So I saw a fun bumper sticker yesterday.....


....It was your typical "far left" kind of stereotype. Newer four door, foreign (not American) made wagon, with various opinionated bumperstickers and magnets. The one that stuck out the most though, was a simple black and white bumper sticker that said:

"The last time we mixed politics and religion we burned people at the stake."

For a moment I mulled it over in my mind. Then I laughed out loud. It's ludicrous.


As a country, I can't recall a time when we've ever burned someone at the stake, let alone in the name of politics.
The Salem Witch trials didn't burn anyone. That point aside, it didn't involve politics either.
When the KKK turned violent, they didn't use stakes. And calling the KKK a religious organization would be like calling Hitler a St. Louis Cardinals fan- there is simply no correlation.
Indeed, burning at the stake goes back to "Olde Europe." You cannot make the assumption that the last time we as a country mixed politics and religion we burned people because we didn't. If you are making the assumption that the last time we as a human race mixed politics and religion we burned people, you are sorely mistaken.

As a country, the last time we mixed politics and religion:
We founded the greatest country in the world,
We freed the slaves,
We ended the Cold War, and the list goes on.

Part of what I like about being right (and on the right) is our acceptance of religious difference. Our country is strongly tied to religion and inclusion. A side that seeks to belittle and eliminate religion is really quite dangerous to our country as a whole.

Burned people at the stake? I think you need a little more recent history books buddy.