Bro, What?

Talking Points Memo did us all a favor by enrolling at Beck University and taking some notes on the first lecture, “Faith 101.” Right-wing historian David Barton spoke for half an hour about how separation of church and state is essentially a big lie. Apparently the Declaration of Independence is secretly a list of sermons, and America’s founders (despite historical evidence to support the contrary) actually wanted the church as an influential part of government. Thanks for clearing that up, Mr. Barton and Mr. Beck. And all this time I thought Thomas Jefferson meant something totally different when he said, “History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.”

So kids, I think the real lesson here is Glenn Beck hates truth. But we can’t blame the guy; truth does tend to have a liberal bias.

-J.L.