Pissing on Lady Liberty

It's a turf thing. They gotta mark 'their' territory. Gotta tear down that other tribe's stuff and replace it with the latest from the tribe-o-the-fish.

Ok, so church pisses away $260,000, film at 11. Nothing new in that. No story there- happens all the time. Except this story is just a bit different.

It seems Memphis, TN's own 12,000 member "World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church" has become the construction site for the soon to be unveiled (today, July 4th, naturally) "Statue of Liberation through Christ" aka "The Christian Statue of Liberty" or "Lord's Lady Liberty".

Nope, apparently secular interpretations of the word "liberty" and symbols thereof, such as France's nice gift are to be rejected, replaced instead with SCRIPTURAL interpretations of the word "liberty"- as has 'kindly' been spelled out for us here, on the as of yet rather skeletal version of a webpage about the monstrosity.

Or use the slightly different take over on a link off the World Overcomers page.

Apparently we don't need to lift a light of welcome to the world's tired and poor, we just need bigger and better big green witnessing tools to 'em.

Consider it yet further evidence that certain christians here in America can't stand this nation, our definition of liberty as tied to actual human experience, or our national symbols as they currently stand. Nope they feel the need to scrawl their gang markings all over anything with even a whiff of 'godlessness'.

In what will no doubt become an endless string of articles about the eyesore, here is but one recent example.

Note that long before the full official website hits, the souvenir rights to the image and trademark are well secured, 'cause we all know there's a lucrative market for tchotchkees for christ- now that they've cleared the space above their mantle of any 'foreign gods', 'goddesses' or 'idols', like say, for example, any REAL statue of Liberty mementos.

But on the upside, hey, we don't need to fear 'terrorists' blowing up that ole statue there in New York. Nope, Biblical Americans (those advocating A Biblical America, one where their interpretation of the bible forms the sole basis for all social and governmental interactions) have already done such a fine job of trying to wipe the real Statue of Liberty from the hearts and minds of as many Americans as possible.

So now it's official kids, for some in America, the Lady's torch has been put out, replaced by what has come to mean nothing more than yet another corporate service mark, a cross.

Golden Arches™, Golden Corral™, Golden Cross™, further littering up the American landscape.

Meanwhile, liberty, genuine liberty in America continues to be lost.