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{weblog_name} - Rick Perry, Jesus And The GOP
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When Texas Gov. Rick Perry jumped into the GOP presidential sweepstakes this week, he overtly spoke of his desire to enter the Oval Office with his savior, Jesus of Nazareth, leading the spiritual way. In fact, last week alone the elected official said that he was “called” to the presidency. Then at a massive prayer rally he appealed to Jesus to save America. One might justly ask, “save American from whom?” No one cannot deny our country’s damaged economic, environmental and employment standing. Yet, they stem from joint Democratic AND Republican leadership, which is what it will take to improve the situation. And, by the way, the country is not “lost” or in need of “saving.” Rather, it is struggling. Mightily. And by playing the religion card, Perry can only divide the nation even more, purposely or otherwise. That… read more

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As to FDR’s prayer:  it was a non-denominational prayer with no mention of a specific Jewish, Muslim or Hindu God and no mention of Jesus.  That’s a little different than specific invocation of Jesus as one’s savior in a campaign speech.  In spite of what our fellow Jew Eric Cantor apparently feels, the USA is not a Christian nation; our government makes no laws regarding the establishment or prohibition of religion. 

I shudder whenever the God-is-an-American crowd goes into action with their attempts to legislate morality and individual choice.  Let religion be one’s personal guide, not the law of our nation.

Let us simply set aside the fact that Neil Rubin was not troubled in the least that Barack Hussein Obama sat for twenty years in the dubious church of the anti-American, anti-Jewish, and anti-Israel Jeremiah Wright.

Let us simply set aside the fact that Obama is the most anti-Israel US president in history.

Mr. Rubin writes like a clever high school freshman, overly impressed by his own sophomoric earnestness.

After US and allied forces had established beachheads along the Normandy landing zones on June 6th, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt went on the radio, and offered these brief comments, followed by a far longer PRAYER to G-D, on behalf of an anxious and still-fearful nation:

“My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far.

And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer:

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.

They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.

They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest-until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men’s souls will be shaken with the violences of war.

For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.

Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.

And for us at home—fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas—whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them—help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.

Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.

Give us strength, too—strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.

And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.

And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God.

Amen.”

Probably only Nazis and Communists criticized President Roosevelt’s deeply meaningful and very American prayer.

One wonders - and laughs - at what Neil Rubin would have written on June 7th.

“What he – and any candidate – needs to prove to ALL Americans is that he can represent every one of us while resenting or repressing not one of us with exclusionary practices.”

Neil, you are exactly right and Gov. Perry and Michele Bachmann are absolutely clear that they have no interest in or intention of doing so. As Jews, we have every reason to be skeptical, at a minimum, of Perry and his brand of triumphalist Christianity that is so completely wrapped up in their political agenda.

Please, Neil, keep a sharp eye out and don’t let this issue drop off our radar screen during the upcoming election season.