The Crusades continue.

President Obama is getting a lot of flack for telling the truth. During the National Prayer Breakfast, he reminded us that, "...during the Crusades and Inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ".  Amen. But  today thousands of so-called Christians are still committing terrible deeds in the name of Christ. How many children are suffering under obsessively evangelical parents who see every childhood action as sinful and deserving of severe punishment or home imprisonment?  How many Americans are victims of hate crimes from Christian zealots who don't approve of their way of life?  I have read dozens of true crime books and they are populated with sadistic Christians, vindictive ministers, murderous rabbis, and pederast priests. Many serial killers seem to have gotten their start from abusive fathers who all too often reached for the Bible just before they reached for the strap.