Strain out the gnat...

...swallow the camel. Media Matters documents the latest outrageous hypocrisy from the Religious Reich:

From a January 4 article by AgapePress, a news service operated by the American Family Association:

"We often turn to God only when we feel like nothing else can be done," Schenck notes. "And, in the Bible, God rebuked nations who only turned to Him in their most extreme moments of need." But sadly, the Christian activist observes, "That has been our tradition in the United States. Whenever we find ourselves in a situation where we get to the end of our own resources, we turn to God."

Paraphrasing Schenck, AgapePress added, "Schenck says it is ironic that a culture that tries to banish God from its existence seeks His intervention under circumstances like the tragedy that unfolded in West Virginia this week."

I bet Schenk would have told the thief on the cross to go take a hike...