ledewitz suggests would be offensive to people of sincere faith and he is right. Ledewitz suggestion is a profanation of the name of God. I've spoken about this often and written about this before.
Ledewitz is merely making explicit the logic of supreme court decisions affirming the constitutionality of using the name of God on our currency and in the pledge of allegiance.
Ironically, conservative Christians are the chief proponents for depriving the name of God of meaning in the public square. In my eyes, that literally makes the religious right the most profane people in our society.
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