Thanks for Letting Me Know

Our beloved Secretary of State has once again, given me reason to want to vomit. In talking about his stance on the separation of church and state, he tell us:

We are fundamental believers in the fact that the public square should not be stripped or scrubbed clean of religion or faith or God. I will fight for the right of the nonbeliever to not believe, because we all have a right to be wrong.

Thank goodness that he is giving us the right to be wrong. How very sweet of him. My question for him is this: how exactly does his Christian "faith" influence his actions in the public square? By attempting to end poverty? By treating others how he would like to be treated? By overturning the money changers tables in the temple? By being the good samaritan? Oh no, that's right, his expressions of faith are more along the lines of taking a line or two from the Bible and then trying to turn that into legislation: Issue 1 for example (which makes domestic partnership illegal). Because we all know how much Jesus preached about how people loving each other is wrong. Or maybe it has more to do with lying and hypocracy. Not combating it, but doing it. From the Dayton Daily News:

Blackwell Won't Press for Disclosure on Attack Ads Aimed at Strickland

Four years ago, Republican J. Kenneth Blackwell said voters should have the right to know who is behind groups that secretly pay for political ads.

"Without knowing who is behind these ads, voters are forced to make decisions without being fully informed," Blackwell told lawmakers considering campaign reforms in November 2002. "The secrecy surrounding the funding of these advertisements contributes to the erosion of voter confidence in the political process ..."

And now?

Four years later, as a candidate for governor, Blackwell is the beneficiary of this type of ad from a group that has managed to keep its contributors secret. Blackwell dodged a reporter's question Monday about whether he still believes issue-advocacy groups should disclose their donors.

Instead of answering any question directly himself, or standing in front of the public and being up front with us, he does his usual trick of sending out his toady Carlo LoParo, whose response is:

It's what the law allows.

Since when has Blackwell given two shits about the law?