Liam Bateman writes.

I've been trying to watch as little footage of the Republicans' propaganda as possible recently, for the sake of keeping my brain intact. Since the Oregon shootings, I've been hearing even more incredibly stupid bull about guns and more, including Ben Carson claiming gun control was one reason the Holocaust was able to happen. If that argument was true, the fightback at Warsaw ghetto, when Jews threatened with the gas chambers of Treblinka took arms and fought their German captors, should have been a turning point in the war, based on their logic. But this post is not about gun control. I did one after the Charleston shooting and still stand by my comments there. Instead, my post today is focusing on one thing I've been hearing a lot of from the GOP hopefuls, a so-called war on Christians in America.

In the little footage and quotes I've heard from Republicans, I've been hearing so many of them claiming that Christianity is under attack in America, that they're in danger of becoming second class citizens. Rick Santorum even compared Kentucky marriage clerk Kim Davis to a victim of Columbine, claiming that people of faith are no longer being honored as heroes but being ridiculed for their beliefs. It could be heard from almost every candidate, even when the question they get asked has nothing to do with it, they go "I wanna talk about how Christians are being discriminated against under the liberal dictatorship of Obama," or something of that nature.

As a Christian, I'm personally embarrassed when they make these kinds of arguments. They try and paint a picture of a liberal atheist takeover despite the fact 70% of the American people are Christians, 78% of Democratic Congressmen are Christian as well as thousands of Democrat governors. Then of course, there's the attack on the 'liberal media' but still, there are many figures who are Christians. Michael Moore, one of the most hated leftwingers in America is a Catholic. It's a denial of fact from Republicans across the states, especially from Fox News who recently attacked Oklahoma for removing a memorial bearing the Ten Commandments. I personally see no problem with the idea of this memorial being there, but it's being blown out of proportion.

Why are they even claiming this, you may ask? There is the aforementioned memorial, but of course, there's the same sex marriage law from the Supreme Court, there's the issue of abortion but most recently, there was Kim Davis. Following her arrest, we saw most Republicans using her as a martyr figure or a rallying point trying to defend Christian principle against the liberals, while some have called out the hypocrisy of their opponents before reverting to the typical position. This is not defending Christian principle in any way, it's promoting their narrow minded view of God's will and a distorted version of Christ's teachings.

I am ashamed of these men and women. There are places in the world where it is dangerous to be Christian, like North Korea, where being seen with a Bible could get you thrown in a concentration camp, but comparing it to fighting bigotry in the States is beyond ridiculous. The war the Republicans are fighting to 'protect' Christianity is not being fought in my name.