Lets just get rid of Religion. Period.

PLEASE NOTE: The following article is not meant for the Humor-impaired.

I was over at Betmo's blog reading a posting about John Dean's book on how the Religious right in America has hi-jacked the Republican party. It made me think..... Religion is sure taking it in the shorts, isn't it?. From their taking over a vast segment of the electorate, to the Muslim faith being a major influence in the world and its association to terrorism, ... the Catholic church in the news either by electing a new Pontiff, or molesting little boys,... it is just taking a black eye, this religious thing is....

How did it get to be this way? What happened to the innocence of "...one nation under God",... what happened to going to Sunday School and thinking it was an All American thing to do?, What happened to praying before a high school football game? when did that become an abomination to the American way of life?... I've read a ton of articles, a few books, ... Talked to my Dad who is an ordained Minister,.. And I am still pondering as to what happened (Did the Devil finally win?). How in the Hell did religion become a 4-letter word, a bastion of fear for unbelievers, something to march against?...

So, in my usual way of fixing all the world's problems with the stroke,... er a few clicks of the keyboard, I will entail to rid the Earth of all semblance of Religious symbols so the we can live happily every after. Ready?... Here goes:

As King of the World, I've decided (by fiat) that all things religious should be offensive to our sense of beauty and political correctness. I mean seriously, with all the removing of the Ten Commandment Tablets from government buildings, the dropping of prayer from Schools, .. The sudden secularism of our every day lives,.... I've finally bought into the idea. I a convert! (pardon the pun). But why stop at these little tokens of anti-religious action?... Oh hell no! Lets go for broke. First amendment be damned (oh that's right, ... damnation is a religious term,... sorry!) Effective immediately:

1) No more public displays of Crosses, Star of David (or Peter for that matter), Muslim crescent moons. Zippo. All churches, Mosques, Synagogues and Devil Worship halls have to be in non-offensive building with blacked-out windows, and sound-proof so that none of this offensive message hurts my earlobes.
2) No more starting the Congressional day with a prayer.... And while you're at it, fire the Damn Congressional Chaplain! (have we no respect for the separation of Church and State?)
3) The dollar bill?.. no more of the "In God we trust" crap. Nope. It changes to "In Wall Street we trust" of maybe "In Desperate Housewives we trust" or.....
4) No more Christmas. Sorry. Christmas is the celebration of Christ, and that is a no-no,.. so kill the Federal Holiday, kill the festivities, no more going broke for the winter buying stupid presents, no after-Christmas white sale,..... why should this be a National Holiday? (Church and State, remember?)
5) Speaking of Federal stuff, is the National Cathedral in Washington operated by anything remotely close to a government agency?.... cause of it is.... then it's toast. Lets turn that relic into low income lofts, and a shelter for the homeless and battered woman. That is certainly the Lords way, is it not?
6) No more using the airwaves for broadcasting of religious services. The airwaves are owned and operated by the FCC (as our representatives, of course), hence a no-no. Give the airtime to QVC, ESPN3, Bravo, Oxygen, HotSex.com, and of course NPR and PBS, ....those gatekeepers of real American values.
7) All Navy, Air Force, Marine and Army Chaplains are to be summarily dismissed. We cannot afford to have men of the cloth (or no-cloth as in the case of Pervert Priests...) sucking on the taxes of the American citizens. Screw 'em. We don't need no stinkin' chaplains to go to battle. Give em a pack of Lucky's, a Humvee (hold the body armor of course) and send them on their way. Besides, has God stopped any IED's from maiming 12,000 GI's?.... I didn't think so.
8) Lastly, Los Angeles, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Diego, San Juan (I know, its Puerto Rico but we subsidize their asses too),.... what do these cities have in common? Why, of course! they were all named after Catholic Saints. Oooops! How can we have let this happen?... sorry. Let the networks come up with a reality show that exposes how legislators come up with new names,... think of the ratings!! Los Angeles can be Los Lobos, San Antonio can be.... South Antonio? San Francisco?... oh I don't know,... call it the real "Sin City" (what did Vegas do to deserve that anyway?).. oh damn!, "Sin" denotes religion,........ shit! Think of something else.....

See how easy that was?.... Now we can all live in secular heaven (oooops!) forever, and ever,..... Amen~~ (dangit, habits are hard to break...)

P.S. Thanks to Obob and Robert for their comments and reminding me of the following:

9) No more cussing and using profanity using words like Goddamit or Holy Shit,... lets get that religious reference out of our venacular and replace them with more secular barbs like,... "Oprahdamit" or "mother-feces"..... much more cultural.

10) A few Holidays I missed, Thanksgiving (and kill the prayer before mowing down the turkey), St. Patrick's Day (Like the Irish need another reason to drink),.... Easter (again, no celebrating resurrections of any kind).... get rid of all of them. More days of production for the American worker. Besides, no self-respecting beer lover would be caught dead drinking green beer, right?