Prelutsky’s article about Obama’s church affiliation represents a vulgar sign of the religious right’s ineptness to juxtapose race, religion and politics tailored to the evangelical belief structure. Just what really is that structure? Does anyone know? Does this mean all people of color, Christians, Jews and those who are accused of being non-believers are going to hell, just as he implied the people of Obama’s Church of Christ faith are going? How about Jews (reformed and orthodox), Roman Catholics, shouting hell-fire and brim-stone Baptists, Missionary Baptists, Eastern Orthodox, Mormons, 7th Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Church of the Nazarene, revisionist Episcopalians, born again Christians of all denominations, United Bretheran, Bahia Faith congregations, and there are many more! Who’s right? Who is Prelutsky to say who’s right? It’s all too easy to forget the blasphemy of Bush “faith-based initiatives” and non believers like Dick Cheney, the Cheney’s gay daughter, Halliburton, war in Iraq, and, on and on –clear back to those wonderful Reagan years of “trickle down economics” (for the wealthy), Ollie North and Iran-Contra. It’s disgusting and insulting to his readers that Prelutsky, a journalist whose claim to fame is being a Hollywood movie critic, who obviously has gone to too many movies –to be touting his version of the Conservative Agenda. People in glass houses should pull down the shades!
Cy Bolinger
