One Nation Under God

Cory Burnell wants to set up a Christian nation within the United States where abortion is illegal, gay marriage is banned, schools cannot teach evolution, children can pray to Jesus in public schools and the Ten Commandments are posted publicly. [“Christian group wants to ‘redeem’ US states”]

Twenty-nine year-old Burnell founded Christian Exodus two years ago with the goal of redirecting the United States by “redeeming” one state at a time, starting with South Carolina.

The plan is to move 2,500 Christians (though there are only 1,000 currently in Christian Exodus) into South Carolina with a goal of relocating tens of thousands by 2016 to fill the state legislature with “Christian constitutionalists.”

“We (want to) force Washington, D.C., to reform itself by not going along with it,” he said.

The organization’s Web site says if it does not meet its goal of change, it will work to secede from the United States.

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union in 1860, and the first shots of the U.S. Civil War were fired from Charleston’s Battery onto Fort Sumter.

The group’s reception in South Carolina has been mixed. [“Christian group wants to ‘redeem’ US states”]

I bet.

Haven’t these people heard of separation of church and state?

tags: Christian Zealots

3 comments

1. on October 24, 2005 at 4:12 pm

   Tamara said:

   I saw a story about this on The Daily Show. The correspondent talked to one man who has already moved to South Carolina as a part of Christian Exodus, and also spoke to Cory Burnell on the phone. It was pretty funny, of course!

2. on October 24, 2005 at 5:49 pm

   Big Dog said:

   I’ll bet they have not heard of seperation of Church and state because that does not exist. The Constitution only says that the government shall not establish a religion (as in the official government religion) and that the free exercise thereof shall not be infringed.

   I do not think this action is logical but they are free to do as they wish. The key point I make is that there is no seperation clause. That is a terribly misstated sentence that comes from a particular act in the past history of this country and it actually dealt with the government and establishment of a government sponsored religion.

   We do not have religious freedom in the US because of the liberal use of a statement that does not appear in the Constitution. The government infringes our free exercise thereof….

3. on July 23, 2006 at 6:13 pm

   Bruce said:

   I thought you could use a single-song-soundtrack to accompany this thread:

   One Nation Under God
   Duet: Dr. BLT & Jennifer Mancouso
   words and music by Dr. BLT (c)2006
   http://www.drblt.net/music/UnderGod.mp3

   Dr. BLT
   The World’s First Blog n Roll Artist

Leave a comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.