Correcting The (Historical) Record: Jon Stewart Debunks Huckabee/Barton ‘Christian Nation’ Mythology

[Adsos Letter]

Source: The Wall of Separation
April 8th, 2011
By Rob Boston

Recently, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told a gathering of Religious Right devotees that Americans should be forced to listen to Religious Right activist David Barton “at gunpoint.”

For those of you who aren’t familiar with him, Barton is Texan who makes his living selling books, DVDs and other materials asserting that the United States was founded to be a “Christian nation” and that separation of church and state is a myth. Gullible right-wing fundamentalists snatch this stuff up by the truckload.

Huckabee’s violent imagery created quite a stir on progressive blogs, but I’m not so worked up over his choice of words. Fired up by an adoring crowd, Huckabee employed an over-the-top rhetorical flourish, something a lot of speakers do sooner or later. The gun reference troubles me less than Huckabee’s continued promotion of Barton, a theocratic huckster whose goal is to rewrite American history. emphasis added

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Stewart referred to Barton as “a guy with an agenda.” That’s exactly right. His agenda is to rewrite American history. As Stewart pointed out, Barton is like a creationist. The creationists don’t like what science says, so they made up a new “science.” Barton and his ilk don’t like the fact that history shows our government was meant to be officially secular, so they came up with a new history. emphasis added
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LINK: http://blog.au.org/2011/04/08/correcting-the-historical-record-jon-stewart-debunks-huckabeebarton-‘christian-nation’-mythology-2/
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As tiresome and frustrating as it can become (and has been at times) we need to keep challenging the "Christian Nation" meme as the lie it is, especially when it seems a losing battle!