it would be hard to be a member of a tiny, powerless persecuted minority, but even harder to be a member of a huge persecuted majority that controls all three branches of government, the military, and so on. still, you would have some redress. you could whine, for example.

e.j. dionne today :

Thus did Obey offer an amendment to the military appropriations bill calling on the secretary of the Air Force to "develop a plan to ensure that the Air Force Academy maintains a climate free from coercive intimidation and inappropriate proselytizing."

Obey's all-American assertion of religious liberty was, for Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind.), part of "the long war on Christianity in America [that] continues today on the floor of the House of Representatives. It continues unabated with aid and comfort to those who would eradicate any vestige of our Christian heritage being supplied by the usual suspects, the Democrats. . . . Like a moth to a flame, Democrats can't help themselves when it comes to denigrating and demonizing Christians."

we certainly welcome the democratic party as our allies in the war on people of faith. next week: napalming christians is fun, says howard dean!