From the 'Why We Fight' department…

Sarah Posner sums it up nicely at the Gadflyer…

You see, it's not about just one or two "wedge" issues, like abortion or euthanasia or gay marriage, although Dobson and his crew seek to implement thought control on all of those things. It's about about something larger, and more fundamental to our way of life, making Dobson's siege of the Republican leadership even more terrifying. It's about our future as an open, tolerant society with a secular government that respects and honors the free practice of religion, but does not endorse -- either implicitly or explicitly -- one religion over another.

It's a pretty simple question, really. Are we going to be the United States of America, a country created and defined by its Constitution, or not?

The American Taliban and their destructionist minions in Congress have given up any claim to the idea of patriotism. You can't be anti-Constitution (and they unquestionably are) and pro-American. You just can't.