Wacky Left Has Problem with Patriotism in Church

James Taranto points us to a posting at the wacky left site DailyKos from a poster who has a problem with patriotism in church:

Today I walked out of church about a third of the way through the service. A soloist was performing "God Bless the USA." I have always found that song to be especially cloying, but when I noticed it listed in the bulletin I decided to attempt to tolerate it. And I might have managed to do just that had not one or two individuals prompted the entire congregation to stand.

At that moment I felt as though I'd been punched in the gut. . . . As far as I'm concerned asking me to stand in a sanctuary bordered on blasphemy. How could I in good conscience stand to embrace the lyrics "I'm proud to be an American" in the very same week we learned U.S. soldiers raped an Iraqi woman then murdered her and her family to cover up the crime? . . .

I remember reading about Dietrich Bonhoeffer and how he removed the swastika-adorned banners the National Socialist Party had placed in the sanctuary. He felt displays of nationalism were an affront to God. I'll take my cue from Bonhoeffer. I simply will not accept any flagrant displays of nationalism in church. It's just too disgraceful.

The most surprising part of this post to me was that a member of the wacky left admitted to going to church. I would think that fact alone would lose him his DailyKos privileges.