Rev. John Thomas and Linda Jaramillo were arrested for disobeying three seperate orders to leave a no-protest zone in front of the White House. Video here.
I don’t know what part of obeying the law the Religious Left doesn’t get. I am also amazed at how little they seem to comprehend the fact that while the American people may be weary of war and have cause for disputing how it has been waged, the majority of our people support our troops and are unwilling to pull out prematurely.
While I am certain their intentions are certainly noble, or rather, they believe their intentions are noble, they are toxic members of our society and need to be contained. They seek to weaken our resolve to combat terror, subvert our military, and bring shame to those who have fought against terrorist.
Make no mistake. While the immediate context of Iraq (and to a lesser extent Iran) is the clearest, the antiwar movement is by and large opposed to warfare in toto. To them, it is a responsible government that refuses to defend itself or its people against killers and thugs like al Qaeda. In their convoluted logic, war for any reason is a noli me tangere and our military is a waste of resources.
What is left to do? Imprison them? Put them on trial for treason? What do you do with puerile and clearly out of touch religious mongrels who impugn our military and the cause of the war on terror? You cannot talk to them as reasonable folk. They cannot be persuaded of the dangers of letting terrorists roam free and alive. They would allow the flames to overtake us.
The only thing to do with them is to remove their ability to advance their cause. Blacklist them, their churches, and their civic organizations. Label them as the moralistic cowards they are who use religion to advance their pacifists goals. The federal government should sue them for the damage created by the propaganda they generate and distribute.
The First Amendment ends when it comes to sedition. When religious leaders use their pulpits to encourage men and women to refuse military service, desert, or otherwise become disloyal, the First Amendment is no longer the issue.
The hardest part of the matter is where to make prison space for all of these whackjobs.
Posted by -kf 
