White House's Silence on Church Arsons

from Agape Press
by Allie Martin

Christian Defense Coalition director Pat Mahoney says the White House needs to get its priorities straight when it responds to the bombing of an Islamic place of worship in the Middle East while remaining silent in the wake of serial arson attacks on Christian sanctuaries in the United States.

{Are we really surprised???? Sadly, I'm not. While Bush may be a bit more "religious" than many of his predecessors, he still does not walk his talk as far as I can see. Not consistently anyway.}

After reports of the bombing emerged, President Bush issued a statement, saying, "The terrorists in Iraq have again proven that they are enemies of all faiths and of all humanity.
...also promised that the U.S. would provide help, both in tracking down those responsible for the attack and in repairing the Muslim shrine."

{Hey, how about financial aid in rebuilding these churches in OUR country before rebuilding a mosque in an Arab country that no doubt has the money to rebuild on its own?????????? Does this tick off any other Americans? Why is OUR tax money subsidizing a religion, that is a very small minority in our nation, in another sovereign nation who can afford to rebuild this shrine; when our own church institutions are being completely ignored? Especially after the fact that many of these churches helped in the Katrina/Rita aftermath and now they need help and are being ignored????? This is just WRONG. This President and his administration are WRONG. }

The Christian Defense Coalition director believes the statement from the White House indicates a problem. "When the President responds within hours to a mosque being attacked in a foreign country and refuses to speak up when 10 churches are attacked -- five burned completely to the ground -- in his own country, I think
the President really needs to reevaluate his priorities," Mahoney says.


Mahoney has raised questions about how differently the White House might respond if ten U.S. abortion clinics or mosques had been burned within less than ten days rather than ten Christian churches.


His group's message to the President, the Coalition leader says, is simply "do the right thing and publicly condemn these church fires and assure us that this administration will not tolerate attacks on faith."

{Meanwhile, I don't think I'll hold my breath for this~~I fear I would pass out.}

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