Vitter's $100K violation of the First Amendment

Remember Louisiana Senator David Vitter, the one who cheated on his wife with a woman and not a man, so he's still AOK with the GOP?

Yeah, him. Turns out he's slimy in more than one way. He has inserted an earmark into a Senate appropriations bill to give $100,000 to a religious organization so they can promote creationism and lie about evolution to school kids in Louisiana.

Nice, huh?

The organization is the Louisiana Family Forum, founded by Tony Perkins (no, not the one who portrayed a mass-murdering knife-wielding maniac who slayed innocents in the shower; this one has much worse plans for America). Under the guise of being for "family values" (just like Vitter!) they promote the worst kind of far-right religious stultification of progress.

This appropriations bill goes to the Senate floor very soon (possibly even today, October 16). Call your Senators and tell them to remove this earmark, if only because it's such an obvious violation of the First Amendment, but also because it's a damn foolish waste of taxpayer money. Creationism is simply wrong, and by promoting it to our kids we're setting America back about 200 years. Maybe a thousand.

I called my Senator, Ken Salazar (D-CO), last night, and left a message. Here's a recording I made of the call:

We have to be pro-active and stop this kind of garbage.

Comments

[luziannagirl]

Don't get your britches all atwitter
Over our good ol' God-boy Vitter.
Voters think he's A-O.K.
Cuz now they KNOW he ain't gay.

[Beckyjo]

It is amazing how much trouble the religious right can cause in our government and daily lives. We have to be alert and watch out for them all the time. If they would just shut up and go about their religion, everyone would be better off, and we would be a little closer to our constitution.

[LeftRight]

So, wait, we can't spend $35 Billion over five years to provide health care to our children, but we can definitely waste this kind of money on something that the federal government is specifically forbidden to do????

[Peabodies]

That's the kind of activism I like. Small but potent. As Thom Hartmann on Air America says "good on you", Phil.

[sedalia066]

If anyone needs a reason to oppose earmarks of most all sorts this may be the finest of all. This is egregious. The absurdity of taxpayer monies going to an organization like LFF is beyond measure.

[SensibleAmerican]

It is yet another manifestation of hypocrisy in organized religion! The biggest sinners claim to be the most religious. In purely psychological terms, it is called "denial". He not only payed to play with one of the DC Madam consorts but was "seeing" another gal in Louisiana! Any outcry from the religious right? None!

So, here is a thank you gesture folks!

[charlietuna11]

THEY LIKE VITTER BECAUSE HE IS IN THE MOLD OF JAMES BAKER AND SWAGGERT.HIGHLY RESPECTED IF SLIGHTLY FLAWED.IF THEY SUPPORT SEN.CRAIG AND CONGRESSMAN FOLEY,THEIR CONCERNED THEY WILL BE LABELED THE GAY OLD PARTY. G.O.P.AS A LIFE LONG REPUBLICAN WHO CHANGED TO AN INDEPENDENT,I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SUPPORT REPUBLICANS THAT I KNOW AND LIKE ON A PERSONAL BASIS.I NEVER NOTICED HOW MUCH THEY LOVE TO HATE.THERES A SICKNESS ABOUT THEM THAT SEEMS TO SPREAD LIKE WILD FIRE.IN THEIR MIND,ITS O.K.TO HATE,DROP 1000LB.MISSILES ON INNOCENT PEOPLE AS LONG AS YOU GO TO RELIGIOUS SERVICES ON A WEEKLY BASIS.CHECK OUT THE VITTERS OF THIS WORLD.YOU WILL DISCOVER THEY ALL SUPPORT MILITARY ACTION AND BOMBBARDMENT AGAINST PERCIEVED ENEMIES,ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY CAN VIEW VIDEOS OF SHOCK AND AWE FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.