This Guy Cracks Me Up

A frequent guest of good ol' Glenn Beck is a clown named David Barton. He's written some books and, by trade, is a history revisionist. He has no degree in history, yet he has convinced more than a few people, including the aforementioned Beck, that the United States of America was founded as a "Christian" nation. You can search the document here and find no mention of God, Jesus, Christian, Christianity, or Christ anywhere in the document. There is precisely one mention of "Lord" in it, and that is where it says "in the year of our Lord." The word "religious" does appear exactly once, and that is where it says "but no religious Test shall ever be required . . ."

Regardless of what anyone says, the United States Constitution is a secular document, so put your flag away and stop waving it if you think otherwise. If you doubt what I say, you need to study up on Jefferson, Madison, Adams, as well a few of the others involved in the adopting of the document.

But, back to Barton (who, by the way, had a book titled The Jefferson Lies pulled by its publisher after it was deemed to be "the least credible history book in print" and several historians strongly agreed with that sentiment), who's latest thing is a load of nonsense about Judge David Bunning ordering Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis taken into custody by U.S. Marshals. Barton says the marshals can't be ordered to put her in jail because of the Constitution's three branches of government ("separation of powers"). See, according to him, the marshals are part of the executive branch (true) and can't be ordered around by the judicial branch (Judge Bunning).

Unfortunately for Barton, his lack of history knowledge has failed him yet again. You see, there's a little thing called the Judiciary Act of 1789, signed into law by George Washington himself, the Father of Our Country. The U.S. Marshals were created in that act for THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT ORDERS ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM.

For two hundred twenty six years it has always be so.

Seriously, anyone who has ever believed a word from the mouth of David Barton isn't just a fool, they are a damned fool. I would double check that arse even if he told me 1+1=2.