Nobody ever tells me anything.

Come, I will hide nothing from you: my first reaction to reading this story (Democrats' Religious Coordinator Resigns):

WASHINGTON - The director of religious outreach for the Democratic Party says she resigned this week because of criticism over her support for removing the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Democratic National Committee (news - web sites) is seeking a replacement for the Rev. Brenda Bartella Peterson, who resigned Wednesday after serving less than two weeks in the newly created position. DNC spokesman Jano Cabrera said the party had nothing more to add to her resignation statement.

...was to say "Who"?

Not that I was surprised that the Democratic Party had and has a religious coordinator, of course. It's a national party in a country with a strong religious culture; it only makes sense to have somebody to handle that particular kind of outreach. I'm just a touch startled that I somehow missed this recent negative publicity about the latest iteration of the Under God thing. In fact, I'm just a touch startled that I somehow missed any publicity about the latest iteration of the Under God thing; it's a particularly beloved hobbyhorse of the blogosphere, so you'd think that the latest installment wouldn't have slipped under my radar.

(pause)

So, was anybody covering it? Serious question, that. So is why this didn't get more play if they had, at least around the Web and all...

Moe

PS: I think that using a person's opinion about the Under God thing (whether pro or con) as a litmus test for anything is kind of silly.

Comments

[Stentor]

You're not the only one. The other day NPR* re-ran a segment on the Pledge from last year. That's all I've heard about it in a long time.

*I don't normally listen to NPR (so as not to become a *totally* stereotypical liberal academic), but I was away from the internet for a few days and needed some news. But then I had to turn it off because the Pledge thing gets me so worked up.