i don’t often blog about religion, partially because i don’t give a hoot about other people’s religious beliefs as long as they don’t try to shove them down my throat. the last time i mentioned religion, i think, was this post about the differences between an evangelical christian education and a jesuit education.

however, there comes a time in every girl’s life where she’s sitting in the cafeteria trying to avoid studying for conlaw II, and reads a washington post article about “the war on christians.”

we’re not talking about the crusades here, folks. we’re talking about how

White evangelicals make up about one-quarter of the U.S. population, and 85 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians. But three-quarters of evangelicals believe they are a minority under siege and nearly half believe they are looked down upon by most of their fellow citizens, according to a 2004 poll.

under seige? puh-leeze. of course, when tom delay puts it into perspective, it all makes sense:

“We are after all a society that abides abortion on demand, that has killed millions of innocent children, that degrades the institution of marriage and often treats Christianity like some second-rate superstition. Seen from this perspective, of course there is a war on Christianity,” he said.

yeah, we certainly abide abortion on demand. south dakota sure does? and new hampshire. hmmm.

but wait, we’ve killed millions of innocent children? delay must have numbers from iraq and afghanistan that i’m not privy to. as far as i can tell, we’ve only killed a couple thousand. maybe we killed more in vietnam. korea? oh, wait… is he talking about the abortion thing again?

i *heart* the comment about degrading the institution of marriage. let’s recap: people who love each other but happen to be the same sex wanting to get married: bad. opposite-sex couples who can’t stand each other wanting to get divorced: good. yeah, i can see how marriage is being degraded. BUT WAIT — since when is marriage the sole property of the evangelistic christian religion, anyway??? don’t hindus get married? muslims? jews? OMG, the evangelists are trying to corner the market on marriage! quick, someone stop them before weddings become even more expensive than they already are!

and the last gem: treating christianity like a second-rate superstition. well, mr. delay, that’s just paranoia speaking. it’s a first-rate superstition. after all, it’s a superstition that’s started wars, tortured millions, sent europe reeling into the dark ages… classy stuff.

rest easy, you kings of the bible belt, you princes of evangelism. you aren’t under seige. we’ll leave you alone if you leave us alone. the rest of us just don’t want to live in your world. and if the constitution holds, we don’t have to.