The new Capitol Visitors Center opened today. After many years of construction and budget overruns, it is now open for the general public to go see. I am sure that this place is very nice, and I hope to have the opportunity to visit at some point in the future.
However, one Senator who is none to happy with this is SC Republican Senator Jim DeMint. He points out that this visitors center does not make mention of the religious heritage of this country. In my opinion, this is sad.
Our country was built on religion and religious freedom. After a casual reading of the documents written by many of our founding fathers, it does not take long to realize this. What I find interesting are the comments posted below the column. Many are praising Sen. DeMint for his comments.
However, several very uninformed people are stating that we have a Constitutional separation of church and state. This could not be further from the truth. That never appears in our Constitution. Our founding fathers never intended this to be. However, we have allowed the liberal progressives to promote this idea, and now many people are buying into this.
To exclude the religious heritage of our country is a tremendous oversight. The reason people came here from Europe in the first place is so that they could worship freely. As the Constitutional Convention was occurring, the men took time to pray so that they could get this country started properly. Schools were started in this country so that people could learn to read, mainly from the Bible. Read the writings of the founding fathers. Read the state constitutions. The worship of God was meant to be an integral part of our lives. Yet, the designers of this facility saw fit to leave God (and religion) out of this.
I am not saying this new center should be a shrine to God, a place of worship. However, to ignore the fact that our founding fathers relied on God and prayed to him for wisdom is a terrible mistake and omission, and it should be corrected as soon as possible.
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