Do You Love Jesus? Check Yes or No Before You Run For Office

Jeff Sharp, county attorney for Barren County, and a church youth group are surveying all Kentucky legislators and legislative candidates with a single question: "Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?" --Survey questions politicians on Jesus, by Peter Smith, The Courier-Journal (Kentucky), March 3rd, 2006

Jeff and his Theocratic Bullies (many of whom are school children) claim that this survey is just an effort to inform the voters, but he said he has two goals -- to get people thinking about whether to accept Jesus, and to let candidates know "we're watching them and watching their votes on things."

Now, the U.S. Constitution says, "No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust." And to be fair, nobody is being required to fill out this survey, but the implication is pretty clear that if you don't say yes, you're going to have a hard time getting elected in Kentucky.

The survey, which gives candidates space to provide an "explanation or testimony" after their response, tells candidates that the class may provide the survey results to local churches in each candidate's area.

And so far, the ones who have replied have all replied that they sure do accept Jesus. Of course, Rep. Kathy Stein, D-Lexington (who is Jewish), is causing no end of fuss over this. She was so anti-Jesus that she actually filed a resolution asking her House colleagues to disregard the survey and all "theocratic tendencies."

Sharp thinks Stein is making a mountain out of a mole hill. He says she shouldn't get so worked up about a simple little bitty ole survey.

What do you think?

How long before we actually do get a viable third party?

I forsee the fundamentalist base of the Republican Party breaking away and founding the Conservative Christian Party in the not too distant.

Because, that's what Jesus would do.

Remember that stirring part of the Sermon on the Mount where he told everyone to run for and win elections for everything from the school board to the Presidency in order to ensure dominance of their religious ideology through secular legislation?

If you don't, you're clearly not reading the Post 9-11 translation.