So I'm having one of those mornings, sweet friends, where I'm starting to wonder about Colville. Why in the world would I be wondering about a tiny town in eastern Washington when Britney Spears is pregnant? How could anything in in Colville possibly top that you might wonder? Well, it goes a little something like this.

In today's NY Times, I read an article about Senator Frist joining a number of high profile religious conservatives in a "Justice Sunday". They are making the case to literally millions of Americans that the filibuster of judicial nominees is in effect declaring war on Christians in this country. Now, sitting in my corner of our urban archipelago I thought to myself that that whole arguement was just bullshit and would be yet another shot in the Republican strategy to throw everything at the wall hoping something will stick. But then I started to think about Colville. I started to think about good Democrats that I know who also are Christians who do believe that while the Dems feel them on their values, the GOP feels them on their faith. The Dems reaction to Frist, he's just another DeLay.

Why can't we sit down with some theologians, some pastors and some faithful and fight this battle in their language? Even Christ himself saw a need for seperation of church and state when he admonished his followers to render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasars and render unto God that which is God's. Surely there is some way to fight this more intelligently, more compassionately, more effectively than calling someone just another no good Tom DeLay.