Letter: Christians have right to act on beliefs in real world
I find it interesting that many contributors to the opinion section of this newspaper single out Christians as uniquely forbidden to participate in the political process.
Take, for example, the big, long — also well-thought-out by the way — opinion piece (Sept. 6) by Allen Johnson quoting the Bible and the Constitution’s supposed “wall of separation between church and state” as arguments that Christians only are to accept and obey every law without question because the Bible and the Constitution require it.
People of all political and religious persuasions have always worked to impose their views on everyone else. That is what politics is all about. Everyone knows of some law or regulation that has been imposed on them against their will. Everyone also knows that they have a right to organize a campaign to overturn “bad” laws, or pass another one that gives them advantage over other people.
Yet when Christians get involved in this process, they are told to shut up and obey. That their only right is to think their beliefs, but not act on them in the real world. Yet everyone else is acting on their beliefs — one of them being that Christian views should be censored. This is hypocritical and shameful.
James Grohs
Kennewick
This story was originally published December 1, 2015 at 5:32 PM with the headline "Letter: Christians have right to act on beliefs in real world."