As I drove around town today, I started noticing that there were flags at half mast. I started asking myself, "Did someone die?" Then it hit me. The Pope. Could Bush really have declared a day of national mourning for the Pope? The Pope, like most figures, did things that I agreed with and that I didn't. But national mourning?
When did we start lowering the flag for fallen religious leaders? I thought that it was reserved for certain government figures and Memorial day. Of course the president reserves the right to order them lowered. But for the Pope?
Are we getting closer to a national religion?