In China, Bush Urges Religious Freedom
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent
BEIJING - President Bush was greeted in China with good news about trade and is making a point about religious freedom in this communist nation by attending church services before meeting top leaders.
Bush hoped to send a visible message about human rights across this land of 1.3 billion people by worshipping on Sunday at the Gangwashi Church, one of five officially recognized Protestant churches in Beijing. The State Department cited China this month as one of eight countries of "particular concern" for denying religious freedom.
The White House urged China's state-controlled media not to censor news of Bush's visit. (full story)
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Can you believe the hypocrisy of this guy?
Just a few weeks ago Bush used religion as justification for conservatives to support his Supreme Court nominee. [Our Constitution says there should be no religious test for public office]
As Bush started his first term of office one of the first things he did was establish a White House office of Faith-based initiatives. [Our Constitution says there should be no establishment of religion]
And not that long ago Bush supported the teaching of Intelligent Design -- a new name for creationism -- in public school science classes. [See above.]
The only thing left to say is . . . yikes!
Don't agonize, organize ... that's my mantra. Change won't happen unless you work to make it happen! But sometimes even your best efforts don't provide the results you were looking for. Or sometimes a situation is just so completely outrageous that all you can do is say ... YIKES!
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