The Left is the Aggressor in the Culture Wars

Todd Starnes brings us the news that Biden Is Raising of Taxpayer Funded Atheists at Townhall.com.

The government recently announced plans to fund a program that would send Americans abroad to promote atheism and humanism in South/Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.

The program would be funded by your tax dollars - as much as a half million dollars per organization.

They are literally going to use a government tithe to spread a godless message of hopelessness to the world.

This strikes one as being illegal. The First Amendment of the Constitution states that:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

And it seems that at least one Congressman sees the same defect with Biden's screwy idea:

Congressman Jim Banks, the Republican from Indiana, is demanding answers — writing in a letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken that it’s unconstitutional for the government to convert people to the atheist way of life.

He said it’s one thing to be tolerant and respectful of those who don’t believe in God.

"It is quite another for the United States government to work actively to empower atheists, humanists, non-practicing, and non-affiliated in public decision-making," the letter read. "Any such program – for any religiously-identifiable group – in the United States would be unconstitutional."

The idea that our tax dollars are being used to convert people to a godless, heathen lifestyle is appalling.

The Founders envisioned that the goverment would take a neutral stance on religion, neither endorsing one religion over others, or ecouraging atheism. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is wrong on the merits, but of course free to be wrong. The First Amendment was designed to protect the churces from the government.

But atheists do not need protection, indeed have never needed protection from the government, for it takes no notice of them. Indeed, the Engles v. Vitale ruling striking down a nondenominational prayer in NY schools was an example of the bullying that is typical of the culture war. The Left is always the aggressor in these affairs.  Why?  Because no one prays who doesn't wish to.  He can say the words, but he must mean them in his heart for them to be effective.