Inconsistent Pleadings: ACLU v. Grayson County, or, America's Heritage

Among all the consequential pieces of federal legislation passed or proposed last year, you may have missed one gem: "America's Spiritual Heritage Resolution." Some salient facts about this bill: (1) it was co-sponsored by Michele Bachmann; (2) it relies heavily on the historical scholarship of Newt Gingrich; and, most obviously, (3) "America's Spiritual Heritage" is unequivocally Christian. The bill died in committee. But if you think you've heard the end of this type of thing, you haven't yet learned that Christian Fundamentalists are the hydra of American political theater. When one crazy idea gets axed, two more, bilious and hissing, sprout up in its place.
