Today I got a piece of mail with no return address, but I knew it was important because it had strict instructions on the envelope that it should be delivered only to me and that it should not be destroyed. So, of course, I hastened to open it, and found it was a letter personally addressed to me, from David Bossie, of the Citizens United Foundation, which began:
Dear John:
Enough is enough. Today, I need your help to stop the radicals who are erasing God from American life
Specifically, I’m asking you to represent Connecticut in an extraordinary nationwide survey. (Emphasis and lack of period in original)
I felt incredibly honored to be asked to represent Connecticut, and answer such questions as: “Do you agree that the phrase ‘One Nation, Under God’ belongs in our Pledge of Allegiance”, to which of course I would have answered “No!”. Lest you think my answers would have been entirely negative, I would have answered “Yes!”, to “Should Christian businesses such as bakers and florists be forced by the government to violate their religious beliefs?”
But as I read the letter, I began to think that maybe the whole point was to get my money. I also really began to wonder what list they bought that had my name on it, because, I confess, I am truly ashamed to be on that list.
I would have filled out their survey, just to be polite, but I would have had to pay for the stamp to send it back. Something tells me they must have found it was a mistake in the past to pre-pay postage.
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