From LifeNews.com
By Steve Ertelt
Democrats have removed any mention of God from their party platform,
dropping language from the 2008 version that at least had a passing
reference to the Creator whom the founders of the nation explained
grants the rights we enjoy.
Eagle-eyed reporter David Brody of CBN News discovered the omission.
“Guess what? God’s name has been removed from the Democratic National Committee platform,” he writes.
“The Brody File has calls into DNC to explain why God’s name has been
dropped from the platform. Some critics will suggest that when you have
planks in your platform that support abortion rights and gay marriage
then it’s no wonder that God’s name would be dropped as well.”This is the paragraph that was in the 2008 platform:
“We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values, and interests of working people, and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential.”
Now the words “God-given” have been removed. The paragraph has been restructured to say this:
“We gather to reclaim the basic bargain that built the largest middle class and the most prosperous nation on Earth – the simple principle that in America, hard work should pay off, responsibility should be rewarded, and each one of us should be able to go as far as our talent and drive take us.”
Thomas Peters of CatholicVote also noticed Brody’s report on the change and responded:
“Yet another step in the secularizing evolution of modern
progressivism,” he said. “You can see the draft of the 2012 DNC platform
here and, sure enough, there is no mention of “God” anywhere in it. The 2012 GOP platform, meanwhile, mentions “God” 12 times, including in this Preamble (penned by Catholic Chairman Gov. Bob McDonnell):
“…Reaffirm that our rights come from God, are protected by government, and that the only just government is one that truly governs with the consent of the governed…”“…May God continue to shed his grace on the United States of America.”
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