Jody Hice on why we should have the Ten Commandments in our public buildings

He's no Louie Gohmert, but he's at least a Michele Bachmann.

He's no Louie Gohmert, but he's at least a Michele Bachmann.

Presenting the ongoing wisdom of the 2014 election's craziest would-be House Republican, Georgia Republican Jody Hice, this time from a 2003 interview with the Trinity Broadcasting Network. (That's the place where the preachers and prophets and associated godbotherers dispense their wisdom from actual gilded chairs, God being known for his demand for high-quality bling.) Let's play spot the loonie, shall we?

Hice claimed that the Ten Commandments “predate Christianity” and therefore do not represent an establishment of religion.

He's got us there. A rock solid case.

Hice also described his campaign to place copies of the Ten Commandments throughout public buildings is part of a spiritual battle to save America.

“Are we going to be a nation that is led by people who acknowledge God? Who acknowledge God’s law and acknowledge the role of God’s law in our society and the founding of our country? Or are we going to be led by people who totally reject God?” Hice continued. “It’s a frightening thing if we don’t rise up.”

So putting the Ten Commandments in our public buildings is not establishing a religion because they predate Christianity, but putting them in our public buildings is a "spiritual" battle and God will punish us if we don't do it.

We elect these people to Congress, you know. We choose them to write our laws.