Right wing American Christians concerned about Human Rights in Europe
Posted On Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at at 11:09 PM by SPARCOn Discovery Institute’s Evolution News and Views pages Casey Luskin is moaning about ID proponents (=creationsits) being harassed in Europe because the Committee on Culture, Science and Education of the Council of Europeissued a report (“Committee Report”) proposing a ban on intelligent design (ID) in science classrooms, suggesting ID may pose a "threat to human rights."
You will find a nice take down of Luskin’s arguments on Pandasthumb.org.
To prove his story Luskin cites a memo of the ECLJ is trying to take the same track as do the creationists in the
Its mission is Promoting the defense of religious liberties and fostering human rights and democratic freedoms in Europe
and it looks as if they do mean it in the order “Jesus first” and then some other human rights that may help their view of religious and family values (e.g., you won’t hardly find anything about rights of homosexuals on their pages). Indeed, the ECLJ missed some opportunities to protect human rights in Europe: E.g., the kidnapping El-Masri and CIA action in
So let's sing to show them what Europeans think of their attempts:
Quoi ! des cohortes étrangères
Feraient la loi dans nos foyers!
Quoi ! ces phalanges mercenaires
Terrasseraient nos fiers guerriers! (bis)
Grand Dieu ! par des mains enchaînées
Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient
De vils despotes deviendraient
Les maîtres de nos destinées!