Something that I found ironic with the rising religious tide in the US. It is an exerpt from "Young Patriots" by Charles Cerami:

"Patrick Henry as he aged developed into a religious zealot. Henry used his political prestige to promote a scheme toward the foundation of an established religion. Declaring that only Christianity could save the nation from the moral depravity that engulfed it, Henry offered a loosely worded resolution "for the people to pay a moderate tax or contribution annually for the support of the Christian religion.

James Madison and Thomas Jefferson deemed it an embarrasment for Virginia and a deplorable attempt at 'thought control'.

Hmmm ironic that over two hundred years later we are still having the same fight except that now liberties are losing to these zealots that are now saying what we can see and hear in ALL art forms.

Jefferson and Madison would shed a tear over this story, the attack of groups that fight for freedoms. The Patriot Act's true targets!!