I don't phrase it quite like that. But I sent the following letter to the Los Angeles Times. David Gelernter wrote a column suggesting that the Bible should be taught in schools because you need it to understand American history.
You know, if the Bible were to be taught only as literature, I wouldn't have a problem with this. But it would be a political football! A horror show, as middle and high school teachers have to deal with angry parents and their bullshit: "How dare you suggest there was a homosexual relationship between David and Jonathan!"
Nuh-uh! Anyway, Gelernter was just full of shit as usual. He's so bad, I start to think that he must be the worst commentator in the Times. Then I remember Max Boot, and Michal Ramirez, and the "Mallard Fillmore" guy, and Gelernter looks pretty good.
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