BELIEVE IN GOD? BY ALL MEANS DON'T ADMIT IT!

Lt. Gen. William G. “Jerry” Boykin has stirred up a hornet's nest when it was revealed he *gasp* actually talked of his belief in God:

Outraged by Boykin’s remarks, the Interfaith Alliance appealed to Bush to reprimand the general. An Islamic rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, demanded that Boykin be reassigned.

“Putting a man with such extremist views in a critical policymaking position sends entirely the wrong message to a Muslim world that is already skeptical about America’s motives and intentions,” said Nihad Awad, the council’s executive director.

Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee (R-R.I.) called the reported remarks “deplorable,” and Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) said the Armed Services Committee, which he chairs — and which recommended Boykin be confirmed for the Pentagon post — would examine the matter.

No, Boykin's remarks wouldn't be appropriate for a Pentagon press conference. But these were remarks before private prayer groups. Here we find a man who is expressing the faith that allows him to deal with his job and his life, and last I checked he had the Constitutional right to hold and express such views. Oh, that's right, freedom of (and from) religion only applies to people who don't identify with Christ.