As we approach the 5th anniversary of the September 11th attack, we might mull over the words of two leading members of the Christian nationalist movement (9/13, 700 Club television show) as Jerry Falwell explained the attack:

"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America, I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'"

"Well," Pat Robertson replied, "I totally concur."

Charley Noble