Gutter Religion

America has been conquered by a fundamentalist crusade

That holds god above our heads to keep the masses afraid

We’ve surrendered sensibility to a morbid spirituality

Shackled by what passes as Christian morality

Opening the bible for justification to close millions of minds

Beating back evolution with “Intelligent Design”

Displaying the flag, side by side, with the crucifix

To sanctify the marriage of religion with politics

In an effort to shield conservatives from a political loss

Jesus, himself, has climbed down from his cross

And while he’s warmly embraced at the GOP’s political rallies

His enemies have been banished to the closets and back alleys

Forever cast out by the “party of inclusion”

That triumphs in the nation that suffers from delusion

Constructing god’s church on a foundation of oppression

Dragging our society down the pathway of regression

Independent thought has been stamped out by indoctrinated opinion

We’ve descended into the depravity of this gutter religion

Christianity infects America like a spiritual plague

Spreading putrid intolerance with their “moral” tirades

They try to whitewash their hypocrisy with more insidious lies

But in the ethical gutter is where their morality resides

Get down on your knees if you want to exist

Ignorant superstition

Bigoted tradition

Because god rules this country with an iron fist

Indoctrinated opinion

Gutter religion

Zealotry is summoning god’s vengeance for threatening voters

With the fires of hell and natural disasters

Parting the political waters for the conservative ideologues

God has granted sole authority to his moral watchdogs

There will be no mercy for those who resist

Ignorant superstition

Bigoted tradition

Because god rules this country with an iron fist

Indoctrinated opinion

Gutter religion

Rule of law- under the iron fist

Sexual preference- under the iron fist

Women’s rights- under the iron fist

Indoctrination under the iron fist of god

Education- under the iron fist

Social funding- under the iron fist

Science and medicine- under the iron fist

One nation under the iron fist of god

Polluting the fields of education, science and medicine

Corrupting the FDA to deny access to emergency contraception

Criminalizing all facts and theories that contradicts the bible

Because when the truth discredits religion it becomes undesirable

Put on a pedestal by the right-wing extremist

Ignorant superstition

Bigoted tradition

Because god rules this country with an iron fist

Indoctrinated opinion

Gutter religion

God has become obsessed with turning back the tide of progress

Erecting Christian dogma over a snuffed out social conscience

Our nation pledges allegiance to a divine abomination

That drags us in the gutter to bask in moral degradation