Why does Chuck Colson hate America?

Article VI

All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

On Faith: Charles "Chuck" Colson: Paganism May Not Pass Religious Muster

The more difficult question is whether I would vote for a pagan for public office. The answer is that on one hand I fully respect the fact that there should be no religious test for public office; on the other hand, I would have great difficulty supporting an explicit Wiccan or pagan for high public office. There are tenets of their belief that, I think, are incompatible with the requirements of American democratic governance.

Lest this sound discriminatory, I think it is very clear from reading the writings of our founding fathers that a sound adherence to the values of the Judeo-Christian tradition—or at the very least, deism—was essential as a basis of the moral law that would sustain a free society.

Chuck giveth (kinda), but Chuck taketh away. It's one thing to argue that you could not personally support a Wiccan or Muslim running for office; it's another thing altogether to suggest that the founders - in spite of their clear words to the contrary in the Constitution - would have felt the same way. Chuck, you're a Conservative junkie, and you need to remember PPT in order to stay sober - people, places, and things. Steer clear of politics - it's your drug of choice, and you need to follow the way of total abstinence. Otherwise, you will be remembered as nothing more than Nixon's hatchet man.

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